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OCTOBER 19, 2022

FPT Industrial, the global powertrain brand of Iveco Group, inaugurated the new Turin (Italy) ePowertrain plant, a manufacturing site fully dedicated to the production of the electric powertrain range and Iveco Group’s first completely carbon-neutral plant. The adoption of Industry 4.0

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MAY 19, 2022

Volvo Trucks is opening its first battery assembly plant. Located in Ghent, Belgium, the plant will supply ready-to-install batteries for Volvo Trucks’ full electric heavy-duty trucks. By 2030, at least 50 percent of all trucks we sell globally will be electric and by 2040, we will be a carbon-neutral company.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2023

Bentley has installed a 1,200-liter biofuel tank at its Crewe factory after successful performance trials of biogasoline— Sustain by Coryton —at Goodwood Festival of Speed. Bentley ran its six-strong fleet at Goodwood using the fuel and successfully completed all 32 hill-climbs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2020

The SMUD (2020 Sacramento Municipal Utility District) Board of Directors adopted a climate emergency declaration that commits to working toward an ambitious goal of delivering carbon-neutral electricity by 2030. Furthermore, SMUD has reduced the carbon intensity of its power mix, which is now 50% carbon-free on average.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2022

Components for the production of batteries at Audi’s Brussels plant will no longer be delivered by truck from Hungary, but by rail with DB Cargo. The move will significantly reduce Audi’s carbon emissions and also save money. The switch will reduce carbon emissions by around 2,600 tons every year.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Wärtsilä has developed and delivered a mobile battery container solution that will enable inland waterway vessels to operate with zero emissions. The energy containers—‘ZESpacks’—are standard 20-foot containers filled with 45 battery modules totaling 2 MWh and charged with green electricity.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Leading commercial vehicle manufacturers Volvo Group, Daimler Truck, and the TRATON Group have signed a binding agreement to create a joint venture (JV) to install and to operate a high-performance public charging network for battery-electric, heavy-duty long-haul trucks and coaches across Europe.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

The proliferation of e-bikes started with easy-to-install conversion kits that allowed riders to take their existing bicycle and convert it into an electric bike. TEMO’s easy-installation electric outboard motors make it painless for boaters to convert their vessels into electric boats. Now, electric boats are charting a similar path.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2021

Siemens USA has set a goal to transition to a fully carbon-neutral fleet in the US by 2030. Installing charging infrastructure at our facilities across the US. Siemens’ US fleet coomprises more than 10,000 vehicles, from sedans and service vans to light- and heavy-duty trucks.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2022

The Mercedes-Benz battery-electric eActros has now been approved as a truck-and-trailer combination with a total weight of 40 tons. We are looking forward to intensive tests with the battery electric truck-and-trailer combination in the northern Black Forest. With four battery packs, the eActros 400 has a range of up to 400 kilometers.

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Teslarati

MARCH 20, 2024

Stellantis and CARB (California Air Resources Board) partnered to reduce carbon emissions. The pair is also contributing $10 million to the installation of public EV chargers. However, Stellantis has a long way to go before it can truly be carbon net zero. It expects to launch another 23 this year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2023

The BMW Group broke ground for a new high-voltage battery assembly plant in Woodruff, South Carolina. The BMW Group Plant Woodruff will produce sixth-generation batteries to supply fully electric vehicles at nearby BMW Manufacturing in Spartanburg. Close connection of battery production with vehicle production is part of our strategy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2023

Designed to be highly efficient, the 125-hectare site is equipped with a brand-new production line, battery assembly and tooling and automation, enabling an annual production capacity of 250,000+ EVs. Once fully operational, Ford Cologne’s EV Center will be independently certified as carbon neutral.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2023

FREYR Battery has been awarded a €100-million grant from the European Union to support development of FREYR’s Giga Arctic project in Norway. The grant will be funded through the EU’s Innovation Fund (EUIF) as part of the EU’s efforts to promote localized production of battery solutions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2021

ŠKODA AUTO, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, is introducing a smart energy storage system using second-life batteries from electric vehicles. The system stores sustainably generated electricity in used batteries that come from the all-electric SUV ŠKODA ENYAQ iV as well as the plug-in hybrid models SUPERB iV and OCTAVIA iV.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Ford is partnering with solar company Sunrun to enhance home energy management, leveraging the onboard battery capability of the all-electric F-150 Lightning. The F-150 Lightning extended-range battery system can store 131 kWh and deliver up to 9.6 —Matt Stover, Ford charging and energy services director.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

In a livestreamed briefing on batteries and carbon neutrality, Toyota Chief Technology Officer Masahiko Maeda said that the company will invest ¥1.5 billion) in the development of a battery supply system and research and development by 2030. trillion (US$14.3 million BEVs. million BEVs.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 13, 2021

