Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2021

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Economics (BMWi) and the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMVI) selected 62 large-scale hydrogen projects this week, which are to be state-funded as part of a joint European hydrogen project (Important Project of Common European Interest, IPCEI). We are making Germany a hydrogen country.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Rock Tech Lithium intends to build Europe’s first lithium converter—a production plant for battery-grade lithium hydroxide—in Guben, Brandenburg, Germany. This would correspond to the volume needed to equip around 500,000 electric cars with lithium-ion batteries. The property owners are at arm’s length to Rock Tech.

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Convert Germany Building Lithium Ion 524

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2020

EIT InnoEnergy, the European innovation engine for sustainable energy, announced a partnership with Vulcan Energy Resources Limited (Vulcan), a start-up lithium exploration company, to produce the world’s first completely carbon-neutral lithium in Germany. Batteries are a key technology of our time.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2022

BASF will build a commercial-scale battery recycling black mass plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. The plant will have an annual processing capacity of 15,000 tons of EV batteries and production scrap. Black mass production is the first step in the battery recycling process and is based on mechanical treatment of the batteries.

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Electric Cars Report

MARCH 5, 2023

Mercedes-Benz is intending to recycle electric vehicle battery systems and is starting the construction of its recycling plant in Kuppenheim, Germany. The company laid the foundation stone for the sustainable battery recycling facility, cutting resource consumption and establishing closed-loop recycling of battery raw materials.

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Germany Mercedes Batteries Battery 145

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

Northvolt intends to establish a battery gigafactory in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With an annual potential production capacity of 60 GWh, Northvolt Drei will deliver a supply of sustainably produced lithium-ion batteries to the European market, sufficient for some one million electric vehicles.

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Germany Building Lithium Ion Denmark 250

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Volvo Trucks will deliver fully electric heavy-duty trucks to Amazon in Germany by year end. Heavy goods vehicles and other commercial vehicles make up around 36% of Germany’s domestic transport emissions, according to Germany’s BMUV. The Volvo FH Electric offers battery capacity of 540 kWh and 490 kW of continuous power.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The Dürr Group is delivering technology for the sustainable manufacture of lithium-ion batteries to be used in CATL’s plant that is currently being built in Arnstadt, Germany. In battery factories, solvents are used in the manufacture of electrodes, more specifically in the coating of electrode foil.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2022

Additionally, ORTEN management has extensive, long-standing customer relationships across Germany. Germany is expected to be a major global market for zero-emission commercial vehicles in the coming years.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Mercedes-Benz plans to build a wind farm at its test track in Papenburg, northern Germany, with an output of more than 100 MW to cover up to more than 15% of the annual electricity demand of Mercedes-Benz Group AG in Germany. We make an active contribution to the energy transition and the expansion of onshore wind power in Germany.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2023

Germany-based Liacon, one of Europe’s largest battery manufacturers, has released a new, more versatile lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery that can replace all Group 31 lead-acid units. Group 31 batteries are one of the highest selling in the market. Lead acid batteries typically get 200-400 cycles before they fail.

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Lead Acid Batteries Battery Energy Storage 435

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2023

Li-Cycle Holdings announced the start of commercial operations at its first Spoke recycling facility in Europe, located in Magdeburg, Germany. The Germany Spoke’s first main processing line has now commenced operations, with the second main line expected to start later in 2023.

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Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 280

Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Germany-based specialty chemicals company LANXESS is entering the battery chemistry business. Starting next year, the Group will produce electrolyte formulations for lithium-ion batteries for the Chinese company Tinci. Tinci) is a leading global manufacturer of lithium-ion battery materials.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

Swedish lithium-ion battery producer Northvolt said on Wednesday it had committed to go ahead with its planned investment in an electric vehicle (EV) battery plant near Heide, Germany.

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Germany Auto Batteries Battery 94

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2022

Germany is awarding some €600 million to transport companies for the purchase of climate friendly buses. Around 1,400 are battery-electric; 150 fuel cell; 50 overhead line; and 100 gas buses. Eight companies received their funding notices on Thursday: KVG Kieler Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH: 50 battery buses.

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Transportation Germany Companies Emissions 321

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Webasto, a global systems partner to the automotive industry, has started the production of batteries for electric vehicles in Germany. The manufacture of battery packs for a European bus maker has already commenced at the company’s Schierling site in the district of Regensburg. Entry into the Chinese market is in preparation.

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Germany Production Batteries Battery 223

Teslarati

MARCH 15, 2022

Swedish battery company Northvolt announced today that it will build a new €4 Billion battery Gigafactory in Northern Germany in the city of Heide. Northvolt CEO Peter Carlsson said the area offered everything a battery company would want: support from local authorities and plenty of talent to pick from.

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CN EV Post

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

NIO will officially enter Germany on October 7. Over the next few days, the company will conduct final testing and calibration of the battery swap station. The post NIO launches first battery swap station in Germany ahead of official market entry appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Germany Market Batteries Battery 145

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2022

The funding is available for battery, fuel cell and (overhead line) hybrid electric vehicles, corresponding to refueling/charging infrastructure and related feasibility studies. In August 2021, BMDV rolled out its funding guidelines for commercial vehicles with alternative drive systems upon approval by the European Commission.

