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AUGUST 18, 2021

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) is making a total of €500 million available by the end of 2025 for the further development of the public charging infrastructure in Germany. This is the only way we can achieve a breakthrough in electromobility in Germany. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 19, 2018

The Volkswagen Group rolled out a new diesel swapping program in Germany. Environmental incentives for scrappage of Euro-1 to Euro-4 diesel vehicles of any make are again being offered by some of the Group’s brands throughout Germany. million low-emission new Euro-6 diesel vehicles took to the roads in Germany, replacing old vehicles.

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JULY 7, 2022

With this capital raise, Northvolt has since 2017 secured close to $8 billion in equity and debt to deliver on its plans to establish a supply of sustainable batteries. In parallel, a cathode factory, Northvolt Fem, is being established in Borlänge, Sweden. Goldman Sachs Bank Europe SE, J.P. Morgan AG, and Morgan Stanley & Co.

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JULY 10, 2018

(CATL) is building its first plant outside of China in Thuringia, Germany. GWh in 2017—making it Nº 1 globally. From Thuringia, which is located in the center of Germany, every major German city can be reached in a maximum of 5 hours by truck. At the end of 2017, around 23% of CATL’s workforce was in R&D.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2018

The number of battery-electric buses ordered in Europe more than doubled in 2017 compared to 2016, reaching 1,031 vehicles, according to a new analysis by environmental NGO Transport & Environment. The Netherlands, UK, France, Poland and Germany account for more than half the total number of electric buses in Europe (including orders).

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JANUARY 25, 2019

The production of its proprietary cells, Lithium Titanate Oxide (LT)) and Lithium Graphite/NMC, is based in Willstätt, Germany—currently the largest lithium-ion pouch cell production facility in Europe operating since 2012 with a capacity of more than 1 million cells. In addition, there are research and development locations worldwide.

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JULY 10, 2018

(CATL) is building its first plant outside of China in Thuringia, Germany. GWh in 2017—making it Nº 1 globally. From Thuringia, which is located in the center of Germany, every major German city can be reached in a maximum of 5 hours by truck. At the end of 2017, around 23% of CATL’s workforce was in R&D.

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Teslarati

JULY 19, 2021

Few might be aware, but Gigafactory Berlin is not Tesla’s first Germany-based factory. Years before the massive Gigafactory broke ground in Grünheide, Tesla was already operating a facility in Prüm, Germany. The post Tesla’s Grohmann facility expansion in Germany is nearing completion appeared first on TESLARATI.

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APRIL 25, 2018

Efforts to improve the fuel efficiency of new cars sold in the European Union (EU) stalled in 2017 compared to 2016, according to provisional data published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). While past years have seen steady declines, new passenger cars registered in 2017 emitted on average 0.4 Source: EEA. A total of 15.1

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

By the end of 2017, ABB will have delivered an additional 117 50 kW rapid-charging columns at the locations of service station operator Tank & Rast. With this latest order, ABB is further expanding its market leading position in the charging infrastructure for electric mobility in Germany.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

million units in 2017, representing just 43.7% million registrations in 2017, 19.5% Overall, new registrations in Europe in 2017 totalled 15.57 in December 2017. The vast majority of market growth in 2017 was driven by SUVs, which posted a record 4.56 million registrations in 2017. higher than in 2016.

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AUGUST 15, 2017

Nissan Germany is offering a €2,000 (US$2,360) scrappage bonus for Euro 1-4 diesel vehicles to buyers of a Nissan LEAF or Nissan e-NV200 electric vehicle.

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MAY 25, 2016

The Fast-E project, co-financed by the European Union and nine companies, has officially launched , with the objective of installing 241 fast-charging charging stations in Germany and 37 in Belgium. A sister project between the Czech Republic and Slovakia will add another 30 charging stations.

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APRIL 10, 2017

The PEUGEOT MICRO e-Kick electrically assisted scooter has been awarded a Red Dot Product Design 2017 award for its high-end design and the solution that it provides in meeting sustainable urban mobility challenges. The prize will be awarded on 3 July in Essen, Germany.

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MARCH 1, 2016

Daimler is investing €500 million (US$544 million) to build a second battery factory in Germany to produce lithium-ion batteries for Mercedes-Benz and smart hybrid and electric vehicles. We are now devoting another 500 million Euros to build a second battery factory in Germany. The topping-out ceremony will then follow in spring 2017.

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AUGUST 8, 2017

Volkswagen is offering an incentive of up to €10,000 (US$11,815)—depending upon the model purchased—for the purchase of Euro 6 vehicles in Germany if an older diesel vehicle (Euro 1 to Euro 4 standards) is scrapped at the same time. Applications for the incentives can be made with immediate effect to Volkswagen dealers in Germany.

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MAY 11, 2017

In the first quarter of 2017, the number of cross-border rentals increased by 80% to 33,000 journeys. The sharing of vehicles in Germany by customers from other European locations is popular. An increasing number of travelers are using free-floating carsharing from car2go.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

The aim of the Federal Charging Infrastructure is to build 15,000 charge points across Germany. The BMVI will provide a total of €300 million (US$352 million) to that end from 2017 to 2020. Private investors, cities and municipalities can apply for funding under the program.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Germany-based TerraE-Holding GmbH has organized 17 major companies and research institutions into a consortium to handle planning for building large-scale lithium ion battery cell manufacturing in Germany. The goal is to gradually build up production capacities of up to 34 GWh/year by the year 2028.

