Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2021

De Lijn, the public transport operator (PTO) in the Flemish part of Belgium, is ordering 44 new articulated plug-in e-hybrid buses; further, the operator confirmed the upgrade of 280 if its current hybrid buses into e-hybrids. The main advantage of e-hybrid buses over regular hybrids lays in their battery capacity.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion in its US operations, including $1 billion to prepare for the production of electric vehicles at the company’s Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, and $700 million to build a new high-voltage battery assembly facility in nearby Woodruff, SC. By 2030 BMW Group will build at least six fully electric models in the US.

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BMW Building South Carolina Batteries 243

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2020

The BMW Group has signed a long-term supply contract worth €2 billion for battery cells with the Swedish company Northvolt. The battery cells will be produced in Europe at the Northvolt gigafactory currently under construction in Skellefteå in northern Sweden (series plant Northvolt Ett) from 2024.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2022

The Scandlines zero-emission ferry project, announced in November 2021 and which will result in the world’s largest electric-powered hybrid ferry, will run on an advanced 10 MWh lithium-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) from Leclanché. As a hybrid ferry, her crossing time between the two ports will be 45 minutes.

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Emissions Mariner Lithium Ion Batteries 273

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2020

Local battery production is an important success factor for Mercedes-Benz AG’s electric offensive and the key element to meet the global demand for electrified vehicles flexibly and efficiently. The company is therefore investing more than €1 billion to establish a global battery production network. Source: Daimler.

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Mercedes Production Batteries Battery 307

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2020

American shipbuilding company Vigor Fab LLC has selected ABB as the hybrid-electric propulsion and energy storage system provider for the newest additions to the Washington State Ferry fleet—the largest US ferry system. The first hybrid-electric Olympic Class ferry will join Washington State Ferries’ fleet in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2023

The sales growth was led by the company’s Recharge line up of fully electric and plug-in hybrid cars. The company’s fully electric car sales increased by 187% compared with the same month last year and represented 18.7% (9,574 units) of the total sales in February 2023.

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All-Electric Volvo Sale Recharge 448

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The BMW Group is deepening its existing business relationships with battery cell manufacturers CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. The BMW Group is the first customer of the CATL battery cell plant currently under construction in Erfurt, Germany. In this way, we are securing our long-term battery cell needs.

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BMW Batteries Battery Fully Electric 220

Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2019

Emissions Analytics, a leading independent specialist for the scientific measurement of real-world emissions, suggests that mass adoption of hybrid vehicles, rather than low-volume take-up of full BEVs, is the most effective solution to cutting CO 2 now and also in meeting 2030 emission targets. —Nick Molden, CEO of Emissions Analytics.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

Cummins will provide powertrain technology, including the batteries, for the Kalmar Electric Terminal Tractor (KT2E). Kalmar has already launched the fully electric Kalmar Ottawa electric terminal tractor (OT2E) in the US in 2018. Kalmar T2 terminal tractor with container. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Supplies Fully Electric 2018 Lithium Ion 262

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

At SEMA, Ford and Webasto revealed Mustang Lithium, an ultra-high-performance battery electric Mustang fastback prototype. Under the hood are a Phi-Power dual-core electric motor and dual power inverters—all powered by an 800-volt Webasto battery system with EVDrive Technology that can discharge a megawatt of electrical energy.

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Ford F-150 Batteries Battery 280

Electric Vehicles India

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Swedish luxury carmaker Volvo Cars could go fully electric in India by around 2025, much ahead of its global target of becoming a full electric car company by 2030, a senior company official said on Tuesday. “We’ve seen a much quicker acceleration towards battery electric vehicles than we ever thought (in Australia).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2021

The new company will be a global supplier of complete powertrain solutions including next-generation combustion engines, transmissions and hybrid solutions. The company aims for 50% of its global sales volume to consist of fully electric cars by 2025 while 50% will be hybrids, with powertrains supplied by Aurobay.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 21, 2024

A hybrid vehicle is powered by at least one electric motor and a gasoline engine, and its system recovers energy through regenerative braking. Sometimes the electric motor does all of the work, other times the combustion engine does, and sometimes both work together. This generally occurs at slower city speeds.

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Hybrid Suzuki India Gasoline-Electric 98

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JUNE 3, 2022

In May the share of fully electric cars grew to 7.9% (3,652 units), up from 3.7% (2,399 units out of 64,111). Sales of Recharge models (plug-in hybrid and fully electric) represented 33.6% Plug-in hybrid. Fully electric. Plug-in hybrid. Fully electric. Plug-in hybrid.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 15, 2024

With headquarters in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, ZF Friedrichshafen AG is known for a rich R&D heritage and many commercially successful innovations dating back to 1915, when it began supplying gears and other parts for Zeppelins. Among the customers for its motors and electric drive trains are Mercedes-Benz , BMW , and Jaguar Land Rover.

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Motor Motors Motoring Supplies 141

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

The report also explores vehicle manufacturing and battery production, considering supply chains from battery cells to assembly. million of these all fully-electric battery electric vehicles (BEVs), and 800,000 plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) which have the capability of using gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

They knew about hybrids and after a couple of times riding in our Prius, they decided to pull the trigger on two 2006s with 180k km (112k miles). What is it like to drive a hybrid? There is no need for a starter motor nor clutch in Toyota’s hybrid system. The gasoline engine only runs in reversing to power the batteries.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

With the production launch of the electric compact SUV EQA at the Rastatt plant (Germany) and the current decision to locate EQB production in the Hungarian plant in Kecskemét, the company is taking further important steps toward making its product portfolio CO? neutral vehicle fleet and to the Mercedes-Benz AG electric offensive.

