Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2018

Mercedes-Benz is in the process of building out hubs for the production of electric vehicles and batteries around the globe. Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain said that Mercedes-Benz will build its electric vehicles in six plants on three continents.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The facility will build both traditionally powered Cadillac products and EVs. Newly announced planned investments include: $2 billion will be invested in Spring Hill Manufacturing to build fully electric vehicles including the luxury Cadillac LYRIQ. The all-new Cadillac LYRIQ will be the first EV produced at Spring Hill.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

Photo: Toyota Toyota has made its fully electric 2024 bZ4X – which only just landed on dealers’ lots – available to lease with a $10,000 discount. CarsDirect says it was also able to find the 2024 electric Toyota SUV with up to $9,000 in lease cash in other parts of the US. Read more: Toyota to invest $1.3B

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Volvo Cars will introduce the fully electric XC40 SUV to the public on 16 October. Regardless of what drives a car forward, be it an electric machine or combustion engine, a Volvo must be safe. Regardless of what drives a car forward, be it an electric machine or combustion engine, a Volvo must be safe.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2018

Volvo Cars aims for fully electric cars to make up 50% of its sales by 2025, the company announced in Beijing. The announcement builds on Volvo Cars’ 2017 announcement that all new models released from 2019 will be available as either a mild-hybrid, plug-in hybrid or battery-electric vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2022

By building on an industry-leading safety standard that will feature in Volvo Cars’ next generation of pure electric cars, Ride Pilot aims to free up more time for customers and make driving a Volvo even more convenient and enjoyable. This new flagship car for the company will be revealed later this year.

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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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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

family and numerous other Group brand models based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB). Volkswagen Group Components contributes around 40% of the overall added value of the first fully electric SUV by the Volkswagen brand, the world e-car ID.4. Braunschweig: New center for battery system expertise.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2021

Following the EQA 250 (combined electrical consumption: 15.7 kWh/100 km) it is the second fully electric compact car from Mercedes-EQ. The usable capacity of the batteries in Europe is 66.5 These batteries are manufactured at the Daimler plants in Kamenz (Germany) and Jawor (Poland).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2019

Ford is expanding its production capacity for the company’s next-generation battery electric vehicles at a second North American plant. billion investment in global electric vehicles, Ford is expanding its BEV manufacturing footprint to its Flat Rock Assembly plant in southeast Michigan. Tied to the company’s $11.1-billion

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Electric Vehicles India

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Toyota to build battery factory for electric vehicles creates 1,750 jobs . Toyota announced that it is planning to build a battery factory to support electric vehicles production in North Carolina. Read further to know more about the Toyota battery factory. . Toyota battery factory.

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Teslarati

MAY 31, 2023

The veteran automaker plans to invest more in its North Carolina battery plant in preparation for a new battery-electric SUV. Toyota’s electric SUV will be assembled in the United States, qualifying for the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) electric vehicle (EV) tax incentives.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

By: HT Auto Desk | Updated on: 01 Mar 2024, 13:12 PM Honda CR-V SUV will be the first plug-in hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle from the carmaker to be offered for sale in United States. Honda has revealed details about the upcoming CR-V SUV which will be powered by hydrogen fuel and paired with an electric battery as well.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2023

The Concept EV5 provides a preview of a production all-electric SUV model that will be launched first in China later this year; details regarding any future plans for the other global markets will be made in due course. The Concept EV5 features a completely flat floor and generous space within the cabin.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

Ford electric Explorer SUV (Source: Ford) After EV sales picked up in the first quarter, Ford is scaling back as it delays plans to launch its new three-row electric SUV. Ford’s electric vehicle sales surged 86% in the first three months of the year, enough to secure second in the US EV market behind Tesla.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2022

By locally integrating its combustion-engine (ICE) and electric vehicle (EV) assembly, American-focused engineering, battery know-how, and software development, Volkswagen aims to drive 55% of US sales to be fully-electric by 2030. Buzz electric microbus in 2024, and new electric SUVs from 2026.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2021

Lincoln will debut its first global fully electric vehicle next year, the first step toward electrifying its entire portfolio of vehicles by the end of the decade. The new electric vehicle will debut as the brand celebrates its 100 th anniversary next year and accelerates growth in North America and China.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2022

Mahindra intends to equip its “Born Electric Platform” with MEB electric components such as electric motors, battery system components and battery cells. Industry experts anticipate that in 2030 more than half of all new vehicles will be fully electric.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

The first cars to roll off the line will be an electric SUV and an e-limousine. On an area of approximately 150 hectares, the plant for fully electric Audi models will be constructed by the end of 2024. The first buildings will be erected in Changchun when the frost period ends.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

