Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Ford announced that it intends to invest up to £230 million (US$316 million) at its Halewood vehicle transmission facility to transform it to build electric power units for future Ford all-electric passenger and commercial vehicles sold in Europe. —Stuart Rowley, president, Ford of Europe.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Halewood’s new power unit capacity, raised from 250,000 to 420,000 a year—itself an increase of almost 70%—also means that 70% of the 600,000 EVs, which Ford will sell in Europe a year by 2026, will be powered by the Halewood-produced technology. billion (US$2.6 billion) annually.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 31, 2023

In a post on X from the automaker’s Europe and Middle East account on Sunday, Tesla announced that it would be offering a free Supercharging session to non-Tesla EVs in 18 different countries. Tesla Supercharging is free in Europe to celebrate 10 year anniversary What are your thoughts?

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Teslarati

JULY 31, 2022

Tesla appears to have released a subtle but notable Model S Plaid delivery update for reservation holders in Europe. The new Tesla Model S and Model X have started deliveries in the United States, but not in areas such as Asia or Europe. Not mine) Does that mean Tesla gonna export S/X to Europe under Q3?

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Teslarati

JANUARY 12, 2024

John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) Renfrew, Ontario Aulds Cove, Nova Scotia The Tesla charging team also announced new charging locations in Europe, Asia, and Australia.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2019

Air pollution could be causing double the number of excess deaths a year in Europe than has been estimated previously, according to a study published in the European Heart Journal. Estimated excess mortality attributed to air pollution in Europe, and the contributing disease categories. Credit: European Heart Journal.

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Teslarati

MARCH 14, 2022

Ford’s electric vehicle unit — known as Model e — announced today that it would take massive steps to expand its electric vehicle project in Europe. I am delighted to see the pace of change in Europe – challenging our entire industry to build better, cleaner, and more digital vehicles. Credit: Ford).

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Tesla Model S Plaid and Long Range units were spotted on car carriers in Europe recently as deliveries are set to begin any day. Now, Model S units are being spotted on car carriers in Europe as deliveries are expected to begin in the coming days in various countries on the continent.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2020

ti in 1997 is the newest of all networks in Romania. ti, but not the first ones in Romania. According to the contract worth PLN 36 million (US$9.6 million), the vehicles will have been delivered within two years from the signing date. The trolleybus network launched in Ploie?ti i and Cluj-Napoca.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2023

Mercedes-Benz is deepening its vertical integration of drive technologies in Germany and Europe: The Mercedes-Benz battery plants in Untertuerkheim (Hedelfingen & Bruehl), Kamenz and Jawor (Poland) and the announced sites in Sindelfingen and Koelleda will play a key role in the company’s EV ramp-up. platform models starting in 2024.

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InsideEVs

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The least expensive electric car in Europe was the most registered in Dacia's home market.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 31, 2024

February 2024 was a positive month for the new car market in Europe. Chinese-made cars drive growth In Europe, sale of cars made in China saw the highest levels of year-on-year growth in February 2024 (+45%) and in January-February 2024 (+43%). in February last year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2021

Brasov, Romania has ordered 25 Solaris Trollino 18 trolleybuses. Brasov is one of 5 cities in Romania that has emission-free Solaris buses: trolleybuses and electric buses. Solaris will supply the articulated, low-floor and zero-emission trolleybuses to the customer within 12 months.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2021

A case in point is intelligent speed assistance, which Ford has offered in Europe on the S-Max since 2015 and on the more affordable Focus since 2017 , well before the EU had even decided to make it mandatory. “In Formal requirements came long afterwards—in Europe in 2004 and in the United States in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

On the other end of the spectrum, a country such as Romania—roughly six times bigger than the Netherlands—only has 114 charging points. The new ACEA data not only show a clear split in electric car sales between Central-Eastern and Western Europe, but also a pronounced North-South divide (eg Greece 0.2%, Italy 0.2%

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Teslarati

APRIL 11, 2024

Tesla announced the launch of the new Model Y Long Range Rear Wheel Drive (RWD) motor in a post from its Tesla Europe & Middle East account on social media platform X. The new Model Y variant currently stands as the second most-affordable and longest range variant of the all-electric crossover.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Poland, Romania and Italy breached EU limits for fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), one of the most dangerous forms of air pollution which caused about 417,000 premature deaths in 41 European countries in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

It is strong demand and, above all, the drop in production in Europe and China that is pushing prices up, while aluminum inventories are historically low. This last option is the choice made by the largest smelter in Europe at the end of December 2021. This is not good news for aluminum producers, Credendo said.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2023

