2017, Global and Poland

CAF to acquire Polish bus manufacturer Solaris; focus on urban electromobility

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2018

Railway industry company CAF has entered into an agreement to acquire Solaris Bus & Coach, a global supplier of conventional and electric buses with presence in over 700 cities in 32 countries. With a 2017 turnover of close to €450 million, it has production plants in Poland in the cities of Bolechowo and ?roda,

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Manufacturer Poland 2017 2018

First car using Nidec’s E-Axle traction motor system unveiled

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Nidec first revealed its automotive traction motor system in September 2017; the company later went on to announce the successful development of a refined design that fully integrates the reduction gearbox and inverter. The super e-car with a driving mileage of more than 500 kilometers is slated to hit the market in 2019.

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Motor Motors Motoring Poland

European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

million vehicles were registered—just 346 more than in 2017— according to JATO Dyanmics. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. Globally, Europe was the world’s third-largest car market behind China and the US. Strong results in Spain, Poland and the Netherlands were offset by falls in the UK, Italy and Sweden.

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CAF to acquire Polish bus manufacturer Solaris; focus on urban electromobility

Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2018

Railway industry company CAF has entered into an agreement to acquire Solaris Bus & Coach, a global supplier of conventional and electric buses with presence in over 700 cities in 32 countries. With a 2017 turnover of close to €450 million, it has production plants in Poland in the cities of Bolechowo and ?roda,

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Manufacturer Poland 2017 2018

JATO: new diesel car volume in Europe in October dropped 9.9%; 41.4% market share lowest in 10 years

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NOVEMBER 24, 2017

New vehicle sales in Europe in October 2017 increased 5.6% Despite a turbulent 2017, results for the first ten months of the year show an overall increase in registrations of 3.6%, with 13.18 —Felipe Munoz, Global Automotive Analyst at JATO Dynamics. year-on-year to 1,202,877 units, according to figures from JATO Dynamics.

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Germany launches R&D facility for industrial-scale Li-ion cell manufacturing; €500M in funding

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JANUARY 25, 2019

The BMZ Group is a global player in the production of lithium-ion system solutions. The group is headquartered in Germany and has production facilities in China, Poland and the USA as well as subsidiaries in Japan and France. Leclanché recently achieved the milestone of 100 MWh of projects around the world.

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Li-ion Germany Lithium Ion Manufacturer

Toyota and Suzuki lay out details of collaboration

Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

Toyota and Suzuki have been considering the concrete details of such collaboration since having concluded a memorandum of understanding toward business partnership in February 2017. Such engines are to be supported by Denso and Toyota, and will be manufactured at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Poland. Earlier post.).

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Suzuki Toyota India Poland

Aalto University team finds beryllium doping can benefit gallium nitride power electronics

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Physicists at Aalto University in Finland, with colleagues in Texas and Poland, have shown that beryllium doping can prove beneficial in gallium nitride (GaN) power electronics. It could be possible to cut down the global power consumption by up to ten per cent by cutting the energy losses in power distribution systems.

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Universal Power Powered Poland

Volvo’s Polestar 1 PHEV makes European debut; pre-orders open 13 March

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MARCH 8, 2018

The European debut follows its global media reveal in Shanghai, China, in late 2017. An additional 12 new markets for Polestar 1 have been added and will open for pre-orders simultaneously, including Switzerland, the UK, Belgium, Finland, France, Poland, Austria, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Portugal and Canada. Earlier post.).

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A Young Professional on the Power of Mentorship

Cars That Think

MARCH 3, 2023

Mentoring the next generation of engineers When Zakrzewska was growing up in Poland, she and her family often listened to the radio. Increasing equity in the technical workforce Zakrzewska became active in 2017 with the annual Grace Hopper Celebration , a gathering of women technologists. I couldn’t see myself as a lecturer,” she says.

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Power Powered Denmark Poland

Euro car market has best H1 of century; diesels down 17%; AFVs up 31% for 5.4% of total; SUVs booming

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AUGUST 1, 2018

on H1 2017, the growth recorded in Germany, France and Spain allowed the overall market to keep growing. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. Despite uncertainty in the UK, where the market was down 6.3% The diesel decline continued during the first six months of 2018, as registrations were down by 17%.

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Tenneco developing new gasoline particulate filter (GPF) technology ahead of Euro 6c emissions regulation

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MARCH 31, 2015

Tenneco is leveraging its expertise in diesel particulate filter (DPF) technology to develop gasoline particulate filters for 2017 model year light vehicles.

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BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Global investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) tripled to $3 billion, and that in hydrogen was $1.5 A geographical split of BNEF’s energy transition investment data shows that Europe accounted for the biggest slice of global investment, at $166.2 Global investment in renewable energy capacity moved up 2% to $303.5

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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APRIL 2, 2018

Although there is widespread interest in autonomous vehicles (AVs), the US—one of the largest auto markets in the world—expresses higher levels of resistance than most nations, according to a new study by Ipsos, a leading global market research firm. Fewer think AVs will be faster.

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CAF to acquire Polish bus manufacturer Solaris; focus on urban electromobility

First car using Nidec’s E-Axle traction motor system unveiled

European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

CAF to acquire Polish bus manufacturer Solaris; focus on urban electromobility

JATO: new diesel car volume in Europe in October dropped 9.9%; 41.4% market share lowest in 10 years

Germany launches R&D facility for industrial-scale Li-ion cell manufacturing; €500M in funding

Toyota and Suzuki lay out details of collaboration

Aalto University team finds beryllium doping can benefit gallium nitride power electronics

Volvo’s Polestar 1 PHEV makes European debut; pre-orders open 13 March

A Young Professional on the Power of Mentorship

Euro car market has best H1 of century; diesels down 17%; AFVs up 31% for 5.4% of total; SUVs booming

Tenneco developing new gasoline particulate filter (GPF) technology ahead of Euro 6c emissions regulation

BNEF: global investment in energy transition hit $500B in 2020; $139B on EVs and infrastructure

Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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