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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.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
GM also signed commercial agreements with Sunlogics for the installation of solar charging canopies at Chevrolet dealerships and GM facilities, as well as a power purchase agreement to install large-scale solar arrays at GM facilities and purchase the energy produced by these arrays.
Tesla has signed a solar energy supply contract with a renewables provider in Spain, set to provide the U.S. On Friday, global renewables provider Zelestra announced in a press release that it signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Tesla to supply the company with around 130 GWh of renewable energy per year in Spain.
Think signed an MOU for 550 units for Spain. Spain’s Industry Ministry is supporting the introduction of EVs in Spain, and is aiming to install electric car infrastructure in several cities, as well as subsidizing the government, municipal and private purchase of smaller EV fleets. Click to enlarge.
Results were cushioned for similar reasons in Italy (-0.2%), the UK (-6.4%) and Spain (-17.9%). fewer in Spain and 20.6% in Spain, 17.0% Only Austria (+8.8%), France (+10.7%) and Germany (+23.2%) posted growth compared to 2008, with results lifted by scrapping incentives. European production. fewer in Italy, 25.1% in Italy.
Stellantis and CATL’s battery factory in Europe may be located in Spain. Stellantis to release $27,000 battery electric vehicle in 2024 According to Stellantis’ Global Head of Purchasing and Supply Chain, Maxime Picat, the two companies still need a few months to finalize their joint venture.
a company that provides transit services for the city it is named after, recently agreed to purchase four Urbino 12 electric buses from Solaris. “I EMT Fuenlabrada S.A., I am very proud that another city is opting to develop zero-emission transport by choosing Solaris vehicles.
Verde in Spain. This includes Argentina-based Autoelevadores Yale, Colombia-based Industrias IVOR, Electric Cars of Costa Rica, Mol Transportation Solutions in Europe and, most recently, Km.
Since the beginning of 2021, the Group’s road freight provider DHL Freight alone has already surveyed more than 600 selected service partners from Germany, Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands on their sustainability performance.
Spanish domestic waste collection and processing company Urbaser has taken delivery of the first 26 t hybrid truck fitted with a refuse collection body in Spain. —Rubén Torrado, director of purchasing and equipment at Urbaser. The 320 hp (235 kW) 6x2*4 Premium Distribution Hybrys Tech can cut fuel consumption by as much as 20%.
However, just 13 member states offer purchase incentives, such as bonus payments or premiums, to buyers of electric cars. The top 5 countries with the highest motor tax revenues are: Germany ? United Kingdom ? The three countries that do not apply CO2-based taxation are Estonia, Lithuania and Poland.
Elon Musk’s SpaceX company purchased Twitter’s largest ad campaign for Starlink. SpaceX purchased a $250,000 ad campaign on Twitter to promote Starlink services in Australia and Spain. Users in Australia and Spain will see a SpaceX Starlink ad the first three times they open Twitter when the ad campaign is scheduled.
Solaris has been awarded an order for 87 hybrid buses that will be used in the metropolitan area of Barcelona (Spain). This investment is in line with the policy adopted by Catalonia’s largest city to purchase only low- or zero-emission vehicles from 2021.
LeasePlan will purchase more than 100 Nissan LEAF electric vehicles from Nissan and will offer them to its customers in thirteen countries in Europe, starting in early 2011 in line with Nissan’s launch plans in those markets. LeasePlan is the first leasing company to offer the Nissan LEAF in Europe.
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Following the opening of the first ENI Liquefied Natural Gas Station in Piacenza, LC3 was the first company in Italy to purchase the Stralis LNG and use them on the country’s roads. The Stralis Natural Power LNG is powered by a 330 hp (246 kW) Cursor 8 CNG Euro VI engine. Lastly, the gas Iveco is about 5 decibels more quiet than diesel.
Since the announcement of the transaction in February 2013, certain value adjustments have been made in accordance with the terms of the sales and purchase agreement. These are expected to lead to a net cash purchase price of $3.8 billion (subject to post closing adjustments), compared to purchase price of $4.4
Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, Mayor of Madrid (Spain) announced last week during an informative breakfast meeting in Madrid that the City Council of Madrid is preparing a regulation that will prevent the purchase of new taxis and urban buses running on diesel. NGVA Europe. This decision was taken because diesel models emit too much NO 2.
Tesla #1 and #2 Lead in PHEV-Heavy Market After previously checking out Spain, we turn west, to its Iberian neighbor, Portugal, for a new EV sales report. As a Southern European market with low purchase power, one would think that this would be another market lingering in the back of.
