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Electric trucks and buses show massive sales growth in Europe

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The market share of fully electric trucks and buses is growing at an impressive pace in Europe, according to a new report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). According to the ICCT, in Q4 of 2023, 43% of all new city buses sold in Europe were fully electric. of Australia’s bus fleet is electric).

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Fresh delays for major battery storage project in Northumberland

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A 30MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) has been dealt a further setback by Northern Powergrid (NPG) in being able to connect to the grid. The site at West Sleekburn received planning in October 2022 but subsequently had its planned connection date delayed until October 2036.

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2023 EV registrations in Europe surpass two million units, setting new record

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In 2023, Europe’s auto market achieved its best sales since the pandemic, spurred partly by strong demand for EVs. New passenger vehicle registrations totaled almost 13 million units, up 14% compared to 2022. Battery EVs set a new record, selling over two million units and taking 15.7% of total market share.

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Battery recycling plant at Port of Rotterdam to open in 2022

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TES, a provider of sustainable technology lifecycle services, has taken over a recycling facility at the Port Of Rotterdam , Europe’s largest seaport, from Battery Recycling Services Netherlands. TES plans to focus the facility on the recycling of lithium-ion batteries. The TES project in Rotterdam is exactly that.

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Millor will manufacture cobalt-free lithium-ion batteries in Europe

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The COBRA (CObalt-free Batteries for FutuRe Automotive Applications), a European consortium that aims to develop a new cobalt-free lithium-ion battery technology, has chosen Millor Battery to make the prototypes and first batteries. Among these raw materials is cobalt, which is expensive, scarce and not found in Europe.

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Automakers are shifting battery plant plans from Europe to the US. Does the European Commission have a solution?

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In my latest Charging Forward column, which appears in the current print issue of Charged , I wrote of “a pointless fight between the US and Europe over the Buy American provisions of the IRA/BIL,” and opined that “as the details of the new rules are worked out, they’ll surely be brought into harmony with existing free-trade agreements.”

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Honda ditches diesels, plans to phase out gas-only cars in Europe in 2022

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Honda has long been considered an electromobility laggard, but tightening emissions regulations in Europe are forcing its hand. We plan for European production of diesel powertrains to cease by the end of 2022. However, on a local level in the UK, we have now stopped selling diesel cars.”.

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