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Volkswagen starts operation of $22M North American Battery Engineering Lab in Chattanooga

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The BEL is the first facility of its kind for Volkswagen of America and one of four strategically located units in the Volkswagen Group globally, with one in Germany (Braunschweig) and two in China (Shanghai, Changchun). The first American-assembled Volkswagen EV, the ID.4 4 compact SUV, is poised to roll off the assembly line in 2022.

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ZF’s first zero-emission factory is model plant for global production network | Autocar Professional

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ZF has opened its first zero-emission factory at the production site for power electronics in Klášterec in the Czech Republic, after a renovation period of just under a year and a half. One of the primary challenges is to convert existing ZF plants around the world so that they can be operated with climate-neutral energy from now on.

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Bosch to begin developing electrolyzer components; €500M investment by end of decade

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Bosch forecasts that the global market for electrolyzer components will increase to a volume of around €14 billion over the same period, with Europe set to see the highest rates of growth. Bosch is also working on service concepts that will include the recycling of components in order to promote a circular economy.