Teslarati

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Tesla’s Giga Presses continue to catch on with other automakers shifting to electric vehicles (EVs), as the company’s casting machine supplier has just announced a new contract with Volvo. The collaboration with the brand exemplifies the company’s dedication to driving progress in the industry.”

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Volkswagen is establishing a European company (Société Européenne) to consolidate activities along the value chain for batteries—from processing raw materials to developing a unified Volkswagen battery to managing the European gigafactories. There are plans to build additional gigafactories at sites in Spain and Eastern Europe.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2021

Swedish battery materials company Altris AB, which specializes in producing highly sustainable cathode materials for rechargeable sodium batteries, has officially opened its first office in China. The company is also planning to scale up production of Fennac to an industrial level in 2022.

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JANUARY 8, 2021

Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. The capacity increase comes as Volvo Cars also reports its full-year sales results for 2020, which showed a strong growth in demand for the company’s Recharge models.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Northvolt Six is investing in a battery manufacturing plant in Canada. “Since we founded Northvolt seven years ago, we have pursued one goal: to establish a new sustainable model for battery manufacturing. It will be a fully integrated facility, manufacturing cathode active material on-site, produce batteries, and recycle cells.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Volvo Cars is opening a new Tech Hub in Singapore, a global hotspot for advanced technology and manufacturing excellence. The new Tech Hub will be a key center for data and analytics, software and advanced manufacturing development in line with Volvo Cars’ ambition to be a leader in new technology and a fully electric car maker by 2030.

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JULY 13, 2022

Grants will be disbursed from the Innovation Fund to help bring technologies to the market in energy-intensive industries, hydrogen, renewable energy, carbon capture and storage infrastructure, and manufacturing of key components for energy storage and renewables. residue streams, renewable hydrogen and biogas to methanol. Background.

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Iberdrola and H2 Green Steel (H2GS, earlier post )have signed an agreement to build a plant with an electrolysis capacity of 1 GW. Both companies will also explore the possibility of locating a steelmaking facility capable of producing between 2.5 and 5 million tonnes of green steel plate per year on the same site.

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OCTOBER 10, 2022

China-based smart electric vehicle company NIO unveiled details of its products and services for Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden at a European launch event in Berlin. The company also said that it plans to build 20 Power Swap Stations (PSS) in Europe this year. In 2023, this number is expected to reach 120.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 6, 2022

Sweden-based Volta Trucks on Thursday announced plans to enter the United States market with its Zero electric commercial trucks. The company said in a press release that it plans to "appoint an experienced U.S.-based based manufacturing partner in late 2022." It plans to start U.S. production with this partner in 2024-2025.

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DECEMBER 11, 2021

billion) investment in battery development and manufacturing. The establishment of the new research and development (R&D) center in Gothenburg will be followed by the construction of a new manufacturing plant in Europe.

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DECEMBER 25, 2020

Battery anode company Talga Group Ltd completed an A$25-million (US$19-million) placement to fund the Electric Vehicle Anode (EVA) pilot plant as part of the development of the Vittangi Anode Project located in northern Sweden. This work is important for steel, car and battery manufacturing industries.

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JUNE 22, 2021

Volvo Car Group intends to establish a joint venture with Swedish battery company Northvolt to develop and produce more sustainable batteries, tailored to power the next generation of pure electric Volvo and Polestar cars. Production is scheduled to start in 2026.

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Scania, a member of the Volkswagen Group, is developing a fuel cell refuse truck together with Renova, a waste handling company in western Sweden, fuel cell manufacturer Powercell Sweden AB, and JOAB, a manufacturer of truck bodies. Refuse trucks often operate in residential areas in the early hours of the morning.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Siemens has achieved a breakthrough by finishing its first full load engine tests for gas turbine blades completely produced using Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology. Furthermore, Siemens tested a new blade design with a completely revised and improved internal cooling geometry manufactured using the AM technology.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

Scania, a member of the Volkswagen Group, and Northvolt, a 2016 startup building a European Gigafactory (planned 32 GWh annual capacity) for Li-ion batteries ( earlier post ), have agreed to develop and commercialize battery cell technology for heavy commercial vehicles. Scania is investing €10 million (US$12.5

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Teslarati

JUNE 24, 2021

Tesla plans to open some of its Supercharging stations in Norway and Sweden to other electric vehicles in Q3 2022. Last week, Teslarati reported that German Federal Minister of Transport Andreas Scheuer urged Tesla to unlock the company’s Superchargers to manufacturers of other EVs.

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APRIL 21, 2023

Polestar is reportedly taking over Saab's defunct plant in Sweden to expand upon its European research and development operations. The 15,000-square-meter building, located in Trollhattan, is said to be focusing on the brand’s powertrain development. The company will reportedly be renting the facility from the city of Trollhattan.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 12, 2023

The Swedish state-owned mining company, LKAB, has identified the world’s largest reserve of rare earth elements critical for battery and EV manufacturing. Sweden may be the world’s new gold mine as the state-owned mining company has identified the world’s largest supply of rare earth elements in Northern Sweden.

