Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2021

ÖBB Postbus in Austria has ordered five hydrogen buses from Solaris. The hydrogen-fueled vehicles will be deployed in the picturesque city of Villach in south-east Austria. The participants include the largest carriers in Austria, city authorities and energy firms. ÖBB Postbus is the biggest bus operator in Austria.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 19, 2023

Electric truck startup Volta Trucks has started series production of the 16-tonne all-electric Volta Zero at Steyr Automotive, the company’s partner in contract manufacturing, in Steyr, Austria.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2016

Enel, as coordinator, and Austria’s main utility Verbund are collaborating on a fast-recharging network project in Italy and Austria, alongside some of the world’s largest EV carmakers including Renault, Nissan, BMW and Volkswagen Group Italia (represented by Volkswagen and Audi). A grant agreement worth a maximum of €4.2

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

Jaguar unveiled its first all-electric production vehicle, the I-PACE. Two Jaguar-designed electric motors—which feature driveshafts passing through the motors themselves for compactness—are placed at each axle, producing combined performance of 400 PS and 696 N·m, and all-wheel-drive, all-surface traction.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2022

From 2025 onwards, the next generation of BMW e-drives will be manufactured in its engine plant in Steyr, Austria—with both production and development on site—with eventual annual production capacity of more than 600,000 units. The BMW Group’s largest engine plant: Steyr plant in Upper Austria.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Austria-based oil and gas company OMV opened the first public hydrogen filling station in Vienna, Austria. OMV has been researching the alternative drive concept for vehicles with hydrogen and fuel cells for several years. Compared with conventional filling stations, this would mean a reduction in energy costs of around 50%.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Fisker is ramping up production capacity of the Fisker Ocean all-electric SUV in September, as well as expanding retail, delivery, and service operations across multiple markets in North America and Europe. More than 1,500 additional vehicles are arriving by ship in the US, beginning this weekend.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2023

Magna announced the start of production of a first-to-market, modular eDecoupling unit to support multiple battery electric vehicle (BEV) programs for a German premium OEM. It contributes to increased electric driving range of up to nine percent, a significant benefit for all EVs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2021

million medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles on the EU’s roads, the average age of which is 13 years. Almost 98% of all these trucks run on diesel, according to the 2021 Vehicles in Use report. The newest trucks can be found in Austria (6.4 With 6 million vehicles, France has by far the largest van fleet.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2023

Porsche and the Frauscher Shipyard in Austria are developing an electric yacht—the Frauscher x Porsche 850 Fantom Air—that is intended to set standards on the water with its typical Porsche E-Performance. Frauscher also currently offers a range of electric boats in addition to its conventionally powered offerings.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2021

Denmark leads the way when it comes to putting zero-emission urban buses on the streets in Europe, with 78% of new vehicles being electric, according to the latest data from green NGO Transport & Environment. In 2019, less than 10% of their newly-registered urban buses were electric or hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2020

International logistics service provider DB Schenker will bring a total of 36 additional FUSO eCanter vehicles into operation in eleven European countries. Europe’s leading land transport provider is thus strengthening its sustainability strategy and further expanding the use of electric vehicles in its mixed fleets.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2022

AUDI AG and the Austria-based green tech company Krajete GmbH are jointly developing new technologies for filtering emissions from ambient air. In addition to robust adsorber materials, these direct air capturing technologies (DAC) are based, above all, on innovative processes. This increases efficiency and reduces costs.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The Wiener Linien transport company in Vienna, Austria has ordered 60 Mercedes-Benz eCitaro vehicles. By the end of 2025, Wiener Linien will convert nine of its more than 100 routes to operation with the all-electric eCitaro. Wiener Linien obtains 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2021

The BMW Group has created a closed-loop material cycle for tungsten used in drill and milling bits for industrial machinery used in producing cars; the company is collecting old drill and milling bits at its plants in Germany and Austria for recycling. This applies not only to their use in the vehicle, but also in value creation overall.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

QUANTRON has unveiled its new 12m electric bus called CIZARIS. The new bus model in the Augsburg-based company’s bus portfolio will be launched as an all-electric version (CIZARIS 12 EV), followed in 2023 by a fuel cell drive (CIZARIS 12 H) that uses a largely identical powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2018

A new European Joint Research Center (JRC) analysis on the deployment of electric vehicles (EV) in Europe concludes that although the sector evolved significantly between 2010 and 2017, progress is still small to be characterized as full-scale commercialization. In 2010, electric vehicles still represented a niche market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2022

This includes the completion of a fleet of Design Verification prototypes for engineering development and testing, as well as a fleet of Product Verification vehicles that will be evaluated by customers in London and Paris in mid-2022. The 16-tonne vehicle is the first of the four variants which range between 7.5- and 18-tonnes.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 With the pandemic spreading across the globe, strict lockdowns in key markets, combined with consumer panic and economic uncertainty, have all contributed to the huge decrease in sales last month. China, Europe, and the US all posted double-digit declines in March. million units. million units.

