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Russia’s ?-AUTO and Latvia’s OSC collaborating on hybrid rally sports

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mobile hybrid, and OSC , the Latvia-based developer of alternative drive rally cars (OSCars), have signed an agreement on collaboration and strategic partnership in developing alternative transport in motorsports. ?-AUTO , the Russia-based developer of the ?-mobile

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New cars in Europe in 2013 collectively met 2015 CO2 target two years ahead of the deadline

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AFV are alternative fuel vehicles: electric, LPG, NG-biomethane, E85, biodiesel, hybrid and plug-in vehicles. grams; and for alternative fuel vehicles (electric, LPG, NG-biomethane, E85, biodiesel, hybrid and plug-in vehicles), 104.14 Around 31,000 plug-in hybrid cars were registered in 2013. 2015 target: 130 g CO 2 /km.

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European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

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Poland, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania all posted record levels of volume, while it was the best year since 2007 for Spain and Estonia, and the best year since 2008 for Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Latvia. In contrast, it was the worst year for registrations in Switzerland since 2010, the UK since 2013, and Norway since 2014.

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Euro car market has best H1 of century; diesels down 17%; AFVs up 31% for 5.4% of total; SUVs booming

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Alternative Fueled Vehicles (AFVs) performed well, as electrics, hybrids and plug-ins posted an increase of 31% and recorded 450,200 registrations, making up 5.4% The Golf was the top-selling car in Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, Latvia and Belgium. of total registrations.

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Honda targets new Guinness World Records title for fuel efficiency with 8,500-mile diesel drive across Europe

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If successful, the new record will apply to all cars, including hybrid and electric models. The official Guinness World Records title is “Lowest Fuel Consumption – all 24 contiguous EU countries”, measured in liters per 100km and miles per gallon calculated over the entire journey.

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Solaris to present new generation hydrogen bus

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In the new hybrid bus, electric energy propelling the vehicle will be derived from hydrogen, whereas the battery will only have a support function. This year, 10 such vehicles will drive across the capital of Latvia in total. Batteries constituted the basic drive source of the buses showcased four years ago.

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??Why the World’s Militaries Are Embracing 5G

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hybrid base stations could handle commercial 5G and 4G LTE cellular traffic. Inside the hybrid base station would be a series of systems called tactical gateways, which enable the base station to work with different military communication protocols. Meanwhile, in Europe, NATO unveiled its first 5G military test site in Latvia in 2020.

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