Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2022

Hyundai Motor Company plans to ramp up the US commercial vehicle market entry with XCIENT Fuel Cell trucks. —Mark Freymueller, Senior Vice President and Head of Commercial Vehicle Business Innovation at Hyundai Motor Company. million km as of 30 April 2022.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2021

Direct lithium extraction (DLE) technology company Energy Exploration Technologies Inc. The company said that the funding makes it the highest-valued direct lithium extraction technology company on the market. In 2020 global supply was roughly 315k tons; this is expected to rise to 5.5M tons by 2040.

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2021

New data shows that the Tesla Model 3 dominated the 2020 EV market in Switzerland, and the figures weren’t very close. After finishing 2020 in the same pole position, the Model 3 continued its undeniable domination of the electric vehicle market in Switzerland. Model 3 2020 the #1 in Switzerland [link].

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2021

SK Corp, the holding company of SK Group, has made a strategic investment in Monolith , a US company that has developed a plasma-based process to produce “cyan” hydrogen—between green (via electrolysis using renewable energy) and blue (conversion of methane accompanied by CO 2 capture and storage). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

New statistics show that Volvo Trucks was the market leader for heavy all-electric trucks in Europe 2021 with a market share of 42%. In 2021 the company took orders, including letters of intent to buy, for more than 1,100 electric trucks worldwide. 16 tonnes) were registered in Europe—an increase of 193% from 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2023

Russia-based Nornickel, the world’s largest producer of palladium and high-grade nickel and a major producer of platinum and copper, presented its eleventh review of the nickel and platinum group metals (PGM) markets based on the fundamental analysis of world economic and industry data. Mt to 3.22 Mt (7% year-on-year growth).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2020

In 2019, the market share of lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) cathode chemistry fell to 6% in global passenger EV batteries by watt-hours deployed (i.e. Overall, the combined global market share of ternary cathodes (including NCM and nickel-cobalt-aluminum (NCA) varieties) in passenger EV batteries reached 90% in 2019, up from 83% in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2022

The price of neodymium has remained fairly constant from 2013-2020, but 2022 saw a very sharp rise to its peak in February at 3.8 times higher than it was between 2013-2020. While some automakers have alternative motor technologies that don’t rely on rare earths, the market has not shifted in this direction significantly.

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DECEMBER 6, 2020

The 2020 Global Status on CCS report also finds that there are a total of 65 commercial CCS facilities in various stages of development globally. Source: 2020 Global Status on CCS. 2020 saw increased ambition and support for CCS in Europe as well. World map of CCS facilities at various stages of development.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

At CES 2020, Sony Group announced “VISION-S,” an initiative aimed at contributing to the evolution of mobility, and exhibited a prototype vehicle at its booth. In order to further accelerate and make new proposals that further evolve the mobility experience, Sony will establish an operating company “Sony Mobility Inc.”

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

This marks a 6% drop from $140/kWh in 2020. This reflects the relative immaturity of these markets, the diverse range of applications and, for the higher end of the range, low volume and bespoke orders. Companies like Renault and Ford have publicly announced targets of $80/kWh by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Frost & Sullivan projects that the global Li-ion battery materials market will reach $51.60 billion in 2020 at a 15.6% The advancements in battery chemistries and technologies, upsurge in electric vehicle (EV) sales, evolving regulatory scenario, and increasing consumer preferences toward EVs are expediting market growth worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

A new report from IDTechEX forecasts the solid-state battery market will grow to $8 billion by 2031. The car plug-in market will take the largest share (66%) in 2031, followed by smartphone applications. As well as the companies just mentioned, Honda, Fisker, Panasonic, CATL also got involved in this area.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2021

Leading silicon and carbon products company Elkem has successfully commissioned its industrial pilot for battery materials in Kristiansand, Norway, starting industrial scale pilot production for customers. Elkem is currently inviting external industrial and financial partners to participate. Vianode has already received NOK 10 million (US$1.2

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) released a first look at the redesigned Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, the next step in the company’s commitment to delivering a showroom full of new and extensively redesigned vehicles in the United States by the second quarter of 2021. The Eclipse Cross will be the second Mitsubishi PHEV on the market.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), announced a definitive agreement for a business combination that would result in QuantumScape becoming a publicly listed company. Transaction overview. The business combination values QuantumScape at an implied $3.3 billion pro forma enterprise value.

