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Maersk purchases 25 Volvo FH Electric trucks for container transports in Germany

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Maersk has purchased 25 Volvo FH Electric trucks in Germany. The purchase of fully electric trucks is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport with more than €4.3 Volvo’s FH Electric offers battery capacities from 180 - 540 kWh (2-6 battery packs), supporting a range of up to 300 km (4x2 tractor trailer).

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Stellantis & CATL battery factory in Europe expected to land in Spain

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Stellantis and CATL’s battery factory in Europe may be located in Spain. Stellantis to release $27,000 battery electric vehicle in 2024 According to Stellantis’ Global Head of Purchasing and Supply Chain, Maxime Picat, the two companies still need a few months to finalize their joint venture.

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Spain To Subsidize Electric Vehicle Sales With €800 Million To 2023

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Spain’s Energy Ministry made the announcement last week. Authorities in small towns, as well as companies purchasing fleets to use them as […]. The Spanish government will spend up to €800 million (~$950 million) until 2023 to push electric car sales, Reuters reports.

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Government of Spain approves subsidies for purchase of electric vehicles

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The Government of Spain last Friday approved incentives to stimulate the introduction of the electric vehicle, including direct subsidies for the purchase of such vehicles with a budget of €72 million (US$103 million) for 2011.

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SpaceX purchases ad campaign for Starlink on Twitter

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX company purchased Twitter’s largest ad campaign for Starlink. SpaceX purchased a $250,000 ad campaign on Twitter to promote Starlink services in Australia and Spain. Users in Australia and Spain will see a SpaceX Starlink ad the first three times they open Twitter when the ad campaign is scheduled.

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EMT Madrid investing €177M in purchase of 520 CNG buses and 50 electric buses

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Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid (EMT), the largest public transport operator in Spain and the second largest in Europe, recently awarded the tender for the acquisition of 520 new Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, as well for the purchase of 50 new electric buses.

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Fuenlabrada, Spain, Is Buying Electric Buses

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a company that provides transit services for the city it is named after, recently agreed to purchase four Urbino 12 electric buses from Solaris. “I EMT Fuenlabrada S.A., I am very proud that another city is opting to develop zero-emission transport by choosing Solaris vehicles.

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