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DIESEL: What role does diesel play in the 2030 vehicle mix?
- Date: 06-02-19
- Category: DIESEL
- Source: Diesel Information Hub
The Paris Agreement and the EU’s 2030 Climate & Energy Framework will require steep cuts in CO2 emissions from transport. Currently, 25% of all EU greenhouse gas emissions come from transport, and 40% of this comes from passenger vehicles; making a switch to cleaner powertrains inevitable.
View full storyBATTERIES: Honda partners with CATL on Li-ion EV batteries; 56 GWh by 2027
- Date: 06-02-19
- Category: BATTERIES
- Source: Green Car Congress
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) signed a cooperation agreement with Honda Motor in Tokyo to cooperate formally to develop electric vehicles for the future market.
View full storyAUTO SALES: Nestlé, Carrefour and Alstom among businesses calling for strong sales benchmark for cleaner trucks
- Date: 06-02-19
- Category: AUTO SALES
- Source: Transport Environment
The EU should set an ambitious sales benchmark for zero-emission trucks that truckmakers must meet in 2025, six major global brands and transport companies have told lawmakers negotiating Europe's first truck CO2 law.
View full storyAUTO SALES: German sales fall 1% in January even as diesel market recovers
- Date: 05-02-19
- Category: DIESEL
- Source: Europe Auto News
Registrations in Germany fell 1.4 percent in January even as sales of diesel cars started to recover. New-car sales were 265,702 for the month, according to data released Monday by the KBA Motor Transport Authority.
View full storyAUTO SALES: British new car registrations dip -1.6% in January but demand for electrified models surges
- Date: 05-02-19
- Category: AUTO SALES
- Source: SMMT
UK new car market dips -1.6% in January as 161,013 models leave forecourts. Private buyers boost the market in first month of 2019, but fail to offset declines in business and fleet registrations. Demand for electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid cars surges – up 26.3%, with petrols rising 7.3%.
View full storyCOMMODITIES: New Goldman CEO plans to cut commodities business
- Date: 05-02-19
- Category: COMMODITIES
- Source: Market Watch
Commodities trading at Goldman Sachs Group Inc., GS, -1.12% once a huge moneymaker and a central part of the bank’s DNA, is on the chopping block.
View full storyLITHIUM: Lithium price: Spodumene is getting crushed
- Date: 04-02-19
- Category: LITHIUM
- Source: Mining.com
As expansion programs at South American brine operations slow down, the bulk of new lithium capacity is coming from hard rock mines.
View full storyFUEL ECONOMY: CAFE chaos looms as Trump team finalizes rules
- Date: 04-02-19
- Category: FUEL ECONOMY
- Source: Auto News
WASHINGTON — Instead of making life easier for automakers, the less-stringent fuel economy rules due from the Trump administration by March 31 are expected to be quickly challenged in court, leading to regulatory uncertainty and huge compliance headaches.
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