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APRIL 30, 2020

The outbreak of COVID-19 has already impacted the automotive industry significantly, according to JATO Dynamics, a leading provider of global automotive data and insight. Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. China, Europe, and the US all posted double-digit declines in March.

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JULY 27, 2023

Global sales of Nissan Motor electric vehicles have surpassed the 1-million unit milestone. The model is currently sold in approximately 50 markets centering on Japan, the US and Europe. In 2022, Nissan started sales of the Nissan Ariya all-electric crossover. advanced driver support.

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JUNE 13, 2022

MAN Truck & Bus will in future be offering an eBus chassis for the global market. Analysts expect demand for electric buses to continue to rise in the coming years. By 2040, sales of zero-emission buses are expected to rise to more than 80% of the global market.

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MAY 21, 2022

Volkswagen is expanding its global production network for electric vehicles by now starting to make the all-electric ID.4 Emden is now the second site for electric vehicles in Germany following Zwickau and also joins the Chinese plants in Anting and Foshan. Following its market launch in early 2021, the ID.4

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2022

Last year, almost 40% of all new Porsche vehicles delivered in Europe were already at least partly electric—i.e. plug-in hybrids or fully electric models. But by 2030, the share of all new vehicles with an all-electric drive should be more than 80%, Blume said. 2021 Taycan range.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Amidst an industry-wide transition to electric vehicles (EVs), Japanese automaker Nissan is the latest to announce a total switch from internal combustion engine (ICE) automobiles, at least in one key market. By the end of the decade, Nissan will only sell EVs in Europe, a company executive said this week.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Volkswagen Group deliveries of all-electric vehicles were up 25% in the first nine months year-on-year. On a regional basis, Europe clearly remained in the lead with 211,900 vehicles (58% of Group total) in the first nine months. Second biggest BEV market for the Group was China with 112,700 deliveries (31% of Group total).

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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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JANUARY 13, 2022

In 2021, the Volkswagen brand delivered more electrified vehicles worldwide than ever before, handing over to customers more than 369,000 electric cars (+73% versus 2020), comprising approximately 106,000 PHEVs (+33%) and 263,000 all-electric vehicles (+97%). In Europe, these vehicles now account for 19.3%

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Ford in Europe announced next steps in the transformation of its business. The actions are intended to align Ford’s product development organization and administrative functions in Europe with a smaller, more focused, and increasingly electric product portfolio.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

The United States is the third-largest electric vehicle (EV) producer behind China and Europe; a new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) finds that the gap has widened. Cumulative electric vehicle sales and production from 2010 through 2020, in major regions (based on EV-Volumes, 2021).

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JULY 12, 2023

The global market for ammonia is poised to triple in the coming decades with nearly all of the growth coming from low-carbon ammonia, according to a new analysis by S&P Global Commodity Insights. The rapid growth in ammonia driven by low-carbon supplies will change the current market beyond recognition.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Starting 2021 on a strong note, Volvo Cars reported the best January in its history as Europe, China and the US all reported increasing sales. Global sales rose by 30.2% The volume of Recharge models more than doubled in January year-on-year, now accounting for 23% of all Volvo cars sold globally.

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JUNE 6, 2023

Volvo Cars reported global sales of 60,398 cars in May, up 31% compared with the same month last year. The company’s fully electric cars were the main contributor to the growth, rising 196% during the period to 10,826 units (). The share of fully electric cars stood at 18%. US sales grew by 14% in May to 10,723 cars.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2022

In 2021, 54% of battery capacity deployed onto roads globally in new plug-in electric vehicles was powered by “high nickel” cathode chemistries (i.e., In the Americas, more ethan 86% of all lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) units deployed onto roads in 2021 were in the form of lithium hydroxide.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Constellium SE will work with Renault Group to establish a closed-loop aluminum recycling process for the all-new Megane E-TECH Electric. The closed-loop recycling we had first established for the former vehicles manufactured in Douai are now further optimized for the production volumes of the all-new Megane E-TECH Electric.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Li-Cycle Holdings, the leading lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, and Vines Energy Solutions ( VinES ), a Vingroup company that specializes in the research, development and manufacturing of advanced batteries for mobility and energy storage applications, launched a global recycling partnership. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

Umicore last week inaugurated its carbon-neutral production facility for cathode active materials (CAM) for electric vehicles in Nysa, Poland. This makes Umicore the first company in Europe with a complete circular and sustainable battery materials value chain. —Mathias Miedreich, CEO of Umicore.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Hyundai Motor Company and Iveco Group have signed a supply agreement of an Iveco-badged all-electric light commercial vehicle for Europe, based on Hyundai’s Global eLCV platform.

