Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Ford announced that it intends to invest up to £230 million (US$316 million) at its Halewood vehicle transmission facility to transform it to build electric power units for future Ford all-electric passenger and commercial vehicles sold in Europe. Production capacity is planned to be around 250,000 units a year.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

These 25 modules will power 15 Solaris Urbino 12 hydrogen buses planned for deployment in Cologne, Germany and 10 Urbino 12 hydrogen buses planned for deployment in Wuppertal, Germany, all under the Joint Initiative For Hydrogen Vehicles Across Europe (JIVE 2) funding program. Earlier post.). ( Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2021

Germany is adding another €100 million to its successful promotion of private charging stations for electric cars in residential buildings, bringing the total to €500 million. We want more climate protection, more clean electric cars on our roads and more use of green electricity. Electrical connection.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

Volkswagen is launching its “Electric for All” campaign—a strategic effort to put attractive electric vehicles at affordable prices on the road, paving the way for the breakthrough of electric vehicles. Now, we’re transferring this know-how and this strategy to the electric age.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Cemex Germany continues to invest in more sustainable transport for its products. The building materials company has taken delivery of two all-electric iONTRON mixer trucks from Putzmeister , which will become part of the Berlin truck mixer fleet.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2021

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure has launched a new €300-million program for the construction of EV charging stations. We build the charging infrastructure where it is needed in everyday life and that is with the people “on site”—at supermarkets, hotels, restaurants, swimming pools or sports fields.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Israel-based Chakratec, a provider of kinetic energy storage technology for electric vehicle (EV) charging, has completed a project with Premier Inn, a British hotel chain and the UK’s largest hotel brand, enabling guests at the hotel’s Leipzig, Germany, location to charge their EVs throughout their stay.

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Electrek

MARCH 11, 2024

Volkswagen has canceled plans to build its all-electric ID.3 3 at its main factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, due to low demand , adding that “every euro that we do have to spend counts.” It will keep production at its EV-only plant, where it has been shaving off jobs for months.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In 2022, Mercedes-Benz’ global portfolio will include eight all-electric Mercedes-EQ models. The global Mercedes-Benz production network is ready for the company’s electric product offensive and is integrating its Mercedes-EQ models into series production in its existing plants. kWh/100 km) started in Vitoria, northern Spain.

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Green Car Congress

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.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2023

In addition to reinjecting electricity into the power grid, the bidirectional charger supports a vehicle-to-load (V2L) function for powering electrical appliances directly from the car. Mobilize V2G will also be available on future Renault electric vehicles. The Mobilize Powerbox.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

billion) in its Oakville Assembly Complex to transform it into a high-volume hub of electric vehicle manufacturing in Canada. The campus, to be renamed Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex, will begin to retool and modernize in the second quarter of 2024 to prepare for production of next-generation EVs. billion (US$1.3 Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2023

The Volkswagen Group’s battery company PowerCo SE aims to build its largest gigafactory to date in St. Since 2020, Ontario has attracted almost CAD$ 13 billion in electric vehicle and EV battery investments. Thomas, Ontario/Canada with an annual production capacity of up to 90 GWh in the final expansion phase.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The initial annual capacity will be 150,000 to 180,000 high-voltage battery systems for Volkswagen Anhui’s all-electric vehicles based on the Group’s Modular Electric Drive Toolkit (MEB platform). Experts from Germany provide support at the international facilities currently being set up, including in Anhui.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2018

Van Hool, the Belgium-based independent bus, coach and industrial vehicles manufacturer, has landed a significant contract with RVK Köln and WSW Wuppertal (Germany), to supply 40 hydrogen buses of the latest generation. Together with the lithium batteries and electric motors, the fuel cells form the basis of the all-electric power source.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Audi introduced its flagship electric SUV e-tron in 2018. For both body shapes, three drivetrain variants with electric all-wheel drive can be selected. Revised rear-axle motor and electric torque vectoring for better dynamics. If this isn’t needed, the electric motor requires less energy to generate torque.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Germany has set a new electric vehicle registration record, as one of every three new vehicles registered in the country in October was electric, according to new data from the German Association of the Automotive Industry (VDA). In October, electric vehicles accounted for 30.4 Everyone all around is profiting.”

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2019

The ultimate goal is building a European-based industry capable of minimizing dependence on Asian battery manufacturers. The new center unites all previous promotion measures and programs for battery research under one roof and builds on existing competencies. In addition, there are research and development locations worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2019

will be the company’s North American base for manufacturing electric vehicles based on the modular electric toolkit MEB. Volkswagen is establishing a worldwide production network for electric cars and intends to have eight MEB plants on three continents by 2022. Volkswagen AG announced that Chattanooga, Tenn.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Tesla Model Y reservation holders in Germany have received messages from the electric vehicle maker that hints at the company’s focus on its customers. Germany’s government incentives for electric vehicles are expected to be reduced next year. A message to a Model 3 reservation holder reads as follows: .

