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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. To deliver this, Stellantis designed a mid-power fuel cell system architecture.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

With its latest design concept, the BMW Vision Neue Klasse, the BMW Group is showcasing what the next generation of vehicles from its core BMW brand will look like. The same applies to its design – which could not be any more futuristic. With the Neue Klasse, we have embarked on the biggest investment in the company’s history.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Volvo Trucks North America offered a first look at its Class 8 battery-electric project trucks during an exclusive event at TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California. The Volvo LIGHTS project’s transformative impact on fleet operations is designed to be scalable and replicable to reduce emissions throughout the freight eco-system.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two new proposed federal emissions standards spanning light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for model year 2027 and beyond. The light-duty vehicle category includes passenger cars and light trucks consistent with previous EPA criteria pollutant and GHG rules.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2021

Kia Corporation revealed the first images of the exterior and interior design of EV6, its first dedicated battery electric vehicle (BEV), ahead of the car’s world premiere later this month. The Opposites United design philosophy makes its debut on EV6, and will inform the design of all future Kia models.

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APRIL 17, 2023

Stellantis’s Jeep brand is introducing the battery-electric Jeep Avenger ( earlier post ) in Europe. Starting from this platform, the front and rear overhangs have been minimized designing completely new crash boxes, which are 30 mm shorter and offer the same energy-absorbing performance. Avenger delivers a turning circle of just 10.5

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

GM Defense, a subsidiary of General Motors, was selected by the Department of Defense’s (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) to develop a battery pack prototype for testing and analysis on Department of Defense platforms. GM’s HUMMER EV Ultium battery pack. Commercial battery electric technologies continue to mature.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2022

The Van Hool A12 Battery Electric is the first vehicle in a completely new range of buses in four different lengths (12m, 13m, 18m and 24m) equipped with exclusively zero emission powertrains: battery-electric, fuel cell (hydrogen) and trolley. The design of the new A range is characterized by its aerodynamic shape at the front.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

The Ram Truck brand introduced its Ram 1500 Revolution Battery-electric Vehicle (BEV) Concept at CES 2023. Based on the company’s STLA Frame platform, the Ram 1500 Revolution BEV Concept features a body-on-frame design that incorporates the battery pack efficiently.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

million for the Recirculate project, which will address the most pressing challenges in the European battery recycling sector and battery materials logistics. The main goal of the project is to enhance end-of-life battery repair, reuse, remanufacture and recycling. The European Union has awarded €4.9

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Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Californian high-tech advanced mobility company Canoo has delivered its new Light Tactical Vehicle (LTV) to the United States Army for Analysis & Demonstration in fulfillment of the contract awarded in July 2022. The LTV is engineered for extreme environments and includes stealth configurations.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Lyten , an advanced materials company, introduced its LytCell EV lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery platform. The technology is optimized for the electric vehicle market and is designed to deliver three times (3X) the gravimetric energy density of conventional lithium-ion batteries.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2022

Through this architecture, bZ4X achieves a low center of gravity and greater rigidity thanks to the high-capacity Lithium-ion battery pack placed flat under the floor. Handling is due in part to the battery cross-framing structure, which adds to overall vehicle rigidity.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Phoenix Motor, a manufacturer of all-electric, medium-duty vehicles, signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with leading battery-maker Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) for the co- development of batteries for Phoenix Motorcars’ product lines. This MOU will ensure stability and security of essential battery supply.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2021

Tritium, a global developer and manufacturer of DC fast chargers for EVs, and Miller Technology , a supplier of mobile mining equipment for safety and productivity, are partnering to provide fast chargers and light-duty battery EVs for the mining industry. —Paul Summers, Miller Technology’s Lead Battery Electric Vehicle Engineer.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

For 2021, Toyota has fully rebooted the Mirai, originally offered in 2016, as a premium rear-wheel drive sports-luxury fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) with striking design, cutting-edge technology, more engaging driving performance and a significantly longer EPA-estimated range rating. Operation of the FC system and battery is seamless.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Greenlots’ SKY platform is built for scale and designed to deliver a charging solution that meets Volvo Trucks' electric fleet's unique requirements and is optimized for cost and power. We’re excited to be part of the development of a battery-electric transport eco-system along with our Volvo LIGHTS project partners.

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MARCH 17, 2022

In the BMW i7, the characteristic design elements of twin round headlights and BMW grille have been completely reinterpreted to achieve a modern and distinctive look. Some of the special design statements are upper light elements made of exclusive crystal glass and the illuminated contour of the kidney grille.

