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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Polestar, the Swedish electric performance car company, announced that all 500 build slots were reserved online within a week of the production announcement for the Polestar 6 LA Concept edition. This begins with the world debut of the company’s first electric performance SUV—Polestar 3—in October 2022.

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APRIL 22, 2023

GMC released new specifications for the 2023 HUMMER EV Pickup and the 2024 GMC HUMMER EV SUV, including the 3X trim for both models of the supertruck. The 2023 GMC HUMMER EV Pickup brings with it the continuation of the all-inclusive Edition 1 trim and the debut of the 3X trim, which will offer customers more choice to customize their truck.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is exclusively producing the all-electric EQS SUV at its North American passenger vehicle plant. These vehicles rolling off the line is a key step in Mercedes-Benz Cars’ global initiative to produce eight all-electric vehicles at seven sites on three continents this year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In 2022, Mercedes-Benz’ global portfolio will include eight all-electric Mercedes-EQ models. The global Mercedes-Benz production network is ready for the company’s electric product offensive and is integrating its Mercedes-EQ models into series production in its existing plants. kWh/100 km) started in Vitoria, northern Spain.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2023

The Volkswagen Group and its battery company PowerCo have selected St. It will equip the Group brand’s BEVs in the region with advanced battery cells, and is part of a larger plan that Volkswagen and PowerCo agreed upon with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government in August last year. More details on gigafactory St.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. The XC40 Recharge P8 is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2022

VinFast’s factory will create a major manufacturing center in Chatham County’s Triangle Innovation Point megasite, covering an area of 800-hectares, with 3 main areas: electric car and bus production and assembly, EV battery production and ancillary industries for suppliers.

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Baua Electric

JULY 26, 2024

A new Toyota battery plant is reportedly in the works The Japanese plant would make batteries for Lexus EVs Automakers are pulling back on EV production and targets Toyota plans to build a Japanese EV battery plant for its Lexus luxury brand, the Nikkei business daily reported Friday. production in 2025 and 2026.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Volvo Cars will introduce the fully electric XC40 SUV to the public on 16 October. Regardless of what drives a car forward, be it an electric machine or combustion engine, a Volvo must be safe. Regardless of what drives a car forward, be it an electric machine or combustion engine, a Volvo must be safe.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Mercedes-Benz’ EQS—the all-electric member in the new S-Class range—will arrive on the market next year. The EQS is the first to use the new electric architecture for electric vehicles of the luxury and executive segment at Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes-Benz will introduce the all-electric architecture in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2022

Volkswagen of America (VWoA) opened its Battery Engineering Lab (BEL) in Chattanooga, to test and optimize batteries for all electric vehicles in the American marketplace. 4 compact SUV, is poised to roll off the assembly line in 2022. The first American-assembled Volkswagen EV, the ID.4

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Green Car Congress

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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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

After a slow start, Toyota is looking to shake things up with its next round of electric cars. Toyota’s second best-selling SUV in the US, the Toyota Highlander, is going fully electric. The Japanese automaker has been notoriously slow in transitioning to fully electric vehicles. of Toyota’s total sales.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

South Korean automaker Kia has started production on its all-electric EV5 SUV for export in China, with the first markets targeted being Thailand and Australia, with Australia’s price expected to undercut Tesla’s Model Y. Kia’s top seller in Australia is the Sportage hybrid SUV with around 15,000 sales.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2020

BorgWarner is building an Integrated Drive Module (iDM) for Ford’s new all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUV. The iDM is being supplied to power the Mustang Mach-E's rear-wheel drive and all-wheel-drive configurations.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Ford Motor Company announced that its Kansas City Assembly Plant will build the all-new E-Transit van, part of a more than $3.2 billion investment in Ford’s North American manufacturing facilities to produce a series of new electric vehicles for commercial and retail customers. arrives in mid-2022. billion (US $1.35

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

But the Chinese-made electric SUV is seeing a major price hike due to new U.S. The announced price is effectively double what was originally announced —an indication Lotus is willing to swallow little if any of the additional 100% tariff on Chinese-made EVs in the interest of brand-building or building out U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

a company jointly founded by Audi and its partner FAW, is is set to begin construction on a new plant in China for fully electric Audi models using the Premium Platform Electric (PPE). On an area of approximately 150 hectares, a highly modern plant for fully electric Audi models will be constructed by the end of 2024.

