Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2019

The main factors contributing to the increase of new passenger cars’ emissions in 2018 include the growing share of gasoline cars in new registrations, in particular in the sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment. Moreover, the market penetration of zero- and low-emission vehicles, including electric cars, remained slow in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2021

The final phase will complete commercial tests of the fuel, thereby enabling significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline and hybrid cars. There are also ambitious national targets in Sweden and Finland, for example, including separate emissions reduction mandates for the gasoline pool.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 9, 2021

For the first time in the history of the European automotive market, electric vehicles outsold conventional diesel engine vehicles, according to new data from the European Electric Car Report. Norway plans to completely phase out gas cars at some point in 2022, according to some projections.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2019

The analysis covered 23 markets in Europe and found a direct correlation between diesel car registrations and average CO2 emissions. The introduction of WLTP in September 2018 has been a challenge for the market, as a large number of available vehicles had not been homologated yet. g/km to 120.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

Mercedes-Benz will run the Mercedes-Benz EQC electric vehicle through hot weather trials in Spain. Particular attention is being given to aspects which are very demanding for electric cars—air conditioning and charging, as well as cooling the battery, drive system and control units in extreme heat.

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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

JUNE 27, 2020

EEA said that one reason for the increase in car emissions is the growing share of the sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment. The market penetration of electric cars remained slow in 2019. million new cars were registered in 2019 in the EU, Iceland, Norway and the UK. About 38% of new car registrations were SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2010

Electric car maker THINK has completed a US$40 million equity increase to support further product development and planned expansion into North American markets. All of THINK’s shareholders participated in the equity round. Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery). This is a seminal event for THINK.

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EV Info

MARCH 12, 2021

Notably, Tesla is the luxury car brand dominating Scandinavia (Denmark & Finland) as well as the small country of Luxembourg. 10 of the 15 luxury car brands included in the research failed to come out on top in any of the European countries huge names such as Jaguar, Land Rover & Ferrari.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2010

The contract is the first result of Eltek Valere’s growth initiative for electric vehicle technologies, and shows new areas of application for the company’s core competencies. Chargers for electric vehicles represent a new and exciting business area and we have high expectations. Eltek Valere’s Chief Marketing Officer Morten Schøyen.

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Think City Batteries Battery Finland 199

Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Most importantly at present, it is playing an important role in electrifying vehicles including cars, buses, trucks and ferries and in electric bikes , scooters and autonomous robots. They still cause an impact on climate by the manufacturing of the car and not least the battery. 40 kWh battery EV is equal to diesel car.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Polestar has released a performance-oriented software upgrade for the Polestar 2 Long-range Dual-motor in selected European markets. The software upgrade represents the first time Polestar has applied its tuning heritage to its own electric cars. Pricing is on average €1,000 with local variances in certain markets.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2010

THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle maker, has begun production of THINK City EVs equipped with 22 kWh Li-ion battery packs from Ener1 subsidiary EnerDel. The latest generation THINK City is a purpose-built, all-electric car designed for urban environments. The EnerDel THINK City pack. Click to enlarge.

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Think City Li-ion Production Austria 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2010

The THINK City is a purpose-built, all-electric car designed for urban environments. European production of the THINK City is already underway in Finland with manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive, which also assembles the Porsche Boxster and Cayman models for Porsche AG. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2010

THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle maker, is delivering its first EVs into South America as part of a new collaboration with Brazilian electricity supplier, CPFL Energia S.A. As of 31 December 2009, the company had installed generation capacity of 1,737 megawatts; and distributed electricity to approximately 6.6

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2020

Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), to call for the social and environmental impacts of the extraction of raw materials, which include human rights abuses, to be addressed urgently.

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Batteries Battery Zambia Production 545

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

DOE will require all bids for the Fisker loan to include a commitment and business plan that promotes domestic manufacturing capabilities and related engineering for advanced technology vehicles in the US. Tesla received a $465 million loan in 2010 for the design and production of a luxury electric car.

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