Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Cuomo announced the availability of $3 million in state funds to help municipalities purchase zero-emission vehicles and install related infrastructure. DEC will accept applications until 24 July 2020, or until funding is exhausted, whichever occurs first. NY Governor Andrew M. ZEV Infrastructure Grants: $2,500,000.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is taking another step to scale up development and production of next-generation high-performance battery cells and modules by expanding its battery supply relationship with CATL through CATL’s newly announced battery plant in Debrecen, Hungary. The project will supply both cells and modules to European automakers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Together, these two contracts will supply UPS with up to 80 million gallon equivalents (GEs) of RNG over the terms of the agreements. The use of RNG is a very important part of UPS’ strategy to increase alternative fuel consumption to be 40% of total ground fuel purchases by 2025. The plant is currently under construction.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2020

announced it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Nikola Corporation for a global supply agreement to provide GM’s Hydrotec fuel cell system for Nikola’s Class 7/8 semi-trucks. The MoU replaces the previous agreement announced 8 September 2020. General Motors Co. Earlier post.). Nikola disputed the report.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2022

Lithium carbonate prices in China rose slightly to 480,500 yuan/tonne in mid-August, remaining close to the record-high of 500,000 from March and 400% higher year-on-year as soaring demand drove expectations of extended supply deficits. Source: Trading Economics. Earlier post.). Lithium carbonate is forecast to trade near its high.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2021

General Motors and MP Materials ( earlier post ) have formed a strategic collaboration to develop a fully integrated US supply chain for rare earth magnets. This strategic collaboration seeks to accelerate the restoration of the US rare earth supply chain at commercial scale with high resiliency and environmental sustainability.

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 9, 2022

jointly announced that from 2024 through 2030, Honda will purchase 123 GWh of batteries for pure electric vehicles in China from CATL. Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited (“CATL”) and Honda Motor (China) Investment Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2019

British luxury yacht manufacturer Sunseeker International and Rolls-Royce will present the first yacht fitted with an MTU series-production hybrid propulsion system in 2020. Sunseeker and MTU are presenting the new hybrid propulsion system at Boot Düsseldorf until 27 January.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2020

Current analysis by Strategy Analytics (SA) indicates that the severity of the COVID-19-induced 2020 Recession as measured by change in Real GDP will be unprecedented looking back to the Great Depression. For 2020, the Deep U scenario drops real GDP in the US by -11.1% while the more severe DeepXL U drops real GDP by -14.2%.

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Green Car Congress

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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Teslarati

JUNE 28, 2021

Tesla battery partner Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) announced on Monday that it had extended its battery supply deal with American electric car maker Tesla. As per CATL, it would now be supplying lithium-ion batteries to Tesla from January 2022 to December 2025. . Do you have anything to share with the Teslarati Team?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The two companies have signed a 5-year (2020 - 2024) supply contract for the lithium needed as a key raw material for battery cells. Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. Supply contracts will ensure the company’s security of supply up to 2025 and beyond.

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EV Specifications

DECEMBER 13, 2022

CATL and Honda announced that from 2024 through 2030, Honda will purchase 123 GWh of batteries for pure electric vehicles in China from CATL.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 3, 2023

Tesla and Piedmont Lithium amended their supply deal for spodumene concentrate (SC6) through the end of 2025. Tesla and Piedmont mutually agreed to amend the agreement, which was first signed in 2020, with new terms that are binding for three more years. .” Disclosure: Joey Klender is a TSLA Shareholder.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2023

Piedmont Lithium ( earlier post ) has amended its earlier agreement with Tesla to supply the US automaker with spodumene concentrate (SC6) from North American Lithium (NAL). In 2020, Piedmont had entered into a binding agreement with Tesla for the supply of SC6 from Piedmont’s planned wholly-owned Gaston County, North Carolina operation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

As part of its effort to erect a double-digit number of wind turbines by the middle of the decade, Mercedes-Benz is also planning a long-term power purchase agreement with a partner, equivalent to a triple-digit million euros amount. The large-scale installation of photovoltaic systems on the test site is also under examination.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Built on the IBM Blockchain Platform and assured by RCS Global Group, the RSBN is on track to become commercially operational by spring 2020. Simultaneously, FCA will work with RSBN to launch a global audit and trace of cobalt in its supply chain. —Carl Smiley, Chief Purchasing and Supply Chain Officer, FCA.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Renewable diesel net supply to California’s fuel market has increased since the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program went into effect in 2011, reaching 100 million gallons during the second quarter of 2018, or 10.1% of the total diesel supplied to California that quarter, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2018

This placed strain on the battery supply chain which is likely to continue, with Roskill estimating that Chinese PEV sales could reach around one million units in 2021. The build-out of new and expanded capacity is expected to continue the oversupply of mined products, and extend to refined products towards 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2023

Stellantis also intends to increase its strategic shareholding through future purchases of Archer stock in the open market. Stellantis has been a strategic partner to Archer since 2020 through various collaboration initiatives, and as an investor since 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2023

The agreement focuses on the two companies working on common sustainability projects, including the use of ArcelorMittal’s XCarb reduced and low-carbon products, as well as identifying ways to strengthen the circular economy both within and beyond the manufacturing and purchase of steel products.

