article thumbnail

Romania orders 123 Solaris electric buses

Green Car Congress

Solaris is already very well-known in Romania. The vehicles will be air-conditioned and equipped with a comprehensive passenger information system, tailored to the individual requirements and needs of each city. The partnership with the country began in 2002.

Romania 435
article thumbnail

Tesla launches its electric cars in Hungary and Romania

Electrek

Tesla is starting to further expand in eastern central Europe by making its electric cars available to order in Hungary and Romania. more… The post Tesla launches its electric cars in Hungary and Romania appeared first on Electrek.

Romania 145
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Craiova, Romania orders 16 Solaris articulated electric buses

Green Car Congress

Solaris and the Romanian city of Craiova (Romania’s sixth-largest city) have signed a contract for the delivery of 16 18-meter articulated Urbino 18 electric buses. The articulated vehicles will make it to Craiova in the first half of 2021.

Romania 435
article thumbnail

Ukrainian Tesla Driver Stranded In Romania Charges At Gas Station

InsideEVs

The older Tesla Model S appears to have run out of juice in front of a gas station in Sibiu, Romania.

Romania 140
article thumbnail

Rock Tech Lithium signs MoU with Romanian Government for second lithium hydroxide plant

Green Car Congress

Canada-based Rock Tech Lithium has signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (“MoU”) with the Government of Romania. We not only want to invest in Romania, but also build up know-how, create jobs and work closely with local partners. It took us almost two years to find and sign our first location in Guben, Brandenburg.

Romania 334
article thumbnail

Bucharest orders 100 Solaris electric trolleybuses

Green Car Congress

Bucharest is one of 8 cities in Romania with Solaris’ zero-emission vehicles—trolleybuses and electric buses. On board, there will be a monitoring system, passenger information system screens, and USB chargers, with which passengers can charge their phones or tablets.

Electric 462
article thumbnail

Clariant to build flagship sunliquid cellulosic ethanol plant in Romania

Green Car Congress

The new plant, with an annual production capacity of 50,000 tons, will be built in the southwestern part of Romania. The facility will be a flagship site, confirming competitiveness and sustainability of the sunliquid technology at commercial scale, in support of Clariant’s sunliquid licensing business strategy.

Romania 150
article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

Halewood will deliver to the vehicles’ assembly lines at Ford Otosan plants in Romania and Turkey, making up a significant share of Ford UK’s annual export value from the Merseyside plant, as well as Dagenham—currently worth £2.1 billion (US$2.6 billion) annually.

Ford 434
article thumbnail

Ford to introduce 7 new electric cars and vans in Europe by 2024; plans for new battery plant

Green Car Congress

In addition, Ford’s top-selling passenger vehicle in Europe, the Ford Puma, will be available as an electric version made in Craiova, Romania, starting in 2024. Ford’s manufacturing plant in Craiova, Romania, will play a significant role in the company’s electric and commercial vehicle growth plans in Europe.

Ford 427
article thumbnail

ZF has begun delivery of cubiX software for intelligent chassis control

Green Car Congress

—André Engelke cubiX was developed at multiple ZF sites globally (Germany, Czech Republic, Romania, UK, India, and China), the application project driven out of Region Asia Pacific. With cubiX, we have such software that can be perfectly integrated into the new architectures.

article thumbnail

Brasov orders 25 Solaris Trollino 18 articulated trolleybuses

Green Car Congress

Brasov, Romania has ordered 25 Solaris Trollino 18 trolleybuses. Brasov is one of 5 cities in Romania that has emission-free Solaris buses: trolleybuses and electric buses. Solaris will supply the articulated, low-floor and zero-emission trolleybuses to the customer within 12 months.

Romania 262
article thumbnail

TRANSCEND: Enhancing and strengthening interdisciplinary nanomedicine research

Innovation News Network

TRANSCEND is a translational research centre in the early stage of development at the Regional Institute of Oncology, Romania. The ESEI-BioMed project advances tumour diagnostics and nanomedicine in the frame of the new translational research centre, TRANSCEND.

Romania 97
article thumbnail

Ford eliminating 3800 jobs in Europe; driven by transition to fully electric powertrains

Green Car Congress

In July 2022, Ford Otosan took over ownership of Ford’s manufacturing operations in Craiova, Romania, boosting electric and commercial vehicle capacity. In June 2022, Ford announced that the plant in Valencia, Spain, is best positioned to produce passenger vehicles based on a next-generation electric vehicle architecture.

article thumbnail

EEA: 3/4 of EU urban population exposed to toxic air as governments fail to cut emissions

Green Car Congress

Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Italy breached EU limits for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), one of the most dangerous forms of air pollution which caused about 417,000 premature deaths in 41 European countries in 2018.

