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Volvo Cars building €1.2B EV manufacturing plant in Slovakia; third in Europe

Green Car Congress

Volvo Cars will build a third manufacturing plant in Europe, positioning the company well to meet the continued demand from its customers for electric cars and capture future growth potential. Volvo Cars has an ambition to move towards annual sales of 1.2 Together, these facilities can produce 600,000 cars per year.

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Volvo Cars gears up for long-term sustainable growth with new Slovakia EV manufacturing plant

Electric Cars Report

Volvo Cars announces today it will establish a third manufacturing plant in Europe, positioning the company well to meet the continued demand from its customers for electric cars and capture future growth potential.

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Porsche to manufacture all-electric Cayenne in Bratislava

Green Car Congress

Porsche will manufacture the future all-electric version of the fourth-generation Cayenne at Volkswagen Slovakia’s multi-brand location in Bratislava. The plant in Slovakia is currently preparing for the start of series production of the extensively upgraded new Cayenne.

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PEUGEOT estimates it will assemble up to 10,000 batteries per month for cars, 7,000 for LCVs by next year

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PEUGEOT estimates it will assemble up to 10,000 batteries a month for its car range by next year, and as many as 7,000 batteries a month for its advanced LCV range. PEUGEOT’s electrification is accelerating in 2022 with the New 408 which will strengthen the Plug-In Hybrid car offer, also reinforced by the New 308 and the 100% electric LCVs.

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Stellantis to finish gearbox manufacturing at Vienna plant

Baua Electric

PARIS — Stellantis has knowledgeable unions and native officers of its plans to finish operations at its handbook gearbox manufacturing website online in Vienna-Aspern in Austria then 40 years, an organization spokesperson stated. of the personnel in neighboring Slovakia and has laid off hundreds in Italy.

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Tesla casting machine supplier to build Giga Presses for Volvo

Teslarati

Italian casting machine manufacturer IDRA announced a partnership with Volvo in a press release this week, with the company set to install two 9,000-ton Giga Presses at the automaker’s Košice, Slovakia factory. The collaboration with the brand exemplifies the company’s dedication to driving progress in the industry.”

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

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According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), the average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU) in 2018 increased for the second consecutive year, reaching 120.4 On average, the CO 2 emissions of diesel cars (121.5 grams of CO 2 per kilometer. g CO 2 /km.

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