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MAY 19, 2022

Volvo Trucks is opening its first battery assembly plant. Located in Ghent, Belgium, the plant will supply ready-to-install batteries for Volvo Trucks’ full electric heavy-duty trucks. Each battery pack has a capacity of 90 kWh and the customer can choose to have up to six battery packs (540 kWh) in a truck.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2019

In June 2019, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) were responsible for 91% of all passenger electrified vehicle battery capacity deployed globally (in GWh) versus just 84% in June 2018, according to Adamas Intelligence’s latest ‘ EV Battery Capacity Monthly ’ report. In total, Adamas data indicates that 6.1

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JULY 25, 2021

billion since 2019. In February 2019, Rivian announced a $700-million funding round led by Amazon. In February 2019, Rivian announced a $700-million funding round led by Amazon. In April 2019, Rivian announced that Ford Motor Company invested $500 million and that the companies would collaborate on a future program.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 4, 2021

Owners of certain 2017-2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV models have been living with 90% of their battery capacity for months—and 90% of their full driving range—due to concerns over a fire risk relating to the battery.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

BMW has released the new 2019 i3 and i3s electric vehicles with 120 Ah batteries. 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. The exterior dimensions of the battery pack remain unchanged.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2022

The Mercedes-Benz battery-electric eActros has now been approved as a truck-and-trailer combination with a total weight of 40 tons. Since the start of testing in 2019, the eActros has covered more than 70,000 kilometers on more than 7,000 trips. With four battery packs, the eActros 400 has a range of up to 400 kilometers.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2019

Despite weak EV sales growth in April 2019 versus the same month the year prior (up just 19.6%), total battery capacity deployed in newly-sold EVs (in GWh) increased markedly over the same period, according to Adamas Intelligence’s “ EV Battery Capacity Monthly ”. In April 2019, a total of 6.7 In April 2019, a total of 6.7

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 30, 2021

Owners of 2017-2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV models have had to contend with a reduced driving range for many months, as GM attempted to find a remedy for a battery related fire issue that culminated with a plan to replace all battery modules.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2019

The “PLUS” designation refers to the increased energy density of the model’s 62 kWh battery pack and the higher 214-horsepower output of its powertrain versus the 40 kWh option. The Nissan 40kWh battery LEAF with up to 150 miles of range is available at a starting price of under $30,000.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Hyundai has taken two out of the ten spots in the 2019 WardsAuto 10 Best Engine competition with the all-new 2019 NEXO FCEV fuel cell vehicle and 2019 Kona Electric CUV. The NEXO Blue model has an estimated driving range of 380 miles, 115 more than its predecessor. The 2019 Kona Electric offers 258 miles of range.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Toshiba Corporation announced the development of its next-generation SCiB (Super Charge ion Battery), which uses a new material to double the capacity of the battery anode. The new battery offers high-energy density and the ultra-rapid recharging required for automotive applications.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2018

AVEVAI , a new B2B e-mobility and logistics solutions and technology provider based in Singapore, launched its range of IONA electric light commercial vehicles (e-LCVs) at the 5 th Guangzhou International Electric Vehicles Show in China (16-25 November 2018). Standard 220v charging is also available. C and as high as +70 ?C.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2021

While the lithium-ion battery is dominant in battery-electric vehicles, NiMH batteries are still the most common in full hybrid vehicles (HEVs), according to a new report—“ Full Hybrid Electric Vehicle Markets 2021-2041 ”—from IDTechEx. It is also much more technologically mature and lower cost than Li-ion.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2019

Despite traditionally being a seasonally-slow month for the EV market, in January 2019, 3.27 GWh of passenger EV battery capacity was deployed in China, an increase of 439% over January 2018 levels, inferring from a model-by-model build-up using Adamas Intelligence’s ‘EV Battery Capacity and Battery Metals Tracker’.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2020

Tesla’s Model S Long Range Plus now carries an official EPA-rated range of 402 miles—a 20% increase compared to a 2019 Model S 100D with the same battery pack design. This is the first US EV to break the 400-mile range mark. All Model S Long Range Plus vehicles will receive the new 402-mile rating.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2020

Lexus’ first full electric vehicle, the UX 300E, unveiled in China in November 2019, will offer a 10-year (or 1 million kilometer / 621,000 mile) battery warranty. kWh battery pack which supports 400 km (249 miles) of range in the NEDC cycle, corresponding to more than 300 km (186 miles) target range in the WLTP cycle.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 14, 2021

Drivers of certain 2017-2019 Chevrolet Bolt EV models recently endured months of living with just 90% of their battery capacity and range—and a winter of charging outside—due to concerns over fire risk.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2019

Sales of all zero-emission vehicles in Canada for the first six months of 2019 are up 30% compared with last year. Zero-emission vehicles represented roughly 3% of all new, light-duty vehicles sold in the first half of 2019, compared to roughly 2% during the same period in 2018.

