Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Start-up solid-state battery company Factorial Energy , Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are partnering to test Factorial’s novel solid-state battery technology and its integration in Hyundai electric vehicles.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 9, 2023

A rare price stampede is taking place in the Chinese auto market. Image from BMW China Weibo) As a large number of car companies in China are offering huge subsidies or price cuts, BMW is offering more than 100,000 yuan ($14,360) off its all-electric model, the i3, according to local media.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

The partnership comes as the European auto industry readies for a “battery passport” that will trace the content and carbon footprint of EV cells sold in Europe. ACC is a joint venture between Stellantis, TotalEnergies and Mercedes-Benz Group. billion) investment. The French plant should start mass production soon.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Launch customers Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, and Škoda are already developing components such as automotive hoods using the software. Competition in the auto industry is fierce, which drives the need for innovative software products like ours. The software is used in the development and production of new automotive parts.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2015

and the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One Team, have collaborated to enable the wireless download of racecar telemetry data via Wi-Fi using 5 GHz spectrum during Formula One practice sessions. Qualcomm Incorporated through its subsidiary, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., Data is now transferred via high-speed wireless in the pitlane.

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Teslarati

APRIL 4, 2023

Genesis has been on a mission to take on the world’s top luxury automotive brands since its inception, but it has never been closer to competing with the likes of BMW and Mercedes than now. Both options wouldn’t be labeled “performance-oriented” in the modern auto industry.

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CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 18, 2021

I just published a report highlighting the fact that Tesla’s US sales have been growing as the overall auto market has tanked, and I also published one looking at companies’ EV share of auto sales (Tesla being at 100%, of course). I nearly closed all my Google Sheets and left the topic of US EV […].

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

billion in grants have been given to battery and charging infrastructure companies to speed up deployment and the growth of the US electric drive industry. EEI is the association of US shareholder-owned electric companies. Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, $2.4

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2021

and its long-term Chinese partner BYD Auto Industry Co., In 2010, both companies signed the contract for the 50:50 research and technology joint venture BYD Daimler New Technology Co., In 2021, the company already offers four all-electric Mercedes-EQ models in China, three of which are locally produced.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2023

BYD, China’s largest electric automaker, isn’t as gung-ho about autonomous vehicles as many other auto industry giants. A company spokesperson recently said that BYD believes self-driving tech that is “fully separated from humans is very, very far away, and basically impossible.”&

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As the auto industry transitions to electric vehicles (EVs), many have aired concerns that there will not be enough charging stations. Tesla and other companies are rapidly deploying new charging stations across the country, and the company recently built its 50,000th Supercharger stall.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

Not so long ago, automakers boasted about horsepower and towing capabilities in their cars and pickups, but in the fast-changing world of technology that now dominates the auto industry, software-driven enhancements are prominent in consumers’ minds. The transition to software-dominated cars is challenging. software developer.

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Teslarati

MARCH 5, 2024

Tesla says an Australian automotive industry lobby group is attempting to delay climate action by making false claims about the government’s clean car policy. The FCAI has several members that have ambitious climate goals, including Ford, Volvo, Mercedes-Benz, and Jaguar Land Rover. Tesla called this “a nonsensical claim.”

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

However, that discount only applied to vehicle leases, limiting its impact and making options from competitors like Tesla and Mercedes all that more attractive. The aforementioned Air Pure base model remains the cheapest offering from the company, starting at $87,400, though it is not included in the current $7,500 discount.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

The partnership between the Renault-Nissan Alliance and Daimler AG accelerated and strengthened as it entered its sixth year in 2015, the companies’ leaders said today in a media update given during the Frankfurt International Motor Show. Dieter Zetsche, Chairman of the Board of Management of Daimler and Head of Mercedes-Benz Cars, agreed.

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CN EV Post

MARCH 9, 2023

This article contains 20 tables compiled by CnEVPost based on data from the CPCA, showing which models and car companies sold the most in China in February. The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced on March 9 the top selling models and car companies in China in February, presenting a panoramic view of the Chinese auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2009

KG, the automotive lithium-ion battery joint venture formed in 2008 by Daimler AG and Evonik Industries AG ( earlier post ), will begin construction of its production facility this autumn in Kamenz, Germany. Production is slated to begin in 2011, with the first application of Li-ion battery systems in Mercedes vehicles from 2012.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Tesla Head of Investor Relations Martin Viecha recently shared some important insights about the real “competition” that the company is facing. Instead, the company is looking to take market share from the general auto segment, which remains dominated by the internal combustion engine until today. .

