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Consortium seeks to show total cost of EVs can be less than combustion engine reference car

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Siemens staff members will use an electric instead of a gasoline-based vehicle for their trips between the factories in Karlsruhe and Haguenau, France (about 65 km, 40 miles). We are looking for applications in which electric vehicles are cheaper than a reference car with a combustion engine.

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Italy says that it’s illegal for Alfa Romeo to call its new EV the Milano

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Italy’s industry minister Adolfo Urso, according to Automotive News Europe , slammed Stellantis for the decision to build the EV at the company’s Tychy plant in Poland – meaning the car will be the first Alfa Romeo to be entirely built outside of Italy. A car called Milano cannot be produced in Poland.

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DAIHEN to supply wireless EV charging stations with WiTricity technology

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>DAIHEN Corporation, a global leader in electric power transmission, distribution products and industrial robotics, has secured a license to commercialize wireless charging stations for electric vehicles (EVs) utilizing WiTricity’s patented technology. kW, or 11 kW —and is capable of on-ground and in-ground installation.

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Groupe PSA and Qualcomm advance C-V2X testing for communication between vehicles; demo in March

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At the In&Out Digital Mobility event in March in Rennes, Groupe PSA and Qualcomm will host the first demonstration in France. It will feature PSA cars enabled with C-V2X technology using the Qualcomm 9150 C-V2X chipset ( earlier post ) and reference platform.

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“Project Volt Gas Volt” proposes long-term financing plan to support widespread implementation of power-to-gas systems

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Although they are targeting an initial implementation France, they see it as broadly applicable. The hydrogen is combined with CO 2 to produce methane, which is pumped into and stored in the existing natural gas grid and used like natural gas for use in power generation, transportation, or other thermal and industrial uses.

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Renault wins first lot of UGAP tender for electric vehicles; companies ordering more than 15,600 Renault Kangoo electric vans over 4-year period

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Renault has won the first lot of a call for bids for electric vehicles in France initiated by French public authorities and organized by the public procurement organization UGAP (l’Union des groupements d’achats publics). The first phase of the selection process was referred to as “competitive dialog”. A total of 15,637 Kangoo Z.E.

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Henkel wins Surcar Global environmental footprint impact award for automotive paint pre-treatment process

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We have reference customers on five continents. The Surcar Congress for the body finishing and painting industry was inaugurated in 1964 in France. According to Mark Hyde, Asia-Pacific Business Director, Automotive Surface Treatment for Henkel, some nine million cars per year are now being treated with the new system.

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