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

Baua Electric

The Stellantis-owned company is naming its first BEV after the famous city of Milan, but the Italian government is now playing hardball by saying that’s illegal since the car will be built in Poland. A car called Milano cannot be produced in Poland. If it’s not made in Italy, it can’t sound Italian.

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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. A car called Milano cannot be produced in Poland.

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Elon Musk NFT created to commemorate his aide to Ukraine during war

Teslarati

He referred to the help Elon Musk has provided Ukraine via his companies. Tesla has also supported Ukraine by offering free Supercharger services to neighboring countries, like Poland, Slovakia, and Hungry, helping refugees escape the war zone. Fedorov thanked Meta History for its contribution. Drop me your ETH address.

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Europe’s Euro 7 emission limits face pushback from 8 international locations

Baua Electric

8 Ecu Union countries together with France and Italy referred to as for the bloc to scrap deliberate Euro 7 exhaust emission limits, announcing they’re overly determined and unrealistic for automakers to strike.

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A Young Professional on the Power of Mentorship

Cars That Think

Mentoring the next generation of engineers When Zakrzewska was growing up in Poland, she and her family often listened to the radio. She maintains her membership partly because IEEE is a trustworthy source of information, and she refers to the organization’s journals nearly every day at work.

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Yet another study shows plug-in hybrids aren’t as clean as we thought

Baua Electric

The latter is referred to as “utility factor” – the percentage of time that a PHEV gets used on electric drive rather than its combustion engine. Gaps fell between 176% (Finland), up to 287% (Poland). The “emissions gap” differs from country to country due to patterns in vehicle use.

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Mercedes-Benz unveils EQS SUV

Green Car Congress

The motor is referred to as synchronous because the rotor turns at the same rate as the magnetic field of the stator. These include the locations in Kamenz and Stuttgart (Germany), Beijing (China), Bangkok (Thailand) and Jawor (Poland). In the EQS SUV, Mercedes-Benz uses a pull-in winding for a particularly strong magnetic field.

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