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 20, 2018

Ford is boosting the battery size and electric range of its Fusion Energi plug-in hybrid sedan for 2019. The new battery will store 9 kwh, up from 7 kwh, to give the 2019 Fusion Energi a range of 25 electric miles, up from 21 miles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The BMW Group is investing €800 million in Plant San Luis Potosí in Mexico for integration of fully-electric models of NEUE KLASSE and construction of local high-voltage battery assembly. More than 500 additional employees will work there, producing next-generation batteries for fully-electric vehicles. Earlier post.)

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MAY 18, 2022

Mercedes-Benz will work with Sila , a next-generation battery materials company ( earlier post ), to incorporate Sila's silicon anode chemistry in batteries which are optionally available for the first time in the upcoming electric Mercedes-Benz G-Class. The supply agreement is the natural next step for the partnership.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

South Korea-based SK On (SKO), a global EV battery manufacturer, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Australia’s Global Lithium Resources to explore future business opportunities together in regard to stable supply of lithium. Potential opportunities for collaboration in electric vehicle (EV) and battery material supply chains.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2019

At Auto Shanghai 2019 in April, BMW Brilliance Automotive will present the new edition of the BMW X1 xDrive25Le. The 83% increase in range as compared to the predecessor model and the reduction in fuel consumption by 72% to 1.3 liters per 100 km (181 mpg US) were made possible by advances in the area of battery cell technology.

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JANUARY 20, 2020

Toyota Motor Europe reported 2019 sales of 1,089,422 Toyota and Lexus vehicles, an increase of +5.2% With more than 550,000 hybrid electric vehicles sold, representing 52% of the total mix, Toyota and Lexus offers a total of 20 hybrid models, the widest range of full hybrid electric vehicles in the industry. growth on 2018.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The vehicle’s range also came nowhere near the 500 miles that were teased by the electric vehicle maker in its 2019 unveiling. The RWD’s range was listed at 250 miles, the Dual Motor was listed with a range of 340 miles, and the Cyberbeast was listed with a range of 320 miles.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

The 2019 Nissan Leaf doesn't cost any more than it did last year, but it also won't deliver any additional electric range—yet. The Leaf S, Leaf SV, and Leaf SL will cost $30,885, $33,385, and $37,095 including an $895 destination charge. That's before any government tax credits or rebates.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2019

Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed new functional electrolytes containing multiple additives to enable Li-ion batteries (LIBs) to perform well in a wide temperature range from ?40 40 to 60 °C. A paper on their work is published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. 9b03821.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2019

The first Mercedes-Benz electric vehicle from the EQ brand made its US premiere at CES 2019 in Las Vegas. The operation strategy enables the EQC to deliver a preliminary estimated range of 450 kilometers (279 miles) according to the European cycle NEDC. The lithium-ion battery has an energy content of 80 kWh.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2021

General Motors is voluntarily expanding the current Chevrolet Bolt EV recall ( earlier post ) to cover the remaining 2019 and all 2020-2022 model year vehicles, including the new Bolt EUV. GM will replace defective battery modules in Chevrolet Bolt EVs and EUVs with new modules, with an expected additional cost of approximately $1 billion.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

The European Commission has approved , under EU State aid rules, a second Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) to support research and innovation in the battery value chain. The project complements the first IPCEI in the battery value chain that the Commission approved in December 2019 with €3.2 Earlier post.).

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MAY 18, 2022

ŠKODA AUTO has started manufacturing battery systems for all-electric vehicles based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB) in Mladá Boleslav. This makes the car manufacturer’s main plant the only production facility for MEB battery systems in Europe outside Germany.

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AUGUST 3, 2018

kW charging system on the 2019 Chevrolet Volt cuts recharging times nearly in half by adding about twice the all-electric driving range per hour of charge. With about twice the range added during 240V Level 2 charging sessions, the 2019 Volt’s 7.2 The 2019 Volt also introduces its first power driver’s seat.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 19, 2019

Big strides in battery capacity mean that picking between the 238-mile 2019 Chevy Bolt EV and the recently boosted 226-mile 2019 Nissan Leaf Plus comes down to a dozen miles of range. We’re a long way from peak electric car, but we’ve finally left base camp.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Toyota is offering a new electric all-wheel drive system (AWD-e) on the facelifted 2019 Prius. The AWD-e models use a newly developed compact Nickel-Metal Hydride (Ni-MH) battery that is designed to provide excellent performance in cold-weather conditions. FWD models will feature a Li-ion battery.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

Daimler Truck AG and lithium-ion battery manufacturer and developer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. CATL will be the supplier of lithium-ion battery packs for the Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul battery-electric truck, which is planned to be ready for series production in 2024. The supply will go beyond 2030.

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JULY 22, 2021

By 2030, the Rolls-Royce business unit is to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 35% compared to its 2019 level through the use of new net zero and zero carbon technologies. Depending on the application this can be an electric motor, if rotatory mechanical power is needed, or a static solution, like a fuel cell or battery.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

From 2018 H1 through 2019 H1, the growing popularity of long-range BEVs with high-capacity batteries resulted in a 52% increase in the amount of lithium carbonate and lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) deployed globally per EV, from 7.7 GWh in 2019 H1, more than its three closest competitors combined (BYD, BJEV, Nissan).

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