The first wave of auditing includes sites in Belgium, Germany, Spain and France with others to follow. To be awarded with ResponsibleSteel certification, each site will undergo a third-party audit with an independent Certification Committee making the final certification decision.
Countries across Europe, including Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, are offering significant incentives for the purchase of electric vehicles, and leading car companies are placing multibillion-dollar bets on hybrid and electric vehicle technologies that are expected to launch starting this year.
The study revealed that future car buyers in the US, Germany, UK, Spain, Russia, France and South Africa have a strong desire for change, wanting to adopt more balance in life. However, consumers across the 16 countries fell into three distinct groups. A time for introspection and balance.
Most recently, the company signed a new partnership with CRISALION Mobility out of Spain, committing to purchase 20 of the latter’s Integrity eVTOL aircraft as UrbanLink expands beyond its native state of Florida and overseas to at least two markets in Europe.
The acquisition expands the Kapsch portfolio and strengthens its market position in intelligent transportation systems, especially in the growth markets of Spain, Latin America, North America and the Middle East. The closing purchase price is approximately €26.0 million (US$3.4 The integration will not affect operating systems.
Greece, Hungary, Denmark, Spain, France, Ireland, Norway, and Italy each implemented programs during this period, aimed at scrapping older cars to promote the purchase of newer, safer, and more efficient vehicles. In the 1990s, numerous countries both within and outside Europe launched vehicle scrappage schemes with multiple goals.
billion, down 15% on 3Q 2017, while the purchase of small-scale solar systems of less than 1MW totaled $13.5 Spain at $1.9 Looking at the third-quarter global investment figures by type, asset finance of utility-scale renewable energy projects came to $49.3 billion, up 9% on a year earlier. Japan at $4 billion, down 21%. Turkey at $1.2
With this purchase, the Barcelona-based company is tackling the first phase of transforming the H16 line to a 100% electric, zero emissions route. Valencia has purchased its first unit while Bilbao has purchased two more 12-meter long buses, all of which must be delivered before the end of this year.
The companies will explore supply options for both blue and green hydrogen, as well as power from wind and solar generation through the use of power purchase agreements. bp is working to pursue green hydrogen production at its refineries in Lingen in Germany, Rotterdam in the Netherlands and Castellón in Spain.
Complexity of solar purchase power agreements and the cost competitiveness of solar energy in various regions of the world are impacting the pace at which we can add solar capacity. For the most part, progress against these metrics remains consistent with our projected glide path toward reaching our 2020 manufacturing commitments.
To be included in the Pike report, the EVSE companies had to: sell EVSE units as individual products, not EVSE provided by an automaker with its PEV; be a manufacturer, not just a service provider that purchased hardware from other companies; manufacture Level 2 chargers—i.e., excluding companies that only provide DC fast chargers; and.
1,500 to purchase a new car with Euro 4 as minimum engine specification. 1,000-2,000 to purchase a new car which is less than 160 g/km or an LCV. 2,500 to purchase a car up to 12 months old with Euro 4 as minimum engine specification. . 400-800 to scrap vehicle plus €1,500-3,400 if purchase a new vehicle.
Among vehicle owners, the decrease in vehicle purchase intention in June is not as significant as early reports have indicated for the US. Ipsos sees refusal to let the pandemic affect vehicle purchase plans as a second key reason. The main reason for continued vehicle demand is the personal safety and protection a vehicle can provide.
This steep reduction was in large part caused by the last-minute purchases made in December, due to the impending introduction of the new CO 2 emissions regulation. Among the big markets, electrified vehicles counted for almost 19% in France, 14% in the UK, 12% in Spain, 10% in Germany and 8% in Italy.
Drivers on the Uber platform in seven European countries can now purchase discounted home EV chargers, as Wallbox – a leading provider of EV charging and energy management solutions worldwide – and Uber expand their partnership across the continent.
The Volta Zero was launched in September 2020; at the end of 2020, Volta Trucks announced what was believed to be Europe’s single largest purchase of full-electric large commercial vehicles with the sale of 1,000 Volta Zeros to Petit Forestier, Europe’s largest refrigerated commercial rental fleet.
And unlike previous recessions, we’re not just dealing with people’s fears or purchase delays. Markets were significantly hit in Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Slovenia, Greece and Portugal, where the combined volume fell from 634,600 units in March 2019 to 161,800 units last month. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst.
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