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OCTOBER 7, 2022

Volvo Trucks will deliver fully electric heavy-duty trucks to Amazon in Germany by year end. The 20 Volvo FH Electric are expected to drive more than one million road kilometers annually. The Volvo FH Electric offers battery capacity of 540 kWh and 490 kW of continuous power.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Volvo has delivered three heavy-duty line-haul electric trucks to Danfoss. The delivery of the three e-trucks is part of a larger partnership between Volvo Trucks and Danfoss, focusing on pioneering sustainable electric transport operations. Nine fully electric Volvo trucks are set to be in operation before 2024.

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AUGUST 22, 2020

This allows a wider electric range. When the battery is charged, the Golf eHybrid and Golf GTE start electrically and therefore with zero local emissions. The Golf eHybrid covers up to 80 kilometers (50 miles) fully electrically, while the Golf GTE offers a locally zero emissions range of up to 62 kilometers (38.5

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AUGUST 5, 2020

Due to its modular design, the platform was used to create the Lynk & Co 01, 02, 03 and 05, as well as the pure electric 2020 Polestar 2 and Volvo’s first all-electric model, the XC40 Recharge. In June 2020, it had sold a total of 35,708 CMA-based vehicles. Deliveries of the XC40 Recharge will start this fall.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Volvo Trucks will introduce all-electric Volvo VNR regional-haul demonstrators in California next year, operating in distribution, regional-haul and drayage operations. Sales of the VNR Electric in North America will begin in 2020. Sister company Volvo Buses has sold more than 4,000 electrified buses since 2010.

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APRIL 6, 2022

Mercedes-Benz Vans has to date produced more than 25,000 all-electric vans. The top seller for electric vans is the eVito, followed by the eSprinter and EQV. We have a clear goal, we want to be the leading manufacturer in the field of electric vans in the long term. —Mathias Geisen, Head of Mercedes-Benz Vans.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2022

3 models were handed over to customers in October 2020. We are on the right track with our electric mobility campaign and our success story continues. Volkswagen will only produce electric vehicles in Europe from 2033. Volkswagen will launch ten new electric models by 2026. The first ID.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, will introduce its first fully electric vehicle in 2020. The EV launch comes as part of a product offensive, in which SEAT will launch one new car every six months until 2020. SEAT is going to launch one new car every six months until 2020. —SEAT President Luca de Meo.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2017

By 2025, the BMW Group will offer 25 electrified vehicle models—12 of them fully electric, said Harald Krüger, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, in a preview briefing before the opening of the Frankfurt Motor Show next week. We will be increasing the share of electrified models across all brands and model series.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2021

Mercedes-Benz is getting ready to go all-electric by the end of the decade, where market conditions allow, shifting from electric-first to electric-only. By 2022, Mercedes-Benz will have battery electric vehicles (BEV) in all segments the company serves. In-house electric motors, such as the eATS 2.0,

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OCTOBER 5, 2018

Volkswagen intends to sell 150,000 e-cars—of which 100,000 will be the ID and ID SUV—by 2020, according to Thomas Ulbrich, Member of the Volkswagen Brand Board of Management, E-Mobility division. Volkswagen’s aim is to make electric cars attractive to as many people as possible, thus paving the way to mass electric mobility.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

7—its first fully electric sedan based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB). 7, we are extending our electric model range into the upper segments. 7 is one of 10 new electric models that we are planning to launch by 2026. 7 follows the design language of Volkswagen’s fully electric vehicle family.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2021

Mobilize will unveil Limo, a 4.67m four-door fully-electric sedan, specifically designed for for taxi/private hire (PHV) drivers and fleet, at Munich IAA Mobility 2021. A fleet of 40 Mobilize Limo will be deployed to validate services set to be made available throughout Europe starting in the second half of 2022.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Worldwide, Daimler battery-electric trucks and buses have already logged more than seven million customer kilometers (4.3 With our electric trucks, we aim to offer our customers electric vehicles that are on a par with conventional trucks in terms of availability and performance as well. Electric FUSO eCanter.

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MARCH 16, 2018

Ford management gave an update on its product line plans, touting that by 2020, the company will offer “North America’s freshest lineup among all full-line automakers,” with its average showroom age dropping from 5.7 By 2020, trucks and SUVs—including electrified vehicles—are to represent 86% of Ford’s product mix.

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APRIL 23, 2021

A new report sponsored by ABB Robotics and authored by the automotive intelligence unit of Ultima Media auggests that concerns over EV battery supply to meet the escalation in demand poses serious risk to the growth of market share of electric vehicles, despite plans for 80 new global battery gigafactories.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2019

billion (contract duration from 2020 to 2031), with €4.5 The BMW Group has also signed a long-term supply contract for its fifth-generation electric drive trains with its second battery cell supplier, Samsung SDI. More than half of the 25 models will be fully electric. Limited) and Samsung SDI.