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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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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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Teslarati

MAY 30, 2024

BYD and other Chinese automakers have studied the European auto market for years. Now, it’s time to put their knowledge to the test and go all-in on the European auto market. BYD’s strategy to take over Europe was recently revealed in a report by Reuters.

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JUNE 6, 2023

While the growing number of public charging points is excellent news for EV drivers, these alone do not meet the needs of electric fleets. Despite comprising just 4% of vehicles, buses and trucks contribute 40% of global transport emissions, making their rapid electrification a vital step in the decarbonization process.

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MARCH 9, 2022

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose by 6% in 2021 to 36.3 The rebound of global CO 2 emissions above pre-pandemic levels has largely been driven by China, where they increased by 750 million tonnes between 2019 and 2021. billion tonnes, accounting for 33% of the global total. billion tonnes. billion tonnes.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Location data and technology company HERE Technologies, in conjunction with SBD Automotive, a global automotive research firm, published an interactive index that shows the developing state of electric vehicle (EV) demand and infrastructure readiness across the United States and Europe.

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Electrek

MARCH 23, 2023

Volkswagen Group sub-brand Cupra has been market testing the possible entry into the US market, according to SEAT Cupra CEO Wayne Griffiths. more… The post VW’s Cupra mulls entering US market in quest to become a globally recognized EV brand appeared first on Electrek.

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JULY 8, 2022

With immediate effect, responsibility for global battery business is to be held by the newly created company “PowerCo”. Up to 2030, PowerCo is to invest more than €20 billion together with partners in the development of the business area, to generate annual sales in excess of €20 billion and to employ up to 20,000 people in Europe alone.

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MARCH 9, 2022

Mazda Motor Europe unveiled its new crossover SUV, the CX-60. liter in-line four-cylinder Skyactiv-G gasoline engine with a 100 kW electric motor and a 355V, 17.8 All three powerplants are mated to a new eight-speed automatic transmission and Mazda’s i-Activ All-Wheel Drive system. kWh battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2019

Registrations of pure electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid cars totalled 94,000 units in 18 European markets in May 2019, counting for 7.1% The majority of registrations came from hybrid vehicles, but the growth was driven by pure electric cars, where registrations jumped from 12,300 units in May 2018 to 22,300 (+81%) last month.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

As part of this effort, by the early 2030s every all-new Nissan vehicle offering in key markets—Japan, China, the US and Europe—will be electrified. The company introduced the world’s first mass-market electric car, the Nissan LEAF, and has sold more than 500,000 of the zero-emission vehicle to date.

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DECEMBER 5, 2022

Cepsa—the Spain-based multinational oil and gas company—will invest more than €3 billion to establish the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Valley, creating the largest green hydrogen hub in Europe in southern Spain. Andalusia has world-class port infrastructure, connected to the main ports of Europe and the world.

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JANUARY 11, 2021

Mercedes-Benz experienced a sharp increase in xEV deliveries in 2020, with more than 160,000 plug-in hybrids and all-electric vehicles sold worldwide (+228.8%), including about 87,000 units in the fourth quarter alone. We more than tripled sales of our plug-in hybrids and all-electric cars.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 25, 2024

Global semiconductor sales are expected to grow from USD 600 million this year to more than USD 1 trillion by 2030, and all capacity currently planned in China will be needed. “It’s not enough at all. Especially when you need to do the electric vehicle transition.” In the face of U.S.-led

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2019

BloombergNEF (BNEF) is out with an aggressive forecast that projects electric vehicles taking up 57% of the global passenger car sales by 2040—slightly higher than it forecast a year ago—and electric buses with 81% of municipal bus sales by the same date. —Colin McKerracher, head of advanced transport for BNEF.

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MAY 4, 2022

By the end of 2023, Bucher Municipal expects to deliver up to 80 fully electric sewer cleaner trucks to cities in Europe. The introduction of more zero emission zones in cities around the world is generating demand for fully electric trucks. Order system for electric trucks. —Volvo Trucks President Roger Alm.

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JULY 15, 2021

Renewables are expanding quickly but not enough to satisfy a strong rebound in global electricity demand this year, resulting in a sharp rise in the use of coal power that risks pushing carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity sector to record levels next year, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The E-Mobility Group of Daimler Trucks & Buses is launching a worldwide initiative to establish a charging infrastructure for battery-electric trucks. The focus of activities is currently on the United States and Europe. Japan is the next market to follow. Fast processes mean reduced costs for all involved.

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