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UK market sees first decline in alternatively fueled vehicle sales in 27 months in June

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UK new car registrations declined for a fourth consecutive month in June, with year-on-year demand falling by -4.9% 1,269,245 new cars joined British roads in the first half of the year, down -3.4% Another month of decline is worrying but the fact that sales of alternatively fueled cars are going into reverse is a grave concern.

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Ballard participating in H2PORTS project to demo hydrogen as alternative fuel in European ports; FCmove-HD

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—Jesper Themsen, President and CEO of Ballard Power Systems Europe A/S.

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European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

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The European car market remained stable during 2018, as 15.6 Globally, Europe was the world’s third-largest car market behind China and the US. Despite growing at a slower rate than in previous years, the shift from traditional cars to SUVs continued in 2018. It was the best result since 2007, when the market peaked with 16.02

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European Council and Parliament provisionally agree to Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation; more recharging and refueling stations

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The European Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional political agreement on the Alternative Fuel Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR). Citizens will no longer have a reason to feel anxious about finding charging and refueling stations to their electric or fuel-cell car.

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DOE labs study on costs and benefits of new transportation technologies the most comprehensive to date

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There has been a lot of past research on the cost of vehicles and the cost of fuel, but these other operating costs haven’t been studied in quite the same detail before. There were gaps in the data, especially with respect to alternative fuel powertrains—electric vehicles, fuel cell vehicles. —David Gohlke.

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Delhi Transport Corporation orders 1500 Tata Motors electric buses

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Tata Motors has steadily worked to engineer mobility solutions powered by alternate fuel technology, including battery-electric, hybrid, CNG, LNG and Hydrogen Fuel Cell technology. As part of the agreement, TML CV Mobility Solutions Ltd. Tata Starbus EV is an indigenously developed vehicle.

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DOE: US average EV CO2e/year is 4,815 lbs, vs. 11,435 lbs for average gasoline car

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Using electricity production data by source and state, the DOE’s Alternative Fuels Data Center has estimated the annual carbon dioxide (CO 2 e)-equivalent emissions of a typical EV.

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