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MACROECONOMICS: ECB Keeps Policy Unchanged to Battle Economic Slowdown

The European Central Bank pledged to keep interest rates at record lows at least through the summer after policy makers met amid rising concern about the region’s growth outlook.

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MACROECONOMICS: German Manufacturing Slump Casts Cloud Over Europe's Economy

Germany’s industrial slump worsened at the start of 2019, dragging the euro-area economy into its worst performance in more than five years.

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AUTO SALES: Update on Europe’s Hybrid & EV Car Market

  • Date: 23-01-19
  • Category: AUTO SALES
  • Source: LMC Automotive

Sales of electrified passenger cars in Western Europe’s 17 markets totalled an impressive 900,000 units in 2018 with a growth rate of 27% YoY. Of these, 335,000 were plug-ins with 190,000 being battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and 150,000 being plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs). As recently as 2017, PHEVs marginally outsold BEVs, but BEVs have now opened up a lead in the region’s plug-in sector.

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HYDROGEN: Three reasons why international cooperation is key to unlocking the hydrogen economy

  • Date: 23-01-19
  • Category: HYDROGEN
  • Source: Hydrogen Council

At no point in human history has the Earth been warmer than it is today. Responding to this generation’s greatest threat will require thoughtful, collaborative action - and fast. In December 2015, 196 countries came together at COP21 looking to solve this challenge. The resulting Paris Climate Agreement was an ambitious response to climate change with the overall aim of keeping the global temperature below 2˚C above pre-industrial levels by 2050. Now, four years later, we know accomplishing this

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PGM PROJECTS: PTM to raise $4m for Waterberg DFS

  • Date: 23-01-19
  • Category: PGM PROJECTS
  • Source: Research Channel

TSX- and NYSE-listed Platinum Group Metals (PTM) intends to sell up to three-million common shares at $1.33 apiece for gross proceeds of up to $4-million.

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EMISSIONS: VW's Diess warns emissions push could make cars too expensive for some consumers

  • Date: 22-01-19
  • Category: EMISSIONS
  • Source: Auto News Europe

DETROIT -- Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess warned that the European Union’s proposed emissions target for 2030 is too demanding and the resulting push to EVs could make motoring too expensive for some consumers.

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FUEL CELLS: New fuel cell vehicle technology uses cobalt

  • Date: 22-01-19
  • Category: FUEL CELLS
  • Source: Mining Weekly

A promising new fuel cell technology, which uses a cobalt-based catalyst, mirrors the world’s current ‘well-to-wheel’ refuelling ecosystem in being designed to allow motorists to call at conventional petrol stations to fill up with the liquid fuel from which hydrogen is extracted and then converted into vehicle-driving electricity.

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BATTERIES: Renault worries about battery supplies in growing EV market

  • Date: 22-01-19
  • Category: BATTERIES
  • Source: Auto News Europe

PARIS -- As the market for electric vehicles grows, some automakers are facing a new worry: ensuring a consistent supply of batteries.

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