Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Volvo Trucks is beginning series production of the electric versions of the company’s most important product range, its heavy-duty trucks: Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX. With these new additions, Volvo Trucks has six electric truck models in series production globally—the broadest electric truck line up in the industry.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2017

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), IVECO (a brand of CNH Industrial) and ENGIE (Global Energy Player) are broadly collaborating to promote natural gas vehicles and infrastructure in Europe. Together, FCA and IVECO intend to further develop their ranges of natural gas vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In particular, TotalEnergies has the ambition by 2030 to operate directly or indirectly up to 150 hydrogen refueling stations in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and France. At the same time, more hydrogen can be carried, which significantly increases the trucks’ range.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The project, called “European Battery Innovation” (EuBatIn) was jointly prepared and notified by Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. In 2018, the Commission adopted the Strategic Action Plan for Batteries and has promoted a wide range of initiatives as part of the plan.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2018

This in intended to support the formation of a basis for the development of a zero-emission heavy-duty vehicle industry in the area. Heavy-duty distribution vehicles with a fuel cell range extender—while not yet commercially available in the EU—are demonstrated in H2-Share and their potential is assessed in this project by TNO.

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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

APRIL 9, 2021

The shift in focus is based on Sogestran Group’s experience gained in Belgium, where Blue Line Logistics (BLL), another subsidiary of the Sogestran Group, operates three cargo vessels sailing under the concept name “Zulu”. The new vessel will be tasked with moving goods on pallets and in containers along the river Seine.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Major cathode material producer Pulead (China) and phosphate leader Prayon (Belgium) have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture for the manufacture and sale of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) under licence from LiFePO 4 +C Licensing LLC. Even in the short term, demand far outstrips licensees’ production capacity.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

In Germany, Tesla reduced the price of its Model Y Long Range by €5,000 to €49,990 ($54,340), a discount of 9%. BYD ATTO 3 (Source: BYD) VW has also been slashing prices on the ID line in France, Belgium, Germany, and Norway, among other countries. Belgium and Sweden will also see revised vehicles and lower prices.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2020

The aim is to demonstrate the truck and the mobile refueling station at 6 locations in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. They are, however, limited in their range. For large heavy-duty vehicles which travel longer distances, electric trucks with a hydrogen fuel cell range extender are a zero-emission solution.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

When the new rosin plant is up and running, SunPine will be producing three different products: Raw tall diesel, a feedstock used in the production of renewable diesel; rosin, a raw material used in the production of derivatives, including printing ink and adhesives; and tall oil pitch, an energy product used in the paper industry.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2012

industrial pilot plant in Engis, Belgium, that will be operational in the coming months with all materials produced. Prayon is a leading global producer of phosphate materials for various industrial applications and its high-purity. NMC) and lithium iron phosphate (LFP)] for the broadest range of applications.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2017

UK-based Connected Energy and Groupe Renault have installed two quick-charge stations based on Connected Energy’s E-STOR energy storage technology on highways in Belgium and Germany. Connected Energy’s E-STOR systems also offer a solution to load management for use on industrial and commercial sites.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2021

Thanks to the expertise of several project partners, HyFlexFuel proved that HTL biocrudes can be successfully upgraded to drop-in fuels in an industrially-relevant environment, achieving hundreds of hours of continuous operations. —Daniele Castello of Aalborg University.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2011

Opel and Europcar have agreed to introduce the Opel Ampera extended range electric vehicle ( earlier post ) as a rental car throughout Europe. The goal is to deploy the first vehicles in Europcar rental outlets in Germany in November of this year, followed soon afterwards by Belgium and the Netherlands.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2012

Belgium-based Prayon Group has obtained a worldwide. A new production facility will be operated in Belgium (at its main production site in Engis) in summer 2012. Prayon has committed to establish further industrial-size manufacturing facilities in France and in the Province of Québec in the coming years. Phosphates (OCP S.A.)

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 21, 2022

European customers can choose between two versions of the Dream Edition: the Performance and the Range. Dream Edition Performance features two motors producing a combined 828 kW (1,111 horsepower) and an all-electric driving range of 799 km on the WLTP combined cycle. It can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.5 The Netherlands.

