Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is taking another step to scale up development and production of next-generation high-performance battery cells and modules by expanding its battery supply relationship with CATL through CATL’s newly announced battery plant in Debrecen, Hungary. The project will supply both cells and modules to European automakers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The supply of sustainably sourced woody biomass feedstock by Enviva is expected to commence in 2024, which will meet sustainability criteria, subject to independent, third-party audits and certifications. United Airlines has already committed to purchase 1.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2022

Australia-based Core Lithium has entered into a legally binding Term Sheet with Tesla for the supply of up to 110,000 tonnes of Li 2 O spodumene concentrate from the Finniss Lithium Project over a term of 4 years, with pricing referenced to the market price for spodumene concentrate, subject to a price floor and ceiling.

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Supplies C1 Tesla Australia 195

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2019

Air TOTAL International SA and Gevo have entered into a purchase and sale agreement for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)—specifically, Alcohol-to-Jet, ATJ—for use and distribution in France and other parts of Europe. The three-year offtake agreement may be extended for an additional four years with the consent of both parties.

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Purchase International Fuel Minnesota 207

Teslarati

JULY 21, 2022

The final day to purchase a Tesla with lifetime Standard Connectivity for free has passed. The automaker no longer offers lifetime Standard Connectivity on any vehicle orders placed after July 20, 2022. Tesla offers two connectivity packages with its vehicles: Standard and Premium. It will expire after eight years.

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Connect Connected Standards Tesla 102

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Mercedes-Benz Cars and Icertis, a leading provider of enterprise contract management solutions in the cloud, have developed a blockchain prototype for consistent documentation of contracts in the supply chain. The blockchain prototype allows a transparent mapping and understanding of this transmission across the entire supply chain.

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Mercedes Supplies Cars Purchase 207

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2018

As part of the offensive for a sustainable raw material supply chain, Daimler AG joins forces with associations, organizations and competitors in a number of initiatives. By joining, Daimler AG is expanding its broad commitment to initiatives and is actively promoting greater transparency in global raw material supply chains.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2019

New 2018 data from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) indicates that the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) continues to drive production of a growing volume of cleaner transportation fuels for California consumers. The standard provides consumers with a growing variety and volume of cleaner fuels. To date almost 3.3

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

has been awarded a public tender for the supply of 120 E-WAY full electric city buses for Autoguidovie Group, the largest Italian privately owned local public transport company. Available both in standard and articulated versions (9.5, IVECO BUS, a brand of Iveco Group N.V., Its BRT version offers maximum personalization.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The two companies have signed a 5-year (2020 - 2024) supply contract for the lithium needed as a key raw material for battery cells. Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. Sustainability and security of supply are important factors in the expansion of electromobility.

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BMW Australia Supplies Morocco 170

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In Switzerland, Nel Hydrogen Electrolyser, a division of Nel ASA, has received a purchase order for a 2 megawatt (MW) containerized Proton PEM electrolyzer, as part of a 30 MW framework agreement with Hydrospider AG, an affiliated company of H2 Energy. wide network of hydrogen stations and corresponding supply chain in Switzerland.

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Switzerland Hydrogen Hyundai Supplies 191

Plug in America

AUGUST 10, 2022

Global supply chain challenges continue to limit the production of new vehicles. With new vehicles being in such short supply, expect long delivery times if you plan to order a new EV. Our sister site, PlugStar , lists all available vehicles for purchase or order in one place.

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Purchase Vehicles Los Angeles Plug-in 97

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2014

Oregon’s Department on Environmental Quality (DEQ) is inviting public comment on a proposed rulemaking that would fully implement Oregon’s low carbon fuel standard (LCFS). The first phase required Oregon producers and importers of fuels to register with DEQ, keep records and submit reports about the fuels they currently supply.

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Oregon Standards Carbon 2015 277

Teslarati

JULY 9, 2021

Tesla’s recent rollout of the Model Y Standard Range variant in China is bringing on critiques of positivity from some investment firms, including JP Morgan, who believes the introduction of the new crossover configuration will lead to upside for not only the automaker but its suppliers as well. ” JPMorgan on Tesla.

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Standards Range Tesla China 140

Teslarati

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Tesla’s goal of mass-producing its 4680 battery cells recently took a significant step forward on Wednesday, when New Caledonian miner Prony Resources announced that the EV maker had agreed to purchase 42,000 tonnes of nickel in a multi-year deal. The deal between Tesla and Prony was also signed last month.

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Supplies Tesla Production Batteries 145

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2023

Microvast Holdings, a designer, developer, and manufacturer of lithium-ion battery solutions, and REE Automotive signed a supply and purchase agreement through which Microvast, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Microvast Gmbh, will offer MV-C Gen 4 HpCO high-energy lithium-ion battery packs for “Powered by REE” EV platforms.

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Li-ion Commercial Lithium Ion Power 273

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

In Germany, all Mercedes-Benz plants will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy. Today, new plants in Europe are already planned with a CO2-neutral energy supply from the start. With a CO2-neutral energy supply of the plants, we are consistently pursuing this approach and are actively driving sustainability in production.

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Germany Mercedes CO2 Supplies 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

The Volkswagen Group has joined the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA), an alliance of enterprises, mining companies and non-profit organizations developing standards for responsible extraction of raw materials in mining. These standards cover a range of issues, including working health and safety and environmental protection.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2020

The BMW Group has signed a long-term supply contract worth €2 billion for battery cells with the Swedish company Northvolt. —Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. This ensures full transparency of the origin of raw materials at any time.