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MARCH 29, 2023

This incentives project is designed to transform electric vehicle (EV) charging accessibility and accelerate the market with the rapid installation of light-duty electric vehicle Level 2 charging infrastructure across California.

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JULY 14, 2022

Cheap and abundant, sodium is a promising candidate for new battery technology. However, the limited performance of sodium-ion batteries has hindered large-scale application. Sodium-ion batteries (NIBs) have attracted worldwide attention for next-generation energy storage systems. A paper on the work appears in Nature Energy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2021

Following its launch of the e Autopos brand, an EV body concept (PBC-EV) and new electrical steel for notors ( earlier post ), POSCO has introduced its battery pack and steel. In the event of a car accident, Giga Steel protects the battery. Giga Steel is a steel plate that can withstand more than 100 kg per 1mm² area.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Merchants is working with BrightDrop to procure 12,600 BrightDrop EV600s, an all-new, electric light commercial vehicle purpose-built for the delivery of goods and services over long ranges. The EV600 is powered by the Ultium battery system and combines zero-emissions driving with segment-leading safety features. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 29, 2022

Volvo Trucks North America announced the culmination of the Volvo LIGHTS project – an innovative three-year project that brought together 14 public and private partners to design and implement a blueprint for the robust support ecosystem necessary to deploy battery-electric trucks and equipment at scale.

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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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JANUARY 9, 2024

Honda just premiered two CRAZY electric vehicle designs at this year’s CES event in Las Vegas, and has plans to bring them to market with a launch in 2026. The company also wants to introduce new advancements in design, automated driving, connected technologies, performance, and battery efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2022

Evonik, as part of the VESTARO GmbH consortium of companies working to produce lighter and more cost-effective solutions for battery electric vehicles (BEV), has developed a new generation of battery packs, the “Pure Performance Battery” (PBB). meters long and 1.58 meters wide with maximum heights between 0.15 – 0.22

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2021

Friend Family Distinguished Professor of Engineering, have been exploring the use of low-cost materials to create rechargeable batteries that will make energy storage more affordable. These materials could also provide a safer and more environmentally friendly alternative to lithium-ion batteries. They also have a very long cycle life.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

Daimler Truck AG and lithium-ion battery manufacturer and developer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. CATL will be the supplier of lithium-ion battery packs for the Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul battery-electric truck, which is planned to be ready for series production in 2024. The supply will go beyond 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2023

The company says it has leveraged it advanced commercial battery and integration expertise to deliver to the Department of Defense partners a technologically advanced battery pack that can be scaled for use on operational military platforms and will set the stage for standardization of energy dense lithium batteries for the US Navy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2022

GM Ventures, the automaker’s investment arm, has made a strategic investment in Lithion Recycling’s Series A financing round, supporting a new GM-Lithion strategic partnership agreement to pursue a circular battery ecosystem using Lithion’s advanced battery recycling technology.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2022

This design precludes the need for rare earth metals altogether in the manufacture of the rotor. The extremely slim high-voltage battery with a cell height of just 4.3-inches The high-voltage battery is heated using a dedicated 5.5 inches is located low down in the vehicle floor and provides 101.7 kWh of usable energy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2022

AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Center, is working with the SMART5G Project on a new battery-swapping system for electric vehicles. The focus of the SMART5G Project, which is partly funded by Spain’s State Research Agency (AEI), is the design and development of a battery charging and replacement station for lightweight mobility.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Under the dual electrification strategy, all new vehicles will be purely electric starting from 2025 with fuel cell EVs and battery EVs. To drive the shift to electrification, Genesis will focus on a dual electrification strategy involving fuel cell and battery EVs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2023

The all-electric 2025 Ram 1500 REV—the first battery-electric light-duty pickup truck from Ram Truck—made its world debut at the New York International Auto Show. The 2025 Ram 1500 REV is built on the all-new STLA Frame designed specifically for full-size electric vehicles featuring a body-on-frame design.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2021

Battery-electric AMG derivatives based on the new Mercedes Electric Vehicle Architecture (EVA) for luxury and premium-class vehicles. Extensive modifications to the drive, chassis, design and equipment will provide the hallmark AMG driving experience with all-electric drive. AMG High Performance Battery. 13,500 rpm.

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APRIL 20, 2023

Eight German partners are collaborating in a project, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, to develop new technologies and components that can be used to produce lithium-ion batteries more efficiently and in a way that conserves resources.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2023

Using synergies from ZF’s development and production of passenger car drives, the new driveline is adapted to use in light commercial vehicles (LCVs). Designed as a highly integrated electric drive, CeTrax lite provides advantages for manufacturers worldwide, particularly supporting emission-free urban and ‘last mile’ deliveries.

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