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Ford to invest £230M to transform UK Halewood transmission operations to build EV power units

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Ford announced that it intends to invest up to £230 million (US$316 million) at its Halewood vehicle transmission facility to transform it to build electric power units for future Ford all-electric passenger and commercial vehicles sold in Europe. —Stuart Rowley, president, Ford of Europe.

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Bucharest orders 100 Solaris electric trolleybuses

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The 12-meter trolleybuses will be powered by a 160 kW traction motor. The Trollino vehicles will be fitted with Solaris High Power batteries with a capacity of 60 kWh, which will enable them to cover distances of up to 20 km at a time without connection to an overhead wires.

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NuScale Power receives US NRC design approval for small modular reactor

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With this final phase of NuScale’s DCA now complete, customers can proceed with plans to develop NuScale power plants with the understanding that the NRC has approved the safety aspects of the NuScale design. NuScale has signed agreements with entities in the US, Canada, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Jordan.

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Ford investing £150M in Halewood plant to scale up EV portfolio

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Last year’s news that the plant, which currently produces transmissions for internal combustion engine vehicles, had won assembly of Ford electric vehicles’ power units brought an initial backing of £230 million (US$283 million) to deliver 250,000 units a year from 2024. billion (US$2.6 billion) annually.

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Brasov orders 25 Solaris Trollino 18 articulated trolleybuses

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Brasov, Romania has ordered 25 Solaris Trollino 18 trolleybuses. For example, in the case of a power grid outage they will be able to safely exit an intersection. Brasov is one of 5 cities in Romania that has emission-free Solaris buses: trolleybuses and electric buses. The value of the contract amounts to about €19 million.

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3-year, $75.7M eRamp power electronics research project launches at Infineon

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The three-year research project “eRamp”, intended to strengthen and expand Germany and Europe as centers of expertise for the manufacture of power electronics, launched at Infineon Technologies in Dresden. Infineon, a global market leader in power semiconductors, is leading the €55-million (US$75.7-million) million) project.

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Ford reveals E-Transit Courier

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To go further between charges, cloud-powered Intelligent Range aggregates data to deliver more accurate range figures. All models will be built in Craiova, Romania, by Ford Otosan, the manufacturer of the best-selling Transit Custom and segment-leading E-Transit.

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