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

AUGUST 24, 2021

The all-electric, zero-emission M.Vision X is a purpose-built 4-seater mobility vehicle. Hyundai Mobis unveiled the M.Vision X during an event earlier his year at its R&D heDquarters in Korea. It is controlled autonomously as well as via an integrated center cockpit that communicates with passengers contactlessly via gesture recognition.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

The first test simulates operation of the battery in a vehicle to validate reliability. The dedicated battery assembly workshops are in five plants of the Stellantis Group: Vigo & Saragossa (Spain), Trnava (Slovakia), Sochaux & Mulhouse (France) and soon Hordain (France). A performance test stimulates the battery at full rate.

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InsideEVs

JULY 1, 2022

The brand's third factory in Europe will build 250,000 vehicles a year when series production of next-gen Volvo EVs begins in 2026.

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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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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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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2021

In 2019, Kia established a system to replace all power used in its production plant in Žilina, Slovakia with renewable energy. Hyundai Mobis made a full switch to renewable energy sources in its Slovakia and Sweden operations earlier this year.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

This investment will support the completion of InoBat’s research and development center and pilot battery line in Voderady, Slovakia. The investment follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed in May, outlining an intention to work together to progress the establishment of a “cradle-to-cradle” electric vehicle battery value chain in Serbia.

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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 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 allows electric vehicles to be charged quickly and flexibly, and dealers can also use the stored electricity for the lighting and air-conditioning in their showrooms and workshops.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2021

Rio Tinto’s Jadar project in Serbia, one of the largest greenfield lithium projects in development ( earlier post ), has the potential to produce approximately 55 thousand tonnes of battery grade lithium carbonate in Europe, one of the world’s largest growing electric vehicles markets.

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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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EV Central

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

READ MORE: All-new electric Kia PV5 is a gamechanger in the world of vans with its advanced tech and interchangeable rear body That’s because it’s only going to be built in Europe in land-locked Slovakia and that creates shipping logistical and cost issues. 2024 Kia EV5.

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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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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Select Tesla Superchargers in parts of Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary will be free of use as part of the EV maker’s efforts to help people currently being affected by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The program will start this Monday, and will be applicable for both Tesla and Non-Tesla vehicles.

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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 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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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 average CO 2 emissions from new vans also increased slightly.

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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. Mobilyze is a business intelligence […].

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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. —ZSE.

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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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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. According to Reuters , the existing target is 37.5

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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. All in all, the new modular electric drive kit will allow Volkswagen to offer vehicles ranging from the compact A segment to 7-seaters in the B segment.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2014

The company has also signed a Scania repair and maintenance contract for all of the 220 vehicles ordered. The Austrian transport company Nothegger Transport maintains operations across 13 sites, including in countries such as Italy and Slovakia. The company offers scheduled services and extensive distribution of fruit and vegetables.

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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. Some of these images were shared on social media platforms recently by electric vehicle advocate Bogdan Golovatiuk , who is currently in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

This was the [link] of an interim assessment made by more than 250 environmental experts from 27 plants of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, the Components business area and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles at a “Think Blue. The Zwickau and Pamplona plants have significantly reduced water consumption for vehicle tightness tests. (In

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Green Car Reports

MAY 4, 2013

That could be in the commercial vehicle world, as demonstrated by the GreenWay Project in Slovakia. Battery swapping was once hailed as the miracle cure for short-range electric cars, but the trials and tribulations of Better Place have shown that isn''t necessarily the case.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2017

ŠKODA will stage the world premiere of the VISION E electric concept vehicle at the upcoming Shanghai Motor Show 2017 (19 – 28 April). ŠKODA is developing its own vehicle concepts for purely electric mobility on the basis of the Volkswagen Group’s MEB platform. Earlier post.). It has belonged to Volkswagen Group since 1991.

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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

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. This will enable it to meet rising demand for gasoline engines on entry-level vehicles. Earlier post.). Gilles Le Borgne, Executive Vice-President, Research & Development.

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Teslarati

JUNE 27, 2022

As Aptera has moved ever closer to being ready for production, they have been making agreements with several companies who will be supplying their production run, including setting up an agreement with Elaphe Motors for producing in-hub motors in Slovakia. What do you think of the article? Do you have any comments, questions, or concerns?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

environmental program: since 2011, the consumption of resources in vehicle production has been reduced by an average of 24.3% ( Earlier post.) This was the interim assessment of 350 environmental experts from the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, the Components business area and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles at the fourth “Think Blue.

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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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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

By transferring the production of the new-generation Superb from Kvasiny to Bratislava, Slovakia, the Czech carmaker has created additional capacity at Kvasiny to manufacture the successful Kodiaq and Karoq SUV models. In preparation, the company has made considerable investments into modernising both the production line and welding shop.

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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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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2012

The very first battery swap station dedicated to serving electric vans has opened in Slovakia. Opening last week in the Slovakian capital of Bratislava and run by GreenWay, the new station will be able to swap the batteries of vehicles up to 3.5 tonne in weight in less than 7 minutes-making it a quick alternative [.].

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