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Government of Spain approves subsidies for purchase of electric vehicles

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The Government of Spain last Friday approved incentives to stimulate the introduction of the electric vehicle, including direct subsidies for the purchase of such vehicles with a budget of €72 million (US$103 million) for 2011.

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Maersk purchases 25 Volvo FH Electric trucks for container transports in Germany

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Maersk has purchased 25 Volvo FH Electric trucks in Germany. The purchase of fully electric trucks is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport with more than €4.3 Volvo’s FH Electric offers battery capacities from 180 - 540 kWh (2-6 battery packs), supporting a range of up to 300 km (4x2 tractor trailer).

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Universal Hydrogen signs LOIs with 3 carriers for hydrogen-powered aircraft

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Universal Hydrogen ( earlier post ) has signed LOIs with Icelandair Group (Iceland), Air Nostrum (Spain), and Ravn Air (Alaska) for aftermarket conversion of aircraft to hydrogen propulsion and for the supply of green hydrogen fuel using Universal Hydrogen’s modular capsules. Icelandair. Air Nostrum.

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Uplifting BEV result accelerates new-car market growth in Spain

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31 March 2025 As other major European markets faltered, Spain continued its growth streak across the first quarter of 2025. This was Spains seventh consecutive month of growth and marked its highest monthly volume total since July 2020. However, Spain remains firmly behind these three markets in terms of total volume.

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EMT Madrid investing €177M in purchase of 520 CNG buses and 50 electric buses

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Empresa Municipal de Transportes de Madrid (EMT), the largest public transport operator in Spain and the second largest in Europe, recently awarded the tender for the acquisition of 520 new Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, as well for the purchase of 50 new electric buses.

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Spain To Subsidize Electric Vehicle Sales With €800 Million To 2023

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Spain’s Energy Ministry made the announcement last week. Authorities in small towns, as well as companies purchasing fleets to use them as […]. The Spanish government will spend up to €800 million (~$950 million) until 2023 to push electric car sales, Reuters reports.

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T&E: Denmark, Luxembourg, Netherlands lead deployments of zero-emission buses in Europe

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Italy, Poland, Germany, the UK, Spain and France, which buy 70% of the urban buses sold in Europe, lag behind. However, Germany is now financing 80% of the higher purchase cost of e-buses. In Sweden, Norway and Finland, respectively 26%, 24%, and 23% of urban buses registered in 2019 were zero-emission (electric or hydrogen).