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Volvo Cars? Chengdu car plant powered by 100% renewable electricity; 65% hydropower

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The Volvo Cars manufacturing plant in Chengdu, the company’s largest in China, is now powered by 100% renewable electricity, taking the company’s global renewable electricity mix in its manufacturing network to 80%. Until recently, the Chengdu plant already sourced 70% of its electricity from renewable sources.

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Audi of America and Arcadia offer renewable energy subscription with e-tron or e-tron Sportback lease or purchase

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Arcadia’s technology matches home energy consumption with renewable energy sources from a variety of US wind and solar projects using renewable energy certificates, all without any installation or disruptions to their utility service.

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Volvo Trucks opens its first battery plant; cells and modules from Samsung SDI

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Located in Ghent, Belgium, the plant will supply ready-to-install batteries for Volvo Trucks’ full electric heavy-duty trucks. The plant itself is powered by 100% renewable energy. Volvo Trucks is opening its first battery assembly plant. This investment shows our strong commitment to electrifying truck transportation.

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Audi switching from truck to rail for battery delivery

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Battery modules and cells needed in Belgium for the Audi e-tron and Audi e-tron Sportback were up to now transported by truck over the approximately 1,300-kilometer-long route from the supplier in Hungary. In Hungary and Belgium, Audi uses DBeco neutral. New equipment and processes have been installed specifically for this purpose.

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Plug to build large-scale green hydrogen generation plant at port of Antwerp-Bruges

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At the center of the largest chemical industry cluster in Europe and close to the North Sea, it provides transportation connections to Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, UK, and France. More than 1,500 acres of covered warehousing at Port of Antwerp-Bruges supports heavy manufacturing industries. million tons of barge freight.

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Brussels plant kicks off production for the new Audi Q8 e-tron

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Since production of the Audi e-tron began, the Belgium site has been recognized as the world’s first certified carbon-neutral high-volume production plant in the premium segment. The highly automated manufacture of electric motors in Györ. AUDI AG has owned the Belgium site since 2007.

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Cummins & Sinopec launch JV to produce and promote green hydrogen technologies in China

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The joint venture will accelerate the affordability and availability of green hydrogen through increased technological innovation, research and development, and manufacturing capacity. Cummins Enze will also provide a variety of hydrogen-generation system solutions to meet diversified application requirements.

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