Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2021

Phillips 66 has entered into an agreement to acquire a 16% stake in NOVONIX Limited, an Australia-based company that develops and supplies synthetic graphite materials for lithium-ion battery anodes. This strategic investment enables Phillips 66 to directly support the development of the US battery supply chain.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 9, 2024

German automaker Volkswagen has reported its full-year 2023 delivery numbers, featuring more deliveries of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) than ever before. Still, the company remains far off from the world’s top EV seller, though the company has emphasized that its products are heading in the right direction.

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Baua Electric

MAY 13, 2024

As electric bicycles continue to grow in numbers in the US, so too have concerns over the safety of their lithium-ion battery packs. E-bike battery fires, while exceedingly rare, have become a major concern in the US with significant news coverage.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2018

Volvo Trucks introduced its first battery-electric truck for commercial use: the Volvo FL Electric for urban distribution and refuse operations, among other applications. Sales and series production of the new model will start in Europe next year.

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Teslarati

JULY 13, 2021

Tesla’s Standard Range Model Y has finally been approved for sales and production in China, just days after the automaker started allowing orders of the all-electric crossover in one of the company’s most important markets. MIIT approves Tesla Model Y SR for sales/production in #China , #EV carries #LFP #battery pack.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

The company also unveiled targets for sales and financial performance to be achieved by 2030. Under the new plan, the company aims to boost annual global BEV sales to 1.87 Hyundai Motor aims to establish a high efficiency manufacturing process for BEV production to accelerate its transition into electrification.

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EV Info

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

With the pending arrival of a Tesla Model 3, the trusty LEAF is now for sale. The first version appeared on the UK streets 10 years ago and many hundred of thousands followed from the Nissan production line in Sunderland. Over the years the car has been refined with larger battery packs and a body fresh. Battery shows as 100%.

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Teslarati

APRIL 29, 2024

The South Korean battery manufacturer reported an operating profit of 157.3 It reported an operating loss for the first quarter , with the advanced manufacturing production credit (AMPC) from the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) excluded. Legacy automakers have started turning to plug-in hybrid production while EV sales are down.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2022

(TME) announced the expansion of their existing partnership with an agreement for a new large-size commercial van, including a battery electric version. Stellantis will supply TME with the new large-size commercial van for sale in Europe under the Toyota brand.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Optimal Electric Vehicles and Olathe Ford, one of the nation’s largest Ford Commercial Vehicle Centers (CVCs), announced a new partnership in the sales and distribution of Optimal-EV’s E1 series battery-electric cutaway chassis platform.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

Bucher Municipal is expecting that up to 80 sewer trucks, or 50% of their production of cleaning vehicles, will be zero exhaust emission trucks from Volvo by the end of 2023. Volvo Trucks goal is that electric models will account for half of its truck sales in 2030. Serial production will start in the autumn and gradually ramp up.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2019

This step—which certifies the vehicle as a ZEV—is a prerequisite for sales of the vehicle in California. The Lightning Electric Ford Transit is a battery-electric drivetrain package for the Ford Transit 350HD, a product used extensively by commercial and government fleets. Gen 2 Lightning Ford Transit.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2021

Honda last week announced key targets for sales of electrified vehicles in North America, with a plan to make battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles (BEVs and FCEVs) to represent 100% of its vehicle sales by 2040, progressing from sales of 40% by 2030 and 80% by 2035. Advanced Battery Technology.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2021

Hino Trucks intends to produce medium- and heavy-duty Hino trucks with Cummins engines for sale in North America. Hino plans to redirect engineering and other resources to accelerate the development of the battery electric vehicle (BEV) portion of Project Z, the company’s development path to zero emission vehicles (ZEV).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2021

The aim of the Alliance is to scale-up, by 2030, the production and deployment of hydrogen as a fuel produced by means of low-emission technologies and renewable energy sources. Therefore, hydrogen buses from Solaris do not constitute competition for our battery buses or models in the Trollino series.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2020

In 2018, Orocobre added 25,000 tonnes per annum (tpa) of lithium carbonate production capacity, taking full production and capacity to 42,500 tpa of lithium carbonate for sale to industrial, technical and battery markets, positioning Orocobre as one of the world’s largest and lowest cost lithium chemicals producers.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2011

Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric ( earlier post )—a five-passenger, battery-electric car Ford expects will achieve more than a 100 miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) fuel economy rating. 1 gallon of gasoline=33.7 Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh-Durham, N.C.;

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

BYD is launching three new battery-electric passenger vehicles in Europe at the Paris Motor Show, including the BYD ATTO 3, a C-segment SUV designed with the European customer in mind; the BYD TANG, a 7-seater with variable all-wheel drive; and the sporty sedan BYD HAN. BYD’s new generation e-Platform 3.0, BYD e-Platform 3.0

