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Hyundai Motor Group affiliates to join Climate Group’s RE100, aim to expand renewable energy use

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Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) announced that five key affiliate companies, including Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation, will join Climate Group’s RE100 , a global initiative committed to moving toward 100% renewable energy. Hyundai Motor and Kia, along with Hyundai Mobis Co., Hyundai Wia and Hyundai Transys Inc.,

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Kia outlines its path to achieving carbon neutrality by 2045; full electrification in major markets by 2040, in Europe by 2035

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The Ocean Cleanup to this aim developed the Interceptor —a solar-powered, autonomous catamaran that extracts plastic waste from rivers—to be deployed in rivers around the world to prevent plastic trash from entering the oceans. Climate Group’s RE100 is an initiative to transition to 100% renewable energy in electricity generation.

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Hyundai Motor to integrate green energy into Charge myHyundai service in Europe

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When charged with renewable energy, battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) such as IONIQ 5 produce up to 81% lower well-to-wheel lifecycle emissions compared to a normal ICE vehicle, according to a 2021 study from the International Council of Clean Transportation (ICCT).

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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Natural gas first came through the Ukraine Transit pipeline (with branches to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania) lines, then through the Yamal line (via Poland) and later also via Nord Stream 1 (under the Baltic Sea to Germany) and the Turkstream pipeline, under the Black Sea. Regardless, the E.U.

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