Battery, Electric Vehicles and Estonia

UP Catalyst offering carbon-negative graphite for European battery supply chain

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

UP Catalyst , an Estonia-based company developing a method to produce sustainable carbon nanomaterials and graphite from CO 2 ( earlier post ), says that it can produce carbon-negative graphite, consuming 3.7 The valuable mineral for electric vehicle (EV) batteries is now considered a critical raw material.

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Carbon Supplies Molten Salt Battery

BEV adoption reaches ‘tipping point’ in 31 countries: Bloomberg

Teslarati

APRIL 1, 2024

Tesla and other electric vehicle (EV) brands are becoming more popular around the world, and a recent report shows that several countries have surpassed a crucial EV adoption tipping point. Norway, Iceland and Denmark led the BEV market share charts in Q4, with Sweden and Finland following behind. Globally, BEVs were at a 14.5

Bulgaria

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Neo Performance Materials to acquire exploration license for rare earth element project in Greenland

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2022

The project hosts a mineral deposit that is enriched in neodymium and praseodymium, two essential elements for rare earth permanent magnets used in electric vehicles, wind turbines, and high-efficiency electric motors and pumps that help reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Sarfartoq carbonatite drill cores.

Estonia

Estonia Wind Gas-Electric Motor

Nissan has more than 550 electric taxis on European roads

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

With more than 550 electric taxis on European roads, Nissan is now Europe’s best-selling manufacturer of 100% electric taxis. During 2015, more than 100 electric vehicles were delivered to taxi companies across Europe. Green Lite Taxi Kft.,

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Taxi Nissan Estonia Lithuania

JRC report finds electric vehicles in Europe on the way to full-scale commercialization

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2015

The European Union appears to be undergoing a transition from the testing of and experimentation with electric vehicles to full-scale EV commercialization, according to a new report from the EU’s Joint Research Center (JRC). The number of battery electric vehicles models, derived from conventional car models, is increasing.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Commercial PHEV Europe

ACEA: data show EU market for electric cars highly fragmented; need for inclusive measures

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

Many of the new EU member states with a low ECV market share merely offer an exemption from the annual circulation tax for electric vehicles. Five EU member states don’t offer any incentives at all: Croatia, Estonia, Lithuania, Malta and Poland. Lowest ECV market share in EU in 2016. ECV Units sold. GDP per capita.

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ABB launches Terra 53 DC fast charger in NA; SAE Combo and CHAdeMO

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2013

This 50 kW DC fast charging station meets both SAE Combo and CHAdeMO standards for battery electric vehicles. To date, the company has helped facilitate the creation of nationwide charging infrastructure networks throughout Northern Ireland, Denmark, the Netherlands and Estonia.

DC

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Neo Performance Materials and Energy Fuels launching US-European rare earth production initiative

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2021

Under an agreement in principle, subject to completion of definitive agreements, Colorado-based Energy Fuels will process natural monazite sands into an RE Carbonate beginning in March or April 2021 and ship a portion of that production to Neo’s rare earth separations facility in Sillamäe, Estonia (Silmet).

Energy

Energy Fuel Production Estonia

EEA: Fuel efficiency improvements of new cars in Europe slowed in 2016

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2017

However, diesel cars still remain the most sold vehicle type in the EU representing 49.4% of new sales, followed by gasoline vehicles (47%), and alternatively fueled vehicles (3.3%, including electric vehicles). The least fuel-efficient cars continue to be bought in Estonia (134 g CO 2 /km).

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2016 Czech Republic Fuel Europe

IONITY partners with Shell, OMV, Tank & Rast and Circle K on sites for high-power charging network; 18 countries, >200 sites

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

By teaming up with Circle K in Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden, IONITY will be able to forge ahead with the construction of its fast charging network in Northern Europe. The charging stations are equipped with the latest e- charging technology and will have six charging points on average.

Czech Republic

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 31, 2023

NASA Battery Tech to Deliver for the Grid EnerVenue’s nickel-hydrogen battery cells are 1.8 EnerVenue If you don’t discharge and then recharge them all the way, lithium-ion batteries can last for thousands of charge-discharge cycles. Now imagine a battery that can last through tens of thousands of charge-discharge cycles.

Fusion

Fusion Energy Lithium Ion Grid

EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2019

Sales of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) and battery-electric vehicles (BEV) continued to increase. Together with Estonia, Finland and Malta, these were the only countries where the average emissions of new cars decreased from 2017 to 2018. In 2018, 1.66 compared with 2017.