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MARCH 25, 2022

These are projects of a strategic nature, with a significant potential to have a knock-on effect on the rest of the economy, and which require collaboration between administrations, companies and research centers in order to scale up their operations. The group’s demand for premium cells will be met by Northvolt in Skellefteå, Sweden.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Enterprise Services business will help National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) accelerate the setup of its global electric vehicle production. As part of the project, HPE will create a global manufacturing IT platform for NEVS that will operate across plants in Sweden and China.

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AUGUST 20, 2014

National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), the company working to resurrect the Saab brand, presented the Saab 9-3 Electric Vehicle as designed and produced as part of a prototype series in Trollhättan. NEVS is planning for initial sales in Sweden and China, with subsequent expansion to other markets. Under the hood.

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APRIL 3, 2020

Assisted and autonomous driving software development company, Zenuity, currently a 50-50 joint venture between Volvo Cars and Veoneer, will be split into two parts to maximize the potential of Zenuity’s developments to date. The new company will remain separate from Volvo Cars and run its own distribution channels.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 16, 2024

As Tesla faces continued labor efforts in Europe over whether the company’s German Gigafactory will sign a collective labor agreement, the automaker has largely doubled down on the idea that its workers are better off being independent from a union’s influence.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

With the rapid expansion of Scania’s electrified range of trucks, buses and engines, the company plans to, over several years, invest more than 1 billion SEK (US$116 million) in a battery assembly plant in Södertälje, Sweden. The company will also invest US18.4 million (€15.5

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Teslarati

MARCH 15, 2022

Swedish battery company Northvolt announced today that it will build a new €4 Billion battery Gigafactory in Northern Germany in the city of Heide. The plant, known as “Northvolt Drei,” will be the company’s third production facility of at least 60 gigawatts of annual capacity and its first outside of Sweden.

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JUNE 12, 2019

Furthermore, a 50/50 joint venture to build a 16 GWh battery cell factory in Europe is planned during the course of this year. Under its electrification strategy, the Volkswagen Group’s annual capacity requirements in Europe alone from 2025 are in excess of 150 GWh; the company expects demand on a similar scale in Asia.

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APRIL 9, 2018

With a combination of low contact resistance, high corrosion resistance, and low cost, it exceeds both performance and cost reduction targets set up by the US Department of Energy (DOE), the company says. The French tire and auto components manufacturer is in a build-up phase in its fuel cell manufacturing initiative.

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APRIL 27, 2018

The facility will enable fully process representative manufacturing and allow a faster and more efficient time to market for unique formulations, cell formats and technology. The facility will be built in Västerås, outside of Stockholm, Sweden. Capacity is planned to be 125 MWh/year. Earlier post.) Nemaska Lithium Inc.

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JUNE 3, 2020

Local, regional and state governments as well as corporate innovators have set strong commitments for fleet electrification and manufacturers want to supply the vehicles they require. Industry leaders such as (but not limited to) BYD Motors, the Ingka Group (IKEA’s parent company), Nikola Motors, Siemens, The Lion Electric Co.,

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NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Nikola Motor Company has named Bosch and PowerCell AB as key suppliers for the Nikola class 8 hydrogen-fuel-cell electric truck, unveiled as a prototype in December 2016. PowerCell Sweden AB will be the primary supplier of fuel cell stacks for Nikola’s pre-production testing vehicles. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 4, 2023

For instance, a deadly building fire in Hanoi, Vietnam, in September reportedly became the subject of unsubstantiated rumors. In 2022, there were only 24 EV car fires in Sweden, representing 0.004 percent of battery-powered cars there. For cars running on gasoline or diesel fuel, the fire rate was 0.08

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

The Volvo Group and Isuzu Motors will establish a Joint Alliance Office, with facilities both in Japan and Sweden, which will be overseen by an Alliance Board comprising the Isuzu Motors President, the Volvo Group CEO and other key executives from the two groups.

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JANUARY 2, 2024

In 2023, the company sold 1.6 million in 2022, according to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. It is building an assembly plant in Hungary and has opened dealerships in Germany, Norway, and Sweden. The Atto-3 SUV / Source: BYD Europe It was a huge year for profits at Chinese auto behemoth BYD.

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MAY 26, 2022

Several organizations, encompassing companies, research labs, and academia, have formed the Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group. Several companies are developing hydrogen high pressure injectors, including Bosch and Westport Fuel Systems. Combustion and Propulsion Systems, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden.

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DECEMBER 14, 2016

This marks the next phase in a deepening alliance between Volvo and Uber after the two companies signed an agreement in August 2016 to establish a jointly-owned project to build base vehicles that can be used to develop fully autonomous driverless cars. The company is expected to start operations in the beginning of 2017.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Northvolt ( earlier post ) announced a partnership with the two Swedish municipalities Skellefteå and Västerås for the establishment of Europe’s largest lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant. Skellefteå is part of a raw material and mining cluster in the north of Sweden and has a long history of process manufacturing and recycling.

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