Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Chassis, high-voltage battery, and electric all-wheel drive are assembled. As the next step, we will leverage this experience to ramp up battery production in Ingolstadt. The battery assembly facility in Brussels is playing a groundbreaking role for the entire Group. AUDI AG has owned the Belgium site since 2007.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Daimler Truck AG and TotalEnergies signed an agreement on their joint commitment to the de-carbonization of the road freight in the European Union. In particular, TotalEnergies has the ambition by 2030 to operate directly or indirectly up to 150 hydrogen refueling stations in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and France.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2021

Based in the United Kingdom, Connected Energy uses end-of-life EV batteries to create energy storage systems. These combine as many batteries as are needed for tailor-made solutions with capacity ranging from less than 100 kilowatt hours up to 15 megawatt hours or more. —Matthew Lumsden, CEO of Connected Energy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2022

Researchers at the Université catholique de Louvain in Belgium have designed and synthesized a new class of electrically conducting anionic coordination polymers for all practically relevant alkali-cation storage. V for Li-, Na- and K-ion batteries. V in lithium-, sodium-, or potassium-based cells. Wang et al. —Wang et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2017

The ASTM International Board of Directors approved the launch of a new technical committee dedicated to developing standards for the growing field of recovered carbon black (rCB). Carbon black is used as a reinforcing additive in rubber products—notably tires—where tensile and abrasion wear properties are critical.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Australia’s lithium production is forecast to grow from 335,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) in 2021–22 to 399,000 tonnes in 2022–23 and 470,000 tonnes of LCE in 2023–24. Despite the spread of new battery manufacturing capacity into Europe and the US, Asia remains the major source of demand for lithium.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

The new production facility is expected to increase the current production capacity of OCSiAl by several times; OCSiAl believes that the capacity of the new synthesis facility will be enough to supply nanotube solutions for batteries for up to 10 million electric vehicles (EVs).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2018

The objective of H2-Share is to facilitate the development of a market for low-carbon heavy-duty vehicles run on hydrogen for logistic applications. While battery-electric trucks can operate efficiently in urban areas, hydrogen technology is one of the options for zero-emission logistics over longer distances.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2014

million for seven research projects designed to advance a broad range of renewable energy technologies, including solar cells, batteries, renewable fuels and bioenergy. The goal is to develop high-energy, durable lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles by improving the cycle life of the battery electrodes.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2023

In line with the UN Paris Climate Agreement and the EU Green Deal, ATS, MPET and PSAA aim to reduce their carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 with 2019 as a baseline and have net-zero emissions for all their terminals by 2050. This next stage is supported by PIONEERS, a project funded by the EU and coordinated by the Port of Antwerp-Bruges.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Ford is targeting zero emissions for all vehicle sales and carbon neutrality across its European footprint of facilities, logistics and suppliers by 2035, and carbon neutrality globally no later than 2050.

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MARCH 3, 2021

The Audi e-tron and e-tron Sportback are assembled in Brussels, Belgium, in a plant certified as carbon-neutral, according to Belgian testing company Vinçotte, with suppliers also using sustainable production processes when and where possible. seconds and a top track speed of 124 mph.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2021

Vehicle production will begin in Ghent, Belgium this fall with the first US customer deliveries planned for the fourth quarter of 2021. With the ambition to be a carbon neutral company by 2040, Volvo Cars is working towards 50% of its global sales to consist of fully electric cars by 2025. min, compared to the standard $0.43/min.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2011

The project envisions the analysis, testing and deployment of a multi-transport mode network using the current road infrastructure and railways coupled with an electric car charging network of battery switch stations and charge spots powered by renewable energy along with intelligent transport systems. million (US$7.1-million) million (US$14.2-million)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2018

Scania, a member of the Volkswagen Group, and Northvolt, a 2016 startup building a European Gigafactory (planned 32 GWh annual capacity) for Li-ion batteries ( earlier post ), have agreed to develop and commercialize battery cell technology for heavy commercial vehicles. Scania is investing €10 million (US$12.5 Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Tesla Motors has launched a recycling program in Europe for its Li-ion battery packs, and will recycle its battery packs at Umicore ’s UHT facility in Belgium. After that, Umicore will transform the cobalt into high-grade lithium cobalt oxide, which can be resold to battery manufacturers. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Among other things, the carriers should have an environmental or sustainability strategy in place, measure their carbon footprint, and be transparent with their data. In this way, DHL not only can increase transparency for all stakeholders but also become more sustainable in road freight transportation.