Emissions 218
article thumbnail

Romania Introduces Special Green License Plates For Electric Vehicles

InsideEVs

The European nation is following in the footsteps of other states that have implemented similar ways of distinguish EVs.

article thumbnail

BMW Group, Qualcomm and Arriver to form long-lasting strategic cooperation for joint development of Automated Driving software

Green Car Congress

The cooperation will see more than 1,400 specialists working together in locations worldwide, including Germany, USA, Sweden, China, Romania, and the BMW AD Test Center in Czech Republic. This joint software development is an important milestone for the BMW Group with regards to our next generation Automated Driving platform.

BMW 243
article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

A new light commercial vehicle being built by Ford’s vehicle assembly operations in Craiova, Romania, also will include an all-electric derivative from 2024.

Ford 417
article thumbnail

Price Matters: Dacia Spring Becomes Best-Selling Car In Romania

InsideEVs

The least expensive electric car in Europe was the most registered in Dacia's home market.

Romania 116
article thumbnail

Clariant announces 4th license deal for sunliquid technology; first Bulgarian cellulosic ethanol project

Green Car Congress

In the fall of 2018 Clariant also broke ground for its first-of-its-kind commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol production plant in Podari, Romania. Since July 2012, Clariant has been operating a pre-commercial plant in Straubing, which produces up to 1,000 metric tons of cellulosic ethanol every year.

Bulgaria 402
article thumbnail

Tesla Configurator Goes Live In Romania And Hungary

InsideEVs

The third party sale of Tesla vehicles in these countries was ceased because they can now be officially ordered.

Tesla 88
article thumbnail

Brand New Tesla Model 3 Costs Just €34,970 In Romania

InsideEVs

Two government incentives that can be cumulated slash many thousands off the list price.

Romania 122
article thumbnail

TECO 2030 aims to build hydrogen fuel cell gigafactory in Norway

Green Car Congress

TECO 2030 is a partner in the project Green Hydrogen @ Blue Danube, together with players such as Siemens, Bosch, AVL and Verbund, where hydrogen generated from solar and wind power will be produced in Romania and transported on barges along the Danube to industrial buyers in Austria and Germany.

Hydrogen 468
article thumbnail

Romania doubles electric-car subsidies, adds 'cash for clunkers' program

Green Car Reports

In recent years, governments have increasingly worked to encourage the sales of plug-in electric vehicles. Incentive programs for the purchase of a low-emission vehicle have been adopted across the world. The amounts granted and the mechanisms vary according to the individual program, but the goal is the same: reduce emissions. DON’T MISS.

article thumbnail

The EU’s 2035 petrol ban receives pushback from five countries

Teslarati

Several European countries, including Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania are pushing to delay the EU’s potential ban on combustion engine powertrains in 2035. However, before becoming law, the proposal must make it through the Council of the European Union (much like the Senate of the United States).

Petrol 98
article thumbnail

World’s First Race-Prepped Mini Cooper SE Receives Evo Upgrades

InsideEVs

This one of a kind hillclimb special from Romania is getting the Evo treatment.

Romania 98
article thumbnail

Ford Model e unit announces massive expansion of EV initiative in Europe: 7 new EVs by 2024

Teslarati

It will be produced in Craiova, Romania, starting in 2024. EV Production Boost in Romania. Ford’s joint venture with Koç Holding, known as Ford Otosan, will assume ownership of the Craiova, Romania plant. “We ” Ford will also introduce an electric version of the Ford Puma.

Ford 98
article thumbnail

EU formally approves sales ban of combustion engine cars by 2035

Teslarati

Proposed in July 2021, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Romania all pushed to delay the sales ban in mid-2022. The push to transition consumers toward all-electric powertrains is an effort to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions and reach lofty climate goals.

Cars 98
article thumbnail

4Q 2019: EU diesel demand continues to drop while gasoline gains; plug-ins up 80.5% y-o-y

Green Car Congress

digit gains were also seen in Belgium (+17.7%), Slovenia (+18.2%), Hungary (+18.4%), Sweden (+30.5%) and Romania (+31.1%). Diesel demand increased again in two of the biggest EU car markets: France (+7.3%) and Germany (+4.3%).

Gasoline 259
article thumbnail

NuScale Power receives US NRC design approval for small modular reactor

Green Car Congress

NuScale has signed agreements with entities in the US, Canada, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Jordan. NuScale continues to maintain strong program momentum toward commercialization of its SMR technology, including supply chain development, standard plant design, planning of plant delivery activities, and startup and commissioning plans.

Power 334
article thumbnail

Ford Announces New Electric Light Commercial Vehicle

InsideEVs

It will be produced from 2024 in Romania, alongside a conventional version that will enter the market a year earlier.

