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German officials’ and Elon Musk’s speeches on Tesla Giga Berlin’s opening event highlight a message of hope

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According to Scholz, East Germany will especially benefit from Giga Berlin’s presence in the area. Considering the time it took for the facility to be built and fully approved, the official noted that Giga Berlin proves that “Germany can be fast.” Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Scholz hails Northvolt factory as sign of Germany’s industrial appeal – ET Auto

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Northvolt referred in a statement to the sufficient wind energy available off the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein, where Heide is located. The Swedish battery developer and manufacturer will produce climate-friendly battery cells for 1 million cars a year at the site.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In Germany, all Mercedes-Benz plants will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy. The preparations for exclusively green electricity for a climate-friendly production in Europe are already well advanced. From 2022, the production of our Mercedes-Benz plants in Germany will operate CO 2 -neutral.

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Tesla had a year filled with achievements in 2022

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In March, Elon Musk danced as he and Tesla handed over the first made-in-Germany vehicles produced at the newly opened Giga Berlin, which opened in the fall of 2021. At this event, Elon Musk gave a passionate speech about how Giga Berlin would be the gemstone for Europe and the world. We will also make battery storage.

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Is Europe’s Nuclear Phaseout Starting to Phase Out?

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Philippsburg, an old fortress town in Germany just forty kilometers from the French border, once hosted a nuclear power plant with two towers just like them. The event was abrupt and unceremonious, its time kept secret to prevent crowds from gathering amidst the first wave of Covid-19. The obvious answer might be solar and wind.

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CLEPA study: EV-only approach would lead to the loss of half a million supplier jobs in the EU

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All three scenarios assume accelerated electrification to meet climate goals, with a high market share for electrified vehicles (Battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and full hybrid electric vehicles) by 2030 of more than 50%, almost 80%, and close to 100%, respectively. CLEPA’s policy recommendations.

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WMO reports GHG concentrations at highest in 800K years

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ppm in 2015 because of a combination of human activities and a strong El Niño event. Since 1990, there has been a 40% increase in total radiative forcing—the warming effect on the climate—by all long-lived greenhouse gases, and a 2.5% Globally averaged concentrations of CO 2 reached 403.3

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