MAN Features
Press Newsletter May 2007
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New hybrid vehicles for local public transport and freight distribution
- MAN Nutzfahrzeuge showcases third generation of hybrid city buses.
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A fat lot of Good!
- The world’s current dependence on fossil fuels presents two challenges: dwindling supply and the greenhouse gases produced when these fuels are burned. In Austria, an innovative power plant is taking on both challenges at once - generating power from used cooking oil.
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Sunny Outlooks
- The starting signal sounds for a pilot project: MAN Ferrostaal will construct the first solar thermal power plant in the Spanish province of Almería. The goal of the facility is the commercialization of the technology beginning in 2008.
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Fuels for Commercial Vehicles of the Future
- The MAN research team is working hard on developing environmentally friendly fuels for the commercial vehicles of the future. The entire MAN group supports the introduction of synthetic fuels derived from a variety of processes.
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Treasures of the Caribbean
- MAN Ferrostaal is setting up a petrochemical complex on Trinidad. The general public associates the island state mainly with sun and beaches, but it also offers qualified personnel, political stability and proximity to the important sales markets. These factors have made it a world champion for the export of chemical products.
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The Challenge of Mobility
- Around the world, people and goods are traveling more than ever before. Here, Dr. Walter Hell, Head of the Mobility Research Institute in Berlin, describes the challenges this presents and explains the need for future-oriented and intelligent solutions.
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Dreams of the future
- MAN Nutzfahrzeuge’s Advanced Development division is always several steps ahead.
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MAN stepping up presence in growth markets
- MAN Houses instrumental in internationalization strategy.
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