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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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The outbreak of COVID-19 has already impacted the automotive industry significantly, according to JATO Dynamics, a leading provider of global automotive data and insight. Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 We have to remember that the industry was already operating in a challenging environment, especially towards the end of last year.

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European Researchers Launch Mega Campaign to Assess Urban Air Pollution

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Twenty research teams from across Europe are launching one of its largest pollution monitoring campaigns and are setting up sites in Île-de-France (a region containing the Paris metropolitan area) to investigate sources of particulate pollution in the urban environment. Université de Patras, Greece. Université d'Helsinki, Finland.

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REVA Electric Car Company Building New Plant in Bangalore

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REVA is available in the following European countries: United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Spain, Norway, Greece, Cyprus, France and Belgium. There are more than 2,000 REVA electric cars already on the roads in London and Bangalore, with a distribution network being built up across Europe, South America and parts of Asia.

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DNV GL paper suggests near-term success for LNG in shipping; alternative fuel mix to diversify over time

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DNV GL has released a position paper on the future alternative fuel mix for global shipping. The global merchant fleet currently consumes around 330 million tonnes of fuel annually, 80-85 per cent of which is residual fuel with high sulfur content. Well-to-Propeller GHG emissions results for marine alternative fuels. Source: DNV GL.

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Global Automotive Survey Finds Nearly Six in Ten People Prefer Green Cars, Even If Money No Object

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Some of the other findings of the survey include: The nation most likely to simply elect green car was Germany, with 58% choosing the environment over their dream cars. The 30% of people globally who would still choose their dream car, green-be-damned, comprised of 35% men and 27% women. —Scott Miller, Synovate’s CEO of Motoresearch.

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MIT study cautions smaller nations on rushing to develop their natural gas resources; Cyprus as model

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The study is a part of of a larger report that will further take into account the changing dynamics of the regional and global gas markets, giving a comprehensive view of the implications for the long-term development of natural gas in Cyprus and other like nations. Global gas use in 2012 was 117 Tcf.). —Sergey Paltsev.

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