Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

The new tanker will transport the liquid hydrogen to terminals in Germany, with a strategic vision to expand supply to other markets as demand increases. The limited remaining boil off will be captured and directly utilized in hydrogen fuel cells, providing power to the vessel's propulsion systems, resulting in emissions of water only.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2021

Mercedes-Benz is expanding its green power portfolio in cooperation with the energy supplier Enovos and the Norwegian energy producer Statkraft. From 2022 onwards, the company will purchase electricity in Germany which comes exclusively from renewable sources. A green power concept of this type and scale is so far unique in Germany.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2023

Bosch has now begun volume production of its Fuel-Cell Power Module (FCPM) at its Stuttgart-Feuerbach location. The Bosch plant in Bamberg, Germany, will supply the Feuerbach factory with the fuel-cell stack. Manufacturing the Fuel Cell Power Module in the Feuerbach plant.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2019

According to a new study published by the ifo Institue Center for Economic Studies (CESifo) in Germany, EVs will barely help cut CO 2 emissions in the country over the coming years, as the introduction of electric vehicles does not necessarily lead to a reduction in CO 2 emissions from road traffic given the current power generation mix.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Alstom has signed two contracts for hydrogen-fuel-cell-powered trains. The second one, also in Germany, for 27 trains to the Frankfurt metropolitan area. The capacity of the batteries (high-power lithium-ion) is calculated to ensure catenary-free operation of the line Chemnitz-Leipzig without any sacrifice in performance or comfort.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2021

Kandjoze of Namibia’s National Planning Commission agreed to establish a hydrogen partnership between Germany and Namibia and signed a Joint Communiqué of Intent (JCoI). I am proud that Germany is the first country to officially form a hydrogen partnership with Namibia. This is almost twice as much as Germany has to offer.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2022

Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility, a joint venture between Hyundai Motor Company and Swiss company H2 Energy, has also established Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility Germany GmbH (HHMG) to actively expand its entry into the hydrogen-powered commercial vehicle market in Germany. The maximum driving range is 400 km per charge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2022

Mercedes-Benz’ DRIVE PILOT system for conditionally automated driving (SAE Level 3) can be ordered in Germany from 17 May as an optional extra for the S-Class for €5,000 and for the EQS for €7,430 (Driver Assistance Package Plus: €2,430 and DRIVE PILOT: €5,000) excl. accidents or road works).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Volvo Trucks will deliver fully electric heavy-duty trucks to Amazon in Germany by year end. Heavy goods vehicles and other commercial vehicles make up around 36% of Germany’s domestic transport emissions, according to Germany’s BMUV. The Volvo FH Electric offers battery capacity of 540 kWh and 490 kW of continuous power.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The battery packs are being assembled at Cenntro’s Freehold, NJ facility and the Herne Plant in Germany. Cenntro will continue developing additional battery packs for its product line and, in the future, incorporate battery cells produced by its subsidiary Cennatic Power, Inc. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2020

Following a successful 12-month pilot project at five of its retail sites, Aral, bp’s market leading fuel retail brand in Germany, is set to roll out more than 100 ultra-fast charging points across its retail network in Germany over the next 12 months.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

will open a new facility in Herten, Germany, which will initially focus on the assembly of fuel cell systems for global transportation leader Alstom’s hydrogen trains. Each fuel cell system will include six power modules (fuel cell stacks), a cooling system, piping, air blowers and air filters. Cummins Inc.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

Northvolt intends to establish a battery gigafactory in Heide, Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. With an annual potential production capacity of 60 GWh, Northvolt Drei will deliver a supply of sustainably produced lithium-ion batteries to the European market, sufficient for some one million electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2023

BMW is testing the use of renewable HVO100 renewable diesel for parts delivery in Germany. The BMW Group already uses electric and gas-powered trucks at various sites, and at the Hydrogen Competence Centre in Leipzig, floor conveyors are fueled with hydrogen for everyday operations.

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The Driven EV News

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The post Honda EVs to serve as virtual power plant in Germany appeared first on The Driven. A fleet of Honda electric vehicles has successfully provided grid balancing services for German transmission system operator Amprion.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2022

Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Hui Zhang, Vice President of NIO Europe Office, jointly announced that NIO Power Europe Plant in Pest megye, with investment from NIO, will commence operation in September. NIO’s first battery swap station in Norway.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Cemex Germany continues to invest in more sustainable transport for its products. The iONTRON eMixer is fully electrically powered, reducing carbon emissions by up to 100% depending on the local electricity mix. The two vehicles are the first from the manufacturer Putzmeister within Cemex globally.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

MAHLE has commissioned a test bench for electric drives in Stuttgart/Germany. Both our customers and our developers can now benefit from an ultramodern facility, which is one of only very few in Germany. This equipment will be used to develop and test e-axles and e-drive units for a wide range of electric and hybrid vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2018

