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Its 2.8ltr diesel VM engine is designed to be cleaner and greener, while delivering improved power output without impact on fuel economy. It has been engineered with a lighter chassis and drivetrain offering an improved, smoother experience for driver and passenger.

A £300m taxi manufacturing plant which created 1,000 new jobs is to be officially opened later.

The London Taxi Company's (LTC) Ansty Park site in Coventry is the home of its new electric taxi, the TX5.

LTC - which now employs up to 1,500 people - has invested more than £300m in the TX5 after manufacturing the black cab in the UK for 69 years.

Administrators were called into LTC in 2012 before Chinese carmaker Geely bought the business the following year.

We have started the site-selection process. Our ambition is to make a decision during mid-2017. For the region where the factory will be built, this is a unique opportunity to develop an innovative industry cluster of expertise around batteries and energy storage. If you have information about a suitable site living up to the necessary requirements below, please contact site-selection ( at ) northvolt.com.

What are the necessary site-selection requirements?

A wide range of conditions are considered with a few absolutely necessary:
• the site must have at least 500 000 – 700 000 m2 ready for ground preparation 2018 with a complete industrial zoning permit in place
• the site must have a strong realistic potential to extend industrial zoning area to 2 000 000 m2
• the power supply to the site must have an exceptionally strong grid connection

Who is Northvolt?

Northvolt is led by a team of experienced professionals with background in automotive, energy storage, logistics and business development. Northvolt was founded by CEO Peter Carlsson, Paolo Cerruti, Carl-Erik Lagercrantz and Harald Mix. The company is owned by them directly or via holding companies. In addition, employees and advisors have shares and/or warrants in the company. Northvolt has received external funding in the form of investment and/or loans and grants from The Swedish Energy Agency (Energimyndigheten), Vinnova, Innoenergy, Vattenfall and Stena.

Electrification and renewable energy storage are the keys to a carbon neutral society. Batteries will enable the transition. The auto industry alone will need batteries in huge numbers to replace fossil fuels with electricity. The ability to store energy is also crucial to free the world’s energy generation and distribution from coal, oil and natural gas. Northvolt accelerates this transition by building Europe’s largest battery factory.

How do I apply for a job at Northvolt?

Check out our Jobs section. Northvolt is currently expanding and we seek superstars in a wide range of areas. We’re currently hiring very specific expertise but you can also send us an open application.

Volkswagen is shaping the transition to the sustainable mobility of the future is propulsion using compressed natural gas (CNG). Dr Wolfgang Demmelbauer-Ebner, Head of Volkswagen Petrol Engine Development, outlines the subject in his symposium speech as follows: "Due to its chemical composition, natural gas as a fuel already reduces CO2 emissions if it comes from fossil sources. If, however, it is produced in a sustainable way, for instance as biomethane from agricultural waste, then looked at from well-to-wheel it facilitates a form of mobility that produces appreciably less CO2. We use the term e-gas to describe synthetically produced CNG that is made out of water and CO2 from renewable power generation's excess current. e-gas is ideal for making renewable power usable for the transport sector and for storing it. It is in practical terms a partner in the switch to renewable forms of energy."

Volkswagen has been represented in the marketplace with CNG engines since way back in 2002. A special feature of the new three-cylinder turbocharged engine with a cubic capacity of 1.0 litre and high torque of 66 kW (90 PS) that is being shown at the Vienna Motor Symposium is its bivalent concept: it can be run on petrol or CNG. In gas-powered mode it works in a particularly low-emission manner – and that applies both to CO2 and NOx particulate emissions. The compact 1.0 TGI is a new engine specification for the small car class in the Volkswagen Group.

A key factor in its low emissions is the optimum conversion of the methane in the exhaust gas. In order to bring the catalytic converter quickly up to operating temperature and keep it there, Volkswagen has developed a lambda split process. During warm running and under low load two cylinders are fired using a rich mixture and one using a lean mixture. An important component of the technology here is the so-called lambda probe with no dew-point end. Thanks to electric heating, it is able to take up its regulating function within no more than ten seconds of a cold start, even if the exhaust gas and exhaust system still contain certain amounts of condensation.

The activities promoting CNG drive systems go well beyond technical solutions. In addition to the Group's extensive and attractive range of models, Volkswagen is also conducting an intensive dialogue with other market participants and political players. In collaboration with energy providers, the gas industry, other OEMs and federal government ministries, we are driving forward activities that continue to make CNG known and attractive as a fuel.

Volkswagen is thus pursuing every path leading to CO2-neutral mobility. In addition to systematic optimisation of the existing powertrains, alternative forms of drive system are being introduced into the portfolio. The scaling possibilities of electric-powered drive systems open up further areas of potential, as the example of the Golf shows. Looked at overall, the fuels' CO2 relevance is a key factor. In this regard, CNG in the form of e-gas is playing an increasingly important role.

Ilta-Sanomat oli kuitenkin eilen tiistaina paikalla Brysselissä, kun EU:n liikennekomissaari Violeta Bulc esitteli muutamille valikoiduille median edustajille komission tietullisuunnitelmia.

Bulcin mukaan EU:n komissio esittelee tänään keskiviikkona EU:n parlamentille suunnitelmansa EU-aluetta koskevista yhtenäisistä tiemaksuista. Jäsenvaltioiden asiaksi jäisi määritellä maksun suuruus, joka voisi olla myös nolla euroa. EU asettaisi maksuille kuitenkin korkeimman sallitun kattosumman, hieman kännykkämaailmasta tuttujen roaming-maksujen tapaan.

Trafin johtaja asiantuntija Anders Granfelt vahvistaa Ilta-Sanomille Suomen EETS-rekisterin olemassaolon.

– Tässä on kyseessä direktiivin mukainen toiminta, eli Trafi on jo varautunut tilanteeseen jossa tiemaksut otetaan käyttöön.

h6bekuul kirjutas:See avarii korral keskusele helistamine ja koordinaatide saatmine oli mu 1999a opelil juba küljes (saksast toodud). Nii, et 20a vana asi juba. Pean jälle ennast kordama: parem iljaa, kui mitte keegi

peeter3000 kirjutas:VW Polo saab endale uue maagaasi (CNG) mootori: 1.0 TGi (66kW 90Hj)

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