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Alstom and MOL to explore use of hydrogen technologies for rail transport in Hungary

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Alstom and MOL, Hungary’s leading oil and gas company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to structure cooperation in examining the use of hydrogen technology in rail transportation. Alstom is a pioneer of hydrogen technology, having introduced the Coradia iLint to the German market in September 2018 ( earlier post ).

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Samsung SDI building Li-ion battery plant in Hungary; global triangular production structure

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Samsung SDI has decided to use Hungary as its Li-ion battery production base in Europe. The new facility in Hungary will enable Samsung SDI to establish a global triangular production structure along with existing plants in Ulsan, Korea and Xian, China. —Executive Vice President Jeong SehWoong.

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SK On signs MOU with Global Lithium Resources to bolster key battery materials supply chain

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The company, which supplies batteries to automakers including Ford, Hyundai and Volkswagen, currently operates seven factories in the United States, Hungary, China and South Korea and is currently in construction of seven more plants. Incorporated in 2018, Global Lithium was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange last year.

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Brussels plant kicks off production for the new Audi Q8 e-tron

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Around 160,000 units of Audi’s first electric model have been delivered since 2018. From 2025, production at all Audi plants will be carbon neutral as part of the company-wide environmental program Mission:Zero. The companies that supply the battery cells are obliged to use only renewable energy sources for production.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars invests €1B in new “Full-Flex” car plant in Hungary; Factory 56 applied to full plant

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Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. Overall, the company is investing €1 billion in the new car plant and creating more than 2,500 jobs. The company is now transferring the blue print of “Factory 56” to a complete factory.

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The Ford Focus is over, and so are thousands of jobs

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BYD was reported to be among the companies interested, but the Chinese automaker has since announced it is opening its first European plant in Hungary. But Ford pulled the plug on European sales in 2017, and 2018 in the US due to weak sales.

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Mercedes-Benz to invest ~€500M to produce electric compact EQ model at Hambach plant

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The company assumes that unit sales of electric models will represent a share of somewhere between 15 and 25 percent of total Mercedes-Benz sales by 2025. In Germany the smart brand is the market leader among all-electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2018. From 2020, the brand smart will only offer electric vehicles.

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