Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2020

The start-up, which is based in Frankfurt am Main in Germany, thus offers the first loyalty program for e-mobility in Europe. The “&Charge” platform is currently available in Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands. In Baden-Württemberg in Germany, the first partnerships have been concluded in the fields of gastronomy and retail.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2021

Under the name “Green Wilhelmshaven,” Germany-based international energy company Uniper plans to establish a German national hub for hydrogen in Wilhelmshaven and is working on a corresponding feasibility study. One sector in which hydrogen can play a crucial role in reducing CO2 emissions is steel production.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Deutsche Post DHL Group, the world’s leading logistics company, is committed to strengthen clean operations for climate protection and will invest €7 billion in the current decade on its path to net-zero emissions logistics.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2023

In Germany, a project led by electrolyte company Elyte Innovations GmbH is pursuing the recovery of the non-metallic components—including lithium salts, solvents and electrolyte additives—from spent lithium-ion batteries. To increase the material recovery rates during the recycling of LIBs, a team led by Prof.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2022

The project name HyBit stands for “Hydrogen for Bremen’s industrial transformation” and marks the start of the decarbonization of steel production in Bremen, Germany. The APEX Group will be the heart of the project—a 10 MW electrolysis plant for hydrogen production. Earlier post.). Mockup of electrolysis unit.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

3 electric vehicle, the first model from the MEB product line for electric vehicles, is making its debut at IAA 2019 in Frankfurt. 3 will be delivered in Germany from mid-2020. Sustainability is already brought to life with battery production: consequently, cell production facilities for batteries in the ID.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2021

The Audi e-tron GT is the first Audi electric car to be built in the Böllinger Höfe at the Neckarsulm site in Germany. Since the start of series production of the e-tron GT, a biogas-operated combined heat and power plant has been supplying the heat required for production in the Böllinger Höfe.

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AUGUST 11, 2022

According to data released by BloombergNEF, Europe now accounts for 34% of global electric vehicle sales and is the second largest worldwide market after China. In just a few years, Europe has become one of the world’s most penetrated markets for electric vehicles, and its rapid growth is due to the strong support of relevant policies.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2017

Germany-based innogy, a subsidiary of energy giant RWE, has established its own new subsidiary to enter the e-mobility market in the US. The new company, trading under the name of innogy e-mobility US LLC, will be based in Los Angeles and serve the US market as a provider of technology and charging services.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2020

To make an effective contribution to climate protection, we aim to improve our products’ overall environmental balance—from resources to recycling. This applies in particular to energy-intensive production of high-voltage batteries for electric vehicles.

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AUGUST 11, 2021

Tesla’s factory in Germany seems to be raring to go, based on videos taken of Giga Berlin’s stamping section. Model Y bodies were spotted on the factory’s site recently, too, hinting that Giga Berlin’s machines are being calibrated for Model Y production. Laschet is a frontrunner to succeed Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Hydrogen is a versatile energy source that has a key role to play in the energy transition process and therefore in climate protection. This is the interface between development and production where every new model from the company’s brands is made for the first time.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2019

Daimler Trucks & Buses, one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers, aims to offer only new vehicles that are CO 2 -neutral in driving operation (“tank-to-wheel”) in the triad markets of Europe, Japan and NAFTA by 2039. Earlier post.) All other plants will follow.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2017

In Germany, legislation banning permits for new cars and light trucks with internal combustion engines as of 2030 is currently under consideration. A new study by the ifo Institute projects that such a ban could lead to significant losses in terms of jobs and added value in Germany. of overall manufacturing employment in Germany.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2023

Mercedes-Benz held its groundbreaking ceremony for a new battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim, Germany, which will help reduce resource consumption and establishing closed-loop recycling of battery raw materials. Mercedes-Benz lays the foundation for a sustainable battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim in southern Germany.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2010

ISO/PC 248 will bring together international expertise and state-of-the-art best practice to discuss the social, economic and environmental aspects of the production, supply chain, and use of bioenergy, and identify criteria that could prevent it from being environmentally destructive or socially aggressive.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Volkswagen marked its serious entry into the battery-electric vehicle market with the introduction in Frankfurt of its first two series production EVs: the e-up! is going on sale in mid-October, followed by the e-Golf launch in the spring of 2014 (in Germany). and the e-Golf. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). The Volkswagen e-up!

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Lowering the price of battery cells to 100 euros [US$124] per kilowatt hour would significantly increase the market potential of electric vehicles. High-performance energy storage is key to big challenges of our times—namely climate protection and a sustainable mobility. Earlier post.).

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