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ArcelorMittal, Gestamp successfully trial low-carbon emissions steel in car parts

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ArcelorMittal and Tier 1 automotive supplier Gestamp have successfully trialed the use of low-carbon emissions steel for use in car parts that will ultimately be used in the production of vehicles in Spain and throughout Europe. A car’s tunnel. Picture credits: © ArcelorMittal.

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Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles supporting the expansion of renewable energy with solar project in Spain

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As part of its GRIP 2030 corporate strategy, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) intends to raise the percentage of battery-electric vehicles that it sells to over 55 per cent by 2030.

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True Confessions Of A Trans-Atlantic Traveler, Spain Edition

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What follows is Part One of a story about a trip my wife and I took recently to Barcelona, Spain, and then home again on a cruise ship that stopped in the Canary Islands before setting sail for Port Canaveral. There may be more installments to this; I don’t know yet. We’ll see how it […].

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Toyota Motor Europe starts transporting vehicles by cross-channel rail freight to reduce emissions

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Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has started transporting new cars by cross-channel rail services between its Valenciennes Vehicle Logistics hub in France and Toton (UK). This launch signals the first phase of its Pan-European plan to move a larger share of vehicles by rail freight in line with its ambition to decarbonize its logistics operations.

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Volkswagen to invest €10bn for EV and battery manufacturing in Spain

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billion) to launch electric vehicle and EV battery manufacturing in Spain, Herbert Diess said on Thursday. Volkswagen said it will build a battery plant and invest in producing EVs at its two car factories in Spain. VW plans to begin building a 40-gigawatt-hour plant in Spain in Q1 2023, and production is set to begin by 2026.

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Ford experiments with auto part prototypes made from olive tree waste

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Ford is experimenting with auto part prototypes made from olive tree scraps. Ford engineers in Cologne started researching the possibilities of using food waste to create auto part prototypes. Ford recycled and repurposed olive tree scraps from Andalusia, Spain—a region with the highest production of olive oil in the world.

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Mercedes-Benz EQC EV soaking up summer heat of up to 50?C in trials in Spain

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Mercedes-Benz will run the Mercedes-Benz EQC electric vehicle through hot weather trials in Spain. With the finishing straight in sight, we are now able to absolve another extremely demanding test program with our pre-series vehicles. Optimum management of these physical characteristics is the aim of the extreme tests in Spain.

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