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Teslarati

APRIL 12, 2022

General Motors has inked a new cobalt supply deal with Glencore PLC, a mining company that has dealt with EV leader Tesla in the past, as electric vehicle material availability becomes more unpredictable. Companies like Tesla, Rivian, and Ford have outlined their strategies for avoiding major bottlenecks in their EV supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2016

The City of Montreal, Canada has signed a two-year framework agreement with Cité Nissan Gabriel SEC to supply LEAF EVs for the municipal fleet. The purchase of electric vehicles is a step towards achieving our goal of 30% reduction by 2020 of greenhouse gas emissions, compared to 1990. Denis Coderre, Mayor of Montreal.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Ballard Power Systems announced receipt of a purchase order from Weichai Ballard Hy-Energy Technologies Co., million, to be delivered in 2020 under a long-term MEA supply agreement. Weichai-Ballard JV) for Membrane Electrode Assemblies (MEAs) valued at $19.2 Weichai Power Co., —Randy MacEwen, Ballard President and CEO.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2020

JetBlue will offset carbon dioxide emissions from jet fuel for all domestic JetBlue flights beginning in July 2020, making it the first major US airline to take this measurable step toward reducing its contribution to global warming. All of JetBlue’s purchased carbon offsets are audited, verified and retired on the airline’s behalf.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2021

U-Haul—the largest US retailer of propane—has purchased one million gallons of renewable propane to sell at its company-owned and -operated stores across California for the second year in row. to continue supplying the fuel at more than 60 propane-dispensing stores in the state. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2021

Ballard Power Systems received follow-on purchase orders from Wrightbus, a leading bus OEM and Ballard partner headquartered in Northern Ireland, for a total of 50 fuel cell modules to power Fuel Cell Electric Buses (FCEBs) planned for deployment in a number of UK cities, including Birmingham, Aberdeen, London and Belfast.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2019

The articulated Urbino 18 electrics will be delivered to the capital of Poland in 2020. Our project to purchase 130 electric articulated buses, supported by European funds, is one of the largest e-mobility investments in Europe. The order for 130 articulated electric buses is the biggest tender of its kind in Europe yet.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

GM is aggressively scaling battery cell and EV production in North America to reach our target of more than 1 million units of annual capacity by 2025, and we plan to eliminate tailpipe emissions from all our new light-duty vehicles by 2035—so we are building a supply chain and recycling strategy that can grow with us.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Qantas announced that its Los-Angeles-based aircraft will be powered by biofuel from 2020. Over the next ten years, the airline will purchase eight million gallons (30 million liters) of renewable jet fuel each year from US-based bio-energy company, SG Preston. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2020

XL Fleet, a leading provider of vehicle electrification solutions for commercial and municipal fleets, has entered into a partnership with a commercial EVSE (electric vehicle supply equipment) supplier to begin the launch of its XL Grid division. —Tod Hynes, Founder and Chief Strategy Officer of XL Fleet.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Since Danfoss has signed Power Purchase Agreements for its sites in Denmark, a substantial part of the power will be sustainable. According to the International Energy Agency, heavy trucks accounted for 1,776 Mt CO 2 in 2020. Danfoss technology in the trucks.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Americans experienced the most power interruptions on record in 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration; with F-150 Lightning, homeowners can use their truck to maintain their routines during brief or extended outages. Buyers of the extended-range F-150 Lightning automatically receive the Ford Charge Station Pro.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2022

The purchase orders have a combined value of almost US$60 million. Starting with these hydrogen station projects, the Nikkiso Group aims to further expand its hydrogen-related business by strengthening its participation in the hydrogen supply chain and expanding into the global market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

The path to transparent and sustainable supply chains leads directly to the mine. —explains the Volkswagen Group’s Board Member for Purchasing, Murat Aksel. By joining, the Volkswagen Group commits itself to gradually applying the IRMA standards in its battery supply chains.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

JetBlue announced a ten-year renewable jet fuel purchase agreement with SG Preston , a bioenergy company. The airline will purchase renewable jet fuel made from rapidly renewable, bio-based feedstocks that do not compete with food production. The fuel will consist of 30% renewable jet fuel blended with 70% traditional Jet-A fuel.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

Recently the BMW Group signed a cobalt supply contract with Moroccan mining company Managem Group ; the contract has a volume of around €100 million, said Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. billion, contract period: 2020 to 2031) and Samsung SDI (order volume: €2.9

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