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Teslarati

APRIL 11, 2024

Tesla has launched a new variant of the its best-selling vehicle, the Model Y, to select European countries. The new Model Y variant currently stands as the second most-affordable and longest range variant of the all-electric crossover. As per the EV maker, the vehicle comes with a WLTP range of 600 km (372 miles).

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 2, 2022

The all-new Jeep Avenger, the brand’s first-ever battery electric vehicle, is now available to order in several European countries in fully loaded 1st Edition trim level. The price for this model is €39,500, […] The post Jeep Avenger 1st Edition now available to order in Europe appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2021

Along with the previously signed agreements on electric vehicle (EV) platform sharing and ADAS package, this finalizes the framework established between the two companies beginning in October 2020. million vehicles for several global automakers. million vehicles for several global automakers.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

A recent report out of Austria states that local contract manufacturer Magna Steyr has been chosen by Volkswagen’s new all-electric truck brand Scout, to develop the latter’s first wave of vehicles. The order is reportedly worth nearly $500 million – potentially Magna Steyr’s biggest development contract ever.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider Volta Trucks announced the successful and oversubscribed conclusion of its Series C funding round with a €230-million (US$260-million) capital raise. It will also fund the continued development of the recently confirmed 7.5- billion.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2023

Mer Germany , part of the Mer Group, a leading EV charging operator in Norway, Sweden, UK, Germany and Austria, is focused on sustainable electric mobility and the initiator of the collaboration. Demonstrating Plug&Charge to ICNC23 attendees shows that the vision of seamless charging for all EV drivers is now a reality.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2020

“&Charge” offers a digital platform through which users can obtain credit for their online purchases for electric mobility. For all purchases, bookings and other transactions that are processed via the online platform, users receive “kilometers”. Other countries are to follow shortly.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2017

A partnership project between the eleven leading Austrian energy suppliers and Berlin-based Hubject GmbH ( earlier post ), which is supported by the Austrian climate and energy fund, will create a comprehensively accessible network of charging stations for drivers of electric vehicles across Austria, starting in April 2017.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2023

million from Smart Energy Innovationsfonds, the corporate venture capital arm of Energie 360°, a Swiss energy provider which invests in sustainable companies across the energy sector in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. —Gareth Burns, vice president bp ventures In May 2023, fully electric cars represented 17.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2020

BMW eDrive Zones trigger an automatic shift to all-electric operating mode as soon as the vehicle enters a designated area, such as a low emission zone. Every electrically driven kilometer counts, and within an eDrive Zone, twice as many points can be collected. Switching to the purely electric driving mode is automatic.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The plugin electric vehicle market has exploded in the past year (in a good way), thanks especially to the European Union requiring that automakers sell more efficient vehicles (EVs) or pay big fines.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2023

Further Porsche Charging Lounges are currently planned for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. All electric and plug-in hybrid models from Porsche can be supplied with electricity at chargers manufactured by South Tyrolean electronic specialist Alpitronic. The charging processes use power from certified renewable sources.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Over the last decade, the rise of the humble lithium ion battery has catapulted electric vehicles into the consciousness of the global automotive world. One area electric vehicles and combustion vehicles alike struggle with is cold weather.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

Just a few months after the launch, Porsche is expanding its charging service for plug-in and electric vehicles ( earlier post ) by five countries and additional functions. The Porsche Charging Service, the digital platform for all charging-related services, was launched in May 2018.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2015

Samsung SDI has officially commenced operations of Samsung SDI Battery Systems(SDIBS) in Graz, Austria. The global market for electric vehicles, including hybrid and plug-in hybrid models, is forecast to reach 7.7 million vehicles by 2020, compared with 2.1 million in 2014, according to research firms B3 and IHS.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2018

Magna intends to form two new joint ventures with Beijing Electric Vehicle Co. Ltd (BJEV)—a subsidiary of the BAIC Group for electric cars—for the engineering and complete vehicle manufacturing of electric vehicles. The plant has the capacity to build up to 180,000 vehicles per year.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Electric vehicle maker Fisker stated that it is ramping the production of its all-electric Ocean crossover SUV to 300 units per day. Just under 3,000 of these vehicles have been handed over to Fisker, and over 450 Oceans have either been delivered or are in the process of being delivered to customers in the United States.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Tesla is offering a free first Supercharging session to non-Tesla electric vehicles (EVs) over the next week, as announced by the company over the weekend. Tesla first launched a pilot program for other EV brands to use its Superchargers in 2021, starting with select locations in the Netherlands.

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