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Paks, Hungary orders 10 electric Solaris buses

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The city of Paks, located in the central part of Hungary, has ordered 10 zero-emission electric buses from Solaris: six Solaris Urbino 12 electric vehicles and four 8.9-meter LE electric will be delivered to Hungary within 11 months of signing the contract. meter electric buses with five stationary chargers. Urbino 8.9 LE electric.

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Toyocolor to supply SK Innovation with Lioaccum conductive CNT dispersions for Li-ion cathodes

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Lioaccum dispersions are used as the conductive additive in li-ion cathodes to help expand li-ion battery capacity of electric vehicles (EVs), for increased driving distances and faster charging performance. They will help power SK Innovation’s li-ion batteries installed in EVs manufactured by the Volkswagen Group and the Ford Motor Company.

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Cool BYD Electric Bus News from Europe

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Eleven 12-meter BYD electric buses have just been deployed in Zalaegerszeg, Hungary. The project, which included installation of charging infrastructure valued at HUF 2.1

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IONITY partners with Shell, OMV, Tank & Rast and Circle K on sites for high-power charging network; 18 countries, >200 sites

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IONITY , the joint venture of BMW, Daimler, Ford and Volkswagen with Audi and Porsche that is developing and implementing a High-Power Charging (HPC) network for EVs across Europe ( earlier post ), has formed initial strategic partnerships for the realization of its HPC network.

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BMW Group investing €800M in Plant San Luis Potosí in Mexico for NEUE KLASSE and battery assembly

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The first cars of the NEUE KLASSE will come off the production line at our plant in Debrecen, Hungary, starting in 2025, followed by the main plant in Munich. The new battery format will increase energy density by more than 20% and improve charging speed and range by up to 30%. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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

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Among other things, Audi Brussels installed one of the region’s largest photovoltaic systems on the plant premises, covering 107,000 square meters. The system generates around 9,000 MWh of power from sustainable energy every year—enough to charge some 90,000 Audi Q8 e-tron units and reduce carbon emissions by 1,881 tons.

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Tesla slashes prices across Europe on Model Y

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BYD only sold 4,140 cars in Germany in 2023, but is looking for 10% market share after its factory in Hungary starts production in a few years. And BYD is looking to make some serious moves in Europe, and now that it will be building EVs in Hungary in the next couple of years. Meanwhile, Tesla shares were down 1.6% Get started here.

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