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Natural gas vehicle fleet in Italy climbs to 785,000 units

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Italy, the European leader in natural gas vehicle (NGV) adoption, has seen a 16% increase in its natural gas vehicle parc from 676,850 at the end of 2009 to 785,000 vehicles by early 2012. The availability of more new car models with ex-factory CNG options is pushing the growth of the NGV market share further. NGVA Europe.

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Tesla, BYD & other automakers under investigation in Italy

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Italy’s competition authority, Autorita Garante della Concorrenza e del Mercato (AGCM), launched probes into Tesla, BYD, Stellantis, and Volkswagen. On Thursday, February 20, 2025, AGCM went to each automaker’s Italian headquarters with Italy’s financial crimes police–aka Guardia di Finanza.

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Snam and RINA team up to accelerate the development of hydrogen sector

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Italy-based Snam, a global energy infrastructure company, and RINA, a global testing, inspection, certification and engineering consultancy services firm, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in the hydrogen sector, in order to realize the significant potential of hydrogen as a fundamental energy carrier.

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Alstom and Snam to develop hydrogen trains in Italy

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Alstom and Snam, one of the world’s leading energy infrastructure companies, have signed a five-year agreement to develop hydrogen trains in Italy. This move is a further contribution to the decarbonisation of transport and to the development of hydrogen economy in Italy.

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Snam and Baker Hughes test world’s first hydrogen blend turbine for gas networks

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The test took place at Baker Hughes’ facility in Florence, Italy with a Baker Hughes’ NovaLT12 gas turbine. Developed using high-performance computational methods and manufacturing technologies such as additive, the NovaLT family of turbines is suitable for a variety of applications, including industrial cogeneration, pipeline, and offshore.

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Amsted Industries forms automotive group to focus on electric and traditional vehicle markets

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The world automotive market is going through a period of fundamental change. The transition to electric vehicles has the potential to reshape much of the industry, including the supply base. —Stephen Smith, Chairman, President and CEO, Amsted Industries. Burgess-Norton built the core of its business on piston pins.

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Motor vehicle taxation brings in €440.4B for governments in major European markets

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New data shows that motor vehicles generate more than €440 billion in taxation per year for national governments in the major EU markets plus the UK, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reports. This just goes to show the sheer scale of the importance of the automobile industry to Europe. United Kingdom ?

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