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DECEMBER 29, 2022

The automaker, which began partnering with Solid Power in 2017, will install copies of the firm's solid-state cell pilot production lines at its facilities in Germany, and Solid.

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JULY 23, 2023

China is already home to BMW Group’s largest R&D system outside of Germany, with locations in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenyang and Nanjing. China has established the largest R&D and innovation network outside Germany, with facilities and processes as advanced as the headquarters and numerous innovation partnerships.

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

Germany has taken a pioneering role in this with the opening of the Road Traffic Act (StVG) for Level 3 systems in 2017. With the approval of the authorities, we have now achieved a breakthrough: We are the first manufacturer to put conditionally automated driving into series production in Germany.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

In a working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a team from UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) calculate that the social cost of the phase out of nuclear electricity production in Germany is approximately $12 billion per year.

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AUGUST 22, 2011

Annual light-duty electric vehicle sales, world markets: 2011-2017. million units worldwide by 2017, up from just under 114,000 vehicles in 2011. between 2011 and 2017 (this compares to a CAGR of 3.7% Pike anticipates that the market for PEVs is expected to grow to 1,342,067 vehicles annually by 2017—about 1.4%

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JULY 13, 2017

The goal of our funding is to make Germany the leading market for automated and networked driving. In May 2017, DB Schenker and MAN signed a cooperation agreement for a platooning collaboration. With the development and testing of networked trucks, we are beginning yet another project on our digital test field, the A9 freeway.

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APRIL 27, 2016

To improve the charging infrastructure, the federal government is making €300 million (US$340 million) available for the period 2017-2020—around €200 million (US$226 million) for fast charging infrastructure, and around €100 million for standard charging.

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OCTOBER 8, 2014

Daimler and The Linde Group are partnering with oil and gas companies TOTAL, OMV, Avia and Hoyer this year to build 20 new hydrogen fueling stations in Germany, with 13 to be completed by the end of 2015. From 2017, we are planning to bring competitively priced fuel-cell vehicles to market. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 21, 2021

Since 2018, intensive practical tests of the battery-electric Mercedes-Benz eActros for distribution transport have been carried out with numerous customers in Germany and other European countries. Now CATL is expanding globally, and has opened subsidiaries in Munich (Germany); Paris (France); Yokohama (Japan); and Detroit (USA).

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 18, 2021

Based on the VW ID Buzz concept first shown in 2017, the electric Microbus was originally reported as slated to arrive in 2022. Turns out it still will launch in Germany in 2022, but given. The electric Volkswagen Microbus will arrive to the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2015

LG Chem is providing 140 MWh worth of batteries for use in ESS systems for STEAG power plants in Germany. LG Chem’s storage systems are due to be commissioned in STEAG’s power plants in Herne, Lünen and Duisburg-Walsum, as well as in Bexbach, Fenne and Weiher starting in the middle of 2016 and running until the beginning of 2017.

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Teslarati

MAY 4, 2021

Still, local sources in Germany have clarified that this only prolongs the project altogether and doesn’t have much of an effect on the start of production. CATL began the construction of a cell manufacturing facility in Germany in 2019.

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

The pickup will be launched in late 2017 in Europe under the name Mercedes-Benz X-Class. Production for the European, Australian and South African markets will start at the Nissan plant in Barcelona, Spain, in 2017. in Germany, 1.3% The top markets are Australia, South Africa, Brazil, Great Britain, and Germany.

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DECEMBER 3, 2018

A new European Joint Research Center (JRC) analysis on the deployment of electric vehicles (EV) in Europe concludes that although the sector evolved significantly between 2010 and 2017, progress is still small to be characterized as full-scale commercialization. Market share of M1 EV in Europe between 2010 and 2017.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2019

million users in France in 2017. According to company documents issued for its stock market launch, Uber is looking to increase massively its operations worldwide and is eyeing Europe in particular, identifying Germany, Spain and Italy as priority markets for expansion. million users in London in 2019 and with 2.7

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The MINI Electric Concept as presented at the IAA 2017. Around 560,000 BMW brand vehicles were delivered to customers in China in 2017—more than in the next two largest markets, the US and Germany, combined. In 2017, China was MINI’s fourth-largest market, with around 35,000 units delivered. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 25, 2019

After a steady decline from 2010 to 2016, by almost 22 grams of CO 2 per kilometer (g CO 2 /km), average emissions from new passenger cars increased in 2017 by 0.4 grams more than in 2017. This is the first increase in average CO 2 emissions from new vans since the regulation came into force in 2011, following a sharp decrease in 2017.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

In 2017, 1.1 of global sales, followed by Germany (4.8%) and the UK (4.1%). Meanwhile, EV sales in the US, Norway, Germany and Japan are expected to grow at CAGRs of 9.2%, 7%, 8.2% The largest increase will be in China, which is expected to boost its EV sales from 579,000 in 2017 to 1.5 million by 2022.

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