Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

The system will be an on-board power source with scalable power offerings and will complement the Rolls-Royce Electrical propulsion portfolio, enabling extended range on sustainable aviation fuels and later as it comes available through hydrogen combustion.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2018

diesel; the company’s partner Toolfuel distributes it in Germany. On top of that, Bosch aims to make synthetic and renewable fuels available for company cars and internal delivery vehicles at all its company filling stations across Germany. This is three times the amount of carbon dioxide Germany emitted in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Three battery packs provide an installed total capacity of more than 600 kWh. The batteries used in the eActros LongHaul employ lithium-iron phosphate cell technology (LFP). The batteries of the production eActros LongHaul can be charged from 20 to 80% in well under 30 minutes at a charging station with an output of about one megawatt.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2020

After about a year of intensive practical use by ten customers in Germany and Switzerland, eight of the purely battery-powered Mercedes-Benz eActros trucks are now successively going to new customers in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. Lithium-ion batteries with 240 kWh supply the energy for the eActros.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

The vehicles are part of a large-scale order for 56 units of the battery-powered city bus which is series-produced in Mannheim, Germany. The first fully-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro city buses were handed over on 18 November 2019 to ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (ESWE Verkehr) in Wiesbaden.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

BMW and Croatia’s Rimac have agreed to partner on high-voltage electric vehicle battery technology , they said on Tuesday, a European tie-up aimed at challenging Asian dominance in the field. The German carmaker hit an all-electric sales share of 15% last year and has said it expects that figure to reach 50% well before 2030.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2018

The successful development of markets and technologies depends on a core issue—energy—whether the work involves hybrids, vehicles with battery-powered electric motors or those using fuel cells as an energy source. Accordingly, the company has dual product development paths guiding its efforts.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

electric utility company, battery manufacturers Exide and beta-motion and inverter manufacturer SMA Solar Technology AG (SMA) have joined forces to build the first multi-technology, modular large-scale 5MW battery storage system. Beta-motion GmbH’s high-output lithium-ion batteries will be used for efficient load management.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2019

Audi has opened Germany’s largest multi-use battery energy storage unit on the EUREF Campus in Berlin. MWh and uses used lithium-ion batteries from development vehicles to test various interaction scenarios between electric cars and the power grid. The Audi storage unit has a capacity of 1.9

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2014

Saft has received an order from Stockholm ferry operator Ballerina for lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery systems that will power a new electric ferry boat for the city of Stockholm. Saft sees significant potential in this market” —Christer Steen, Saft Sales Manager for the Nordic countries and Germany.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2018

The Volkswagen Group is increasing its stake in solid-state energy company QuantumScape Corporation ( earlier post ) and forming a new joint venture with the intention of paving the way for the next level of battery power for long-range e-mobility. We want to accelerate the commercialization of QuantumScape’s solid-state batteries.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

VinFast, Vietnam’s first global manufacturer of battery-powered electric vehicles and E.ON Drive, the eMobility specialist of one of Europe’s leading utility companies, announced their cooperation to equip VinFast locations with a charging infrastructure in Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

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Electric Cars Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

VinFast, Vietnam’s first global manufacturer of battery-powered electric vehicles and E.ON Drive, the eMobility specialist of one of Europe’s leading utility companies, announced their cooperation to equip VinFast locations with a charging infrastructure in Germany, France, and the Netherlands.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The company is focused on both CO 2 -neutral technologies: battery power and hydrogen-based fuel-cells. Currently, the truck manufacturer is testing a new enhanced prototype of its Mercedes-Benz GenH2 Truck on public roads in Germany. bp aims to develop a leading market position producing and supplying low carbon hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2014

Johnson Controls is partnering with the University of Wisconsin-Madison to establish a new battery laboratory at the Wisconsin Energy Institute on the campus. The company’s donation to the facility includes advanced battery testing technology, which will allow students, faculty and engineers to study and to optimize energy storage systems.

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AUGUST 7, 2011

study found that German consumer purchase considerations for fully battery-operated electric vehicles (EVs) remain relatively low compared to other powertrain technologies and that most current EV offerings miss consumer’s EV purchase and ownership requirements. Germany and Electromobility. A Gartner, Inc. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2017

Germany-based Li-ion manufacturer AKASOL ( earlier post ) has signed a contract for the supply of Li-ion batteries to an unnamed international commercial vehicle manufacturer in Scandinavia for its entire electric bus fleet through 2023. The first series production buses fitted with AKASOL-battery systems are expected in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

These collaborative efforts are being supported by the Energy Research Program of the Bavarian State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy in Germany. Electric commercial vehicles that are powered solely by batteries are not suited for everyday operations, partly because of longer charging cycles and limited range.