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BMW Europe Supplies Batteries 239

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Sunrun is the preferred installer of F-150 Lightning home charging solutions, including the 80-amp Ford Charge Station Pro and Home Integration System, which enables the F-150 Lightning to store and supply power to homes in a variety of ways. Buyers of the extended-range F-150 Lightning automatically receive the Ford Charge Station Pro.

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F-150 Ford Energy Solar 435

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2017

expects to supply its renewable alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) ( earlier post ) to the Virgin Australia Group. The Virgin Australia Group will be responsible for coordinating the purchase, supply and blending of the ATJ into the fuel supply system at Brisbane Airport in Queensland, Australia.

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Australia Supplies Fuel Minnesota 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

JetBlue announced a ten-year renewable jet fuel purchase agreement with SG Preston , a bioenergy company. The airline will purchase renewable jet fuel made from rapidly renewable, bio-based feedstocks that do not compete with food production. The fuel will consist of 30% renewable jet fuel blended with 70% traditional Jet-A fuel.

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Purchase Renewable Fuel New York 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

and HCS Group have entered into a long-term, definitive, binding and bankable renewable isooctane purchase and sale agreement.

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Renewable Supplies Minnesota Carbon 170

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The document is designed to outline a common industry-supported definition and straightforward approach for measuring recycled content of automotive products consistent with those approaches outlined in other standards. R3: Recycled portion of purchased raw material, including materials recovered or generated by other industries.

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Industrial Industry Production General Motors 393

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2013

OAO Novatek, Russia’s largest independent natural gas producer and its second-largest gas producer, concluded a Heads of Agreement for the supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) between Yamal LNG and China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC). Yamal LNG project envisages the construction of an LNG plant with annual capacity of 16.5

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 21, 2022

How long until we see electric fleets taking over the supply chain? The National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) says zero-emission vehicles could make up 80% of medium and heavy-duty fleets by 2050 if these improvements and incentives (for vehicle purchase and infrastructure) continue. When will the same happen for commercial fleets?

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Fleet Supplies Miles Commercial 87

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2013

United Airlines executed a definitive purchase agreement with AltAir Fuels ( earlier post ) for cost-competitive, sustainable, bio-synthetic paraffinic kerosene at commercial scale. The process produces a bio-synthetic paraffinic kerosene (bio-SPK) or Green Jet Fuel that is then blended with standard jet fuel for use in flight.

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Purchase Renewable Los Angeles Fuel 247

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

DOE plans ( DE-FOA-0001236 ) to issue in the February 2015 timeframe a funding opportunity (DE-FOA-0001237) to develop and to implement effective purchasing/procurement processes designed to coordinate and consolidate bulk alternative fuel vehicle and advanced vehicle orders and thus reduce the per-unit prices of commercially-available vehicles.

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Purchase Alternative Fuels Fuel Financing 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2019

Our project to purchase 130 electric articulated buses, supported by European funds, is one of the largest e-mobility investments in Europe. The interior and furnishing of the bus is well-known to MZA passengers and complies with the binding standards of the public transport authority ZTM.

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Supplies Poland Recharge Electric 236

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

With growing awareness and demand for ecologically and socially-responsible products, jewelers, electronics businesses, auto makers and others have sought assurances that the minerals they purchase are mined responsibly. IRMA measures performance of mine sites against their Standard for Responsible Mining.

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BMW Purchase Standards Industrial 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

has entered into a heads of agreement with Deutsche Lufthansa AG to supply Gevo’s alcohol-to-jet fuel (ATJ) from its first commercial hydrocarbons facility, intended to be built in Luverne, MN. Earlier post.). Hydrogen gas, a byproduct of the aromatization reaction, is used to remove unsaturated bonds in the aliphatic material.

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Supplies Fuel Polymer Convert 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

The global standard was developed over 10 years, in consultation with more than 100 stakeholder groups including mining companies, affected communities, NGOs, labor groups and purchasing companies using mined materials. —Sue Slaughter, Ford’s purchasing director for supply chain sustainability.

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Ford Purchase Pollution BMW 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2021

Total greenhouse gas emissions for the EV6 were measured using the PAS2050 Standards as part of the Carbon Trust’s product assessment. The Carbon Trust ‘Carbon Measured’ label validates the accuracy of these measurements and provides customers with independently reviewed information about the carbon impact of their purchase.

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Carbon Kia Production Climate Change 435

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2021

The electrically powered sedan is to be built in Wolfsburg from 2026 and is intended to set new standards in terms of range, charging speed and digitization—as well as being able of delivering Level 4 automated driving. Volkswagen gave a first design preview of Project Trinity. — Ralf Brandstätter, CEO of the Volkswagen brand.

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Standards Charging Automobile Building 365

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Fulcrum has entered into strategic partnerships with major airlines and other offtake partners to purchase its renewable fuel. We look forward to advancing our collaboration with Fulcrum to increase the supply of sustainable aviation fuel. This is a significant accomplishment for Fulcrum and the aviation industry.

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Sierra Waste Carbon Oil 221

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2019

The 12-month program will enable each site to prove that the company’s production processes meet rigorously defined standards across a broad range of social, environmental and governance criteria. The standard is based on 12 principles with a variety of criteria and underlying requirements. Water stewardship and biodiversity.

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Europe Belgium Climate Change Spain 207

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. Sourcing 43,000 tonnes of solar aluminum valued in the three-digit million euros will supply nearly half the annual requirements of the light metal foundry at Plant Landshut. Aluminum is light, strong and infinitely recyclable.

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BMW Solar Energy United Arab Emirates 395