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Teslarati

APRIL 7, 2021

Tesla all-electric vehicles showed tremendous growth in terms of registrations in Germany, skyrocketing over 83% in Q1 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. Tesla continues to show exceptional expansion in Germany, despite its production facility within the country not building any vehicles yet.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2022

This will be the second 24 MW PEM electrolysis plant designed and constructed by Linde Engineering; the first is now being built at the Leuna Chemical Complex in Germany. The company’s products are delivered all over the world, the biggest market being Asia, which buys more than 25% of NPK (complex fertilizer) capacity each year.

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Green Car Congress

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. Based on the concept of open innovation, all BMW’s R&D functions in China have been merged together under one roof for efficient collaboration and high-speed performance.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Tesla is still planning to build electric vehicle battery cells in Germany at Giga Berlin, and faster than previously projected. electric car manufacturer said this to third parties according to rbb information on Friday.” German Minister responds to reports of Tesla’s alleged updates to Giga Berlin battery plans.

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Electrek

JUNE 30, 2023

Ford is ending production of its top-selling Fiesta model next week as it gears up for an all-electric future. The compact car was retired to free up much-needed space at its Cologne, Germany, plant to build Ford’s new electric Explorer SUV.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2017

The Netherlands-based Fastned, which plans to build a European network of fast-charging stations has acquired its first 14 locations in Germany. At these locations Fastned will build and operate stations with multiple fast chargers to charge the next generation of EVs at power levels of 150 kW to 350 kW.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

The 2024 Model Y (Source: Tesla) Telsa has now joined Volkswagen and BYD in slashing the prices of its vehicles in Germany after the government ended EV incentives, according to Automotive News Europe. In Germany, Telsa reduced the price of its Model Y Long Range by €5,000 to €49,990 ($54,340), a discount of 9%. Get started here.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2022

For the last ten years, DHL has transported all parcels for private customers with its climate-friendly “GoGreen” service. Already today we have, by far, the largest fleet of electric delivery vans, electric-powered bicycles and cargo bikes providing the industry’s most climate-friendly mail and parcel delivery service.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2021

GM and Vacuumschmelze (VAC) of Germany announced plans for VAC to build a plant in the US that will manufacture permanent magnets for the electric motors used in the GMC HUMMER EV, Cadillac LYRIQ, Chevrolet Silverado EV and more than a dozen other models using GM’s Ultium Platform. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 22, 2022

CATL) announced that it has kicked off serial production of lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles at its plant in Germany, the first facility it will operate outside of China. The first batch of CATL cells rolled off of a new production line that was recently installed in the plant’s G2 building.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2022

While growing up in Germany, Heike Riel helped her father design and build furniture in the family workshop. She says the experience taught her that “precision and creativity are necessary to build something excellent.” When I go back to my hometown, many of our clients still have the furniture that I helped build for them.”

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In a recent announcement, Tesla has informed the Federal Ministry of Economics and the Brandenburg Ministry of Economics in Germany that it would be building its 4680 battery plant and recycling facility in the Gigafactory Berlin complex without government subsidies. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Teslarati

APRIL 15, 2022

Potential customers in Switzerland who wish to try out a German-made Tesla Model Y now have the opportunity to take one of the European-made all-electric crossovers for a spin. As per a recent post on LinkedIn, Tesla is offering test drives for its Germany-made Model Y in Cham, Zug, Switzerland. .

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2022

Three years ago, ESWE Verkehr in Wiesbaden placed its first major order for 56 all-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro city buses. In all, 120 electric buses have now been ordered. In Wiesbaden, certified and sustainable green electricity is generally used to charge the battery-driven buses.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Front-Loading Net Zero report states that electricity production costs could be reduced by up to 50% by 2050 if countries and states adopt 100% renewable systems faster than currently planned. The report says that carbon neutral systems can provide cheaper electricity compared to current fossil-fuel-based systems.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Mobileye, an Intel company, unveiled the 6-passenger, road-ready electric autonomous vehicle (AV) that will be used for commercial driverless ride-hailing services in Tel Aviv and Munich starting in 2022. Also previously announced was an agreement with Transdev and Lohr to produce and deploy autonomous shuttles in France and Germany.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 24, 2021

Rivian has posted five new job opportunities in Europe, four in the Netherlands, and one in Germany, hinting toward an expansion of its electric vehicle business to a new continent as the first deliveries of its R1T pickup are set to begin next month. All four positions are located in North Holland, Amsterdam. Photo: Rivian).

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