Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2017

SF Motors, a Silicon Valley electric vehicle (EV) company and subsidiary of Shanghai-based Sokon Industry Group, has acquired InEVit Inc., The pre-revenue company will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of SF Motors, and will continue to market and license its innovations to competitive vehicle OEMs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2021

SVOLT Energy Technology, a global advanced technology company and spin-off of Chinese automobile manufacturer Great Wall Motors, is the first to begin commercialization of lithium-ion batteries (LIB) utilizing metallic thin-film separator technology from Soteria Battery Innovation Group (BIG).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler finalized a purchase contract with SEMIKRON International GmbH for the acquisition of 51% of the shares of Compact Dynamics GmbH , a manufacturer of high-performance electric motors. Both contract partners want to cooperate on the development of electric drives for automobile applications.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2017

Groupe PSA and Nidec Corporation, through Nidec Leroy-Somer Holding, will form a joint venture in the field of electric traction motors. Groupe PSA has made the strategic choice to anchor the design and production of the main components of the electric traction powertrain in France. billion) in 2030. billion) in 2030.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 14, 2024

General Motors (GM) plans to restructure its operations in China to regain profitability. The legacy automaker cut production in the first quarter, hoping it would lead to profitably. General Motors sales in China dropped by 29% to 373,000 vehicles, a far cry from its 2017 peak of 4 million units.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2016

Honda announced that the upcoming Clarity Fuel Cell ( earlier post ) will be joined by two additional electrified variants, the Clarity Electric and Clarity Plug-in Hybrid, launching in the US in 2017. In addition to the Clarity series, a reengineered 2017 Accord Hybrid will go on-sale this spring. Earlier post.). Accord Hybrid.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Buick’s vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology made its debut at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition. Later this year, Buick will become the first brand in China officially to roll out the market-ready technology on a production vehicle, a Buick GL8. Past work on V2X in China. The six-seat 2021 GL6 comes with a 1.3L

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2013

Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors have expanded their 2011 supply agreement so that Panasonic will now supply nearly 2 billion automotive-grade lithium-ion battery cells to Tesla through 31 December 2017 at long-term preferential prices. —Tesla Quarterly Report (10Q) for quarter ending 30 June 2013.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 23, 2024

The Competition Commission of India has given its go-ahead for JSW’s proposed acquisition of up to a 38% stake in MG Motor India. “The Acquirer is a newly incorporated entity and is not engaged in any activities as of date. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of JSW International Tradecorp Pte.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2017

The production version will come in 2019 as Audi’s second battery-electric offering, following the introduction of the production version of the Audi e-tron SUV ( earlier post ) in 2018. There are already about 150,000 charging stations in the country, with another 100,000 due to come on stream by the end of 2017.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2017

China-based automobile manufacturer Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC Group), the parent company of GAC Motor, has begun construction of a large industrial park for electric and intelligent vehicles as part of its efforts to boost its electric vehicle business. —Yu Jun, General Manager of GAC Motor. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Liuzhou Wuling Motors Industrial Company Ltd., Setting up a production plant in Liuzhou for the manufacture of components for charging equipment installed in electrical vehicles, when opportunity arises. a non-wholly-owned subsidiary of the Wuling Group, and Qingdao Teld New Energy Co., In co-operation with Guilin Bus Development Co.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

Joining BMW, Ford and FCA in suspension of production in the US due to COVID-19 ( earlier post ) are: Toyota is temporarily suspending production at all of its automobile and components plants in North America, including Canada, Mexico and the US, through 3 April. Tesla will suspend production at its Fremont plant on 23 March.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2015

Beijing Hyundai Motor Company (BHMC), a 50-50 joint venture between Hyundai Motor Company and Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., will begin building its fourth and fifth plants in China next year to respond to surging demands in the world’s largest automobile market. s capacity to 1.65 million units per year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Since launch in 2014, the battery capacity and range of the i3 has grown from the original 60Ah / 81 miles to 94Ah / 115 miles in 2017 and now 120Ah for 2019. Like the electric motors, the high-voltage batteries are an integral part of the BMW eDrive technology used in BMW i automobiles and developed in-house the BMW Group.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2017

The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Dongfeng Motor Group Co., The electric vehicle will be produced at the Dongfeng plant of Shiyan which has a production and sales capacity of 120,000 vehicles a year. Start of production of the new EV is forecast in the year 2019. The new joint venture, eGT New Energy Automotive Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. This data includes data from some GM JVs.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 17, 2023

Polestar officially introduced the Polestar 3 in China today and announced what it calls a new pricing system, with the long-range dual-motor model starting at RMB 698,000 and the long-range dual-motor with performance pack model at RMB 798,000. | Polestar.US The plant is expected to make its first deliveries in mid-2024.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

BBA is increasing the capacity of its two local production facilities Tiexi and Dadong in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, to a total of 520,000 BMW brand vehicles in 2019. Around 560,000 BMW brand vehicles were delivered to customers in China in 2017—more than in the next two largest markets, the US and Germany, combined.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2016

