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Stadler wins contracts for up to 120 battery-powered trains, 25 hydrogen trains

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The FLIRT Akku vehicles are designed to replace the current diesel fleet and will enable sustainable operation on lines that are only partially electrified. The FLIRT Akku vehicles are the battery-powered version of Stadler’s best-selling FLIRT model, which has already sold over 2,500 units worldwide.

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Volta Trucks raises €230M

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This includes the completion of a fleet of Design Verification prototypes for engineering development and testing, as well as a fleet of Product Verification vehicles that will be evaluated by customers in London and Paris in mid-2022. The 16-tonne vehicle is the first of the four variants which range between 7.5- and 18-tonnes.

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Austrian transport company orders 220 biodiesel-powered trucks from Scania

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This major order follows the introduction of Scania’s 13-litre 450 hp engine, which meets Euro 6 standard for biodiesel operation. The company has also signed a Scania repair and maintenance contract for all of the 220 vehicles ordered. Earlier post.).

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Faurecia acquires Amminex to accelerate efficient NOx reduction for passenger and commercial vehicles

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At the recent Paris Motor Show, Faurecia showed the Amminex solution for commercial vehicles, as well as an ASDS system in a new format for passenger cars. In increasing its participation to 91.5%, Faurecia expects to intensify the development of this technology for both commercial vehicles and passenger cars.

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MAN eTGE battery-electric van to be mass-produced from July onwards

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Advancing these ideas consistently, the sales of MAN’s first fully electric-powered production vehicle are now underway with the eTGE. Around 70% of light commercial vehicles used in urban areas travel fewer than 100 kilometers per day on average. As with all TGEs, the emergency brake assist (EBA) continues to be installed as standard.

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Volta Trucks bounces back from bankruptcy, resumes ‘sharpened’ commercial EV business plan

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We reported on much of that journey, from a mere vehicle design sketch in 2019 to a prototype launch less than a year later. Volta began series production in Austria ahead of those planned deliveries in Q3 2023, but things started to go south once its battery supplier Proterra filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last summer.

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Mercedes-Benz Introducing More BlueTec EEV trucks

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EEV (Enhanced Environmentally Friendly Vehicle) is a European classification used for engines which comply with a more stringent exhaust emission standard that reduces particulate emissions by roughly a further one-third compared to Euro 5 limits. Incentives are offered for this technology in some European countries.

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