CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A new undercover investigation commissioned by green group Transport & Environment (T&E) shows that sales staff of leasing companies in France rarely promote battery electric cars to customers, unlike some of their German counterparts.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Volkswagen Group France et la Société Nouvelle d’Affinage des Métaux (SNAM) signed a partnership agreement through which the hybrid and EV batteries from group brands—Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA and Volkswagen Utilities—will be recycled in the two French factories owned by SNAM, Saint-Quentin-Fallavier (Isère) and Viviez (Aveyron).

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

BEVs continue to rise in France, with last month’s registrations ending at 16,866 units, or 14% of the total market. That means it was another two-digit growth month for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in France (12% growth). The overall market has been recovering, after a long time in the red. It was up 5% year […].

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2022

Renault Grou and Vitesco Technologies are entering a strategic partnership for the joint development and the production of power electronics in a “One Box” for electric and hybrid powertrains. The configurations and assembly of the various basic components will be adapted to the types of electric and hybrid powertrains.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

Ballard Power Systems announced that 8 ExquiCity tram-buses built by Van Hool NV and powered by 8 Ballard FCveloCity-HD 100-kilowatt fuel cell modules have been inaugurated at a ceremony in Pau, France and are now in revenue service in Pau’s Bus Rapid Transit System.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 2, 2023

France saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.1% Full battery electrics, however, grew share, whilst plugin hybrids dropped share. share of the auto market in April, flat year-on-year, in a growing overall market. Overall auto volume was 132,509 units, up some 22% YoY, though still far below pre-2020 seasonal norms (~183,000).

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MARCH 22, 2022

ArcelorMittal will invest more than €300m, with the support of the French government, to create a new production unit for electrical steels at its Mardyck site in the north of France. This project is supported by the French government as part of France 2030. This investment will create more than 100 direct jobs.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 2, 2022

France saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.1% Full battery electrics continued to dominate over plugin hybrids. of the auto market in April, up from 14.8% year-on-year. The overall passenger auto market was down 22.6% YoY, and down 44.2% compared to pre-pandemic April 2019, at a volume of 108,723 units.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Fully battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) continue to rise in France, with last month’s registrations ending at 20,221 units, or 15% of the total market. That means it was another two-digit growth month for BEVs in France (23% growth). The overall market has been recovering, after a long time in the red.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 4, 2022

France, Europe’s second largest auto market, saw plugin electric vehicles take 20.9% Full battery electrics grew their share by almost 1.5x share in April, from 17.3% year-on-year. YoY, to 12%. Overall auto volumes were down 10% YoY, and down by around a third from May 2019, at 126,811 units.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Swiss shipbuilding company Shiptec AG, based in Lucerne, and Siemens Energy SRL, Milan, have selected Leclanché to supply energy storage systems for two new hybrid-powered vessels that will operate on Lake Geneva. The first of the nine ships ordered by Grimaldi is currently undergoing sea trials.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com It was a very good year in France for electric cars, for all kinds of reasons – among them, new cheaper cars entering the market supported by generous government subsidies. In 2023, 26% of new cars sold in France were battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles, a huge 47% jump from 2022.

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Teslarati

JUNE 9, 2021

The Tesla Model 3 maintained its spot as the best-selling electric vehicle in France in 2021 so far. Tesla dominated March in France and is the main contributor to the company’s success in the French sector in 2021. This figure was only eclipsed by the Renault Zoe, one of France and Europe’s most popular EVs in general.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2020

This partnership between Gaussin and Total will be drawing on the 40 years of know-how of Saft (a subsidiary of Total) in designing and producing batteries for electric & hybrid commercial and industrial vehicles. Saft will provide the lithium-ion batteries for this future fleet.

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Push EVs

JANUARY 7, 2023

December saw France’s plug-in electric vehicles grow to take 25.0% Full electrics grew at a decent rate, but plugin hybrids fell. full battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and 9.2% plugin hybrids (PHEVs). The bigger picture is that France remains under-supplied with BEVs, and the same is true across Europe as whole.

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OCTOBER 14, 2022

Mobility will combine carbon-neutral systems, tapping into the natural complementarity between vehicles running on an electric battery (BEVs), vehicles running on a fuel cell (FCEVs) and vehicles with hybrid internal-combustion engines using a sustainable fuel—possibly green hydrogen.

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Push EVs

JUNE 15, 2023

share, while plugin hybrids slightly lost share. plugin hybrids (PHEVs). kWh usable battery (~54kWh gross), and 100 kW peak charging (~26 mins 10% to 80% in ideal conditions). Talking of the Stellantis BEVs, the new Peugeot e-308 also saw its first registered units in France in May, with 40 initial deliveries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2022

The French Ministry of the Interior has taken delivery of the first 395 screen-printed PEUGEOT 3008 Plug-in Hybrids for the Gendarmerie Nationale. The rechargeable hybrid systemÚ will now be used in screen-printed intervention vehicles, in addition to a rollout of unmarked versions in 2020. Battery power: 90 kW.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

XL, a provider of connected vehicle electrification solutions for commercial, utility and municipal fleets, will unveil a plug-in hybrid electric version of the popular Ford F-250 pickup truck at the NTEA Work Truck show, 5-8 March in Indianapolis. Earlier post.).