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The technology, which should allow drivers to take their hands off the wheel similar to Mercedes-Benz’s Drive Pilot , is currently being developed with BMW. . Stellantis CEO: EV transition costs are “beyond the limits” the auto industry can sustain.

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Teslarati

MARCH 30, 2023

Besides the massive retooling effort that has taken the auto industry by storm over the past two years, the search for raw materials for EV batteries has become a growing priority for automakers. Ford has announced that it has partnered with two other entities to construct a nickel processing facility in Indonesia.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2013

billion fundraising , Tesla Motors has paid off the entire loan awarded to the company by the US Department of Energy in 2010. Following this payment, Tesla will be the only American car company to have fully repaid the government. Flush with its recent $1.02

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Teslarati

APRIL 14, 2021

According to sociologist Andreas Boes, director of the Munich Institute for Social Science Research (ISF), Tesla has practically become the “elephant in the room” during interviews with managers and experts from Germany’s auto industry. . They build their own chips and make their own software.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 12, 2023

This article shares the CPCA's rankings of the best-selling models and car companies in China for March. The China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced on April 11 the top selling models and car companies in China in March, presenting a panoramic view of the Chinese auto industry. 7 Li Auto 20,823 11,034 88.7%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2018

—Auto Alliance.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2012

In-wheel electric drive startup Protean Electric ( earlier post ) has formed relationships with several leading companies in the global auto industry to accelerate its in-wheel electric drive systems to market in high-volume production.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2021

Mercedes-Benz is getting ready to go all-electric by the end of the decade, where market conditions allow, shifting from electric-first to electric-only. By 2022, Mercedes-Benz will have battery electric vehicles (BEV) in all segments the company serves. — Ola Källenius, CEO of Daimler AG and Mercedes-Benz AG.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Pininfarina’s newest dealership is Salt Lake City Motorcars in Utah, the company’s 11th dealer in the U.S., But if you want one of Pininfarina’s exclusive electric hypercars, you might already be too late, as the company will only be making 150. following the establishment of a brand new network of dealers that began in 2021.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 18, 2022

The company has been talking with the state government of Nuevo Leon and Mexico’s foresight relations ministry over the past few weeks. In September, Canada’s Minister of Industry Francois-Philippe Champagne stated that Tesla did discuss the possibility of building a factory in Canada. Tesla Gigafactories in Asia.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The Auto Alliance represents 77% of all car and light truck sales in the United States, including the BMW Group, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Company, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz USA, Mitsubishi Motors, Porsche, Toyota, Volkswagen Group of America and Volvo Car USA. Background.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2015

The 10 companies—Audi, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Mazda, Mercedes Benz, Tesla, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo—will work with IIHS and NHTSA in the coming months on the details of implementing their historic commitment, including the timeline for making AEB a standard feature. —US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx.

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Green Cars News

JULY 6, 2009

Initial capacity of the plant is predicted to be up to 300,000 cells per year, all being targeted for Mercedes vehicles. It is hoped that the lithium-ion battery systems will start to appear in Mercedes vehicles beginning in 2012. The company is focused on system integration, development and production.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

The private equity round was led by GSR Ventures, a venture capital firm with more than $1 billion under management that invests primarily in early stage and growth stage technology companies with substantial operations in China. GSR Ventures has offices in Beijing and Silicon Valley. Reorganizing. Purcell, Jr., Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 1, 2021

One or two or sometimes more companies let their PR folks’ creative juices loose on a gag press release sent on April 1. The auto industry is not known as a second career for comedy writers. Mercedes showed off the interior of its sleek new EQS flagship electric sedan. Taking Volkswagen to Task for Its April Fools Prank.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

The Renault-Nissan Alliance knows how to work successfully in collaborative partnerships, and this experience is extremely valuable in today’s and even more tomorrow’s global auto industry. The companies have also agreed on a close cooperation in the light commercial vehicle segment. Collaboration on light commercial vehicles.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 4, 2022

More than a dozen major companies cancelled plans to attend and display due to the resurgence of COVID-19 variants. That also portends another substantially profitable quarter for the company. One vision of the near future from Mercedes. This was done in a year when almost all other automakers posted drops in sales.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2012

Eight major automotive manufacturers are working closely with the Department on this research through partnering agreements: Ford Motor Company, General Motors LLC., Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America, Inc., Earlier post.). Honda R&D Americas, Inc., Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center, Inc.,

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Qnovo

MARCH 2, 2021

At a market capitalization exceeding $700 billion, Tesla enjoys a unique financial position among all auto manufacturers to expand its investments in electric vehicles and infrastructure. We are in the midst of deep disruption to the auto industry. Some auto makers commissioned the hardware to their suppliers (e.g.,

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