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JUNE 28, 2023

The BMW Group Plant Woodruff will produce sixth-generation batteries to supply fully electric vehicles at nearby BMW Manufacturing in Spartanburg. operations, including $1 billion to prepare Plant Spartanburg for the production of fully electric vehicles and $700 million to build a new high-voltage battery assembly plant.

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APRIL 25, 2018

Volvo Cars aims for fully electric cars to make up 50% of its sales by 2025, the company announced in Beijing. The announcement builds on Volvo Cars’ 2017 announcement that all new models released from 2019 will be available as either a mild-hybrid, plug-in hybrid or battery-electric vehicle.

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JUNE 8, 2020

This transition will be achieved through a combination of fully electric vehicles, vehicles with plug-in idle mitigation units and plug-in hybrids. By 2025, all light duty vehicles (LDVs) reaching the end of their life cycle will be replaced with an electric vehicle, with all LDVs being electrified by 2030.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

With the production launch of the electric compact SUV EQA at the Rastatt plant (Germany) and the current decision to locate EQB production in the Hungarian plant in Kecskemét, the company is taking further important steps toward making its product portfolio CO? In May 2019 production of the EQC (combined power consumption: 21.5

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MARCH 31, 2021

Livent will supply the lithium directly to the BMW Group’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on. The BMW Group already signed a contract for the procurement of lithium from hard-rock deposits at Australian mines back in 2019. The value of the multi-year contract will total around €285 million.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

—Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG The BMW iX5 Hydrogen developed on the basis of the current BMW X5 was first unveiled as a concept at the IAA show in 2019. Initial prototypes were then made available at the IAA Mobility 2021 for visitors to experience in action as shuttle vehicles. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Volkswagen plans to price its new generation of upcoming fully electric vehicles lower than it had previously hinted—as low as 18,000 euros for Europe, or about $21,000 for an entry-level fully electric model that will launch there in late 2019.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

announced today that its Spring Hill, Tennessee assembly plant will begin the transition to become the company’s third vehicle manufacturing site to produce electric vehicles, joining Factory ZERO in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan, and Orion Assembly in Orion Township, Michigan. General Motors Co.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

We have also reached agreement with our partners that they will use a percentage of secondary material for the raw materials lithium, cobalt and nickel, as well as utilising green power for production, to ensure CO 2 -reduced manufacturing.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The BMW Group is deepening its existing business relationships with battery cell manufacturers CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Every cell generation is awarded in global competition to the leading manufacturer from both a technology and a business perspective. More than half of the 25 models will be fully electric.

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JANUARY 16, 2020

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation today made a strategic investment of €100 million (US $110 million) in a new partnership with Arrival , a UK-based electric vehicle startup ( earlier post ). With the rapid global growth in online shopping, the volume of light commercial vehicles in urban areas has increased.

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APRIL 23, 2021

According to the most recent GHG inventory from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), US GHG emissions in 2019 (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector) were 13% below 2005 levels. In 2019, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MMT CO 2 Eq.),

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JULY 16, 2020

This applies in particular to energy-intensive production of high-voltage batteries for electric vehicles. That is why we now have a contractual agreement with our cell manufacturers that they will only use green power to produce our fifth-generation battery cells. More than half of the 25 models will be fully electric.

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JULY 30, 2020

The company just opened a separate Battery Cell Competence Center in Munich in November 2019, covering the entire battery cell value chain, from research and development to battery cell composition and design, all the way to large-scale manufacturability. Assembly of the battery cell at the Battery Cell Competence Center.

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DECEMBER 7, 2018

In total, the Volkswagen brand will invest more than €11 billion in e-mobility, digitalization, autonomous driving and mobility services from 2019 to 2023, of which more than €9 billion (US$10.2 The brand currently has two fully-electric cars in its program. With the fully-electric ID.1 With the fully-electric ID.1

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

Polestar, the fully consolidated Volvo Cars subsidiary, revealed its first production model in Shanghai, the Polestar 1 performance plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. It has a pure electric range of 150km (93 miles). Earlier post.). This will shorten the time Polestar needs to launch its cars.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The funding will boost the company’s development of electric powertrains for small urban transport vehicles, electric racing technologies, fast charging systems, and electric vehicles (EVs). In Manila alone, Jeepney’s produce 3,654 tons of CO 2 per day.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

The across-the-board enhancement of the charging infrastructure is decisive for accelerating the ramp-up of the electric mobility campaign. Models along with solutions like Plug & Charge, we as a manufacturer are making a decisive contribution to realising such goals. million electric cars for a year. Charging at home.

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JUNE 25, 2020

Scope 3 emissions speak to in-use emissions from vehicles that Ford sells and emissions from its supply base, among others. The company previously announced its plan to use 100% locally sourced renewable energy for all its manufacturing plants globally by 2035. Ford is investing more than $11.5

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AUGUST 6, 2020

The Audi e-tron and e-tron Sportback are the first and second fully electric vehicles in the Audi lineup, laddering up to the brand’s commitment to 30% of the US model lineup being fully or partially electrified by 2025. kWh—almost 3 kWh more than 2019 e-tron model.

