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Volvo Group to produce battery modules in Ghent by 2025

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In 2025, Volvo Group’s truck plant in Ghent, Belgium will start to produce battery modules. The building is expected to be 12,000 m 2 and be located at the Volvo Group manufacturing site. The new high-tech module factory will consist of an almost fully automated process with robots.

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Van Hool to build 40 hydrogen buses for Cologne and Wuppertal (Germany); largest fuel cell bus order in Europe to date

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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. These high-tech vehicles will be built in the Van Hool factory in Koningshooikt.

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BASF to build engineering plastics and thermoplastic polyurethanes plants at new $10B Verbund site in Zhanjiang

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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. The site would ultimately be the third-largest BASF site worldwide, following Ludwigshafen, Germany, and Antwerp, Belgium.

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myenergi | Celebrating 5 years of Tech Innovation

My Energi

myenergi | Celebrating 5 years of Tech Innovation. . With subsidiaries in Ireland, Benelux (Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg) , Germany (DACH region), myenergi is targeting further international growth. Perseverance and a desire to be successful have seen us build a unique product range and a hugely talented team.”.

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BASF launches $10B Verbund project in China

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BASF officially launched its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, and commenced building its first plants. The new site will utilize automated packaging, high-tech control systems, and automated guided vehicles. It marks a milestone of the company’s US$10-billion investment project announced in July 2018.

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BASF launches $10B Verbund project in China

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BASF officially launched its smart Verbund project in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, China, and commenced building its first plants. The new site will utilize automated packaging, high-tech control systems, and automated guided vehicles. It marks a milestone of the company’s US$10-billion investment project announced in July 2018.

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Polestar 7 to replace Polestar 2 in EV line-up to avoid Volkswagen Golf-like fate

Baua Electric

The Polestar 2 is already a market leader in several regions like Norway, Sweden, Germany, Belgium, and others. As much as we might build a very similar car, because it has a different number, we won’t have this natural trap where we’re boxed into that concept of what the car had been,” Ingenlath explained.

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