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OCTOBER 4, 2017

Specifically, Ford is: Accelerating the introduction of connected, smart vehicles and services customers want and value. By 2019, 100% of Ford’s new US vehicles will be built with connectivity. The company has similarly aggressive plans for China and other markets, as 90% of Ford’s new global vehicles will feature connectivity by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2022

An eSIM, or embedded SIM is a SIM card built into in a mobile device—cell phone, tablet, smartwatch—that allows connectivity to a cellular network without a physical, removable SIM card. Personal eSIM is available as part of the Premium Package on iX xDrive50 and standard on iX M60. Digital Key Plus.

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JUNE 28, 2023

The BMW Group Plant Woodruff will produce sixth-generation batteries to supply fully electric vehicles at nearby BMW Manufacturing in Spartanburg. operations, including $1 billion to prepare Plant Spartanburg for the production of fully electric vehicles and $700 million to build a new high-voltage battery assembly plant.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The AV shuttle service is part of the Together in Motion Indiana initiative announced earlier this year by TMF and ESN that previously provided a similar autonomous shuttle service in downtown Indianapolis for six months. —Edwin Olson, CEO of May Mobility. with shuttles arriving every 10- to 15-minutes on a rotating loop.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2021

The all-new, fully electric BMW iX Sports Activity Vehicle ( earlier post ) and BMW i4 Gran Coupé ( earlier post ) will make their North American debuts during two media events on 1 June when they are unveiled at [SPACE] by BMW, a new immersive BMW brand experience at The Grove in Los Angeles. The BMW iX will arrive in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2022

AERO concept electric sedan in China as a foretaste of the brand’s first global fully-electric sedan. AERO concept car, Volkswagen is stepping up its electric offensive in China as part of its ACCELERATE strategy. Volkswagen revealed the ID. The future model will be positioned in the premium mid-size sedan segment.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2021

The Lingenfelter El Camino concept electric conversion project represents the first successful independent installation of the Chevrolet Performance Electric Connect and Cruise eCrate package. Together, the two companies will develop and commercialize battery electric watercraft to accelerate the transition to electric mobility.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Hyundai Motor Group has launched MoceanLab, a mobility service venture, as part of the Group’s larger initiative to create a sustainable, connected future. The goal is to transition the fleet to fully electric vehicles with a gradual expansion of a combined 300 vehicles of Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2020

Rheinmetall Automotive AG, part of technology group Rheinmetall AG, has received a major order from an international OEM for electrical vacuum pumps. Furthermore, the electrical vacuum pump is not connected to the engine oil lubrication system. The order extends to a lifetime volume of €250 million.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

These vehicles will follow the all-electric performance SUV coming in 2020 from Ford’s Cuautitlan, Mexico, plant. We’ve taken a fresh look at the growth rates of electrified vehicles and know we need to protect additional production capacity given our accelerated plans for fully electric vehicles.

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Building Ford Transit Connect Michigan 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

As part of the 5 th German-Chinese government consultations, the Volkswagen Group China signed letters of intent with a long-time joint-venture partner, the FAW Group, and with the China Intelligent and Connected Vehicles (Beijing) Research Institute Co. The car of the future will not just be powered by electricity.

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MAY 4, 2021

Internal data shows early order indicators favor the delivery segment—ranging from wholesale goods to packages, groceries to replacement parts—with many other vocations in the hand-raisers group looking to take advantage of E-Transit versatility. Available Pro Power Onboard turns E-Transit into a mobile generator with up to 2.4

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The pressure plate, which delivers hydrogen and oxygen to the fuel cell stack, is made from cast plastic parts and light-alloy castings, also from the Landshut plant. The BMW Group sold more than 215,000 fully electric vehicles worldwide in 2022, which represents an increase over the previous year of almost 108%.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2011

The City will test the use of all-electric powered taxis starting in 2012 with six fully electric Nissan LEAFs—provided free of charge—to road test electric vehicles. If the pilot proves successful, the City will explore the possibility of the wider use of electric-powered taxis.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

It takes less than one second to connect the bus to the charging point, making it the world’s fastest flash-charging connection technology. ABB’s flash-charging technology and onboard traction equipment, which make the flash-charging possible, are part of its innovative TOSA (Trolleybus Optimisation Système Alimentation) solution.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Now we are charging into an all-electric future in Europe with expressive new vehicles and a world-class connected customer experience. We expect to continue our strong momentum this year in Europe and remain on track to deliver our goal of a six percent EBIT margin as part of Ford’s plan to turnaround our global automotive operations.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2021

