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VW cuts hours at major Wolfsburg plant over portions inadequency

Baua Electric

BERLIN — Volkswagen is lowering paintings hours for staff on the automaker’s major plant in Wolfsburg for 3 weeks in September because of a portions inadequency brought about by way of contemporary floods in Slovenia, a spokesperson for the corporate stated on Monday. 12, the employees’ fee stated extreme past.

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IONITY partners with Shell, OMV, Tank & Rast and Circle K on sites for high-power charging network; 18 countries, >200 sites

Green Car Congress

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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First project in European BATTERY 2030+ research initiative begins this month

Green Car Congress

The European BATTERY 2030+ initiative launches this month with its initial project which will lay the basis for this large-scale research initiative on future battery technologies. The research actions will span the entire value chain.

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Daimler and Geely Holding form global JV for smart; new generation of electric models

Green Car Congress

In the future, we are looking forward to working with all partners to sustain our success in China and worldwide. Future production will be located in China. We will jointly design and develop the next generation of smart electric cars that combine high-quality production and known safety standards for sale both in China and globally.

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The i-MiEV goes on sale in 15 European countries; near-term plan to boost that to 19

Green Car Congress

In addition to the first 15 countries the car is to be sold in, there have been requests to introduce the i-MiEV from Finland, Serbia, Turkey, and Slovenia. In response to these requests, MMC plans to ship units to these countries in the near future, making the European countries the i-MiEV will be sold in to 19.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

Plug in America

This goal is achievable; with more EVs hitting the market and EV technology is rapidly improving, the future of EVs is here. Like Plug In America, the Alliance is calling for every new light-duty passenger vehicle sold in their countries to have a plug by 2030. in 2020, and the UK market went from 3.2% in the same period.

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GE unveils LNG In A Box system

Green Car Congress

The first unit will be installed near the border of Italy and Slovenia, with the potential for an additional 25 units for expansion into Europe and the CIS countries. Gasfin signed a memorandum of understanding with GE to install five LNG In A Box units serving “clusters” of LNG fueling stations.

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