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The Driven EV News

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The trend for bigger batteries and the lack of lower-cost options pushed the average price of EVs up significantly in 2023, although the market share grew to 18 per cent. The post Bigger batteries help push average price of electric cars to €52,700 in Germany appeared first on The Driven.

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CN EV Post

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The first production line at CATL's plant in Thuringia, Germany, went into operation and the installation and commissioning of the remaining lines are in full swing. The post CATL's plant in Germany achieves mass production of battery cells appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Germany Production Batteries Battery 111

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

More than two-thirds (68%) of lithium-ion battery production planned for Europe is at risk of being delayed, scaled down or cancelled, according to new analysis by the European NGO Transport & Environment. Battery production capacity equivalent to 18 million electric cars—1.2 Europe must act or risk losing it all.

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Companies Batteries Battery Production 430

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Valmet Automotive has started the series production of battery systems in Kirchardt, the Finnish company’s first battery plant in Germany. The current first program for the Kirchardt plant is a small-series production of modules, packs and the battery management system (BMS) for the PHEV version of an exclusive sports car brand.

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Batteries Battery Production Finland 273

Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2020

Following a successful 12-month pilot project at five of its retail sites, Aral, bp’s market leading fuel retail brand in Germany, is set to roll out more than 100 ultra-fast charging points across its retail network in Germany over the next 12 months.

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Germany Building Charging Grid 459

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2022

Mercedes-Benz’ DRIVE PILOT system for conditionally automated driving (SAE Level 3) can be ordered in Germany from 17 May as an optional extra for the S-Class for €5,000 and for the EQS for €7,430 (Driver Assistance Package Plus: €2,430 and DRIVE PILOT: €5,000) excl. optical, ultrasonic, radio waves), thereby enabling safe transfer.

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Mercedes Germany Sale Legal 384

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2023

The high-voltage batteries required for this will likewise be manufactured locally. The virtual ground-breaking for a new assembly site for high-voltage batteries also took place as part of the anniversary celebrations. Rendering of the future high-voltage battery assembly in Shenyang. BBA is investing RMB 10 billion (US$1.4

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Cenntro Electric Group Limited has begun to assemble and produce battery packs using lithium iron phosphate (“LFP”) battery cells and Cenntro’s proprietary battery management technologies. The battery packs are being assembled at Cenntro’s Freehold, NJ facility and the Herne Plant in Germany.

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United States Germany Batteries Battery 109

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2021

BASF will build a battery recycling prototype plant in Schwarzheide, Germany, at the site of its cathode active materials (CAM) plant. The extracted metals will be used to produce new cathode active materials and will enable a circular economy for the battery value chain.

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Germany Building Batteries Battery 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Cemex Germany continues to invest in more sustainable transport for its products. The battery capacity of the iONTRON eMixer is 350 kWh; one battery charge is sufficient for a full workday of around eight hours with five to six tours in inner-city traffic.

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Germany Fleet Sustainable Transportation CO2 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

will invest up to €2 billion to establish its European production site in Germany. Battery cells and modules and high-voltage storage systems (packs) will be produced in Germany. SVOLT also employs an active research and development team working in the area of solid-state batteries. China-based SVOLT Energy Technology Co.,

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Germany Batteries Battery Production 221

Teslarati

MARCH 4, 2023

Mercedes has broken ground on a new battery recycling facility in Germany, focusing on “closing the loop” and allowing the automaker to source more battery materials sustainably. Yet more and more manufacturers are finding that these two problems can help solve each other through the use of battery recycling.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Cenntro Electric Group Limited has begun to assemble and produce battery packs using lithium iron phosphate (“LFP”) battery cells and Cenntro’s proprietary battery management technologies. The battery packs are being assembled at Cenntro’s Freehold, NJ facility and the Herne Plant in Germany.

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United States Germany Batteries Battery 98

Electrek

MARCH 15, 2022

Battery manufacturing startup Northvolt announced today a new battery cell gigafactory coming to Germany. It’s the firm’s third large-scale battery factory. The post Northvolt announces new battery gigafactory coming to Germany appeared first on Electrek.

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Germany Batteries Battery Manufacturer 122

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

For the first time since finalizing the acquisition of Meritor last month ( earlier post ), Cummins will showcase Meritor’s 17Xe ePowertrain assembled with a Cummins battery system during the IAA Transportation tradeshow in Hannover, Germany. 17Xe Gen3 ePowertrain. 17Xe Gen3 ePowertrain.

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Batteries Battery Germany Clean 370

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2021

In 2020, e-mobility became more popular in Germany, despite a 20% decline in registration numbers in the year of the COVID 19 pandemic. of all newly registered cars in Germany have an electric drive (battery-electric, plug-in, fuel cell). —Richard Damm, KBA President. VW held a 17.4%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2022

Cummins has invested $24 million in Germany-based VoltStorage, a developer of stationary flow batteries. The company says that it has the largest fleet of operating flow batteries in the world. Vanadium redox flow battery cell. The cells of a vanadium redox flow battery each consist of two half cells.

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Batteries Battery Energy Storage Re-Charge 467

Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

(SVOLT), a global high-tech company with headquarters in China and with a European office in Frankfurt am Main, announced that it will build another battery cell factory for the European market in Lauchhammer (district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz in the German State of.

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