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JUNE 15, 2013

Germany has embarked on a large-scale Energiewende (energy transition)—a policy-driven shift away from nuclear and fossil energy to a renewable energy economy. This scenario would ensure that Germany meets its climate targets, Siemens said. Source: Siemens. Click to enlarge. Electricity prices in comparison. Euro cents/kWh.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2017

The first automobile was invented in Germany in 1885 by Karl Benz, but it was the U.S. that led the building of the global 20th-century automobile industry. Through the turn of the current century, the U.S. new-vehicle market was the world's largest, and General Motors was for decades the world's largest car company.

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OCTOBER 18, 2019

Limited (CATL) has begun construction of its first lithium-ion battery factory in Thuringia, a state in east-central Germany. CATL has developed partnerships with a number of European companies in the automobile industry including BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler, Volvo, and Bosch.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Sales in Germany and other European countries begin in fall 2020 at a base price of €30,705.88. The Audi A3 Sportback 30 g-tron is also a leader when it comes to economy, in part because of the favorable tax rate on natural gas and biomethane in Germany until 2026. There are currently some 850 CNG gas stations in Germany.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

A new study by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has found that there are currently 6.2 million trucks, Poland has the largest truck fleet, followed closely by Germany (1,010,742) and Italy (946,393). million medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles on the EU’s roads, the average age of which is 13 years.

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MARCH 15, 2012

compared to February 2011, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’s Association. In February, demand for new cars dropped in all major markets, except Germany where registrations remained stable (-0.0%). In February, new car registrations totalled 888,878 units in the EU, down by.

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OCTOBER 19, 2020

In September 2020, the EU passenger car market registered the first increase of the year, according to figures from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). Losses were seen in Spain (-13.5%) and France (-3.0%), while Italy (+9.5%) and Germany (+8.4%) showed solid gains. Registrations grew by 3.1%

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JUNE 17, 2015

The German Press Agency dpa reported that Volkswagen plans to build 12,000 charging points for electric vehicles in the next few years at its company parking lots in Germany—10% of the company’s 120,000 parking spaces for employees.

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JUNE 4, 2013

ZOE goes on sale in Germany on Saturday. According to figures tracked by the site Automobile-Propre, the Nissan LEAF follows ZOE as a distant second in the French market, with a cumulative 318 units sold through the end of April. ( With 1,730 registrations at end-May, Renault’s Kangoo Z.E. accounted for 83.6% A hat-tip to David!

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FEBRUARY 22, 2019

In Germany, testing by ADAC (Allgemeine Deutsche Automobil-Club eV) has found that all the Euro 6c and 6d-Temp vehicles that have been measured on the road to date meet much stricter requirements nitrogen oxides (NO x ) than required by the EU.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2022

In China, Nidec-made e-axles go into EVs produced by Guangzhou Automobile Group and into high-end Zeekr EVs made by Geely Automobile. Nidec also jointly runs a plant with the Guangzhou Automobile Group. Outside Japan, Robert Bosch of Germany and Magna International of Canada are stepping up their e-axle businesses.

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MARCH 1, 2016

Daimler is investing €500 million (US$544 million) to build a second battery factory in Germany to produce lithium-ion batteries for Mercedes-Benz and smart hybrid and electric vehicles. We are now devoting another 500 million Euros to build a second battery factory in Germany. The topping-out ceremony will then follow in spring 2017.

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JULY 7, 2020

Volkswagen has begun conversion of its Emden, Germany plant to support the production of Evs; the first electric cars are to roll off the production line there from 2022. We are converting a major automobile plant during production. All in all, the company will invest about €1 billion in the transformation of the factory.

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MAY 16, 2018

In Germany, all Mercedes-Benz plants will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy. From 2022, the production of our Mercedes-Benz plants in Germany will operate CO 2 -neutral. The “Factory 56” is currently built in the Sindelfingen plant (Germany). Already today all Mercedes-Benz plants in Germany are certified to ISO 50001.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

As of now, all rail transport for Audi AG in Germany is CO 2 -free. Audi says it is the first company in Germany to organize its logistics operations by rail to be completely CO 2 -neutral. Until now, almost 1,600,000 automobiles have been transported and 63,000 tons of CO 2 emissions have been avoided.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Japanese technology company Asahi Kasei will showcase diversified material solutions for safe and compact EV batteries, improved connectivity and lightweighting, as well as circular economy at Fakuma , the world’s leading trade event for industrial plastics processing, from 17 - 21 October 2023 in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

during the same period last year, according to data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). Both Germany and France recorded percentage increases of more than 400% each. In the third quarter of 2020, 9.9% of passenger cars sold in the EU were electrically-chargeable vehicles, compared to 3.0%

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APRIL 1, 2014

The electric version of the urban two-seater micro car was the market leader amongst all newly registered electric cars in Germany in 2013 with a market share of about 30%. Deutsche ACCUmotive had approximately 230 employees as of 31 December 2013.