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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. million will be invested at Orion Assembly.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Three months after opening up sales of its ES8 SUV in Europe, NIO has begun customer deliveries. The refreshed all-electric SUV, renamed the EL8 for the European market, is the sixth NIO model to enter Europe, and the Chinese automaker is showing no signs of slowing down, even as the EU Commission imposed tariffs on imports.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2022

Envision AESC, a leading Japanese electric vehicle battery technology company, will invest $2 billion to build a new gigafactory in the Kentucky Transpark in Bowling Green, Warren County. 1 producer of cars, light trucks and SUVs per capita and the center of Auto Alley in the US.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2018

Mercedes-Benz is in the process of building out hubs for the production of electric vehicles and batteries around the globe. Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain said that Mercedes-Benz will build its electric vehicles in six plants on three continents.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

China-based smart electric vehicle company NIO unveiled details of its products and services for Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden at a European launch event in Berlin. The company also said that it plans to build 20 Power Swap Stations (PSS) in Europe this year. In 2023, this number is expected to reach 120.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2023

The 2024 GMC HUMMER EV 3X Pickup is configured for on-road driving dynamics, while the available Extreme Off-Road Package builds upon the truck’s off-road capability.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2019

will be the company’s North American base for manufacturing electric vehicles based on the modular electric toolkit MEB. Volkswagen is establishing a worldwide production network for electric cars and intends to have eight MEB plants on three continents by 2022. Volkswagen AG announced that Chattanooga, Tenn.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2021

Following the EQA 250 (combined electrical consumption: 15.7 kWh/100 km) it is the second fully electric compact car from Mercedes-EQ. The EQB range will include several models with front-wheel and all-wheel drive, various power ratings—some of which will exceed 200 kW—plus batteries with usable capacities starting from 66.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

To accelerate the widespread adoption of EVs, increase access to charging and help enable long-distance electric travel of people and vehicles across the US, GM and Pilot Company (Pilot and Flying J) are collaborating on a national DC fast charging network that will be installed, operated and maintained by EVgo through its eXtend offering.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2021

General Motors has begun deliveries of its first next-generation electric vehicles, the GMC HUMMER EV Edition 1 Pickup and BrightDrop EV600 light commercial vehicle, both built on the Ultium Platform. The Ultium Platform also helps GM innovate in core areas such as the interdependent body frame and battery structure of its all-new EVs.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

Japanese automaker Honda has been, shall we say, laying very low when it comes to developing a decent electric vehicle, although we can expect its second EV attempt in the US, the Prologue, soon. If all goes according to plan, Honda will produce in-house batteries at the plant, which would be the company’s second EV plant in North America.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

The heart of GM’s strategy is a modular propulsion system and a highly flexible, third-generation global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries. GM’s all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium. This allows engineers to optimize battery energy storage and layout for each vehicle design.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2020

family and numerous other Group brand models based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB). Volkswagen Group Components contributes around 40% of the overall added value of the first fully electric SUV by the Volkswagen brand, the world e-car ID.4. Kassel: Lead plant for electric drives. and Kassel.

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EV Central

APRIL 15, 2024

Alfa Romeo has unwrapped its all-new Milano, its first all-electric car and third SUV. Created to replace both the old MiTo and Giulietta hatch, it will sit beneath the current Tonale SUV. Both Milano EVs are front-wheel drive and come powered by a 54kWh battery that is compatible with DC charging up to 100kW.

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Green Car Congress

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

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

At SEMA, Ford and Webasto revealed Mustang Lithium, an ultra-high-performance battery electric Mustang fastback prototype. Under the hood are a Phi-Power dual-core electric motor and dual power inverters—all powered by an 800-volt Webasto battery system with EVDrive Technology that can discharge a megawatt of electrical energy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Borgward Group AG, the reincarnation of the German automaker that ceased operations in 1961 ( earlier post ), will be returning to Bremen and building a production facility there. The company also plans to manufacture electric and plug-in-hybrid versions of the BX5 series and other models. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Borgward BX7.

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APRIL 6, 2023

Li Auto will let two technology lines develop in parallel, including optimizing the range extender for greater efficiency and making pure electric vehicle technology better, its CEO said last month. Infrastructure is critical for future all-electric models, and users will need a charging experience close to that of a fuel car.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Volkswagen Group China is beginning construction in Anting of the Group’s first factory specifically designed for the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB) platform. The first model that will be produced in the factory of SAIC Volkswagen will be an electric Volkswagen brand SUV in 2020.

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