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JANUARY 13, 2022

Citing a report which found hybrid cars offered negligible emissions and fuel consumption advantages when tested on Switzerland’s Alpine roads, one Swiss region has decided to “pull the plug” on subsidies – even calling the claims of hybrids’ environmental advantages a “con.”

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In Switzerland, Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser, a division of Nel ASA, has received a purchase order for a 2 megawatt (MW) containerized Proton PEM electrolyzer, as part of a 30 MW framework agreement with Hydrospider AG, an affiliated company of H2 Energy. wide network of hydrogen stations and corresponding supply chain in Switzerland.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

million in 2021 Targeted Airshed Grant (TAG) funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deploy five XCIENT Fuel Cell electric trucks in California. The XCIENT Fuel Cell 6x4 tractor model participating in the demonstration is equipped with a 180 kW fuel cell system and e-motor with a maximum output of 350 kW.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Swiss marine power company WinGD and Korean engine builder HSD Engine have initiated a Joint Development Project (JDP) to advance the development of WinGD’s methanol-fueled big-bore engines. The WinGD X92 platform is one of the initial targets for methanol fueling. The Swiss company, Wärtsilä Switzerland Ltd.,

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OCTOBER 6, 2020

Hyundai Motor Company will host a digital premiere event for the launch of XCIENT Fuel Cell, a fuel cell heavy-duty truck ( earlier post ), on 14 October. XCIENT Fuel Cell is equipped with a 350-bar 32-kg hydrogen tank that provides around 400 km of driving range with a full trailer in tow.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Iveco Group and Hyundai Motor Company unveiled the first IVECO eDAILY fuel cell electric vehicle at IAA Transportation 2022 in Hannover. Earlier in July, the two companies jointly announced hydrogen-powered IVECO BUS vehicles equipped with Hyundai’s fuel cell system, with expected relevant advantages in terms of performance and emissions.

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DECEMBER 26, 2020

Fuel cells based on methanol oxidation have potential for the motor and technical industries. A group of researchers from Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU), Austria, Turkey, Switzerland, and the UK has developed a new metallic glass that is 85% more efficient in oxidizing methanol than its platinum-based analogs. Credit: FEFU.

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JANUARY 15, 2023

Other European countries aggressively deploying hydrogen stations include France, the UK, Slovenia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Spain. According to the study, Europe is rapidly growing its hydrogen fuel cell ecosystem, but limited hydrogen station deployments have also occurred in the Middle East and Africa.

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JULY 27, 2021

Hyundai Motor Company will deploy the company’s latest hydrogen fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks in California in two publicly funded projects to improve the air quality in the region. 30 XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks in northern California by early 2023. 30 XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks in northern California by early 2023.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Faurecia recently was awarded a significant contract for fuel cell electric vehicle storage systems from Hyundai Motor Company. Fuel cell electric vehicle technology will become significant in the powertrain mix in the next ten to fifteen years in particular for commercial vehicles. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 16, 2019

To begin the joint venture’s operations, Hyundai Motor will deliver 1,600 fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks to Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility from 2019 through 2025. The joint entity will further expand its market presence to other European countries beyond Switzerland.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The new bus model in the Augsburg-based company’s bus portfolio will be launched as an all-electric version (CIZARIS 12 EV), followed in 2023 by a fuel cell drive (CIZARIS 12 H) that uses a largely identical powertrain. With the introduction of the fuel cell version, an even more powerful powertrain will be used.

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MAY 25, 2012

PostAuto Schweiz AG has become the first company in Switzerland to deploy fuel-cell technology for public road transport. Over the next five years, PostAuto will test the fuel-cell drive, using clean hydrogen as fuel. Aargau Canton is supporting the fuel-cell bus project with a subsidy of 1.5

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JANUARY 21, 2020

Neste, the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel and renewable jet fuel refined from waste and residues, will deliver renewable jet fuel (sustainable aviation fuel, SAF) to Zurich Airport during the World Economic Forum 2020 in Davos, Switzerland. This is the first time SAF is available in Switzerland.

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JULY 27, 2021

Hyundai will test its Xcient Fuel Cell Class 8 semi trucks in California for two publicly-funded projects, the automaker announced Monday in a press release.

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Hyundai Motor Group signed an investment contract with the government of Guangdong Province to establish an offshore fuel cell system production facility in Guangzhou, China. The plant will be the Group’s first fuel cell production base outside of Korea, with the initial capacity to produce 6,500 units of fuel cell systems per year.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

Kolmar is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kolmar Group AG that is a privately held service provider, manufacturer, and marketer of renewable fuels headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. billion, inclusive of renewable fuels and related products for the food chain.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Hyundai Motor Company is spearheading the development of a hydrogen fuel cell commercial vehicle ecosystem in China with regional partners. In addition, it plans to promote a pilot operation business of fuel cell electric vehicles. Hyundai Motor signed an MOU with Shanghai Electric Power Co., Shanghai Sunwise New Energy System Co.,

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APRIL 23, 2014

Tesla has expanded its strategic relationship with Sixt Leasing to include Switzerland as well as Germany. With 10% down on a 36-month lease, Sixt offers payments of approximately CHF 810 - 950 (US$919 - $1,078) per month, depending on the mileage selected by the customer.