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MAY 4, 2020

New data shows that motor vehicles generate more than €440 billion in taxation per year for national governments in the major EU markets plus the UK, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reports. This just goes to show the sheer scale of the importance of the automobile industry to Europe. United Kingdom ?

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APRIL 26, 2020

across the EU, as measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 lead to the closure of dealerships, according to the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). The four major markets, Spain (-31.7%), France (-26.9%), Italy (-26.6%) and Germany (-14.4%), all faced double-digit losses so far this year. less than last year.

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JANUARY 29, 2013

In December, new commercial vehicle registrations continued the downward trend which prevailed throughout 2012, amounting to 125,825 units, according to the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). in Germany and -34.2% in Germany and -32.7% in Germany, -7.9% in Germany and -39.6% in Italy, -21.3%

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JULY 22, 2019

BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) has become the first automobile manufacturer to enable full 5G wireless coverage at all its plants. With this development, BBA becomes the first automobile manufacturer to use 5G technology in automotive development and production. Full 5G coverage, transfer rate of 1 Gbps.

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JULY 5, 2023

Volkswagen began production in Brazil 70 years ago in São Paulo; the Brazil plant was also the first Volkswagen plant outside Germany. Twelve employees were assembling parts imported from Germany there at the beginning.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

In addition to its two automobile production locations, BBA already runs an engine plant, which includes a battery factory for electrified BMW brand vehicles produced locally in Shenyang. This is the first battery factory operated by a premium automobile manufacturer in China. million vehicles per year.

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AUGUST 16, 2017

BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) to be the first automaker to join them in developing a world-leading, state-of-the-art autonomous driving platform for global deployment. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) has published an interactive map that illustrates the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and GDP per capita for each of the 27 EU member states and the United Kingdom. Germany – 3.0% (GDP of €41,510). Across the EU, 3.0%

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AUGUST 30, 2018

A team from Daimler, ZBT GmbH and Forschungszentrum Jülich has now systematically analyzed the influence of NO, NO 2 , NH 3 and SO 2 on automobile fuel cells under realistic conditions. For the study, they used two different types of fuel cells—high and a low platinum loading—in automobile short stacks with ten cells each.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

The research project aims to generate new insights into the technological and physical hurdles of high-power wireless charging for automobiles. Using Volkswagen’s expertise in vehicle integration, the teams also have been able to build from a charging power level of 6.6

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

share during the same period last year, according to figures from ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). Among the four major markets, France and Germany posted positive results (+51.1% In the second quarter of 2020, the market share of electrically-chargeable vehicles increased to 7.2% Source: ACEA. less than in 2019.

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JUNE 7, 2019

Better and more cost-efficient production methods for energy storage are increasingly in demand, especially in Germany: All major automobile manufacturers have launched ambitious electric vehicle programs that will ensure a sharp rise in demand for batteries. © Fraunhofer IWS. The Fraunhofer engineers want to change this.

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AUGUST 17, 2023

Rheinmetall has won a automobile industry order for structural parts worth a figure in the low three-digit million euro range. KS HUAYU AluTech GmbH will carry out the project in Neckarsulm, Germany. Cast in a complex process, the parts will be used in a fully electric vehicle made by a well-known premium automaker.

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AUGUST 6, 2015

A consortium of 16 automobile manufacturers, automotive suppliers and public partners has launched the Ko-HAF (Kooperatives hochautomatisiertes Fahren, Cooperative Highly Automated Driving) project in Germany. Ko-HAF, which is targeting highly automated driving at higher speeds, has a total budget of €36.3

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AUGUST 16, 2014

(MRC) recently executed a share sales and purchase agreement by which it will acquire 51% of Wethje Holding GmbH , a German company engaged in manufacturing of carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) parts for automobile applications, from Wethje parent Cross Industries AG.

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JUNE 6, 2019

The M-Byte electric SUV ( earlier post ) is being designed for the future of autonomous driving in which the automobile will become a mobile digital lounge. BYTON’s new Nanjing plant is equipped with production equipment from leading global partners such as AIDA Engineering of Japan, and KUKA and DÜRR of Germany.

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JUNE 2, 2021

Stelco is pursuing initiatives with major automobile producers to recycle end-of-life automobiles to recover valuable materials for re-use or re-sale. Recycling the lithium-ion batteries contained in electric vehicle automobiles is a major aspect within this value chain, which will become even more important in the future.

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JULY 31, 2014

Approximately 410 Audi dealers in Europe—including 105 in Germany—are selling the A3 e-tron. TFSI gasoline engine and an electric motor, giving the compact automobile a system output of 150 kW (204 hp). Audi’s first plug-in hybrid, the A3 Sportback e-tron ( earlier post ), is now available to order for customers in Europe.

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MAY 3, 2013

FEV GmbH (Germany) and FEV, Inc. The mechanical and electronic functions of the automobile have become inseparable. the US operation of the FEV Group, headquartered in Aachen, Germany. of Auburn Hills, Mich. have completed the acquisition of DGE Inc. DGE), an electronics engineering firm located in Rochester Hills, Mich.

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