Romania 111
article thumbnail

Credendo: European aluminum sector in a critical situation

Green Car Congress

In Romania, it was announced at the end of December that the production of the Alro smelter would be cut by 60%, blaming unsustainable energy prices. In Galicia (Spain), Alcoa has decided to completely close its primary aluminum smelter—the second largest in Europe—for two years (until the end of 2023).

article thumbnail

Tesla reservation holders report Model S Plaid delivery updates in Europe

Teslarati

pic.twitter.com/qA6c4o1Cxk — Vlad | President of Tesla Owners Club Romania (@CosteVlad) July 31, 2022. The Tesla enthusiast was advised to prepare for the delivery of his flagship all-electric sedan, with the electric vehicle maker asking the reservation holder to enter his contact details and payment information. .

Tesla 144
article thumbnail

Clariant concludes testing of conversion of miscanthus biomass into lignocellulosic sugars and ethanol

Green Car Congress

In the fall of last year, Clariant broke ground on its greenfield first-of-its-kind full-scale commercial cellulosic ethanol plant in Podari, the southwestern region of Romania.

article thumbnail

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

Green Car Congress

The Project eRamp is co-funded by grants from ENIAC Joint Undertaking and from Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovakia und the UK. Manufacturing Power Electronics'

Austria 265
article thumbnail

Tesla Model S Plaid, Long Range on car carriers spotted in Europe

Teslarati

Other owners, like Vlad, President of Tesla Owners Club Romania, has received his VIN and is set to receive a Model S Plaid. They will leave the Port of Baltimore on December 10 and will arrive in Zeebrugge on December 21. The VIN numbers below show both Model S Long Range and Model X Plaid vehicles.

Tesla 98
article thumbnail

SpaceX now offers Starlink for RVs for remote travels

Teslarati

The service also fully covers Denmark, Romania, Italy, and Lithuania. SpaceX for RVs is available in France, Germany, Spain, and most of the United Kingdom in Europe. Scotland still has some parts on the waiting list. Ukraine is listed on the waiting list. Starlink’s helpful service in Ukraine is well known.

article thumbnail

EEB report finds only Belgium and Slovakia on track to meet EU air pollution targets

Green Car Congress

Greece, Luxembourg and Romania have still not delivered their program and Italy has only submitted a draft. However, only eight countries submitted it by the deadline (Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom), while some other governments submitted theirs more than a year later.

Belgium 186
article thumbnail

‘Discriminatory’ EV tax credit could bring Mexico-imposed tariffs

Teslarati

In October, the European Union, Germany, Canada, Japan, Mexico, France, South Korea, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Spain, Austria, Netherlands, Belgium, Cyprus, Ireland, Malta, Finland, Romania, and Greece argued to U.S. domestic assembly and local content.” ” The countries also stated the credit “is inconsistent with U.S.

article thumbnail

Petrobras awards Technip/DOF Subsea JV ~$3.5bn in contracts for four new pipelay support vessels; ultra-deep water capabilities

Green Car Congress

The hulls of these vessels will be built at Vard Tulcea in Romania and outfitted at Vard Søviknes in Norway. The contracts constitute the largest order in VARD’s history, with an aggregate order value of approximately US$1.1 billion (NOK 6.5 Two of the vessels, of VARD 3 05 design, will be delivered in 2Q 2016 and 3Q 2016 respectively.

Water 340
article thumbnail

Passenger car registrations in EU down 7.1% in January 2012 year-on-year

Green Car Congress

The biggest contraction was noted in Portugal (-47.4%) and the largest increase in Romania (+86.4%). Registrations varied per market: France (-20.7%) and Italy (-16.9%) recorded a double-digit downturn, while Spain posted a 2.5% The German (-0.4%) and British (-0.0%) markets remained stable. percentage points in market share to hit 24.0%

2012 210
article thumbnail

EEA report finds more action needed to protect Europe’s most vulnerable citizens from air pollution, noise and extreme temperatures

Green Car Congress

The report stresses that better alignment of social and environment policies and improved local action are needed to successfully tackle environmental justice issues. KEY FINDINGS. Air and noise pollution.

Pollution 265
article thumbnail

Airbus and TAROM launch project to establish sustainable bio-kerosene jet fuel value-chain

Green Car Congress

CCE and BIOTEHGEN are implementing various camelina placement trials at different locations in Romania, with the purpose of assessing sustainability of different production models and soil types, including contaminated soil and uncultivated land, in order to identify the best techniques and genetic material.

Fuel 231
article thumbnail

HELLA introduces top-end UP5.0 electric vacuum pump for brake systems; increased fuel efficiency

Green Car Congress

HELLA manufactures fuel pumps in Germany, Romania, the US, Mexico and China. HELLA’s fuel-pump production capacity currently totals more than six million units per year, and the company has increased capacity in the mid-term.

Fuel 150