Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2019

BASF plans to build an engineering plastics compounding plant and a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) plant at the company’s proposed integrated chemical production (“Verbund”) site in Zhanjiang, China. This entity will oversee the operations of the new Verbund site, underlining BASF’s commitment to the southern China market.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2022

At an event held at its steel plant in Ghent, Belgium, ArcelorMittal inaugurated its flagship carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project. The ethanol will be jointly marketed by ArcelorMittal and LanzaTech under the Carbalyst brand name. Earlier post.) It will reduce annual carbon emissions from the Ghent plant by 125,000 tonnes.

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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. Van Hool has been building hydrogen buses for the American market since 2005 and for the European market since 2007.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

France-based advanced battery-maker Saft, a wholly-owned subsidiary of international energy giant Total, is building an alliance with other European partners to launch an ambitious program of research, development and industrialization for new generations of batteries focusing on advanced high-density Li-ion and solid-state battery technology.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Lizzie Boakes is a life cycle analyst in the Sustainable Semiconductor Technologies and Systems Program at IMEC , the Belgium-based nanotech research organization. And the global impact of the semiconductor chip manufacturing itself is expected to increase as well because of the fact that we need more and more of these chips.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2023

CMB.TECH, an Antwerp-based cleantech company specialized in developing and building hydrogen and ammonia-powered large marine and industrial applications, was responsible for integrating the technology and related expertise to design and build this first prototype, in collaboration with ATS and equipment manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2022

Van Hool, the Belgian manufacturer of buses, coaches and industrial vehicles, presented its first edition of a completely new range of 100% zero emission buses on the first day of Euro Mobility Expo 2022, an international trade show for public transport. The company was founded in 1947 and celebrates its 75 th anniversary in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

BASF officially launched its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, and commenced building its first plants. The first plants will produce engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) to serve the increasing needs of various growth industries in the southern China market and throughout Asia.

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JULY 17, 2023

million automobiles, a year-on-year building up of 75.7%, in keeping with the China Affiliation of Car Producers (CAAM). million passenger automobiles had been exported, an building up of 88.4% year-on-year; 534,000 fresh power automobiles had been exported, a year-on-year building up of 160%. Extra particularly, 1.78

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2016

ENGIE, a global operator in electricity, natural gas and energy services markets, will invest nearly €100 million from now to 2020 to build Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) stations for filling up the European fleets of trucks with natural gas and biogas.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

This strategic acquisition, quick on the heels of the acquisition of the Belgium based Quad Industries, marks another significant step forward in Naxnova’s expansion strategy reinforcing their commitment towards delivering innovative solutions to customers worldwide, the company announced in a media release.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2018

Aleris has been an important supplier of aluminum to premium car manufacturers in Europe as they have embraced greater aluminum use as a means to lightweight vehicles and meet increasingly stringent fuel-efficiency standards. Novelis Inc., billion including the assumption of debt.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2022

As early as September 2020, Total Energy launched its first independent charging station in Wuhan, starting a new journey into China’s electrification market. In the process of global electrification, the performance of the Chinese market can be described as outstanding. The post Oil companies “break the circle”!

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2018

Scania, a member of the Volkswagen Group, and Northvolt, a 2016 startup building a European Gigafactory (planned 32 GWh annual capacity) for Li-ion batteries ( earlier post ), have agreed to develop and commercialize battery cell technology for heavy commercial vehicles. Scania is investing €10 million (US$12.5 Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Despite the spread of new battery manufacturing capacity into Europe and the US, Asia remains the major source of demand for lithium. Production from lithium hydroxide refineries is forecast to steadily build, lifting total annual lithium export revenue to an estimated $16 billion in 2022–23 and $17 billion in 2023–24.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

BASF officially launched its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, and commenced building its first plants. The first plants will produce engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) to serve the increasing needs of various growth industries in the southern China market and throughout Asia.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2017

Energy storage company Leclanché SA and Škoda Electric, a manufacturer of electric drives and traction motors for trolley and electric buses, have signed a Joint Development Agreement and Framework Purchase Contract through which Leclanché will provide Škoda Electric with battery solutions for its electric bus expansion strategy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Northern Lights Energy ( NLE ), the initiator of the 2012 charging infrastructure project and provider of infrastructure and services for electric vehicles (EV) based in Iceland, has signed an agreement with Reva Electric Car Company to jointly develop the electric vehicle market in Iceland.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

Reva Electric Car Company (RECC), the manufacturer of the REVA electric car, is building a new assembly plant in Bangalore, India with a capacity of 30,000 units per year, to accommodate the increased production of the REVA and for the planned one new model per year from the end of 2009. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

