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AUGUST 2, 2022

The 900 megawatt (MW) Nant de France pumped storage power plant in Valais, Switzerland, came online in July after 14 years of challenging construction and testing. The gigantic “water battery” is capable of storing enough hydroelectric energy to power as many as 900,000 homes.

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MAY 23, 2023

Holcim is a global manufacturer of building solutions, with headquarters in Switzerland. The first 130 electric Volvo FH and Volvo FM trucks will be delivered to markets including France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK during the fourth quarter of 2023 and throughout 2024.

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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. The company has already deployed 47 units in Switzerland where they have accumulated more than four million kilometers in driving as of July 2022.

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MAY 25, 2021

Hyundai Motor Company released images of its newly upgraded XCIENT Fuel Cell, the world’s first mass-produced, heavy-duty truck powered by hydrogen. Hyundai shipped a total of 46 units of XCIENT Fuel Cell to Switzerland last year. China is another nation that has strong interest in heavy-duty trucks powered by hydrogen.

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JUNE 8, 2021

Forsee Power begins light EV battery production in India. Forsee Power a European multinational producer of smart lithium-ion electric vehicle battery systems that had entered the Indian market in 2020 has started its production work for a series of EV batteries for electric two and three-wheelers at its Pune plant.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2019

ABB officially opened a new plant for energy storage systems for mobility applications today in Baden, Switzerland. The facility represents an important investment in Switzerland as a production location. Unlike in Switzerland, many other European countries still have countless non-electrified railway lines.

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JULY 18, 2012

Nestlé Switzerland and Renault Trucks (part of the Volvo Group) recently introduced an experimental all-electric refrigerated truck—nicknamed the e-Truck—that combines an all-electric 13t Renault Midlum developed by Renault Trucks with a refrigerated body that is also entirely powered by electricity.

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JULY 21, 2023

Moreover, the ordered vehicles will be equipped with Solaris High Power batteries, providing additional electric energy storage. Urbino hydrogen buses have been contracted by customers from Austria, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, Sweden and Italy.

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MAY 25, 2012

PostAuto Schweiz AG has become the first company in Switzerland to deploy fuel-cell technology for public road transport. A new addition is lithium-ion batteries, which store energy that is recovered during braking. Over the next five years, PostAuto will test the fuel-cell drive, using clean hydrogen as fuel.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The CIZARIS features robust and reliable CATL lithium iron phosphate batteries and a highly efficient synchronous central motor from Dana/TM4, which has been used in tens of thousands of buses for years. With the introduction of the fuel cell version, an even more powerful powertrain will be used.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Kiepe Electric has ordered 80 standardized lithium-ion battery systems from Voltabox AG for trolleybuses. Each battery system is made up of three structurally identical standard containers, each of which contains 12 battery modules with lithium titanate (LTO) cells. The standard container has an energy content of 15.2

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Daimler Trucks & Buses and battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited (CATL) have entered a global battery cell modules supply agreement for electric trucks. The development of the battery systems lies with Daimler Trucks & Buses. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.,

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Treffen in Ticino, Switzerland, Volkswagen presented the ID. A high-performance drive on the rear axle and software adaptations in the drive control unit increase the system power of the concept car by 65 kW to 285 kW compared with the ID.4 At the international ID. XTREME off-road concept car. 4 GTX—i.e., by about 30%.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Earlier in July, the two companies jointly announced hydrogen-powered IVECO BUS vehicles equipped with Hyundai’s fuel cell system, with expected relevant advantages in terms of performance and emissions. million km in Switzerland on heavy duty trucks showing its performance and reliability. The system logged over 4.5

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APRIL 16, 2019

The venture will then lease a large portion of these fuel-cell powered trucks to the H2 Mobility Switzerland Association, which comprises major refueling station operators, transport and logistics companies, as well as to various other industry players that promote hydrogen mobility in Switzerland.

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JULY 2, 2018

The Swiss company ecovolta is building a fully automated Li-Ion battery pack assembly plant in Schwyz with an annual capacity of 200 MWh. The construction principle used by ecovolta enables the flexible mass production of prismatic and cylindrical battery types in a fully automatic process. —Paul Hauser, CTO at ecovolta.

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JUNE 16, 2021

Leclanché SA has developed a new generation of lithium-ion battery modules for energy-intensive e-transport applications, such as marine, commercial vehicle and railway, and simultaneously inaugurated a dedicated new production line for high volume manufacture in Europe. Power management integrated circuits offer stable power.

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MARCH 31, 2022

Swiss battery Technology pioneer Battrion AG has teamed up with German roll-to-roll production specialist Jagenberg Converting Solution GmbH to supply anode pilot and GWh-production lines utilizing Battrion’s Aligned Graphite Technology for the lithium-ion battery industry. Battrion is an ETH Zurich spin-off founded in 2015.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Leclanché SA reported that year-long testing of its 60 Ah G/NMC battery cells has shown them to be both high energy density and high cycle life—critical characteristics for a wide range of automotive and e-transportation energy storage solutions. Key findings include: The lifetime tests on these cells validate over 4000 cycles at ca.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2018

SEAT will introduce the electric eXS KickScooter powered by Segway at the Smart City Expo World Congress next week. The new SEAT eXS powered by Segway is a micro-mobility solution for users who want to get around the city in an efficient and sustainable way. The battery and motor combination enables it to travel up to 25km/h.