From the middle of the year, the vehicle will be available in Europe. —André Engelke cubiX was developed at multiple ZF sites globally (Germany, Czech Republic, Romania, UK, India, and China), the application project driven out of Region Asia Pacific.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2015

European drivers are showing an increasing appetite for semi-autonomous driving technologies, according to a new Ford Motor Company study on buying trends in Europe. Ford Car Buying Trends 2015 , a study of new car buying habits in 22 countries across Europe, highlights regional trends and national differences.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2017

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), IVECO (a brand of CNH Industrial) and ENGIE (Global Energy Player) are broadly collaborating to promote natural gas vehicles and infrastructure in Europe. Transportation is responsible for 22% of CO 2 emissions in the world (and even 30% in Europe); 95% of the energy consumed by this sector comes from oil.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

Nucsoara and its 1,222 inhabitants reside on the forested slopes of the Carpathian Mountains in Romania. The Carpathians are a land of fog, fictional vampires and real-life wolves, as well as several thousand brown bears and roughly two-thirds of the remaining virgin forest in Europe. Bark beetles are moving in, too.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 16, 2017

In recent years, governments have increasingly worked to encourage the sales of plug-in electric vehicles. Incentive programs for the purchase of a low-emission vehicle have been adopted across the world. The amounts granted and the mechanisms vary according to the individual program, but the goal is the same: reduce emissions. DON’T MISS.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2009

In February, 968,159 new passenger cars were registered in Europe (the EU27 + EFTA), 18.3% The downturn was more marked in the new EU Member States (-30.3%) than in Western Europe (-17.3%), where the German market pushed aggregate registrations upward. New car registrations in Europe. Source: ACEA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

The EEA report “ Unequal exposure and unequal impacts: social vulnerability to air pollution, noise and extreme temperatures in Europe ” draws attention to the close links between social and environmental problems across Europe. KEY FINDINGS. Air and noise pollution.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2020

In the fall of 2018 Clariant also broke ground for its first-of-its-kind commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol production plant in Podari, Romania. Since July 2012, Clariant has been operating a pre-commercial plant in Straubing, which produces up to 1,000 metric tons of cellulosic ethanol every year.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The effects of WLTP and the lack of availability of many key versions affected registrations in Q4, which is not surprising given that by late November less than two in three versions available in Europe were homologated. Globally, Europe was the world’s third-largest car market behind China and the US. In total, 5.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2019

Tesla’s Model 3 led the BEV and premium midsize sedan rankings in Europe in February, according to JATO Dynamics. The Tesla Model 3 also achieved another record in February, as it became the top-selling premium midsize sedan in Europe—outperforming the popular Mercedes C-Class, Audi A4 and BMW 3-Series.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ford’s Explorer EV will be available in two trims in Europe – the Explorer and Explorer Premium. Ford said it would be made in Craiova, Romania, starting later this year. Ford released plans in 2022 to go all-electric in Europe by 2035. The base model is expected to start at under $50,000 (€45,000).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2014

The three-year research project “eRamp”, intended to strengthen and expand Germany and Europe as centers of expertise for the manufacture of power electronics, launched at Infineon Technologies in Dresden. Twenty-six research partners from six countries are participating. million) project. Manufacturing Power Electronics'

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2020

Greece, Luxembourg and Romania have still not delivered their program and Italy has only submitted a draft. Despite improvements in air quality, air pollution remains the biggest environmental health risk in Europe, causing around 400,000 premature deaths per year in the European Union. Background.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2022

Ford will offer a new generation of seven, all-electric, fully-connected passenger vehicles and vans in Europe by 2024. The acceleration in Europe supports Ford’s goal to sell more than 2 million EVs globally by 2026 and deliver company adjusted EBIT margin of 10%. Boosting EV manufacturing capacity in Craiova.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Proposed in July 2021, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Romania all pushed to delay the sales ban in mid-2022. VW is planning to phase out ICE cars in Europe by 2033. However, several car companies, including Volkswagen, have already committed to stop manufacturing gas-powered engines before the 2035 goal.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2021

CLEPA, the European Association of Automotive Suppliers, commissioned PwC Strategy& to assess the impact of three different Green Deal policy scenarios on employment and value-add among automotive suppliers across Europe in the period of 2020-2040. Automotive suppliers in Europe directly employ 1.7 million people in the EU.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2018

But it was the positive economic situation across the continent that boosted results, JATO said, as midsize markets such as the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden all posted increases, and smaller markets like Hungary, Greece, Romania, Croatia and Lithuania similarly posted significant increases. However, AFVs only made up 3.4% There were 2.92

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2015

The 24 countries which are covered in the route, in alphabetical order, are as follows: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.

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