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Push EVs

MAY 6, 2023

France saw plugin electric vehicles take 21.1% Full battery electrics, however, grew share, whilst plugin hybrids dropped share. comprised full battery electrics (BEVs) at 12.9%, and plugin hybrids (PHEVs) at 8.2%. What are your thoughts on France’s transition to EVs? April’s combined plugin result of 21.1%

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

These will be the first hydrogen bus routes in France and the world’s first hydrogen tram-Van Hool ExquiCity tram-busbuses for a full BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) system. These will be the first hydrogen bus routes in France and the world’s first hydrogen tram-Van Hool ExquiCity tram-busbuses for a full BRT (Bus Rapid Transit) system.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

This strong growth is mainly due to the introduction of incentives by national governments, seeking to boost demand in response to the Corona virus crisis, which has been largely to the benefit of buyers of battery and plug-in electric cars. Both Germany and France recorded percentage increases of more than 400% each.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2020

France was the only market to post modest growth (+2.4%) in registrations of new diesel buses. The Netherlands was the biggest market for these vehicles with 381 electric buses registered last year, followed by France (285) and Germany (187). Overall in 2019, 1,918 hybrid buses were registered across the European Union, or 59.7%

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JANUARY 3, 2020

ZF has developed a new hybrid driveline for the Dakar off-road race. In addition to the electric motor, ZF also supplies integrated power electronics and the hybrid control unit, including the software that has been programmed specifically for the Dakar Rally. An automatic transmission from ZF is also installed in the driveline.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

All Auto Body Sheet solutions for the Grecale are supplied from Constellium’s plant in Neuf-Brisach, France. A wide range of engines is available: conventional internal combustion, hybrid and, in a year’s time, Grecale will also be Maserati’s first full-electric SUV. Maserati Grecale Folgore battery-electric SUV.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Sales of plug-in hybrids (PHEV) provided a strong boost to this growth (+133.9%) with 66,128 new cars. Sales of plug-in hybrids (PHEV) provided a strong boost to this growth (+133.9%) with 66,128 new cars. The increase in registrations of battery electric vehicles (BEV) was more modest (+12.7%), totalling 63,216 units.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Abellio Rail Mitteldeutschland, Alstom, Nahverkehrsservice Sachsen-Anhalt GmbH (NASA) and Rolls-Royce plan to implement jointly a new hybrid drive solution on Abellio’s fleet of Coradia Lint diesel trains. In addition, the ability to run under battery power only can reduce noise pollution in city areas and stations by 75% (20 dB(A)).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2009

Jean-Louis Borloo, France’s Minister for Ecology, Energy, Sustainable Development and the Sea, presented a national 14-point plan designed to accelerate the development and subsequent commercialization of electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids in France. This site may produce more than 100,000 batteries per year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This strategic partnership is the beginning of a long-term collaboration involving the co-design, co-development, production, marketing, and sales of integrated fuel cell-battery solutions. The parties will jointly develop the EMS to optimize the hybrid fuel cell and battery system architecture.

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APRIL 6, 2021

Stellantis is developing a hydrogen fuel cell powered light commercial vehicle (LCV) in addition to its battery-electric offerings. In LCV applications, Stellantis said, not all use cases can be covered by battery-electric technology. When required, peak power is provided by the battery located under the front seats.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2013

Pike Research forecasts that electric vehicles—conventional hybrids (HEVs), plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) and battery-electrics (BEVs)—will grow from 0.7% Hybrid sales have also been strong in Asia Pacific where local buyers have always favored new technology. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Full electrics saw stronger growth than plugin hybrids. plugin hybrids (PHEVs). Plugless hybrids are also no longer growing as strongly as plugin categories, and currently are on a trajectory to plateau at no more than 25% of the market. What are your thoughts on France’s auto market and EV transition for 2023?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

BAE Systems marked its 7,000 th delivery of a series hybrid-electric system for buses by meeting orders from a transit agency in Canada. Réseau de transport de la Capitale (RTC) in Quebec has, for example, a goal to operate a fully electric fleet and is using hybrid technology as a bridge to all-electric buses.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2019

This purchase represents an order potential of nearly 800 buses (of which about 200 are in firm order), financed 100% by île-de-France Mobilités (in direct grant or via the contract île-de-France Mobilités – RATP). The RATP fleet, consisting of 4700 bus, already includes 950 hybrid, 140 bio-methane and 83 electric buses.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

The Jeep Avenger will join an already fully electrified European line-up which include 4xe plug-in hybrid versions of the Jeep Wrangler, Compass, and Renegade. It will also be followed early next year by the launch of the 4xe version of the all-new Jeep Grand Cherokee.

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MAY 13, 2020

All the markets in the region went into decline, notably the four largest ones: Italy (-49.8%), France (-36.6%), Spain (-33.8%) and Germany (-23.0%). Both the battery-electric (BEV) and plug-in hybrid (PHEV) segments provided a strong boost to this growth (+68.4 Germany and France stood out with demand increasing by 74.9%

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Porsche reports that around 60% of all new Panamera models that have been delivered in Europe were equipped with a hybrid drive. The new Panamera plug-in hybrid models were launched on the European market in June 2017. In some countries, the proportion of Panamera hybrids is even higher. Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid.

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