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Kia EV9 wins Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year 2024 title | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

MARCH 7, 2024

Here’s what some of the judges have to say: “The Kia EV9 is truly a game-changer for electric vehicles. It will be the vehicle we look back on down the road and say ‘that is when EVs became truly affordable, user-friendly and desirable for all consumers’. Ylle Rajasaar, Estonia.

Kia

Kia Aston Martin Cars Estonia

European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Poland, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania all posted record levels of volume, while it was the best year since 2007 for Spain and Estonia, and the best year since 2008 for Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Latvia. Strong results in Spain, Poland and the Netherlands were offset by falls in the UK, Italy and Sweden. of total registrations in 2008.

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2001 Alternative Fuels Diesel Market

Mitsubishi Motors to supply 635 Outlander PHEVs to National Police of Ukraine

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2017

As part of its policy to reduce CO 2 and greenhouse gas emissions using the Green Investment Scheme under the Kyoto Protocol, the Ukrainian government will use the Outlander PHEVs as police vehicles. EV Drive Mode is an all-electric function in which the front and rear motors drive the vehicle using only electricity from the drive battery.

Ukraine

Ukraine Mitsubishi PHEV Supplies

More than 50 percent of MoUs signed in Vibrant Gujarat are green | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

Suzuki Motor Group’s first battery-electric vehicle will be unveiled at the end of the year and exported to Japan and Europe,” he added Toshihiro Suzuki stated in his address that Suzuki will invest Rs 3,300 crore in Suzuki Motor Gujarat, which will produce 2.5 This will lead to 1.7 times more production and 2.7

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Mitsubishi Corp. to provide 507 i-MiEVs to Estonian Government; CHAdeMO quick charging network for the country

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2011

Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) will provide 507 units of the i-MiEV electric vehicle manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors (MMC)—the largest single provision since sales of the EV started—to the Estonian Government. subsidy programs for consumers who purchase electric vehicles, to be introduced by the end of 2012.

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i-MiEV Mitsubishi Estonia Charging

Study finds that EV-specific factors rather than socio-demographic variables better predictors of EV uptake

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

In other words, neither financial incentives nor charging infrastructure ensure high electric vehicle adoption rates. Estonia deciding to buy 500 MiEVs in 2012 or Belgium offering high financial incentives but perhaps not to the right market, noted lead author Will Sierzchula. —Sierzchula et al. —Sierzchula et al.

Czech Republic

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Navigant Research forecasts EV charger global market to grow to $3.8B by 2020; 27.1% CAGR from 2013

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2013

Navigant Research forecasts that the global EVSE (electric vehicle supply equipment, i.e., charger) market will grow from $713 million in 2013 to $3.8 Battery swapping. In its limited form, a battery swap is executed underneath or in the rear of the PEV either robotically or manually through lift-assist equipment.

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2013 Global 2020 Market

EV Driven

UP Catalyst offering carbon-negative graphite for European battery supply chain

BEV adoption reaches ‘tipping point’ in 31 countries: Bloomberg

Neo Performance Materials to acquire exploration license for rare earth element project in Greenland

Nissan has more than 550 electric taxis on European roads

JRC report finds electric vehicles in Europe on the way to full-scale commercialization

ACEA: data show EU market for electric cars highly fragmented; need for inclusive measures

ABB launches Terra 53 DC fast charger in NA; SAE Combo and CHAdeMO

Neo Performance Materials and Energy Fuels launching US-European rare earth production initiative

EEA: Fuel efficiency improvements of new cars in Europe slowed in 2016

IONITY partners with Shell, OMV, Tank & Rast and Circle K on sites for high-power charging network; 18 countries, >200 sites

2023’s Top Stories About Energy

EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased in 2018

Kia EV9 wins Women’s Worldwide Car of the Year 2024 title | Autocar Professional

European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

Mitsubishi Motors to supply 635 Outlander PHEVs to National Police of Ukraine

More than 50 percent of MoUs signed in Vibrant Gujarat are green | Autocar Professional

Mitsubishi Corp. to provide 507 i-MiEVs to Estonian Government; CHAdeMO quick charging network for the country

Study finds that EV-specific factors rather than socio-demographic variables better predictors of EV uptake

Navigant Research forecasts EV charger global market to grow to $3.8B by 2020; 27.1% CAGR from 2013

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