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The EU’s 2035 Target IS The Certainty That The Industry Needs

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Some car execs suggest a return to the combustion engine will restore Europe’s competitiveness. They couldn’t be more wrong. By William Todts, Executive Director Henry Ford apparently once said, “if I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” A hundred years on his successor, Ford CEO … [continued]

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Volkswagen ID. Polo on the Road to Series Production — Reinventing a Bestseller

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New entry-level mobility — The ID. Polo is the first of four new Volkswagen electric models in the small car and compact segment, which will be launched from 2026 onwards Wide choice — The ID. Polo will initially be available with three power outputs (85 kW, 99 kW, 155 kW), two battery … [continued]

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Eurovignette for Ukraine: Truck Tolling to Save Ukrainian Roads & Environment

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This report looks into how Ukraine could pilot infrastructure charges, or tolls for trucks based on their impact on the road surface and environment. Tolling trucks is a technical solution to implement the “user” and “polluter pays” principles. Toll revenue could help ease budgetary pressures Ukraine faces and optimise EU funds allocation. If Ukraine … [continued]

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Full Page Open Letter Calls on Amazon, Google, Meta, & Microsoft to Stop Fueling Climate Change with Data Center Demands

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INDIANAPOLIS – A full page open letter in the Sunday papers of the Indianapolis Star calls on the country’s largest technology company CEOs — Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella — to power their data centers with clean energy, or risk failing to meet their own … [continued]

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XPENG to Begin Local Assembly in Malaysia by Mid-2026

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XPENG is expanding into the Southeast Asia region, as it just signed an agreement with Malaysian industrial partner EP Manufacturing Berhad (EPMB) to begin local assembly operations in Malacca, with production scheduled to commence in 2026, the companies announced Thursday. The announcement came after XPENG announced on December 12 that … [continued]

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