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Honda hopes to go electric in North America by 2040, will develop solid-state batteries

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There are grounds for skepticism: unlike the heroes of the hour, VW and GM, which are already producing and selling EVs in the US, Honda (like Toyota) currently offers no BEV models for sale in North America (the Clarity Electric compliance car was discontinued after 2019, and the Honda e electric hatchback isn’t sold in the US).

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Almost nowhere on Earth safe from PM2.5, says Melbourne study

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Importantly while daily levels have reduced in Europe and North America in the two decades to 2019, levels have increased in Southern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America and the Caribbean, with more than 70% of days globally seeing levels above what is safe. “In concentrations in 2019.

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Volvo to launch a range of electric trucks in Europe in 2021

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Volvo Trucks plans to offer a complete range of all-electric heavy-duty trucks in Europe, starting in 2021. Volvo Trucks started manufacturing the Volvo FL Electric and FE Electric in 2019. In North America, sales of the Volvo VNR Electric, a regional transport truck, will start in December 2020.

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Norwegian Post orders 29 Volvo electric trucks

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The Norwegian Postal Service has ordered 29 electric trucks from Volvo Trucks—one of the truck-maker’s largest ever in Europe. Volvo Trucks currently offers five different electric truck models in Europe, and one in North America. They went into series production in 2019 in Europe.

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Counting the microns

Envirotec Magazine

exposure, for which the upper limit is 500 µg/m 3 – which adds perspective to New Delhi’s lung-rupturing 900 µg/m3 levels recorded in late 2019. The report also said 7% of cities in Europe met the WHO PM2.5 levels but remains the most polluted country in Europe, with an annual average concentration of 27.5

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Volvo Trucks claims the lead in Europe’s electric truck market

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Sales of heavy-duty battery-electric trucks are starting to climb in Europe, and Volvo Trucks claims to have established a leading market share of 42% in 2021. Volvo Trucks started serial production of electric trucks in 2019, and currently has five models available for order in Europe, and one in the US.

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IRENA: Renewables accounted for three quarters of new power capacity in 2019

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Renewable electricity capacity growth slowed just a touch in 2019, yet still made up almost three quarters of all new power capacty that came into operation worldwide last year, according to the latest data released today by the International Renewable Energy Association (IRENA). according to IRENA. Overall, renewables capacity expanded by 7.6