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EU GRAMOFON project ends after 42 months with promising results on CO2 capture

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Coordinated by AIMPLAS, the project also involved the CNRS (France), University of Mons (Belgium), Fraunhofer ICT (Germany), Graphenea (Spain), Process Design Centre (the Netherlands), e2v (United Kingdom), MOFTech (United Kingdom), and KRICT (South Korea).

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NIO ET5 electric sedan to launch in the United Kingdom

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The NIO ET5 mid-sized electric sedan will launch in the United Kingdom (UK). The Chinese automaker’s next NIO House store will open in the United Kingdom. The brand also expects to expand to the United States market by 2025. NIO smart electric sedan will be debuting at the Goodwood Festival of Speed. “We

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Mercedes-Benz xEV sales up 37% in Q1; 32% of those battery-electric

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In Europe Mercedes-Benz xEV deliveries accounted for 33% of overall sales, and in United Kingdom almost every fifth new car sold is a battery electric vehicle. In total, the Mercedes-Benz Cars xEVs (BEV including smart and plug-in hybrids combined) now amount to a share of 15% of new car sales.

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Ford submits all-electric police pilot vehicle for Michigan State Police testing

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Last week, Ford introduced a new Mustang Mach-E police concept car in the United Kingdom. Ford will use the pilot program testing as a benchmark while it continues to explore purpose-built electric police vehicles in the future. Law enforcement demand for all-electric vehicles is growing worldwide.

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ACEA map: Affordability of electric cars, correlation between market uptake and GDP in the EU

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The European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) has published an interactive map that illustrates the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and GDP per capita for each of the 27 EU member states and the United Kingdom. Across the EU, 3.0% and Italy 0.9%). ECVs (GDP of €26,440).

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EEA reports sharp decrease in CO2 emissions of new cars in Europe in 2020

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According to the EEA’s provisional data, the average emissions of new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom in 2020 were 107.8 Average van emissions decreased slightly, by about 1.5 %. grams of CO 2 per kilometre (g CO 2 /km). This was 14.5

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Rolls-Royce starts build of UltraFan aero-engine; 25% fuel efficiency improvement over first generation Trent

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Significant investment has been made to develop the UltraFan demonstrator and associated technologies by Rolls-Royce and a variety of funding agencies, including the Aerospace Technology Institute and Innovate UK (United Kingdom), LuFo (Germany) and Clean Sky Joint Undertaking (European Union).

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