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

Baua Electric

If it’s not made in Italy, it can’t sound Italian. 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.

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Tesla gets invitation from Italy minister: “ We open our doors wide for him”

Teslarati

These include Indonesia, home to a huge portion of the world’s nickel resources, and, more recently, Italy. Italy is home to some of the world’s most iconic carmakers, such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Maserati. And I would like him to be able to work more with Italy, for Italy, and in Italy.

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Turboden to supply a 10 MW heat recovery ORC unit for Arvedi steel plant in Italy

Green Car Congress

Turboden , a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), leader in Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) turbogenerators for distributed power generation employing renewable sources and waste heat, has signed an order with Acciaieria Arvedi for a 10 MW waste heat recovery ORC unit to be installed at the Arvedi Steel plant in Cremona, Italy.

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Stellantis announces first employee share purchase plan

Teslarati

No minimum subscription in France, and from one share subscribed in Italy 20% discount on the reference share price A contribution of 100% of the employee’s personal contribution, up to €1,000 gross Stellantis has already executed the incentive program among 85,000 employees in France and Italy. in France and Italy.

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Forget the Milano EV – Alfa Romeo changes name to something non-Italian-sounding

Baua Electric

The ongoing tensions between Italy and Alfa Romeo’s parent company Stellantis reached a head last week when the Italian government told the automaker that naming its upcoming Alfa Romeo EV the Milano was against the law because the car will be built in Poland. but this issue is more about Italy vs. Stellantis than anything else.

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Study finds renewable diesel blends deliver fuel consumption and CO2 benefits in Euro 5 engines

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Researchers from Istituto Motori - CNR in Italy and Eni report in a paper in the journal Fuel that blends of hydrocracked fossil oil (HCK) and Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil (HVO) as diesel fuels deliver fuel consumption (FC) and CO 2 savings based on the NEDC cycle. and 1.46% ± 0.25.

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Team characterizes different spray behaviors of first- and second-generation biofuels in a diesel engine

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A team from Instituto Motori in Italy has analyzed the spray behaviors of first-generation (soybean- and rapeseed-biodiesel) and second-generation (gas-to-liquids) biofuels in a diesel engine, both neat (100%) and in a 50% blend with commercial diesel. The reference fuel was commercial diesel.

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