In Japan, Toyota Motor Corporation unveiled new advanced engines and transmissions and further evolved hybrid systems based on the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA). Toyota intends to deploy these new powertrain units in a rapidly broadening range of vehicle models, starting in 2017.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The new plant is the first battery factory of any premium automotive manufacturer in China and the third in the Group’s production network, after Germany and the US, said Oliver Zipse, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Production. Production of high-voltage battery packs is divided into two production stages.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 12, 2024

Despite all-electric vehicles having certain advantages over conventional combustion automobiles, they also have some clear drawbacks that have stifled their adoption rate on some of the world’s largest markets. While numerous companies are hard at work on developing an application for automobiles, they’re also behind schedule.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

It ended production of pure internal combustion engine cars last year. VinFast VinFast is a Vietnam-based company that was established in 2017 by Vingroup. In the few years they have been in production, they have successfully conquered the Vietnam EV market with a range of electric cars and scooters.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2018

BBA is increasing the capacity of its two local production facilities Tiexi and Dadong in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, to a total of 520,000 BMW brand vehicles in 2019. Around 560,000 BMW brand vehicles were delivered to customers in China in 2017—more than in the next two largest markets, the US and Germany, combined.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2011

NHTSA also will consider the cumulative impacts of the proposed standards for MY 2017–2025 automobiles together with any past, present, and reasonably foreseeable future actions. A manufacturer’s CAFE standard would be based on the target levels set for its particular mix of vehicles in that model year.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 21, 2023

Automobilwoche , and Western-counterpart Automotive News , reported that the site will first attempt to tackle the all-electric motors going into the Polestar 5 (a rival for the Tesla Model S) and the Polestar 6 roadster. The 15,000-square-meter building, located in Trollhattan, is said to be focusing on the brand’s powertrain development.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2018

According to the new strategy, Hongqi plans to roll out 15 battery electric vehicles and two gasoline models by 2025 under L (Hongqi Limousines), S (Hongqi Sports Cars), H (Hongqi Full-size Sedans) and Q (Hongqi Recreation Vehicles) product series. Hongqi will launch its first battery EV this year. Annual sales exceed three million units.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 8, 2024

Though getting that vehicle, and other upcoming electric models, into production are one of the primary reasons for its crash burn. Despite corners of the world asserting forthcoming bans on combustion vehicles, EVs remain niche products catering to a very specific clientele. The brand has long struggled to remain profitable.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2017

The 2017 Honda Clarity Electric sedan arrived at the beginning of August in select dealerships in California and Oregon. The Clarity Electric sedan is powered by a 120kW electric motor producing 221 lb-ft of torque and drawing power from a 25.5-kWh Earlier post.). kWh lithium-ion battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2019

Toyota Motor Corporation and Panasonic Corporation have concluded a business-integration contract and a joint-venture contract toward the establishment of a new joint venture related to the automotive prismatic battery business by the end of 2020 (pending approval from the competition-law authorities in the countries and regions concerned).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2020

Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., With these concepts, Honda is striving to realize mobility products which will “grow” together with their users and become a realizable partner to their respective users. a wholly-owned Honda subsidiary in China, has established Hynex Mobility Service Co.,

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Baua Electric

JUNE 29, 2023

The latest addition to the XX program used to be the FXX-Okay EVO coupe unveiled in 2017 and produced in a couple of accumulation devices. Ferrari gave the SF90 XX Stradale automobiles aerodynamic options, most commonly from the FXXK-EVO coupe. Galliera stated each automobiles are already offered out.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2018

Daimler is currently systematically preparing for series production of the Mercedes-Benz GLC F-CELL; the company had shown preproduction models of the hydrogen fuel cell SUV at the IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt last September ( Earlier post.). The plug-in hybrid SUV will be produced at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2012

Renault, LG Chem and CEA (France’s Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission) are preparing to sign a three-way agreement in September concerning next-generation battery production. The production capacity and jobs offered by this factory should be higher than in the original project. —CEA Chairman Bernard Bigot.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

At a press event in Tokyo to lay out his future vision and direction for the company, Honda Motor President & CEO Takahiro Hachigo said that the company will strive to make two-thirds of its overall unit sales from plug-in hybrid/hybrid vehicles and zero-emissions vehicles such as fuel cell vehicles and battery EVs by around 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2016

Ballard expects to deliver the stacks in 2016 and 2017. DFAC), which is part of Dongfeng Motor Corporation, a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wuhan. Dongfeng Motor Corporation is the largest manufacturer of commercial vehicles in China. Earlier post , earlier post , earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The Auto Alliance has sent a letter to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt requesting that the US Environmental Protection Agency withdraw the Final Determination on the Appropriateness of the Model Year 2022-2025 Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards under the Midterm Evaluation which EPA announced on 13 January 2017. Background.

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