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SOLiDIFY consortium unveil solid-state battery with 1,070 Wh/L energy density

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The Horizon 2020 SOLiDIFY consortium has successfully developed a high-performance lithium-metal solid-state battery with 20% higher energy density than current lithium-ion batteries.

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Volvo starts serial production of electric trucks in Belgium

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Volvo Trucks ramps up electric truck volumes and starts serial production of heavy battery electric trucks at the Ghent factory in Belgium. This means that electric Volvo trucks are now built in four factories – three in Europe and one in the US. “I´m I´m thrilled!

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Umicore speeds up its EV battery materials R&D with large-scale prototyping center for solid-state battery materials

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Belgian circular technology group Umicore has inaugurated one of the world‘s largest and most advanced solid-state battery material prototyping facilities in Olen, Belgium, which will expand and accelerate its innovation and technology development in this domain.

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Volvo Group to produce battery modules in Ghent by 2025

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In 2025, Volvo Group’s truck plant in Ghent, Belgium will start to produce battery modules. The investment decision to install battery module manufacturing capacity in Ghent is another important step for the Volvo Group to shape its future value chain for battery systems.

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Volvo Cars to triple electric car production capacity in Ghent after strong year of electrified car sales

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Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. The plant already builds the XC40 Recharge, the company’s first fully electric car, as well as a plug-in hybrid version of the XC40.

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Germany Held Back EU Electric Car Market in First Half of 2024 — T&E Analysis

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EU electric car sales continued to grow this year — with the exception of Germany — new data shows. Battery electric sales in the rest of the EU (excluding Germany). continued] The post Germany Held Back EU Electric Car Market in First Half of 2024 — T&E Analysis appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Volvo Cars launches all-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; all cars to be pure electric by 2030

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Volvo Cars launched the battery-electric Volvo C40 Recharge; based on the CMA vehicle platform it is the first Volvo model designed as pure electric only. Following the introduction of the XC40 Recharge and now the C40 Recharge, Volvo Cars will roll out several additional electric models in coming years.

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