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Audi begins construction of first North American plant

Green Car Congress

Audi has begun construction on a more than €900-million plant, comprising a press shop, body shop and assembly line in San José Chiapa, Mexico—the company’s first plant in North America. Audi’s current production sites include the German sites in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm; Brussels (Belgium); Gy?r

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Eaton hybrid systems log 100M miles in service, reduce fuel consumption by 4M gallons

Green Car Congress

The company set major hybrid systems milestones in 2010, delivering systems to global customers in Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Taiwan, the United Kingdom and United States.

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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

Green Car Congress

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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‘Discriminatory’ EV tax credit could bring Mexico-imposed tariffs

Teslarati

It seems that Clouthier is not in favor of taking large-scale recourse on international trade, especially as global supply chain issues continue to plague the automotive industry. Reuters says Mexico’s automotive sector employs around one million people. domestic assembly and local content.”

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain

Charged EVs

Umicore is actively working with cell manufacturers to advance SSB tech, and recently opened a material prototyping center in Belgium that supports all the steps in SSB production, from formulation to testing. Total emissions over the lifetime of an electric vehicle are considerably lower than those of an internal combustion engine.

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How Umicore is ensuring sustainability in the North American EV battery chain – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Umicore is actively working with cell manufacturers to advance SSB tech, and recently opened a material prototyping center in Belgium that supports all the steps in SSB production, from formulation to testing. Total emissions over the lifetime of an electric vehicle are considerably lower than those of an internal combustion engine.

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

A new trend is conversion of internal combustion engine vehicles. For Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and other Northern European countries, contact SP Innovation. Andy Frank, this academic program has converted a number of internal combustion engine vehicles for demonstration purposes. We believe both NiMH and Li-Ion are ready.

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