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JULY 1, 2022

kWh/100 km according to NEDC) started out as a somewhat exotic specimen on the nascent market for electric vehicles, developed into a classic with unmistakable charisma already in the course of its production period and goes down in the company’s history as a pioneer of sustainable mobility. The BMW i3 (combined power consumption: 16.3 - 15.3

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JULY 3, 2020

Having produced electric powertrain components in Dingolfing since 2013, the BMW Group is now expanding its capacity significantly. At the Competence Centre in Dingolfing, the BMW Group will produce electric powertrain components such as battery modules, high-voltage batteries and electric motors on eight production lines.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Mercedes-Benz announced in July that it will be ready to go fully electric by the end of the decade wherever market conditions allow. Joining ACC is the next step on the luxury car maker’s strategic course from “Electric first” to “Electric only”. Mercedes-Benz will invest a mid-three-digit-million euros amount next year.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

The number of electric motors required will also increase significantly. This is where we produce powertrain components for our fully and partially electric models. Up to 2,000 employees will work on electric motors, battery modules and high-voltage batteries in Dingolfing in the medium-term. —Michael Nikolaides.

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MAY 12, 2019

To encourage the take-up of this technology in other cities in the UK and Europe, TfL is leading procurement within the ‘Joint Initiative for hydrogen Vehicles across Europe’ (JIVE) project. We all have a role to play in cleaning up London’s toxic air and I’ve always said that TfL should lead from the front.

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JULY 10, 2020

With this order the BMW Group will cover about one-fifth of its cobalt needs for the fifth generation of electric drive trains. The contract between the BMW Group and the Managem Group is for a term of five years (2020 – 2025). By 2023, we aim to have 25 electrified models in our line-up—more than half of them fully-electric.

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DECEMBER 8, 2021

The software upgrade represents the first time Polestar has applied its tuning heritage to its own electric cars. The Polestar performance software upgrade is initially available in Europe in the following Polestar markets: UK, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Austria.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

A total of 138 cities in Europe are now benefiting from this technology; BMW expects to roll out the service in at least another 30 cities worldwide in the coming year. In an eDrive Zone, BMW plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) automatically switch to all-electric driving mode upon entering inner city areas.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

We are confident this trial will prove a success and that Uber will join scores of taxi and private hire operators across the UK and wider Europe in recognizing the financial and environmental benefits of Nissan’s market-leading electric vehicles. —Gareth Dunsmore, head of Electric Vehicles, Nissan Europe.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

Volvo to go all electric by 2030 – Volvo announced that its entire car line-up will be fully electric by 2030 and joins GM, JLR, Ford Europe, and other automakers in stating their goals or “aspirations” (in the case of GM) – to end production of gas-powered vehicles by 2030 or 2035 depending on the OEM.

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MARCH 21, 2019

Ford is expanding its production capacity for the company’s next-generation battery electric vehicles at a second North American plant. billion investment in global electric vehicles, Ford is expanding its BEV manufacturing footprint to its Flat Rock Assembly plant in southeast Michigan. Tied to the company’s $11.1-billion

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2017

By 2025, the company will offer 25 fully electric and plug-in hybrid models worldwide. The fifth generation of electric drive train and battery technology, available from 2021, uses scalable, modular electrification kits that will allow all model series to be fitted with every type of drive train.

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Green Car Congress

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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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

In a new report (its fourth on electric car adoption) the Boston Consulting Group forecasts that a combination of hybrid and fully electric powertrains will cut the global market share of pure internal combustion engines (ICEs) by about 50% by 2030. Three types of technological advances will shape the powertrain future.

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

German car company Volkswagen announced that it had delivered 122,100 all-electric vehicles globally in the third quarter of 2021, doubling its tally from the same period a year before. Volkswagen, however, is serious about its efforts to transition into a fully electric company.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

UPS plans to deploy 50 plug-in electric delivery trucks that will be comparable in acquisition cost to conventional-fueled trucks without any subsidies—an industry first that would breaki a key barrier to large scale adoption of electric fleets. Modec fully electric vehicle with a cab forward design used in London.

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JANUARY 10, 2014

Green Automotive Company has (GAC) acquired 21.63% of Viridian Motor Corporation (VMC), a US-based electric truck manufacturer. Viridian Motor Corporation (VMC) is building fully electric, light-duty trucks using its own electric drive train and battery packs. —Ian Hobday, CEO of GAC.

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JUNE 5, 2012

Separately, DNV is predicting that by 2020, new tankers, bulkers and container vessels will be up to 30% more energy efficient than today’s newbuildings. Wide hatch openings and fully electrical deck equipment improve the loading, discharge and cleaning efficiency so port turnaround time can be minimised. DNV outlook to 2020.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Ford Europe EV Plans – Ford committed that by mid-2026, 100 percent of Ford’s passenger vehicle range in Europe will be zero-emissions capable, all-electric or plug-in hybrid, and will be completely all-electric by 2030. VW’s next electric SUV, the ID.5 VW’s next electric SUV, the ID.5

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