As most readers know, Tesla plans on introducing structural battery packs at some point in the near future. By using the battery pack’s container and the battery cells themselves for rigidity, the overall weight of the vehicle can be reduced.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

has received a $3-million installment payment from Johnson Matthey Battery Materials Ltd (JMBM) of Candiac, Québec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Johnson Matthey Plc. The final $3-million milestone installment will be payable by JMBM following receipt of battery grade lithium hydroxide from Nemaska Lithium.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2022

At bauma in Munich, Volvo Penta unveiled its 8-liter dual-fuel hydrogen engine as well as the cube battery—which increases the versatility and flexibility of Volvo Penta's electromobility offering, opening up electrification opportunities for more customers across a wider range of industrial subsectors, machines and applications.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Under current policies, home energy storage systems would also often increase carbon emissions, according to a study by a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. The study modeled deployment across a wide range of regions, utilities and battery operation modes.

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JULY 23, 2022

However, Eve Energy will own 66% of the rights to sell the JV’s products; EVE says this is conducive to its continuous improvement of the battery raw material industry chain layout. The total investment in the project is expected to be 3 billion yuan (US$443 million).

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MAY 3, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $45 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002760 ) to support the domestic development of advanced batteries for electric vehicles. Advanced batteries capable of safe, rapid charging are necessary to appeal to these Americans who are unable to charge cars at home for long periods of time.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Let’s dig into why independent doctor’s offices, dentists, and other types of non-acute healthcare facilities should consider installing electric vehicle charging infrastructure. By installing chargers now, you can get a head start on keeping up with potential new building requirements.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Royal Caribbean Group’s new class of ships known as ‘Project Evolution’, set to debut in summer 2023, will operate using a trio of power sources including a fuel cell system, battery technology and dual fuel engines using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the main fuel.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The new, longer-range Lightning Electric Transit Van is the fourth generation of its battery-electric and fuel cell electric platform, based on the Ford Transit 350HD chassis. Assembled electric powertrains ready for installation into Lightning Electric Transit 350HD vehicles. —Tim Reeser, CEO of Lightning eMotors.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2021

the colorants and functional materials division of Japan’s Toyo Ink Group, will supply the North American and European operations of SK Innovation, a South Korean lithium-ion (li-ion) battery manufacturer, with Toyocolor’s Lioaccum series of conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions. Toyocolor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2021

FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has executed its inaugural offtake agreement for at least 31 GWh of low-carbon battery cells with an undisclosed, leading global publicly listed manufacturer and provider of energy storage systems (ESS). —Tom Jensen.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). Gregory Keoleian, Director of the Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Electrify America recently unveiled its first application of a megawatt-level battery energy storage system (BESS) for electric vehicle (EV) charging stations, building upon the company’s existing BESS installations at more than 150 stations across the US, including more than 100 installations in California.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2022

Nippon Shokubai and Arkema are joining forces to launch feasibility studies and establish a joint venture for the construction of an industrial plant for the production of LiFSI (Lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide) ultrapure electrolyte salt, a key component of battery cells for electric mobility.

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MARCH 11, 2023

Adamas Intelligence has published its 8 th biannual State of Charge: EVs, Batteries and Battery Materials report. The report provides an overview of the global EV market’s performance over the past half-year (in this case 2022 H2) and its implications on the ever-evolving battery and battery materials supply chains.

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OCTOBER 26, 2021

The first full-size lithium-ion battery cells featuring Johnson Matthey’s advanced eLNO cathode technology ( earlier post ) are being installed in a high performance race car. It will demonstrate the performance capabilities of eLNO-equipped battery cells. The battery cells were developed and produced by EAS Batteries.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2022

This version, with expected full production in 2027, pairs with clean, zero-carbon hydrogen fuel, a key enabler of Cummins’ strategy to go further faster to help customers reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Reducing well-to-wheels carbon emissions requires innovation of both energy sources and power solutions.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2023

million) for the installation of more than 2,350 EV chargers, 2,100 of which will be installed across the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). The Government of Canada announced federal investments totalling nearly $15 million (US$11.2

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JULY 22, 2022

Ford announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials that light a clear path to reach its targeted annual run rate of 600,000 electric vehicles by late 2023 and more than 2 million by the end of 2026. 150,000 F-150 Lightnings for North America. 150,000 Transit EVs for North America and Europe.

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MAY 25, 2021

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) have developed a sensor system called IntelliVent that can prevent dangerous conditions from developing in outdoor battery cabinets. IntelliVent is a patent-pending, deflagration-prevention system for cabinet-style battery enclosures.

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