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EU should mandate electric freight trucks by 2035, say Unilever and Maersk

E&T

The target would also help to provide investment certainty for vehicle manufacturers to increase their electric and green hydrogen offerings, the companies write. The firm first announced its intentions to produce such a vehicle in 2017 , although it has only become a commercial reality this month.

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SMMT Sustainability Report 2023: How the industry is reducing its emissions

SMMT

SMMT’s latest Sustainability Report shows that the UK automotive manufacturing sector shrunk its emissions to the lowest level on record last year, with emissions per vehicle made cut by -2.8% – while at the same time producing a record-high proportion of EVs.

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What is supply chain?

Fastener News Desk

A supply chain includes all the raw materials and parts that are made into a product and distributed up the chain for manufacture and sale. In a survey of more than 400 global manufacturers , more than 90 percent of respondents said Industry 4.0 Service levels are five to 20 percentage points higher.