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2021

The first two products are made by a new partner, SAIC Audi. The first series-manufactured automobiles for the Chinese market are scheduled to come off the production line from 2024 onwards in Changchun. Cooperation with the SAIC Motor Corporation begins this year with production in the Shanghai Volkswagen plant in Anting/Shanghai.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

Both will utilize the highly flexible global EV platform powered by Ultium batteries based on the company’s strategic partnership with General Motors. This vision calls for the sales ratio of battery-electric and fuel cell electric vehicles in North America to progress from 40% by 2030 and 80% by 2035 to 100% by 2040.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2022

Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) has announced that its electric vehicle (EV) will be available in India for sale by 2025. That said, the company has research & development ongoing for EV products. It has a battery joint venture with Toshiba and Denso in Gujarat and has recently announced a US$1.3-billion —Bakar Sadik Agwan.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

They are for sale in Europe and production will start during the second half of 2022. Series production of the Volvo FL and FE Electric for city distribution and waste management started in 2019 in Europe. Production of the Volvo VNR Electric for North America started in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2022

CARB’s ZEP Executive Order is a certificate of compliance with CARB regulations for zero-emission powertrains determined to meet specific emissions standards required for sale in California. The Tre BEV started serial production in March 2022 and is available for purchase and delivery now.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2018

Toyota Motor Corporation and Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) agreed to start discussing new joint projects in the fields of technological development, vehicle production, and market development. TKM) to produce models developed by Suzuki for sale in India through each of the Toyota and Suzuki brand network.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2010

Due to what it termed “ strong public interest ” in the Chevrolet Volt, General Motors will increase US production capacity of the Volt by 50%, from 30,000 units to 45,000 units, in 2012. The announcement came as US President Barack Obama toured the Detroit-Hamtramck facility, where the Volt is being produced now for sale later this year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2011

(ECD), a global manufacturer of thin-film flexible solar laminate products and systems for the building-integrated and commercial rooftop markets, has initiated a process to divest its Ovonic Battery Company (OBC) subsidiary. —Jay Knoll, Interim President of ECD.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2023

billion) investment in battery sourcing to achieve its EV sales target in 2030. This goal is made possible through more investment in R&D and CAPEX, particularly in areas of electrification, IT, and new business. MMC also envisages a 210 billion Yen (US$1.5

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Baua Electric

MAY 15, 2024

The new model now has an improved e-route planner and the option of preconditioning the battery. The charging and thermal management function prepares the battery ahead of the next DC charging stop so that it is supplied with energy as quickly as possible on long distances. Source: Volkswagen The post Volkswagen increases power of ID.3

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The two new vehicles, the Logistar 260 (LS260) and the Logistar 100 (LS100), join the LS product line now available globally in Class 1 to Class 4. As a result, the LS100 is eligible for sale in all 27 EU member states and other countries that adopt EU vehicle homologation standards. With a length of 5.5 meters, a width of 1.85

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 3, 2024

VinFast said in a statement on Wednesday that it would reveal details of its plans at “an appropriate time” Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast is set to open its first Indian manufacturing facility, where it will make batteries, in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, three people familiar with the matter said.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2023

The hydrogen-fueled powertrain kit includes a 200 kWh Li-ion battery; hydrogen fuel storage tanks (58.8 CARB’s ZEP Executive Order certifies that a powertrain complies with CARB regulations for zero-emission powertrains determined to meet specific emissions standards required for sale in California. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2019

Toyota Motor Corporation and Subaru Corporation disclosed today that they have agreed jointly to develop a platform dedicated to battery electric vehicles (BEVs) for midsize and large passenger vehicles and jointly to develop a C-segment-class BEV SUV model for sale under each company’s own brand.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

—Petros Spinaris, member of the Management Board for Sales, Marketing and Customer Service. The installed Solaris High Energy battery pack, with a total capacity of more than 700 kWh, will be charged via a plug. Each of the 14 ordered unique e-buses will be fitted with automatic driver assistance systems.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

—Jürgen Stackmann, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand responsible for Sales, Marketing and After Sales. Since May this year, potential customers in Europe have been able to place non-binding reservations for a production slot for the limited ID.3 Production of the ID.3

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 22, 2024

Rumor has it that the vehicle will play host to a battery pack sized just shy of 80 kWh and that the engineering team is hoping to create a rival of the all-electric 718 Porsche has been developing. Battery packs may be good at keeping a vehicle’s center of gravity low. That being the case, expect batteries sized between 66 and 91 kWh.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2020

Through the partnership, Hyundai and Kia plan to introduce competitively priced small and medium-sized electric vans and other products for logistics, on-demand ride-hailing and shuttle service companies. Founded in 2015, Arrival has production plants and R&D centers in the US, Germany, Tel Aviv, Russia and the UK.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2022

The lagging supply of semiconductors caused limitations in production throughout the course of the year, which ultimately had a major impact on the unit sales figures, the company said. The proportion of purely battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs) and hybrid vehicles nearly doubled to 7.5% of total deliveries (2020: 4%).

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