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JUNE 28, 2018

Exide Industries Ltd, India’s largest manufacturer of lead acid storage batteries and power storage solutions provider, and Switzerland-based Li-ion battery manufacturer Leclanché SA announced a joint venture to build lithium-ion batteries and provide energy storage systems for India’s electric vehicle market and grid-based applications.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

The tractor’s hydrogen tank can hold 67 kg of hydrogen with the battery providing 72 kWh for a gross combined weight of 37,200 kg to deliver an average range of more than 450 miles per tank. The company has already deployed 47 units in Switzerland where they have accumulated more than four million kilometers in driving as of July 2022.

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MARCH 8, 2017

Switzerland-based Leclanché SA has received certifications recognizing its LTO battery cell’s compliance with China’s latest standards, a pre-requisite to providing battery solutions to power electric vehicles in China. This is an important milestone for Leclanché and will support the growth strategy of the company.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Daimler Trucks is taking the next step in its electrification of trucks with the battery-electric low-floor heavy-duty truck Mercedes-Benz eEconic. With an anticipatory driving style, electrical energy can be recovered during braking to charge the battery, which further improves range and efficiency.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Swiss battery manufacturer Leclanché SA ( earlier post ) and China-based Zhejiang Narada Power Source Co Ltd, a global battery manufacturer, announced a strategic partnership for the manufacturing and development of lithium-ion battery technology for the Chinese and global markets. GWh fabrication facility in 2017.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

After about a year of intensive practical use by ten customers in Germany and Switzerland, eight of the purely battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros trucks are now successively going to new customers in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Lithium-ion batteries with 240 kWh supply the energy for the eActros.

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JANUARY 23, 2018

The award-winning TOSA e-bus, developed by ABB in Switzerland, is already in use in Geneva and will soon be implemented in the French city of Nantes. It can flash charge its battery in just 20 seconds as passengers board and disembark. In Davos, it will operate on the busy Line 1, running from the tourist center to the hospital.

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JULY 18, 2013

Both COOP—the second largest retailer in Switzerland—and Feldschlösschen—the biggest brewery in Switzerland—are considering adding more electric trucks in the near future. 1 x BRUSA BSC614-24V DC/DC converter to power the 24-V auxiliary system. Electric (Battery) Heavy-duty' Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 6, 2014

ABB and Solar Impulse have formed a technology alliance under which ABB will support Bertrand Piccard and André Borschberg in their attempt to fly around the world in a solar-powered airplane in 2015. By day the solar cells recharge the 400kg / 881 lb lithium batteries which allow the plane to fly at night. Earlier post.).

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OCTOBER 27, 2019

The Mercedes-Benz eActros heavy-duty electric truck, with a range of up to 200 km, is in intensive use by customers in Germany and Switzerland as part of the eActros “innovation fleet”. By the end of the next decade, Daimler Trucks & Buses will extend its range of vehicles with hydrogen-powered series production vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

sbaar V3 are designed for ultra high power mode 4 DC charging, up to 650 kW. This amount of power transfer uses safe and reliable conductive technology transferred from the European electric rail industry by our partner Furrer+Frey, with more than 90 years of experience in high power transfer to locomotives. The Opbrid Tr?kbaar

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AUGUST 13, 2015

Swiss battery maker Leclanché ( earlier post ) is acquiring design and IP rights for modules and battery management system software from ADS-TEC GmbH in a move to strengthen its product range for stationary storage applications and insourced manufacturing capacity in Switzerland. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 26, 2024

It appears that trend will continue with the next James Bond, and according to Lucid CEO and CTO Peter Rawlinson, it could be an electric Aston Martin powered by Sapphire. With Lucid-powered Aston Martin EVs on the way, could we see James Bond behind the wheel of one on screen? Wouldn’t that be cool? 007 driving an EV?

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JUNE 5, 2023

The innovation highlights how battery era and uncooked subject material wishes are nonetheless evolving and unpredictable as the arena’s automakers search to slash prices hour boosting EV efficiency. Gotion, indexed in Shenzhen and with Volkswagen Team as its greatest shareholder, expects its LMFP battery to price 5 p.c

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DECEMBER 1, 2017

Rupp is Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge (USA) and affiliated to ETH Zurich (Switzerland). Her research focuses on material and electrode designs for solid-state batteries. The special prize for applied research is worth €40,000.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Axa Insurance issued an apology for faking the Tesla battery fire today. A few days ago, the company was on a mission to prove that Tesla batteries can catch on fire and simulated a test on public streets. Thus, the test car had no battery and the fire was started remotely. ” My 2.5¢. Your feedback is important.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2012

The F-City H2—a battery-electric vehicle with a fuel cell range extender—has become the first urban electric vehicle with such an energy pack to be homologated in France. The fuel cell range extender has an energy capacity of 15 kWh and works in a power pack alongside a 2.4 kWh lithium ion battery. The F-City H2.

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