https://www.bizcommunity.com/444/390.html Western Europe Fuel & Energy news 15 Fuel & Energy news - Western Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/444/390.html en-us Thu, 21 May 2026 23:34:51 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/389/241996.html One of the world's top five electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation (SAIC), has recruited a South African dealer and distributor to market and sell its commercial EVs. Maxus Electric Vehicles (EV), the newly founded green mobility business, is one of the country's first distributors to focus solely on the EV industry. Maxus EV will provide access to EVs to urban logistics fleets, allowing them to cut the total cost of ownership and make considerable progress towards their net-zero targets. Early customers in South Africa, including Woolworths and DSV, have already driven over 1 million km while saving over 220,000kg of harmful carbon emissions. 1-241996 Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:43:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy Western Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/628/219563.html Leaded petrol has been eliminated after the world's last remaining stocks were used up last month, the UN's Environment Programme (Unep) said on Monday, 30 August, after heading a 19-year campaign to end use of the poisonous substance that poses major health and environment risks. 1-219563 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 12:38:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy Western Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/389/198603.html Transforming the way we travel is an essential part of tackling the climate crisis. The transport sector contributes about 20% of global carbon emissions. In the UK the figure is 33%, and the country has made virtually no progress in reducing emissions from transport. In many countries, they're actually increasing. 1-198603 Tue, 03 Dec 2019 12:49:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy Western Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/82/638/173821.html FRANKFURT, Germany - One of Germany's top courts will decide on Thursday, 22 February 2018, whether some diesel vehicles can be banned from parts of cities like Stuttgart and Duesseldorf to reduce air pollution, a possible landmark judgement for the "car nation". 1-173821 Tue, 20 Feb 2018 12:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy Western Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/75/485/102606.html PARIS, FRANCE: French industrial gases company Air Liquide said it was teaming up with a Toyota subsidiary to build a network of filling stations for fuel-cell electric vehicles in Japan. 1-102606 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 12:02:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy Western Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/75/702/93603.html PARIS: A global warming "pause" over the past decade may invalidate the harshest climate change predictions for the next 50 to 100 years, a study said on Sunday (19 May) - though levels remain in the danger zone. 1-93603 Mon, 20 May 2013 10:27:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy Western Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/205/702/87269.html GENEVA,SWITZERLAND: A major report on climate change being compiled by the United Nation's climate science panel was leaked online last week in what appeared to be an attempt by a climate sceptic to discredit the panel. 1-87269 Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:23:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy Western Europe https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/82/19/74542.html NUREMBERG, GERMANY: Consumer sentiment in Germany was divided in April. While the overall economic outlook was viewed more optimistically, the high level of income expectations dropped slightly, and willingness to buy saw significant losses. Following a revised value of 5.8 points in April, the overall indicator is forecasting a value of 5.6 points for May. 1-74542 Wed, 02 May 2012 13:37:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Fuel & Energy Western Europe