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JUNE 16, 2019

Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed a novel technology that produces liquid hydrocarbon fuels exclusively from sunlight and air and have demonstrated the entire thermochemical process chain under real field conditions. Carbon-neutral fuels are crucial for making aviation and maritime transport sustainable.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2021

WinGD’s multi-fuel solutions will be based on its well-established diesel-fueled X engines and dual-fuel X-DF engines. The ability to use zero-carbon or carbon-neutral fuels such as ammonia and methanol in both of its core engine types will give ship operators flexibility in how they reduce emissions.

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JULY 21, 2023

The Urbino 12 will use 70 kW fuel cells, while the Urbino 18 will use 100 kW. Urbino hydrogen buses have been contracted by customers from Austria, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden and Italy. Solaris has so far delivered more than 3,000 buses with electric and hydrogen propulsion systems.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2022

The Norwegian Postal Service has previously placed an order with Volvo for 13 biogas-fueled and three electric trucks. In total during 2022, Volvo Trucks will deliver 32 electric and 13 biogas-fueled trucks to the Norwegian Postal Service. It is very important that the big players lead the way.

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JULY 20, 2022

JET H2 Energy will benefit from its close ties with Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility, the exclusive European reseller of the Hyundai Xcient hydrogen fuel cell truck. Phillips 66 has more than 1,000 JET-branded stations in Europe and a growing hydrogen refueling network in Switzerland through its participation in the Coop Mineraloel AG joint venture.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

By signing the partnership agreement, the company is once again underlining its commitment to hydrogen fuel cell technology. The establishment of a functioning and comprehensive network of hydrogen filling stations is fundamental in order to further establish the Hyundai fuel cell electric vehicles successfully on the market.

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APRIL 28, 2016

Fuel cell company PowerCell Sweden AB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Swiss Hydrogen SA, a Switzerland-based company that develops hydrogen fuel cell systems for mobile and stationary applications. The two companies will cooperate to market and sell high performance fuel cell systems based on PowerCell’s stacks.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The goal of the cooperation is to expand Europe’s hydrogen mobility ecosystem by implementing the use of fuel cell trucks. The joint entity began its active progress toward clean mobility in Switzerland with the company’s plans to deliver 1,600 fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks by 2025.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The F-City H2—a battery-electric vehicle with a fuel cell range extender—has become the first urban electric vehicle with such an energy pack to be homologated in France. The fuel cell range extender has an energy capacity of 15 kWh and works in a power pack alongside a 2.4 Challenge Bibendum. The F-City H2.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Phillips 66 has a strong retail presence with more than 1,000 JET-branded stations in Europe and a growing hydrogen refueling network in Switzerland through its participation in the Coop Mineraloel AG joint venture. -based, wholly owned subsidiary of Phillips 66, a diversified energy manufacturing and logistics company.

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APRIL 24, 2021

Wolftank Hydrogen and Snam4Mobility may possibly extend their collaboration to the neighboring markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Key competences will be the storage and management of process software for compression, temperature control and dispensers.

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JUNE 9, 2017

Switzerland-based Climeworks, a spin-off from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH), recently launched the world’s first commercial plant that captures atmospheric CO 2 for supply and sale to a customer. Switzerland moving to accept CO 2 -neutral synthetic fuels to reduce fleet emissions.

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MAY 25, 2017

SkyNRG and AEG Fuels completed the delivery of sustainable aviation biofuels for the Bombardier Business Aircraft demonstration fleet flying from KLM Jet Center in Amsterdam, Netherlands to the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva, Switzerland.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2021

It supports the ambition shared with our partner Plug Power to build a unique end-to-end green hydrogen and fuel cell value chain and new value-generating activities in France. —Gilles le Borgne, Executive Vice-President Engineering Groupe Renault. —Mathias Miedreich, Executive Vice President of Faurecia Clean Mobility.

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MAY 26, 2012

Fuel cell vehicles are continuing to expand internationally – with Switzerland the latest country to welcome the technology. PostAuto Schweiz is the first company in the country to deploy fuel cell vehicles as part of public road transport.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a carbon-supported platinum nanoparticle catalyst that can achieve complete hydrocracking of polypropylene into liquid hydrocarbons (C 5 –C 45 ). With tuning, the catalyst can achieve a selectivity of 80% toward motor oil (C 21 –C 45 ).

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The company’s 60 Ah cells and M2 modules are manufactured by Leclanché in Germany and Switzerland, respectively. The system is designed for installation where fossil fuel tanks are normally located but can be placed into other locations, including vehicle roofs, based on manufacturers’ preferences.

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JUNE 28, 2021

Biocrudes from three representative feedstocks—Spirulina (micro-algae), sewage sludge, and wheat straw—were further upgraded to a mixture of hydrocarbon fuels at Aalborg University (Denmark). Analyses of the kerosene fractions of the upgraded biocrude show promising compositions for a use as aviation fuel.

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