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MAY 17, 2010

These actions are part of the government’s ongoing commitment to putting 1 million vehicles on Germany’s roads by 2020. FOCUS: Germany Launches Electric-Car Initiative. FOCUS: Germany Launches Electric-Car Initiative. By Christoph Rauwald, of Dow Jones Newswires. By Christoph Rauwald. Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2017

The success of the eBike was first demonstrated in 2012 in Hamburg, Germany, where UPS focused on developing a new and sustainable method of delivering goods to urban areas. Maximum energy efficiency is achieved when combining battery power and human power simultaneously.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

The UPS cargo eBike is equipped with a battery-powered electric motor that can travel longer distances than traditional bikes, carry substantial loads and navigate hills and other terrain. The modular, detachable boxes on the trailer can hold up to 400 lbs and have a 95 cubic foot capacity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2019

In contrast, most emissions from the battery-powered electric vehicle are generated in the productions phase. The battery production and the complex extraction of raw materials are responsible for this. model planned for 2020 by more than 25% per kilowatt hour (kWh) of battery capacity compared with the e-Golf.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2018

In 2007 smart launched a battery-powered vehicle as a pioneer in e-mobility and has been producing electric smarts in series since 2012. In Germany the smart brand is the market leader among all-electric vehicles in the first quarter of 2018. In the next few years, Mercedes-Benz Cars will invest €10 billion (US$11.8

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

The success of the eBike was first demonstrated in 2012 in Hamburg, Germany, where UPS focused on developing a new and sustainable method of delivering goods to urban areas. Maximum energy efficiency is achieved when combining battery power and human power simultaneously.

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2021

Two new studies from the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) and Transport & Environment (T&E) have suggested that advances in technology would enable battery-powered heavy trucks like the Tesla Semi to become cheaper to own and run compared to their petrol and diesel counterparts.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2022

Marelli presented the platform for the first time at the International VDI Congress “Dritev” (Drivetrain Transmission Electrification in Vehicles), held in Baden Baden, Germany, on 6-7 July. Finally, a smaller and more efficient inverter allows a reduction in battery size which delivers cost, weight and sustainability benefits.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

The four companies agreed to conduct technical feasibility studies regarding the integration of hybrid drives developed by MTU ( earlier post ), a Rolls-Royce brand, into Coradia Lint rail vehicles and their use on routes of Dieselnetz Saxony-Anhalt, a diesel-powered rail network in Germany.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Germany is Europe’s biggest auto market, and it’s been one of the main drivers of EV growth. Germany’s VDA, an interest group for the country’s automobile industry, says that battery-powered vehicles are likely to see a decline from 524,000 units last year – more than any other European market – to 451,000 units this year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2022

The proportion of purely battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrid vehicles nearly doubled to 7.5% Volkswagen recorded a significant increase in deliveries of electric vehicles particularly in the United States, China and Germany. of total deliveries (2020: 4%). In Europe, these vehicles now account for 19.3%

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

In Germany the electric smart quickly became the number one battery-powered electric vehicle, securing a market share of around 40%. The 17,6 kWh lithium-ion battery pack supports a range of 145 kilometers (90 miles). Roughly 93% of customers would recommend the smart electric drive, according to the brand.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The Mercedes-Benz powertrain plants in Germany are starting production of key components for the battery-powered eActros heavy-duty truck. These include the electric axle and the battery packs, which are produced and assembled at the plants in Gaggenau, Kassel and Mannheim. A completely assembled pack is almost 2.20

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2018

The truck is the first vehicle of this kind that has gone into series production in Germany. The battery-powered eTruck is a MAN eTGM 18.360 4x2 LL. Lithium-ion batteries with a storage capacity of 149 kWh are used to store energy, making it possible for the eTruck to cover a range of 130 kilometers (81 miles).

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 5, 2022

EV chargers are necessary for the world to transition from fossil-fuel vehicles to all-electric battery-powered cars. It is currently available in France, The Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and Iceland. .

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

The EU project FCH2RAIL (Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Pack for Rail Applications) consortium—with partners from Belgium, Germany, Spain and Portugal—is developing and testing a new zero-emission train prototype. When there are no overhead lines, the energy will come from the fuel cell and battery system.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 5, 2017

Audi has once again reconfirmed its plans to bring three battery-powered electric vehicles to production by the year 2020. The German luxury brand reiterated the plan at the annual general meeting in Neckarsulm, Germany, and said it.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2016

The success of this pilot program was first demonstrated in 2012 in collaboration with the city of Hamburg, Germany. The eBike is equipped with battery-powered electric motors that makes it possible to cover further distances, carry substantial loads, and navigate hills and other terrain.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2017

The companies are to start using battery-electric vehicles in the logistics provider’s normal operations in a pilot phase in Stuttgart and Hamburg in early 2018. By the end of 2020, Hermes Germany intends to deploy 1,500 Mercedes-Benz Vito and Sprinter electric vans in urban areas across Germany.

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