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Mercedes All-Electric Plug-in Electric 259

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2021

Audi will compete in the Dakar Rally for the first time in January 2022 with a prototype featuring an advanced series-hybrid drivetrain ( earlier post ). Three motors will be used: one MGU on each axle, and the third to charge the high-voltage battery while driving. Audi is also developing the high-voltage battery in-house.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with KAMAZ for the development of electrified power solutions for a new product line of KAMAZ battery-powered vehicles. Cummins intends to develop and supply to KAMAZ high-voltage fully electric powertrain prototypes with applications for city buses and medium range delivery trucks.

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Russia 2006 Fully Electric Battery Powered 285

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The share of Volvo Cars with a fully electric or plug-in hybrid powertrain—the Recharge models—amounted to 25.5% Sales of Volvo Cars’ fully electric models reached 3.1% During the month of October, Volvo Cars also started production of the fully electric C40 Recharge in Ghent.

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Volvo Sale United Kingdom Recharge 384

Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2020

In preparation for production of the fully-electric BMW i4, BMW Group Plant Munich will pause vehicle production for six weeks this summer. Plant Munich will take advantage of this break in production to implement numerous structural and remodeling measures before the fully-electric BMW i4 goes into standard production next year.

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BMW Production Fully Electric Installation 259

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2022

In addition to conventional drive units and components, the Mercedes-Benz Stuttgart-Untertürkheim plant is already responsible for the production of batteries and axles for plug-in hybrids and fully electric Mercedes-EQ models. The transformation of the Untertürkheim location is progressing with great strides.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Due to growing demand for electrified vehicles, the plant expects the number of modules needed for production of high-voltage batteries to double from the previous year. The number of electric motors required will also increase significantly. Production of high-voltage batteries at the BMW Group plant in Dingolfing.

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BMW Production Electric Electrical 221

Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

trillion yen, on battery supply systems and research and development of electric vehicle battery technology by 2030. The investment will help the Japanese automaker establish a system for the development and supply of batteries for electrified models. billion, or 1.5 The post Toyota plans $13.6B

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Volvo Cars says that it is making significant investments that allow for the in-house design and development of electric motors for the next generation of Volvo models, as the company continues to move towards becoming a fully electric car maker. The newly opened electric motor lab in Shanghai became operational last month.

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Volvo Design Motor Motors 221

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2016

BMW of North America won its bid to supply the Los Angeles Police Department with 100 battery-electric BMW i3 vehicles for use in the department’s transportation fleet. Greenlots, a global provider of open standards-based distributed energy resource solutions, will supply 100 Level 2 chargers and four DC fast chargers to LAPD.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2017

BAE Systems has produced its 8,000th series-hybrid electric drive system for transit buses. This milestone signifies a significant increase in demand for the company’s electric solutions. In the last two years, BAE Systems has delivered 3,000 systems, double the number the company shipped in the prior four years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2016

Later this year, Mercedes-Benz will add the seventh and eighth plug-in hybrids to its line up. The hybrid (plug-in and conventional) portfolio from Mercedes-Benz currently comprises 13 models. The hybrid (plug-in and conventional) portfolio from Mercedes-Benz currently comprises 13 models. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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Plug-in Mercedes Plug Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

In its new ten-year market outlook to 2027, Roskill, a leading provider of international metals and minerals research, forecasts primary nickel consumption to rise by just under 4% per year between 2017 and 2027, driven by increased consumption by stainless steel producers and by growth in demand in the automotive battery sector.

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Indonesia Batteries Battery Nickel Metal Hydride 170

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013

The Norwegian shipping industry is teaming up to develop battery-powered ships. The first four hybrid vessels will start to sail in 2013/14. In 2015, these will be followed by the world’s largest electric ferry, which will regularly cross Norway’s largest fjord. —Narve Mjøs, Director of Battery Projects in DNV.

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Battery Powered Industrial Industry Power 250

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JULY 28, 2020

For the first time, these extend throughout the entire lifecycle: from the supply chain through production to the end of the use phase. Product strategy: fully-electric models in high-volume series. The company will have 25 electrified models on the roads by 2023—half of them fully electric.

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BMW Fully Electric Emissions Climate Change 259

Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2019

At the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, Audi is showing four battery-electric drive vehicles, the series versions of which will celebrate their premiere by the end of 2020. The first member of the new quartet of battery-electric vehicles, the Audi e-tron, will be supplied to customers soon. Audi e-tron GT concept.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

In Germany, all Mercedes-Benz plants will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy. The preparations for exclusively green electricity for a climate-friendly production in Europe are already well advanced. Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources.

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Germany Mercedes CO2 Supplies 170

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FEBRUARY 3, 2022

The supply situation continues to ease, but component shortages will remain a constraining factor, the company said. Of the Recharge models sold in January 2022, 11,944 were plug-in hybrids (79% of the Recharge total, 25% of overall total), while 3,127 were fully electric (21% of Recharge total, 6.6% of total sales).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2020

Bentley Motors has launched a three-year research study on electric vehicle powertrains, utilizing a fully integrated, free from rare-earth magnet e-axle that supports electric vehicle architectures. This reinforces Bentley’s ambition to lead sustainable luxury mobility and introduce the first fully electric Bentley by 2026.

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