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NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Hyzon Motors, a supplier of hydrogen-powered fuel cell electric vehicles,and TC Energy Corporation will collaborate on development, construction, operation, and ownership of hydrogen production facilities (hubs) across North America. —Corey Hessen, TC Energy’s Senior Vice President and President, Power and Storage.

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MARCH 3, 2023

The Department of Energy (DOE) is funding six research and development projects that will repurpose domestic coal resources for high-value graphitic products and carbon-metal composites that can be employed in clean energy technologies. Understanding ultra-conductive carbon metal composite wire for electric motors. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Israeli startup EVR Motors has partnered with India’s EKA Mobility, an electric vehicles and technology company, a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries Limited, to design small, lightweight electric motors for their e-buses and Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) in India. EVR will support the setup of EKA’s assembly line.

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DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) and the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) have published a new guidance document, “ Measuring Recycled Content of Automotive Products.”. Source: “ Measuring Recycled Content of Automotive Products ”. —Reeshemah Howard, Sustainability Mission Leader, General Motors.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2024

Lucid Motors held its earnings call for Q1 this week, during which CEO Peter Rawlinson teased a future electric vehicle (EV) expected to take aim at the Tesla Model Y. And a small battery is a key element to lowering costs when it comes to making an EV.” “We’re already competing with Tesla,” Rawlinson said.

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JULY 5, 2022

Emotors , a 50/50 joint venture between Stellantis and Nidec Leroy-Somer Holding (a Nidec Group company), will start production this year of its range of electric motors at the Stellantis Trémery plant, formerly the world’s largest diesel plant, and now Stellantis’ first facility to produce electric motors.

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APRIL 12, 2023

Kia held a groundbreaking ceremony for its dedicated plant for the production of battery-electric purpose-built vehicles (PBV). Kia will invest around one trillion KRW (approximately US$758 million) to secure 99,000 acres of land, with the company planning to start mass-production in the second half of 2025. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2021

In its report of first quarter 2021 financial results and outlook, Lordstown Motors, a startup developing electric light duty trucks focused on the commercial fleet market ( earlier post ), said that the expected production of its Endurance full-size electric pickup in 2021 will be limited—at best 50% of prior expectations.

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Motor Motors Motoring Production 221

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2020

The last e-Golf has rolled off the production line at the Transparent Factory in Dresden. At the beginning of the new year 2021, the production area of the Transparent Factory will be reconstructed for three weeks before the first ID.3 In 2017, the Transparent Factory started production in parallel to meet the high demand.

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MARCH 22, 2023

DeepDrive has developed a cost- and resource-efficient dual-rotor motor, extending the range of electric vehicles. The company is also backed by automotive industry veteran Dr. Exploded in-wheel drive configuration of DeepDrive dual-rotor motor. BMW i Ventures announced a co-lead investment in the $16.1-million

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BMW Motor Motors Motoring 259

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OCTOBER 6, 2021

The Mercedes-Benz powertrain plants in Germany are starting production of key components for the battery-powered eActros heavy-duty truck. These components will be used for the series production of the eActros, which will begin at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Wörth on 7 October 2021. The core axle is pre-assembled first.

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Mercedes Production Batteries Battery 221

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MAY 11, 2023

(USJC), a subsidiary of global semiconductor foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC), announced a joint collaboration to produce insulated gate bipolar transistors (IGBT), which have entered mass production at the 300mm fab of USJC. Production is expected to reach 10,000 wafers per month by 2025. Earlier post.)

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MAY 10, 2022

Hyundai Motor Company plans to ramp up the US commercial vehicle market entry with XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks. At the 2022 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, Hyundai Motor will share the progress of the NorCAL ZERO Project. million km as of 30 April 2022. million km as of 30 April 2022.

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MARCH 4, 2021

This shift is also taking place in other motorized segments including trucks and mining machinery. As manufacturers set to ramp product back up to produce everything from automobiles, airplanes and construction tools, they will begin to return to normal production cycles. With the COVID pandemic wreaking havoc on the U.S.

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MARCH 3, 2022

In Seoul, Hyundai Motor Company unveiled a strategic roadmap to accelerate its electrification ambition as it pursues sustainable progress for the company. Presentation of Jaehoon Chang, President and CEO of Hyundai Motor Company. The Indonesian plant will start BEV production this year to help expand production volume.

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JUNE 13, 2023

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are reorganizing their joint research and development (R&D) organization to be able to respond flexibly to the rapidly changing global automotive industry, advance the transition to electrification and accelerate the development of Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs).

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Teslarati

JANUARY 19, 2024

Cadillac’s $340,000 Celestiq electric vehicle has officially entered production, according to the company’s Vice President John Roth. Last year, Cadillac’s CMO Melissa Grady Dias stated that the Celestiq’s entry-level configuration would cost approximately $340,000. seconds, and an array of luxury features.

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APRIL 28, 2021

Raven SR , a renewable fuels company, and Hyzon Motors Inc., Careful temperature control prevents glass and metals from melting and becoming slag, and produces a biocarbon which is a salable product. Raven can also add small amounts of CO 2 to adjust the H 2 /CO ratio in the process that is needed for FT fuel production.

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Waste Hydrogen Building Motor 459

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AUGUST 21, 2021

General Motors is voluntarily expanding the current Chevrolet Bolt EV recall ( earlier post ) to cover the remaining 2019 and all 2020-2022 model year vehicles, including the new Bolt EUV. GM will replace defective battery modules in Chevrolet Bolt EVs and EUVs with new modules, with an expected additional cost of approximately $1 billion.

