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Volvo Cars? Chengdu car plant powered by 100% renewable electricity; 65% hydropower

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The Volvo Cars manufacturing plant in Chengdu, the company’s largest in China, is now powered by 100% renewable electricity, taking the company’s global renewable electricity mix in its manufacturing network to 80%. By 2040, Volvo Cars aims to be a climate-neutral company. Hydropower station dam in Chengdu.

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Brussels plant kicks off production for the new Audi Q8 e-tron

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From 2025, production at all Audi plants will be carbon neutral as part of the company-wide environmental program Mission:Zero. Since production of the Audi e-tron began, the Belgium site has been recognized as the world’s first certified carbon-neutral high-volume production plant in the premium segment.

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Volkswagen’s Elli and Elia Group partner to integrate EVs into the grid

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The MoU underscores the signatories’ shared vision of integrating electric cars into the electricity system. The Group ensures that production and consumption are balanced, supplying 30 million end users with electricity. An essential key to achieving climate neutrality lies in linking of the energy and mobility sectors.

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EC awards Better Place and partners €4.95M for EV infrastructure project, including battery switch stations

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The project envisions the analysis, testing and deployment of a multi-transport mode network using the current road infrastructure and railways coupled with an electric car charging network of battery switch stations and charge spots powered by renewable energy along with intelligent transport systems.

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Coulomb Racks Up Series of Charging Infrastructure Wins

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The city of Amsterdam selected Coulomb to provide 45 charging stations as part of a two-year public demonstration project. The City of Amsterdam plans to deploy 200 charging stations before 2012, and expects the charging stations to fuel 10,000 electric cars in 2015.

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This Dutch City Is Road-Testing Vehicle-to-Grid Tech

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Hundreds of charging stations for electric vehicles dot Utrecht’s urban landscape in the Netherlands like little electric mushrooms. This initiative is taking place in an environment where everyday citizens want to travel without causing emissions and are increasingly aware of the value of renewables and energy security. “We

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SiliconRepublic.com: IBM to build smart grid for electric cars - R&D

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Market introduction and investment plans under the EDISON (Electric Vehicles in a Distributed Market using Sustainable Energy and Open Networks) in Denmark will result in upwards of 10pc of the country’s vehicles being all electric or hybrid electric during the coming years.

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