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        <title><![CDATA[Nikolas Soulopoulos]]></title>
        <description><![CDATA[Nikolas Soulopoulos leads BloombergNEF's Commercial Transport research team, which covers technologies, economics, policies and business strategies in trucking, aviation and maritime transport. Before joining BNEF, Nikolas was a researcher at Imperial College London, where he completed a PhD in Fluid Mechanics.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[China’s Demand for Electric Big Rigs Is Booming]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Almost 80,000 zero-emission medium and heavy-duty vehicles were sold in China last year, more than double the number delivered in 2023.]]></description>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-02-18/china-electric-truck-and-bus-demand-is-booming</link>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 14:10:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co. &quot;Soy Electrico&quot; electric metrobus transports passengers in Mexico City, Mexico, on Monday, Nov. 20, 2023. Mexico was the leading importer of Chinese vehicles last year with 254,000 units sold, and second in the first seven months of 2023 with 224,000 units, according to data from the China Association of Auto Manufacturers.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Europe’s Truckmakers Are in a Bind With Electric Big Rigs]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Investing in all sorts of propulsion technologies offers choice, but is also risky.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 12:00:13 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Automotive battery packs and electrical driving system sit on display alongside an Mercedes-Benz e-Actros electric haulage truck, manufactured by Daimler AG, at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in Hanover, Germany, on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2018. Volkswagen AG&apos;s truck unit is pushing to reduce its dependence on its main European market and lift profit margins in a challenge to commercial-vehicle industry leaders Daimler AG and Volvo AB.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Electric Delivery Vehicles Have a Clear Route to Take Off]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Plug-in vans and trucks are catching on in China and Europe. The US has lagged behind, but won’t for long.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Nov 2023 13:30:01 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>An Amazon electric delivery van designed by Rivian, out for deliveries in the Queens borough of New York, US, on Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Amazon says it now has 10,000 vehicles in its electric delivery van fleet from Rivian.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Volvo, VW and Daimler Better Get a Move On With Electric Trucks]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The companies’ 2030 targets look lofty considering where their sales are now.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:00:07 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Electric trucks parked outside the Volvo AB Trucks Tuve plant in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Thursday, May 4, 2023. Volvo are due to release their latest earnings on Wednesday, July 19, 2023.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What It Will Take to Electrify the Biggest Rigs on the Road]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2023 10:00:29 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul electric truck, manufactured by Daimler Truck Holding AG, at the IAA Transportation show in Hanover, Germany, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Global leaders Daimler Truck Holding AG and Volvo AB are joining dozens of commercial-vehicle makers in Germany this week to showcase their latest electric semis, with more zero-emissions vehicles debuting at the IAA Transportation show than ever before.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Truck and Policy Makers Will Need to Tag Team Against Emissions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The industry is technologically capable of meeting the EU's tough targets, but massive mobilization will be required.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2023 12:10:31 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A &apos;Together Towards Zero&apos; projection during the Volvo AB news conference at the IAA Transportation show in Hanover, Germany, on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. Global leaders Daimler Truck Holding AG and Volvo AB are joining dozens of commercial-vehicle makers in Germany this week to showcase their latest electric semis, with more zero-emissions vehicles debuting at the IAA Transportation show than ever before.</media:description>
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