At ArcelorMittal Dunkerque a study has been launched to build a large-scale DRI plant, combined with an electric arc furnace. At ArcelorMittal Fos-sur-Mer (France) a study is underway in collaboration with partner Lanzatech to build a second Carbalyst plant in addition to the one under construction at ArcelorMittal Gent (Belgium).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

The main objective of the FCH2RAIL project is to develop, build, test, demonstrate and homologate a scalable, modular and multi-purpose Fuel Cell Hybrid PowerPack (FCHPP) applicable for different rail applications (multiple unit, mainline and shunting locomotives) also suitable to for retrofit existing electric and diesel trains, to reach TRL7.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2011

Volvo says it will build about 250 cars by the end of 2012, possibly more if market interest takes off. The Volvo C30 Electric will be manufactured and delivered to leasing customers throughout Europe, including in Sweden, Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway.

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My Energi

JULY 2, 2021

We founded myenergi in 2016 as a partnership between two friends – electronics engineer Lee Sutton and marketing afficionado Jordan Brompton. myenergi, the award-winning designer and manufacturer of renewable energy products for eco-smart home management, is celebrating its fifth anniversary milestone. We wouldn’t be here without you!

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

evGracias is a Hyderabad based registered association that represents Indian manufacturers of electric vehicles (EV) and electric vehicle components. A large volume of accessories can be bought through the portal at manufacturing cost. Charging Stations build and maintenance (Ready to take up projects). – Investment: Rs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2015

million) project is coordinated by steelmaker Arcelormittal Belgium NV. The project will build a demonstration plant of approximately 25,000 tons/ethanol per year—the first of its kind in Europe, and the largest facility globally built to date utilizing this technology. million (US$16.3-million) Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Toyota first introduced the Verso in 2002, and in 2013, launched the current Verso MPV, developed exclusively for the European market. —Gerald Killmann, Vice President R&D at Toyota’s R&D center in Belgium. Diesel engine sales continue to dominate the European market in the C-MPV segment, and 1.6 The new 1.6 2014 Verso.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2012

Manufacture of Transit will be consolidated in Ford’s principal commercial vehicle manufacturing facility operated by Ford Otosan in Kocaeli, Turkey, in 2013. Additional investment also is expected at Ford’s Bridgend Engine Plant in South Wales to support ongoing high volumes of gasoline engine manufacture. —Stephen Odell.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 31, 2022

In 2020, after performing a comparative study of network providers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, umlaut adapted its testing methodology to the US market , where testing took place in EV hotspot California in early September 2020. Hakan Ekmen: Yes, Accenture has made a series of acquisitions to build its capabilities across industries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2009

The few GaN devices today on the market are based on AlGaN/GaN high-electron mobility transistor (HEMT) structures and are normally-on devices, designed for RF applications, e.g. in wireless communication. IMEC is inviting both integrated device manufacturers and companies in the compound semiconductor industry to join the program.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Umicore sees the market trending toward multiple cell chemistries, and believes that its new high-manganese HLM battery technology is a strong alternative to LFP in markets outside of China. Robert Privette: Rechargeable batteries are among the building blocks for the green energy transition.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Umicore sees the market trending toward multiple cell chemistries, and believes that its new high-manganese HLM battery technology is a strong alternative to LFP in markets outside of China. Robert Privette: Rechargeable batteries are among the building blocks for the green energy transition.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2021

Building upon the success of the Volta Zero—a purpose-built full-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle designed for inner-city last mile deliveries ( earlier post )—Volta Trucks plans to expand its product portfolio with three additional variants within the medium- to lower end of the heavy-duty class.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 27, 2022

We want to predict where we need to build the next electric charging station.”. Market watchers have seen a parade of “just about there” moments for vehicle-to-grid technology. The key force behind the changes taking place in this windswept Dutch city is not a global market trend or the maturity of the engineering solutions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

Of those, charging infrastructure was the best predictor of a country’s EV market share. Financial incentives by country and corresponding EV market share for 2012. National charging infrastructure by country and corresponding EV market share for 2012. Source: Sierzchula et al. Click to enlarge. Source: Sierzchula et al.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 8, 2023

Working at Imec, a Belgium-based nanoelectronics R&D center, we are currently pursuing four basic strategies: flip-chip processing, microtransfer printing, wafer bonding, and monolithic integration. And, with increasing market demand, flip-chip assembly services are being offered by a growing number of vendors.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 2, 2022

Despite complaints about quality control and the industry’s slowest disk drive, the Commodore 64 has been an unparalleled success, pushing a number of its competitors out of the market. And yields were high because the chips were designed for a mature semiconductor-manufacturing process. In November 1981, the chips were complete.

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