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Important Battery Electric Vehicle Milestone Reached In Denmark

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Mobility Denmark reports that data from bilstatistisk.dk show Denmark’s battery electric vehicle fleet reached 10% in August, backed by record sales of 55% BEVs. Mads Rørvig, director of Mobility Denmark, states: “It is impressive to see how electric car sales have skyrocketed.

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Volvo and Danfoss introduce first 24-hour e-truck fleet

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The e-trucks will operate in fixed routes between Danfoss sites in Denmark, and one of the trucks will operate 24 hours a day, five days per week, without significant charging downtime. With this transformation, Danfoss will be the first company in Denmark to have a 24-hour truck in operation. Danfoss technology in the trucks.

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Denmark, Norway, and US to lead Zero-Emission Shipping Mission

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The governments of Denmark, Norway, and the United States, along with the Global Maritime Forum and the Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping, will lead a new Zero-Emission Shipping Mission as part of Mission Innovation.

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Maersk secures green e-methanol for the world’s first container vessel operating on carbon-neutral fuel; new plant in Denmark

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—Henriette Hallberg Thygesen, CEO of Fleet & Strategic Brands, A.P. The energy needed for the power-to-methanol production will be provided by a solar farm in Kassø, Southern Denmark. The world’s first methanol feeder will be 172 meters long and it is expected to join the Maersk fleet in mid-2023. Moller - Maersk.

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Nobina adds 19 Ebusco 3.0 12m electric buses; brings total to 100, 20% of fleet

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This follow-up order from Nobina brings the number of Ebusco buses in the Nobina fleet to a total of 100. By adding these 19 buses, 20% of Nobina’s bus fleet will be zero emission. buses will be used for the Public Transport Authority Midtrafik in Denmark. The 19 Ebusco 3.0

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AVIS Denmark orders 401 Nissan e-NV200 vans and 60 more LEAFs; largest fleet of Nissan EVs in Europe

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Nissan and AVIS Denmark have signed a deal to create the largest fleet of Nissan electric vehicles anywhere in Europe, with a new order of 401 Nissan e-NV200 vans and a further 60 units of the battery-electric Nissan LEAF, brining its total EV fleet to date to 861 vehicles. —AVIS Denmark Managing Director, Kasper Gjedsted.

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Unicom to order 11 Volvo electric trucks for concrete mixers

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Unicon, the largest producer and supplier of ready-mixed concrete in Denmark, intends to place the largest private single order to date for electric trucks that will run on Danish roads. This clearly underlines our role as a frontrunner for the construction industry in both Denmark and worldwide. —Christian Elleby.

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