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APRIL 24, 2021

The resulting company will have a A$4-billion (US$3.1-billion) billion) market capitalization, making it the fifth-largest by capitalization. Company management anticipates robust demand for lithium in the mid-long term. Chinese spot lithium carbonate prices have jumped 90% between December 2020 and end March 2021.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The global new energy vehicle market is still in a stage of rapid growth. According to statistics from Statista, the global new energy vehicle market is expected to reach US$384 billion in 2022. Along with independent new energy vehicles, there are also charging facilities companies.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2020

US motorists stayed off the road during the Thanksgiving holiday in overwhelming numbers as the coronavirus surged across the country, according to the latest weekly survey of retail fuel stations by OPIS, an IHS Markit company. A persistent rebound in global oil markets requires profitability in transportation products.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

His analysis found that if electrolyzed hydrogen were to be produced using a 2020 US electrical grid mix, its use would be associated with approximately 2.5x There are companies that want to make small commercial hydrogen aircraft in the next two years and bigger companies that want to develop these in the next 10 years.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2020

received a purchase order for 500 of its all-electric C-1000 delivery vehicles from Pritchard Companies. Vehicles will be distributed through Pritchard Companies’ dealership locations across the country. Workhorse Group Inc. —Workhorse CEO Duane Hughes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2020

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in China will impact the green energy sector, including renewable energy sources, battery energy storage, electric vehicles (EVs), and renewable heating and cooling, says data and analytics company GlobalData. —Sneha Susan Elias, Senior Power Analyst at GlobalData.

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MARCH 12, 2021

European battery-maker Northvolt has acquired Cuberg , a US-based battery technology company delivering high-performance lithium-metal cells produced on existing lithium-ion manufacturing lines for electromobility solutions. Department of Energy, and the TomKat Center at Stanford. —Peter Carlsson, CEO and Co-Founder, Northvolt.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2020

ABC Companies, a leading provider to the motorcoach, transit and specialty passenger transportation market in the United States and Canada, will soon be the first to offer a motorcoach-diesel-to-electric-repower program for North American operators. —Roman Cornell, president and chief commercial officer of ABC Companies.

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APRIL 6, 2020

Rodgers and York Capital), and non-dilutive funding from market-leading customers. The facility is expected to produce batteries for delivery in late 2020 and to reach a run-rate of 8 million units per year as it ramps in 2021 and 2022. Enovix has also signed new agreements with two additional portable electronics companies.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2023

In the first half of 2022, motors with oil cooling became the dominant form in the electric car market, taking 50% market share, according to a report from IDTechEx. IDTechEx is predicting oil to gain an even greater market share with purely water jacket-cooled motors remaining in a significant way.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2012

With government policy and investment driving automotive companies toward plug-in vehicles, the technology for delivering electricity to these vehicles will rise to a $1.2 billion market in 2020, according to a Lux Research report. million units in 2020, rising from $140 million in 2012 to $1.15

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APRIL 5, 2013

In a new report , Navigant Research forecasts that the global market for e-bicycles will grow at a modest rate of 3.1% CAGR (compound annual growth rate) from 31 million in 2013 to nearly 38 million in 2020. CAGR, respectively), the market research firm anticipates. million by 2020. million by 2020.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

I recently published an article about how Tesla’s share of the electric vehicle (BEV) market has shifted over the past two years. Despite the fact that Tesla’s deliveries grew 180% from Q2 2020 to Q2 2022, the company’s share of the BEV market dropped from 25.1% in Q2 2020 to 15.6%

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2021

Lightning eMotors, a leading provider of commercial electric vehicles for fleets, announced a $45-million order for its zero-emission powertrain systems from Faribault, Minnesota-based motorcoach supplier ABC Companies. —Roman Cornell, president and chief commercial officer of ABC Companies. —Roman Cornell.

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MARCH 24, 2021

To support these developments and be able to offer a complete and competitive Renault Trucks range on the market, the company is setting up an organization dedicated to electric mobility. In March 2020, Renault Trucks began series production of its second-generation of electric vehicles at the Blainville-sur-Orne plant.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

In 2020, the rule of thumb over-predicted reality by 12%—or rather, the onslaught of COVID-19 kept reality from reaching predicted levels. In 2020 and 2021, the rule of thumb predictions were within 3% of actual sales numbers each year and in 2022 within 6%. In 2019, the rule of thumb over-predicted reality by 35%.

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JUNE 28, 2016

Led by Tesla, China’s BYD, and Volkswagen, the battery market for plug-in vehicles will rise to $10 billion in 2020, with electric vehicles (EV) emerging as the drivetrain of choice, according to a new forecast by Lux Research. But the Chinese company will cede its lead in 2019 when European and American carmakers gain ground.

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JUNE 3, 2020

The number of available and announced models of zero-emission trucks, buses and off-road equipment in the United States and Canada is on track to rise nearly 78% by the end of 2020 compared to year-end 2019, according to the Zero-Emission Technology Inventory ( ZETI ), a product of CALSTART’s Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero program.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 5, 2021

As much of the legacy auto market expected to be down about 15% year over year, Tesla reported on Saturday that it closed 2020 with global deliveries up nearly 36% from 2019. Not only that, but the company has come surprisingly close to.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Almost half of global consumers (46%) are considering purchasing a car in the next 12 months, an increase from 35% in April 2020. 81% of consumers said they will avoid using car-pool services owing to health and safety concerns, compared with just 42% in April 2020. Younger consumers are most likely to buy.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

Energy storage installations around the world are projected to reach a cumulative 411 GW (or 1,194 GWh) by the end of 2030, according to the latest forecast from research company BloombergNEF (BNEF). Record electricity prices are forcing consumers to consider new forms of energy supply, driving the residential storage market in the near term.

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