Shell and ITM Power will build the world’s largest hydrogen electrolysis plant at Rhineland refinery, Germany. The European partner consortium of Shell, ITM Power, SINTEF, thinkstep and Element Energy has now secured €10 million (US$12.2 Earlier post.) —Lori Ryerkerk, Executive Vice President of Shell Manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Some 750 new charging points are planned for next year, including the first High Power Charging stations with up to 300 kW power. Currently, there are already more than 1,200 charging points at Volkswagen’s ten sites in Germany. The power comes exclusively from renewable energy sources. 3 at a charging station.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2023

At this year’s demopark open-air exhibition, Mercedes-Benz is presenting a prototype of the Unimog based on the U 430 with hydrogen-powered combustion engine as part of the publicly funded “WaVe” project. This variant could prove to be a possible alternative drive type for the Unimog.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2020

3 EV this summer, demand for electrified Volkswagen products has increased in Germany. Power consumption in kWh/100 km (NEDC): 12.9–12.7 Volkswagen reports that, even before the launch of the new ID.3 Every second order for the up! was launched in November 2019 and represents the new entry-level model to Volkswagen’s electric world.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2021

In 2020, e-mobility became more popular in Germany, despite a 20% decline in registration numbers in the year of the COVID 19 pandemic. The number of newly registered passenger cars powered solely by electricity grew significantly—+206% compared to 2019. E-mobility has arrived in the middle of mobile society.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2021

Germany is adding another €100 million to its successful promotion of private charging stations for electric cars in residential buildings, bringing the total to €500 million. Purchase and installation of the wallboxes are supported with a grant of €900.

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Electrek

JUNE 15, 2023

Coal-fired Boxberg power station in Eastern Germany will host the first phase of building the largest clean energy hub in Europe. more… The post Coal-dependent Eastern Germany is expected to become Europe’s largest clean energy hub appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2022

Topsoe’s ambition is to accelerate rapidly the adoption of green solutions—in particular within Power-to-X. With our new electrolyzer production plant, we lead the way in speeding up commercial-size Power-to-X solutions, and we do it with our highly innovative technology that outmatches technologies currently in the market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2021

Rolls-Royce’s technology will power Vertical Aerospace’s flagship Urban Air Mobility (UAM) aircraft. Around 150 Rolls-Royce engineers based in countries including Hungary, Germany, US and the UK will work with the Vertical Aerospace team on developing the aircraft which is aiming to be one of the world’s first certified eVTOLs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2022

To support a close collaboration between the organizations involved, the DLR Innovation Center is located at NXP’s site in Hamburg, Germany, and is scheduled to be launched in Q1 2023. As the first German quantum computer manufacturer, eleQtron currently builds increasingly powerful quantum computers and connects them to the cloud.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2022

From 2026, Audi will compete in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship with a specially developed power unit. This is the first time in more than a decade that a Formula 1 power train will be built in Germany. In addition to the existing cap on costs for teams, a cost cap for power unit manufacturers will be introduced in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

renewable power, producing zero emissions. west Germany. This will be powered by renewable energy generated by an Ørsted offshore ? When powered by renewable ?energy, power, industry and transport sectors, especially those that are hard-to-electrify or ?expensive-to-electrify. operational by 2024.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2023

Vulcan Energy Resources, a renewable energy producer and carbon-neutral lithium developer, has commenced commissioning of its Lithium Extraction Optimization Plant (LEOP) for the purpose of extraction, purification, and concentration of lithium chloride from brine in the Upper Rhine Valley in Germany. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The top-end Audi SQ8 e-tron and Audi SQ8 Sportback e-tron are powered by three motors. The battery of the Q8 50 e-tron has a storage capacity of 89 net kWh (95 gross kWh), while the more powerful versions of the Q8 55 e-tron and SQ8 e-tron have 106 net kWh (114 gross kWh). This was refined for the new SQ8 e-tron. Recycled materials.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2023

Cologne Bonn Airport has switched to Neste MY Renewable Diesel in its diesel-powered ground fleet. Neste’s renewable diesel (also known as HVO100) is made from 100% renewable raw materials, and it is in particular used for powering large and heavy vehicles such as the airport’s fire trucks, which are not easy to electrify.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

Alstom and the Province of Groningen, local operator Arriva, the Dutch railway infrastructure manager ProRail and the energy company Engie have signed plans for a pilot project to test the Coradia iLint, a passenger train powered by hydrogen fuel cells ( earlier post ), for the first time in the Netherlands.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2023

In addition to reinjecting electricity into the power grid, the bidirectional charger supports a vehicle-to-load (V2L) function for powering electrical appliances directly from the car. Mobilize V2G will also be available on future Renault electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2023

Koppö Energia has commissioned MAN Energy Solutions to deliver the front-end engineering design (FEED) for the methanation reactor of an industrial-scale power-to-X plant. MAN Energy Solutions is already a power-to-X pioneer in Europe. Earlier post.) Koppö Energia plans to place the order for the delivery of the reactor system in 2024.

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Electrek

APRIL 6, 2022

Germany’s economy and climate ministry today announced a more ambitious target of clean energy making up 80% of its power mix by 2030 – a bump up from its previous target of 65%. of Germany’s power mix consists of clean energy. Currently, 40.9%

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