Mobilize will unveil Limo, a 4.67m four-door fully-electric sedan, specifically designed for for taxi/private hire (PHV) drivers and fleet, at Munich IAA Mobility 2021. Mobilize’s offer will include a fully-fledged package of services with something for everyone be they full-time, part-time, or one-off drivers.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Operating an on-site battery assembly plant is a prerequisite for large-scale production of electric vehicles and it also establishes Scania clearly as a part of the battery production value chain. With this lab, Scania can test the performance of battery packs on operational electric trucks and buses without removing batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2020

As part of this process, the BMW Group is setting itself clear targets for CO 2 reduction up to 2030. The BMW Group is already applying methods such as data analytics to make its production more efficient—for example, by minimizing scrapped parts in the body shop and through predictive maintenance for machinery.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, will introduce its first fully electric vehicle in 2020. The EV launch comes as part of a product offensive, in which SEAT will launch one new car every six months until 2020. Built on the Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform, the new EV will feature a range of 500 km (311 miles).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2019

Daimler Buses has equipped its Mannheim bus plant with a central charging station for the fully-electric eCitaro. It can also be used to provide the newly released eCitaro with electricity via a pantograph. The station serves to charge the eCitaro as part of the production process and ahead of delivery to customers.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2024

Also Read : Early failure may be powering BMW ahead of rivals in the electric car game The report has quoted Bernd Köber, Senior Vice President of BMW Brand and Product Management, Connected Company saying that the car manufacturer now wants the ‘i’ to signify only electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2019

The Volkswagen Group projects a total volume of 22 million all-electric cars worldwide by 2028, with more than 50 percent of that from China. The country plays a crucial part in our electrification strategy, which will pave the way to Volkswagen’s goal of becoming net carbon-neutral by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

The one-year contract concerns the development of the design and the technical specifications for a zero emissions system fully classifiable and in conformity with IMO maritime safety requirements. When entering the fjords, they can operate fully electric for a long time with no other emissions than water. —Per Wassén.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

It is a huge plus that we were able to make use of existing materials such as steel and aluminium from BMW’s time in Formula 1 for the basis of the engine, as well as for individual components—like shafts, housing and small parts. The two drive components were connected in the car for the first time at the end of June.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The production model will be based on the EQ show car—an 500-km (311-mile) range electric vehicle in the look of a sporty SUV Coupé—that was presented at the Mondial de l’Automobile 2016 in Paris in September. The product brand EQ is an elementary part of the corporate strategy for future mobility bundled under the term CASE.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

Christian Senger, a management board member at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles responsible for AD, said, “We are developing the first fully autonomous large-scale production vehicle, and Mobileye brings its digital driver on board.” Volkswagen ADMT aims to develop a fully electric autonomous ID.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

At the rear is a new compact five-link suspension with a subframe that is elastically connected to the body. Parts of the suspension are made of lightweight aluminum to reduce weight. Large wheels and powerful brakes. The range of wheels for the ID.4 4 starts with the 18-inch format, either in steel or aluminum.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2019

EQ also offers comprehensive services with Mercedes me connect, which makes electric mobility convenient and suitable for everyday driving. In the EQC the powerpacks are isolated by rubber mounts at two points: where the powerpack connects to its subframe and where the subframe connects to the body. Production.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2014

ABB and Volvo Buses are partnering to co-develop and to commercialize electric and hybrid buses with open standards-based direct current (DC) fast charging systems. The flash stations are connected to the 50 kVA electricity network and also have a 3kWh storage unit (supercap) for smoothing peaks in consumption.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2016

This will be the world’s fastest flash-charging connection technology taking less than 1 second to connect the bus to the charging point. This will be the world’s fastest flash-charging connection technology taking less than 1 second to connect the bus to the charging point. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

ABB is supplying fast chargers for depot and opportunity charging of electric buses to MAN Truck & Bus, a member of the Volkswagen Group, for its new e-bus R&D facilities in Munich, Germany. In July, MAN Truck & Bus announced serial production of fully electric buses by 2019. MAN electrification.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

PVI currently offers three fully-electric powertrain solutions: L powertrains, GVW of 3.5t We are very pleased to welcome PVI’s team specializing in electric conversions to Groupe Renault. This heavy van’s load characteristics, range and charge time are tailored to the needs of business customers in and around cities.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

This is achieved with a smart-grid which uses a central server which is connected to each EV charge post as well as the grid power supply and the on-site energy storage. A key part of this initiative is the use of onsite energy storage batteries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2011

New York City is adding 70 electric vehicles to its fleet: 50 new Chevrolet Volts, 10 fully electric Ford Transit Connect cargo vans, and 10 new fully electric Navistar E-star utility trucks. The site also documents the environmental benefits of electric cars. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

l/100 km (81 mpg US), and the new flagship Panamera can drive on fully electric power for up to 50 kilometers. The high-voltage battery integrated in the rear is fully charged with 10 A via a 230-V connection in six hours. kW on-board charger and a 230-V connection with 32 A instead of the standard 3.6-kW

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