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APRIL 13, 2020

The aim is to demonstrate the truck and the mobile refueling station at 6 locations in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. In urban areas, zero-emission logistics can be operated by battery-electric trucks. —Marie-José Baartmans, BREYTNER. They are, however, limited in their range.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2017

UPS’s Cycle Solutions will help reduce carbon emissions and noise, as well as improve traffic congestion and air quality in the city’s downtown corridor. Maximum energy efficiency is achieved when combining battery power and human power simultaneously. The eBike can be operated solely on battery power or pedal power.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2018

This is the first tailored urban delivery solution to address growing traffic congestion in Seattle’s downtown corridor, and is part of UPS’ Cycle Logistics Solutions that help reduce carbon emissions, noise, and traffic. The modular, detachable boxes on the trailer can hold up to 400 lbs and have a 95 cubic foot capacity.

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MAY 16, 2013

Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) is ramping up production of the V60 Plug-in Hybrid ( earlier post ) by 90% to meet demand, especially in Holland, Belgium and Italy. In the default hybrid mode, the carbon dioxide emissions are 48 g/km. All in all, Volvo Cars will produce 7,600 plug-in hybrids in 2013, with a 2014 target of 10,000 units.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

The electrically-assisted tricycle will help reduce carbon emissions in addition to traffic, noise and air quality challenges in Pittsburgh. The eBike is equipped with battery-powered electric motors that makes it possible to cover longer distances than traditional bikes, carry substantial loads and navigate hills and other terrain.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2016

The MOF-based device shows an areal capacitance that exceeds those of most carbon-based materials and capacity retention greater than 90% over 10,000 cycles, in line with commercial devices. One class of materials that far surpasses even the porosity of activated carbons is metal–organic frameworks (MOFs). —Sheberla et al.

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APRIL 25, 2018

grams (g) of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) per kilometer more than in 2016. Sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and battery-electric vehicles (BEV) continued to increase—last year by 42%. Combined, the relative share of PHEV and BEV sales was highest in Sweden, Belgium and Finland, reaching 5.5%, 2.7% g CO 2 /km).

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2018

The study is based on a set of scenarios for 2050 of electrification in five European countries: Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), France (FR), Germany (DE) and the Netherlands (NL). Except for NL and possibly BE, the capacity of the gas networks will have to be extended.

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MAY 2, 2016

While battery electric vehicles have the obvious advantage of zero tail-pipe emissions, they are not equally advantaged when it comes to non-exhaust emissions. in Belgium. Further, a 2013 review by Denier van der Gon et al. earlier post ). The baseline was 2010 and the end of the assessment 2020. Hooftman et al. Hooftman et al.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The mission is to place Iceland in the forefront of countries that uses sustainable energy sources for its personal vehicle fleet, moving away from fossil fuels, saving billions of ISKs for the society and reducing the 680,000 tons of carbon dioxide that is annually being emitted by the personal vehicle fleet in Iceland.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

The following governments participated in the Clean Energy Ministerial: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, the European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Norway, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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JUNE 26, 2023

In its sixth consecutive year, the latest report looks at the view of nearly 25,000 drivers across Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK. The Shell Recharge EV Driver Survey 2023 is one of the largest research projects into the attitudes and behaviors of European EV drivers.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2021

The three motors are powered by a 95 kWh lithium-ion battery pack, placed low in the chassis for optimal handling. The Audi e-tron S and e-tron S Sportback are manufactured in a certified carbon-neutral plant in Brussels, Belgium, and first entered production mid-2020 for European markets.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2022

US$25 million in Form Energy, which is developing a breakthrough low-cost iron-air battery storage technology. US$30 million in LanzaTech, a carbon recycling company with which ArcelorMittal has a €180-million carbon capture and re-use project underway at its steel plant in Ghent, Belgium.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

miles per kWh of battery. Both measurements are best used to compare EVs as the actual miles you will get from a kWh of battery varies greatly based on the speed you’re traveling, the temperature and the style of driving. Another way to look at the efficiency for this car is 3.6 kW onboard charger.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 5, 2024

That clears the first hurdle to qualify Kia’s electric three-row utility for the $7,500 federal purchase incentive (details on battery minerals and assembly are yet to be revealed). kilowatt-hour battery powering a single 160-kilowatt (215-horsepower) motor. kWh battery than an EV with a battery 50 times that size.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 5, 2024

That clears the first hurdle to qualify Kia’s electric three-row utility for the $7,500 federal purchase incentive (details on battery minerals and assembly are yet to be revealed). kilowatt-hour battery powering a single 160-kilowatt (215-horsepower) motor. kWh battery than an EV with a battery 50 times that size.

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