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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. With to the hybrid power source, the buses, with a tank capacity of 38.2

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2017

In 2015 Leclanché unveiled its first all-electric bus in Belgium. Now the European e-bus industry is at a watershed moment as proven battery technology and tighter environmental legislation make electric buses economically competitive with diesel.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2019

Imec also announced that it has started to upscale the materials and processes in a pilot line for fabrication of solid-state pouch cells at the EnergyVille Campus in Genk (Belgium) and is set-up in collaboration with the University of Hasselt.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Imec, in collaboration with Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Belgium), has introduced the first 79 GHz radar transmitter implemented in plain digital 28nm CMOS. Imec welcomes industrial and academic partners for joint R&D. The company presented these results at the recent ISSCC2014 in San Francisco.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The upgrade is available for the full range of Euro 6 hybrid buses. In its ‘Aiming for Zero’ objective, VDL Bus&Coach is building a new, climate-neutral factory in Roeselare (Belgium), where the first buses will be built from the end of 2021 to the beginning of 2022.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2014

is an electrified vehicle that is used to transport DHL Express shipments at the moment in France as well as in Aruba, Belgium, Denmark and Germany. Vehicles cover all kinds of technologies, starting from bio gas to electrification, and cover the full range of commercial transport vehicle levels. The Kangoo Z.E.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2014

million for seven research projects designed to advance a broad range of renewable energy technologies, including solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy. The Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) at Stanford University has awarded $10.5 modified plants.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2017

This fuel cell industry milestone has been achieved across the company’s seven generations of its FCveloCity fuel cell engine, which have been deployed in buses in 15 countries on 5 continents during the past 10 years. Ballard Power Systems fuel cells have powered buses for more than 10 million cumulative kilometers (6.2

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The investment positions Aleris to meet anticipated significant growth in North American automotive demand as the industry pursues broader aluminum use for the production of lighter, more fuel-efficient vehicles. Aleris has served the automotive industry from its facility in Duffel for many years.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

Punch Powertrain, a Belgium-based full-system supplier of fuel-efficient powertrains including transmissions and plug-in hybrid and battery-electric systems, is acquiring France-based power electronics expert Apojee. The TwinSpeed gearbox uses an extra gear that increases an electric vehicle’s general performances and range by as much as 8%.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2017

This new motor/generator will be shown at Busworld Kortrijk, taking place from 20-25 October 2017 in Kortrijk, Belgium. Several applications relying on long range and low downtime are not yet suitable for complete battery-based operation without significant infrastructure or battery technological breakthrough. Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

In Germany, Telsa reduced the price of its Model Y Long Range by €5,000 to €49,990 ($54,340), a discount of 9%. Volvo, too, has rerouted its shipping and announced delays at its factory in Ghent, Belgium. So we’re likely to see more of these price shifts and cuts as the industry settles into a new normal, post-subsidies.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2024

He studied and worked in Dubai, the United States, France, and Belgium over the course of his twenties. While balancing a career in academia and industry is challenging, Suri says, he relishes the opportunity to constantly learn. Cyran AI Solutions’ customers hire the company to solve a range of problems.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2016

Scania will leave from Södertalje, south of Stockholm, driving through Sweden, Denmark and Germany to Maasvlakte II in the Port of Rotterdam, making a stop in Zolder, Belgium and in Zwolle, Netherlands. IVECO will depart from Brussels and DAF from their production location in Westerlo, Belgium.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

GE Energy’s Industrial Solutions will supply and deploy the infrastructure products needed to make the projects possible, in particular charging stations and installer network. The agreement would see GE Capital lease EV vehicles across Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2018

The study is based on a set of scenarios for 2050 of electrification in five European countries: Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), France (FR), Germany (DE) and the Netherlands (NL). The model results show that the social costs of a full electrification path towards 2050 vary significantly, ranging from 0.5%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2011

There is no doubt that electric vehicles are the future of the automotive industry. However, while interest in electric vehicles is growing, with 69% of respondents willing to consider an EV today, current market offerings generally fall far short of consumers’ expectations for driving range, charging time, and purchase price.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2011

A team of researchers from CNRS, IPB and SAFT in France and UMICORE in Belgium report on the synthesis and performance of a new high-power cathode material for Li-ion batteries (NMCA) in a paper in the Journal of Power Sources. Li 1.11 (Ni 0.40 Al 0.05 ) 0.89 Li 1.11 (Ni 0.40 Al 0.05 ) 0.89 Al 0.05 ) 0.89 Al 0.05 ) 0.89 Al 0.05 ) 0.89

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Its largest markets included China, Germany, the US, the UK, Sweden, France, Norway, and Belgium. VW’s updated EVs feature longer range and added tech. Or will it fall further behind leaders like Tesla as the industry shifts to electric? in 2023, with around 394,000 EVs handed over. VW delivered around 30,000 ID.4 Volkswagen ID.4

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2016

The overmolding process is carried out fully automatically in a purpose-built manufacturing cell at the main QCMS plant in Tielt, Belgium. During development, the metal part within the plastics part was shown to induce additional stresses during the deployment; these were eliminated using FEM analysis and design changes.

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