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General Motors Batteries Battery Motor 321

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JUNE 27, 2023

General Motors and Australia-based Element 25 Limited announced an agreement for Element 25 to supply up to 32,500 metric tons of manganese sulfate (MnSO 4 ) annually to support the annual production of more than 1 million GM EVs in North America. GM continues to strengthen its domestic supply base for EV production.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Atlis Motor Vehicles (Atlis), a vertically integrated start-up EV company developing an electric work truck and the batteries and motors to drive it, signed a collaborative agreement with ArcelorMittal, the leading producer of automotive steels, to help speed its product development.

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Motor Motors Motoring Vehicles 432

Teslarati

JANUARY 28, 2024

General Motors (GM) and Honda announced that their 50-50 joint venture on a hydrogen fuel cell facility in Michigan is ready to start commercial production. New Toyota CEO considers hydrogen a priority despite EV focus General Motors and Honda’s partnership on fuel cell system development goes all the way back to 2013.

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JULY 6, 2022

The automotive supplier MAHLE has developed what it says is the most durable electric motor available: the superior continuous torque (SCT) E-motor. The traction motor can run indefinitely with high performance due to its new cooling concept. Building large electric motors that deliver short-term high performance is easy.

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MAY 12, 2022

Lordstown Motors, an OEM of electric light-duty trucks focused on the commercial fleet market, has closed the sale of its Lordstown facility and signed a contract manufacturing agreement and joint venture agreement for product development with affiliates of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn).

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MARCH 2, 2023

H3X designs and manufactures advanced electric motors to enable sustainable aviation and other high-performance applications. These areas include electromagnetics, material science, power electronics, additive manufacturing, motor control, and thermals. This latest funding brings the total raised by H3X to $9 million.

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Manufacturer Motor Motors Motoring 304

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JULY 20, 2023

MAHLE presented a new technology kit for electric motors that combines the advantages of its benchmark SCT (Superior Continuous Torque, earlier post ) and MCT (Magnet-free Contactless Transmitter) electric motors. This reduces installation space, development effort and costs.

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Kits Motor Motors Motoring 281

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JUNE 21, 2023

At an Investor Day event in Seoul, Hyundai Motor said that it will accelerate its transition toward becoming a smart mobility solution provider by securing a large-scale investment of KRW 109.4 This breakthrough allows for greater flexibility and efficiency in the development process, paving the way for significant cost savings.

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Hyundai Motor Motors Motoring 284

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JUNE 3, 2023

General Motors and POSCO Future M announced the second phase of their Ultium CAM joint venture, an investment projected to exceed US$1 billion to increase production capacity of cathode active materials (CAM) in North America and integrate precursor materials production. Site selection will be announced later.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The program aims to converge automotive mass production techniques with the reliability of commercial-grade aerospace. The path to delivering low-cost aircraft systems starts with engineering services, then parts fabrication, and finally system integration supporting the launch of ASX’s all-electric eVTOL aircraft, the MOBi-One.

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Baua Electric

MAY 12, 2024

Therefore, product quality is high on the priority list of any manufacturer that has a strong focus on quality. Till recent times, many businesses used to keep a healthy level of reserve stock in the warehouse to ensure their customers are never let down in the event of an unplanned break in production.

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Electric Vehicles India

JULY 6, 2021

General Motors partners Salton Sea lithium production for EVs . General Motors has announced that it will partner with a renewable energy company’s lithium and power development in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field near Imperial for batteries for electric vehicles. GM to develop electric lunar rover for NASA.

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APRIL 30, 2021

the developer of Dynamic Skip Fire (DSF) and diesel DSF cylinder deactivation technology for combustion engines, reported at the International Vienna Motor Symposium that its product Dynamic Motor Drive (DMD) ( earlier post ) mitigates efficiency losses of electric motors while significantly reducing reliance on rare-earth materials.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Ford celebrated the production start of the all-new F-150 at the Ford Rouge Center and confirmed construction of the new Rouge Electric Vehicle Center where it will build the all-electric F-150 by mid-2022. The new jobs will support battery assembly and production of the F-150 PowerBoost hybrid and fully electric F-150.

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APRIL 6, 2022

WMG at the University of Warwick (UK) has provided knowledge and expertise in developing a UK-focused, cost-effective production and supply chain for RIFT (Reduced Induction Field Torque) Technology’s development of RIFT-10—a design for electric motors drives that reduces copper and magnet weight reduction by around 50% and lowers cost by 75%.

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Universal Motor Motors Motoring 199

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NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Nikola Corporation said that it has developed a new battery that has a record energy density of 1,100 Wh kg -1 on the material level and 500 Wh kg -1 on the production cell level—including casing, terminals and separator—more than double current lithium-ion battery cells. —Trevor Milton, CEO, Nikola Motor Company.

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Corporation Lithium Ion Batteries Battery 351

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MAY 3, 2023

IDRA’s new machine, as noted by the Giga Press supplier, would be producing electric motor rotors. The vehicle, which is expected to be priced at around the $25,000 range , is expected to see more production than the Model Y and Model 3 combined. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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OCTOBER 31, 2019

Magna has been awarded a grant by the US Department of Energy to develop and ‘auto-qualify’ advanced electric motor technologies for next-generation vehicle propulsion systems. An integrated electric drive axle from Magna’s portfolio of electrified drivetrain products. —Swamy Kotagiri, Chief Technology Officer, Magna.

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