The EQS, the first electric luxury sedan from Mercedes-Benz, will start in the first half of 2021 in Factory 56 at the Sindelfingen site (Germany). High-efficiency battery systems will also be manufactured and assembled within the production network. The production network will have a total of six Mercedes-EQ car locations.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Mercedes-Benz will build the first production model of the new electric EQ product brand ( earlier post ) in Bremen by the end of this decade. With the confirmation for the new Electro-SUV of the EQ brand, cars “made in Bremen“ will cover the entire range of intelligent drive technologies in the future.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2018

Volkswagen is due to introduce ten fully electric models by 2023 in this major market alone, with plans in place to produce and sell a total of around 650,000 fully electric cars in China in 2025. We will be starting local production of battery-electric cars in at least six factories by 2021 in China.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the first member of its EQ electric vehicle line-up: the new Mercedes-Benz EQC crossover SUV. Featuring two asynchronous electric motors at the front and rear axles with a combined output of 300 kW, an 80 kWh Li-ion battery pack and combined power consumption of 22.2

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Renault and Nissan announced a new long-term vision for India, increasing production and R&D activities, introducing electric vehicles, and transitioning to carbon-neutral manufacturing. They will include four new C-segment SUVs.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2018

years as it replaces three-quarters of its lineup and adds four new trucks and SUVs. By 2020, trucks and SUVs—including electrified vehicles—are to represent 86% of Ford’s product mix. Ford’s new performance battery electric utility arrives in 2020. billion envisioned by Fields in 2017.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2017

Ford detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years, including hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the US, a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) Transit Custom van in Europe and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at least 300 miles (483 km) for customers globally.

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Teslarati

MARCH 15, 2022

Mercedes-Benz has announced the launch of a new battery production plant in Bibb County, Alabama, as the German automaker prepares for a commitment to make all of its vehicles electric by 2030. The EQ family of EVs from Mercedes will spearhead the company’s effort to go all-electric by the end of the decade.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Mercedes-Benz’ EQS—the all-electric member in the new S-Class range—will arrive on the market next year. The EQS is the first to use the new electric architecture for electric vehicles of the luxury and executive segment at Mercedes-Benz.

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Teslarati

MARCH 28, 2022

billion) into a large-scale lithium-ion battery production facility in Canada. The Canada-based battery plant will be built in Windsor, Ontario. The goal for the battery plant is to reach more than 45 GWh capacity per year. LGES and Stellantis hope to establish a strong battery supply chain in Windsor.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2017

In Shanghai, Ford Motor Executive Chairman Bill Ford and CEO Jim Hackett outlined the next phase of the company’s China expansion strategy, focused on SUVs, electric and connected vehicles, a streamlined business structure and closer connections to Chinese customers. The progress we have achieved in China is just the start.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Daimler subsidiary ACCUMOTIVE has begun construction of a second Li-ion battery factory at its site in Kamenz. With an investment of about €500 million (US$545 million), the site in Kamenz will be one of the biggest and most modern battery factories in Europe. Highly efficient battery systems are an important aspect of our strategy.

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Electric Vehicles India

JULY 2, 2021

Nissan announced £1bn battery plant & EV crossover in UK . Japanese car giant Nissan has announced a new EV manufacturing hub ‘EV36Zero’ in Sunderland and UK to produce a new electric crossover. The Nissan Motor Co plans for Britain to supercharge its European electric future pledging $1.4

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Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 9, 2021

Skoda to set up second life battery hubs to power its retailers. Skoda will use second-hand lithium-ion batteries from its PHEVs and BEV models to power its retailer network. It will install power hubs across all its retailer network which is made from lithium-ion batteries sourced from its old electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2019

At NAIAS 2019, INFINITI unveiled the QX Inspiration midsize SUV concept, previewing the brand’s first fully electric vehicle. It also draws on the Japanese spatial concept of ‘Ma,’ demonstrating how open spaces between lines create tension and build anticipation. —François Bancon, Vice President, INFINITI.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2018

The Hambach plant in France, which currently produces smart brand electric vehicles, will produce a compact electric car of the new product and technology brand EQ. Mercedes-Benz Cars plans to launch more than ten electric cars by 2022 throughout all segments, from smart to large SUVs. Annette Winkler, Head of smart.

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Electric Vehicles India

DECEMBER 14, 2021

.” Recently the Toyota had announced that it has planned to build a battery factory to support electric vehicles production in North Carolina. billion electric vehicle battery plant near Greensboro, North Carolina that will create around 1,750 job opportunities for the people. It plans for a $1.3

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AUGUST 2, 2023

The company has said its sales volume has skewed so heavily toward SUVs and crossovers that it doesn’t make good sense to offer anything else. The company’s plant in South Carolina (which builds the S60) is also presently being converted to focus on battery-powered SUVs intended for Volvo and Polestar.

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