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MAY 18, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Cars is expanding its production capacities for electric cars in Europe. The Hambach plant in France, which currently produces smart brand electric vehicles, will produce a compact electric car of the new product and technology brand EQ. From 2020, the brand smart will only offer electric vehicles.

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AUGUST 5, 2021

Recently, Teslarati reported on the recall of 2017 to 2019 Chevy Bolt EVs. The recall was extended to GM by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), who indicated there were unpredictable fires that may have been caused by faulty battery cells containing manufacturing defects. It also won U.S.

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MAY 16, 2018

All new Volvo models launched from 2019 will be available as either a mild gasoline hybrid, plug-in gasoline hybrid or battery electric vehicle. Our future is electric and we will no longer develop a new generation of diesel engines. The new S60 represents the next step in that commitment. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 19, 2018

family of all-electric vehicles and is also the first step towards a closer relationship between Volkswagen R and Volkswagen Motorsport. The Volkswagen brand plans to offer more than 20 fully-electric cars by 2025. Manufacture of the first production model of the I.D.

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DECEMBER 10, 2021

Volkswagen intends to have eight manufacturing facilities in Europe that are completely catered to the company’s transition to electric vehicles across its many brands, including Audi, Porsche, and the Volkswagen ID. The German automaker has built electric vehicles on its dedicated ID.

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MARCH 7, 2019

Every Kia vehicle on show in Geneva employs the brand’s mild-hybrid, hybrid, plug-in hybrid, or electric vehicle technology. With the e-Soul and upgraded Niro range revealed today, and more electrified powertrains on the way, our electric vehicle growth will only continue.

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MAY 10, 2018

These features, combined with a highly advanced vehicle display provide the driver with an intelligent and connected vehicle. UPS is working with ARRIVAL here in the UK because their smart electric vehicles are helping to reduce dependency on fossil fuel. Earlier post.). Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

This is a tangible manifestation of our determination to take a leading role in heavy vehicle electrification, which is needed to fulfil our commitment to science-based climate targets. Vehicles are parked adjacent to the lab and connected to testing equipment. Series production of the electric truck starts in 2021.

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JUNE 22, 2017

The technology indicator encompasses the performance (efficiency, range, charging technology, vehicle concept and safety) and value for money of electric vehicles that are currently available on the market or soon to be launched. million electric vehicles throughout the period 2015-2019 in total.

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JUNE 2, 2021

Nissan Motor Co will partners with China-based battery maker Envision AESC group to establish new battery plants for electric vehicles in Japan and United Kingdom. million cars last year, about 23% down from 2019. Nissan is one of the world’s first car makers to bring the fully electric vehicle with its Leaf model.

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JULY 2, 2021

Japanese car giant Nissan has announced a new EV manufacturing hub ‘EV36Zero’ in Sunderland and UK to produce a new electric crossover. Recently, it has also announced the partnership with China-based battery maker Envision AESC group to establish new battery plants for electric vehicles in Japan and United Kingdom.

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JULY 13, 2021

Though EVs represent a small fraction of delivery vehicles today, the number is growing. In 2019, Amazon announced plans to obtain 100,000 electric delivery vehicles. UPS has ordered 10,000 of them and FedEx plans to be fully electric by 2040.

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MAY 27, 2021

The highly integrated e-drives and high-voltage batteries for these vehicles will all be manufactured at the Competence Centre for E-Drive Production in Dingolfing. A modular system developed in-house allows model-specific high-voltage batteries to be manufactured from these modules in a flexible arrangement.

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JUNE 3, 2015

The Volkswagen Group and SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd, Volkswagen’s original joint venture partner in China, have agreed to expand the main plant of their joint venture Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) in Anting to support the local production of electric vehicles. million vehicles in China in 2014, representing an increase of 12.4%

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

As part of this drive, Hyundai plans to invest $52 billion USD in future technologies through 2025, while Kia will invest $25 billion USD in electrification and future mobility technologies, aiming for eco-friendly vehicles to comprise 25% of its total sales by 2025. —Albert Biermann, Head of Research & Development, Hyundai Motor Group.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

, all of the company’s European passenger carlines will be electrified—offering a pure battery electric propulsion or plug-in hybrid version alongside efficient internal combustion engines—by 2024. To start with, an EMP2-based SUV is planned for Eisenach in 2019; and an EMP2-based D-segment vehicle is coming to Rüsselsheim.

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DECEMBER 5, 2017

Even as the team works to streamline, Ford plans to grow its China revenue by 50% by 2025 versus 2017 and is focusing its business expansion on three areas: even more smart, connected vehicles; closer connections to Chinese customers, and a streamlined business structure. The progress we have achieved in China is just the start.

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