Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The new Audi China Building supports Audi’s efforts to establish additional research and production capacities in the country. With both projects, we are addressing the market-defining trends in the Chinese auto market, namely: electrification, digitalization, and sustainability. —Audi CEO Markus Duesmann.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. The new assembly in Munich will be built on the site currently used for engine production. The expansion of electromobility in the production network continues. Sustainability in production.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

This marks SKIET’s first large-scale supply of EV battery separators to a Chinese EV battery manufacturer. Up to now, SKIET has been supplying separators for IT and electronic products to the Sunwoda Group. In addition, they plan to build a mid-to-long term strategic cooperative relationship in the Chinese electric vehicle market.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Chinese automaker aims to expand its global presence and sees Mexico as an excellent place to reach its goals. He added that overseas production is essential for an international brand. It opened facilities in Thailand this year and announced plans to build a production site in Hungary in the next three years.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

Global lithium ion production capacity could reach over 6,000 GWh (6 TWh) by the end of the decade based on current plans, as companies accelerate gigafactory construction in Europe and the US, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Production of lithium last year was around 480,000 tonnes of LCE.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 29, 2024

BYD is now set to begin production at its new EV plant in Thailand in the third quarter as it looks to accelerate overseas sales. BYD set to begin EV production in Thailand in Q3 After showcasing its full range of brands at the Bangkok Auto Show this week, BYD said it will kick off EV production in the country in Q3.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2012

Daimler has signed an agreement with the Finnish Supplier Valmet Automotive for the production of more than 100,000 units of the new A-Class ( earlier post ) for Daimler from 2013 through 2016. We thus signed Valmet as an experienced production specialist who will provide us with additional A-Class capacities as of 2013.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2015

Mercedes-Benz’ new compact car plant in China, housed at the company’s local production joint venture Beijing Benz Automotive Corporation (BBAC), has begun production with the German car maker’s first locally build compact car: the GLA. Built from scratch in less than 3 years and stretching at present across about 1.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2021

After Europe, the international version of the EQB, produced in Kecskemét, Hungary, will be launched at the end of the year, followed by the US market launch in 2022. Ltd (BBAC), a joint venture between Daimler and its Chinese partner BAIC Group. The EQB in the global production network.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Chinese automaker Chery is planning to make cars in Spain, where the EV market is at just 12%, half that of Portugal and France. Spain’s Industry Ministry said in a statement that the agreement would be formalized in the next few days, with Chery planning to start production in Barcelona, according to Reuters.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

Chinese automaker BYD has concluded 2023 with record-breaking sales, which surpasses the 3 million annual sales target and retains its position the global new energy vehicle (NEV) sales champion, for the second year in a row. In the Chinese market, BYD retained its position as the best-selling car brand and manufacturer.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

BYD Atto 3 (Source: BYD) Europe and the US say that Chinese EV development is running wild and unchecked and on the verge of overwhelming the global market with, well, EVs the rest of the world can’t compete with. China last year overtook Japan as the world’s biggest car exporter ­– but most of those were ICE vehicles sold to Russia.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Photo by Wallace Chuck on Pexels.com Ford is laying off some 3,500 workers in Germany as the automaker ends the production of the Focus – the once crazily popular car that never managed to get off the ground with its electric version – in 2025. But Ford pulled the plug on European sales in 2017, and 2018 in the US due to weak sales.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The global Mercedes-Benz production network is ready for the company’s electric product offensive and is integrating its Mercedes-EQ models into series production in its existing plants. High-efficiency battery systems will also be manufactured and assembled within the production network.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 11, 2024

While SK On is pushing for LFP battery production, the firm is also developing prismatic and cylindrical-type EV batteries. This is the first time SK On has revealed details on its LFP battery strategy and timeline for beginning mass production. We have to compete with the Chinese LFPs. Maybe it’s not easy,” he said.

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Teslarati

MARCH 9, 2023

Chinese battery maker and Tesla supplier CATL reported its earnings for 2022 today and showed a massive increase in overall income from the year prior, and it was supported largely by its domination in supplying EV makers with cells. It is continuing to expand into other markets as well, including Hungary. Analysts expected just 28.8

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2017

Mercedes-Benz announced that its Rastatt plant—the company’s lead plant in global production of compact cars—will produce compact-class electric EQ models in the future. Future EQ models can be integrated in the series production of existing Mercedes-Benz plants on four continents. Ten billion euros (US$11.2

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is aligning its global production network to manufacture its reshaped product portfolio focused on luxury electric vehicles as the brand prepares to go all electric by the end of the decade—wherever market conditions allow. The global Mercedes Benz production network is sustainable, digital and flexible.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

With the Concept EQS, Mercedes-Maybach is providing a clear preview of the first fully electric series-production model for the luxury brand. A further all-electric model is also set to appear on this basis, the EQS SUV, which will go into series production in 2022, even before the Maybach. Concept Mercedes-Maybach EQS. EQS 53 4MATIC+.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

With Hungary seemingly set as its future home to EV production for the European market, BYD appears determined to break through the ceiling into the executive suite currently occupied by legacy EU automakers like Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen while remaining price competitive with is easily its most prominent foe, Tesla. Have a look.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 4, 2024

However, Geely and BYD are making the biggest impact outside of China, too, with BYD pushing international growth with its plans to build an EV factory in Hungary and Mexico, and other automakers are looking to set up production in Europe as well.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 4, 2024

We EV pundits have been writing about the rise of the Chinese EV industry for years. In recent weeks, the mainstream press has picked up on the story—many articles describe the coming wave of Chinese exports in apocalyptic terms. Of course, the counter-productive long-term effects of such policies aren’t hard to see. “Mr.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2014

naturally aspirated direct-injection engines that will be offered in the 2015 next-generation Chevrolet Cruze for the Chinese market. Shenyang, China; Szentgotthárd, Hungary; Toluca, Mexico; and Changwon, South Korea. The first production applications include a 1.0L turbocharged and 1.5L By 2017, more than 2.5 Click to enlarge.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Why hes banking on an obscure Chinese electric car company and a CEO who - no joke - drinks his own battery fluid. The E6 will hit the Chinese market later this year. The deal, which is awaiting final approval from the Chinese government, didnt get much notice at the time. EMAIL | PRINT | SHARE | RSS DIGG FACEBOOK DEL.ICIO.US

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Today, BYD employes 130,000 people in 11 factories, either in China and one each in India, Hungary and Rumania. This is a company that has already invented new processes (the way it makes batteries) and products (the battery in its electric car) and it is focused on innovation. Innovation appears to be Mr. Wang’s personal passion.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

China currently hosts 75% of all battery cell manufacturing capacity and 90% of anode and electrolyte production. A solid foundation on domestically realized resource wealth, bolstered by responsible and ethical production, is the main theme of the rankings this year as countries and the industry strive for a sustainable supply chain.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The US has imposed extra tariffs on Chinese EVs since 2019, with US officials having long warned that China poses a threat in data security, and the new measure could have broad implications across a number of industries, the report said. Meanwhile, the Chinese military steers clear of Tesla vehicles for the same reasons.

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EV Sales

MARCH 22, 2021

For example, with increasing evidence of genocidal Chinese government towards Uyghur residents, including forced labor camps, the lack of transparency regarding whether any Chinese EVs benefit from such labor prompts me to deduct 1 production point from China (out of ~25 it had earned). Globally ~14k Ioniq BEVs were sold.

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