Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2022

These buses will be the first hydrogen buses in Slovakia. The first four Urbino 12 hydrogen vehicles will be delivered in July next year. Electricity generated during operation of the vehicle in the fuel cell is passed on directly to the driveline. This is the first order placed under a framework agreement.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 2, 2022

Volvo Cars was the first legacy automaker to come out and set a target for when it would produce only 100% electric cars, and it has long had a focus on safety, including safety of the planet/environment. This week, it’s taking that leadership forward again by announcing a third factory in Europe, one that will […].

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2021

ŠKODA AUTO, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, is introducing a smart energy storage system using second-life batteries from electric vehicles. The system stores sustainably generated electricity in used batteries that come from the all-electric SUV ŠKODA ENYAQ iV as well as the plug-in hybrid models SUPERB iV and OCTAVIA iV.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Tesla’s Giga Presses continue to catch on with other automakers shifting to electric vehicles (EVs), as the company’s casting machine supplier has just announced a new contract with Volvo. Eventually, Volvo says it hopes to produce around 250,000 cars per year at the Slovakia factory, providing several thousands of jobs.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

The Hyundai Motor Group announced it will mass-produce battery electric vehicles at Kia Autoland Slovakia, one of the automaker’s core plants, kicking off its European EV campaign. The post Hyundai converts core Kia plant to mass-produce EVs spearheading European campaign appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Slovakia-based battery startup InoBat Auto announced Friday that it will introduce an electric-car battery with greater energy density than anything else currently on the market. The battery will allow for a 20% boost in range for "current best-in-class" electric vehicles by 2023, the startup said in a press release.

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Innovation News Network

APRIL 10, 2024

The European Commission has announced approval of €267m state aid funding for a Volvo EV production plant in Slovakia. The post EU Commission approves €267m funding for Volvo EV production plant appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 28, 2021

With a little assist from the US Department of Energy, new EV batteries featuring silicon are about to hit the road.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

million vehicles were registered—just 346 more than in 2017— according to JATO Dyanmics. Diesel vehicles posted their lowest market share since 2001, as demand fell by double digits in 20 of the 27 markets included in JATO’s analysis, with the biggest drops in the UK (-30%), Scandinavia (-22%) and Benelux (-22%).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2020

Zero- and low-emission vehicles must be deployed much faster across Europe to achieve the stricter targets that apply from 2020, EEA said. EEA said that one reason for the increase in car emissions is the growing share of the sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment. The market penetration of electric cars remained slow in 2019.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2019

The main factors contributing to the increase of new passenger cars’ emissions in 2018 include the growing share of gasoline cars in new registrations, in particular in the sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment. Moreover, the market penetration of zero- and low-emission vehicles, including electric cars, remained slow in 2018.

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EV Obssesion

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Bratislava, Slovakia (September 21, 2021) – Slovak start-up Mobilyze closed its seed round from Vision Ventures investment fund to improve the utilization of electric vehicle charge points. The raised capital will be used to develop the product and expand Western European markets.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2016

A sister project between the Czech Republic and Slovakia will add another 30 charging stations. The 278 charging points set up every 80 km along Germany and Belgium’s main motorways, will allow drivers of electric vehicles to “refuel” and extend their car’s range.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2012

(ZSE), the largest distributor and supplier of electricity in Slovakia, on a smart energy “feasibility” study that will help prepare the capital city Bratislava for electric vehicles (EVs). This highway will interconnect the two cities with a network of public charging stations for electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

As the Group announced earlier ( earlier post ), the Zwickau site is being remodeled for the launch in 2020 of the first series production of electric vehicles on the MEB platform (the I.D. The new vehicle generation will be launched at almost the same time in Europe, China and the USA. will be about 100,000 vehicles.

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Teslarati

MARCH 7, 2022

While Starlink plays the vital role of keeping key parts of the nation connected to the internet, electric vehicles from Musk’s EV company, Tesla, are also aiding people on the ground. According to Golovatiuk, electric cars have become indispensable in the Ukrainian capital.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

A ban on all petrol and diesel-powered vehicles made its way through the European Parliament on Tuesday, February 1. The EU formally approved a law that would ban the sale of combustion engine vehicles by 2035 in an attempt to accelerate consumers’ choice of electric powertrains.

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Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 9, 2021

It will install power hubs across all its retailer network which is made from lithium-ion batteries sourced from its old electric vehicles. The company has also received 160 pre-orders for the power hubs from its dealers in Czech Republic, Germany, Netherlands and Slovakia. Skoda to set up second life battery hubs .

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

By joining forces with Shell, IONITY will be able to install its fast charging infrastructure at sites throughout ten European countries: Belgium, France, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Hungary.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2016

The electric powertrain will be produced at the Trémery/Metz centre of excellence, while the gear systems will be manufactured at the Valenciennes plant. PSA Group has also decided to fit its plug-in hybrid gasoline vehicles with engines produced at the Française de Mécanique facility in Douvrin, France. Earlier post.).

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 25, 2023

Like most other luxury and performance manufacturers, Porsche was a little late to the electric party. Porsche has been producing electric vehicles since 2019, when the first Porsche Taycan was sold. As we know, Tesla beat it to the punch by more than a decade, and even beat it to mass EV production. The Taycan […]

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2019

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, continues to spearhead the introduction of compressed natural gas (CNG) technology, giving customers the widest choice of vehicles that are cleaner, more sustainable and offer even greater efficiency. A CNG vehicle reduces CO 2 emissions by about 25% compared to a gasoline-driven equivalent.

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Teslarati

MARCH 9, 2022

Within hours of implementation, Tesla emailed local owners announcing that several Supercharger stations near Ukraine could be used by Tesla and non-Tesla electric vehicles, free of charge. Tesla teamed up with SpaceX to provide coverage expansion for its Starlink services to help provide an alternative internet infrastructure.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Here we are to continue the stories from the 2023 New Mobility Congress. We had four great stories on the first day, and day two proved to be even more eventful. Without further ado, let me introduce my first guests. Instead of one representative from Finland, I was honored to host three great guys — […]

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2019

SEAT’s first production all-electric vehicle also lays the groundwork for future members to the family, with more EVs and PHEVs due to join the Mii electric in the near future, including the all-electric SEAT el-Born, plug-in hybrid versions of the Tarraco and Leon, and high-performance plug-in hybrid versions of CUPRA Formentor and CUPRA Leon.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 13, 2022

I’ve followed the European electric car and EV charger market for a decade. Nonetheless, I was shocked to see the figure that just came out from an EU EV charging analysis conducted by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) — “half of all charging points for electric […].

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Using the e-mobility service provider Digital Charging Solutions’ (DCS) green charging option, the company will ensure that, for every charge undertaken by customers via its pan-European integrated public charging service, the equivalent amount of energy is fed back into the grid as green electricity.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 14, 2024

In 2023, Skoda Auto achieved a notable increase in its vehicle deliveries, reaching a total of 866,800 cars, representing significant growth (+18.5%) over the previous year. Germany continues to be the brand’s largest single market, with 157,800 vehicles delivered (+17.6%). This translates to 135,500 additional cars compared to 2022.

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Teslarati

JUNE 27, 2022

Several European countries, including Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania are pushing to delay the EU’s potential ban on combustion engine powertrains in 2035. First, they believe that more time is necessary to establish the infrastructure that will be used for electric vehicles.

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