Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2023

Volker Wissing has called on the European Commission to enable the use of e-fuels in order to achieve the climate goals. Wissing said that Germany will only agree to the agreement if the Commission makes a proposal on how vehicles with internal combustion engines running only on e-fuels can be registered even after 2035. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

Germany will invest up to €290 million to launch the Innovation and Technology Center for Hydrogen (Innovations- und Technologiezentrum für Wasserstoff, ITZ H 2 ), following the positive conclusion of a feasibility study (German only). Hydrogen is the chance to make large parts of mobility and the economy climate-neutral. This we do.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2021

Germany will invest some €227 million to support the electrification of rail, with a focus on batteries and hydrogen fuel cells, including charging and refueling infrastructure. Currently, 61% of the rail network in Germany is electrified with overhead lines. To this end, 70% of the rail network is to be equipped with overhead lines.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2020

Audi of America (AoA) and the Audi Environmental Foundation are awarding a $100,000 grant to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), the lead institution in the Climate Modeling Alliance (CliMA). The consortium is pursuing an aggressive timeline, with hopes to have the new climate model running within the next five years.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Cemex Germany continues to invest in more sustainable transport for its products. This project is part of Cemex’s Future in Action program, which focuses on achieving sustainable excellence through climate action, circularity, and natural resource management with the primary objective of becoming a net-zero CO2 company by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2021

Germany is adding another €100 million to its successful promotion of private charging stations for electric cars in residential buildings, bringing the total to €500 million. We want more climate protection, more clean electric cars on our roads and more use of green electricity.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2022

Over the past year and a half, the company has invested around €10 million at Rolls-Royce Solutions in Augsburg in test bench modernization, hydrogen infrastructure and other measures as part of its ‘Net Zero at Power Systems’ climate protection program.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

MAHLE has commissioned a test bench for electric drives in Stuttgart/Germany. Both our customers and our developers can now benefit from an ultramodern facility, which is one of only very few in Germany. This equipment will be used to develop and test e-axles and e-drive units for a wide range of electric and hybrid vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2022

IG Metall, Germany’s largest union as well as Europe’s largest industrial union, warns that at Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM), the switch to climate-neutral steel production is may fail due to the lack of financing. million tons, HKM is Germany’s second largest metallurgical plant. With a current production volume of 4.2

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2022

Starting immediately, Deutsche Post is offsetting any unavoidable CO 2 emissions due to mail transport with investments in internationally recognized and certified climate protection projects at no extra charge. For the last ten years, DHL has transported all parcels for private customers with its climate-friendly “GoGreen” service.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2021

A climate-neutral alternative to petroleum-based fuels, they also offer the potential for significantly reduced overall emissions, allowing Tenneco’s Clean Air experts to better manage any remaining pollutants through the aftertreatment process. We are excited to be an active part in the development of this type of technology.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Tesla announced plans to compensate for electric vehicle (EV) subsidies in Germany after the government abruptly ended the incentives program for EVs. In a press release dated December 16, Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) announced the end of its EV subsidy program.

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Electrek

APRIL 6, 2022

Germany’s economy and climate ministry today announced a more ambitious target of clean energy making up 80% of its power mix by 2030 – a bump up from its previous target of 65%. of Germany’s power mix consists of clean energy. The post Germany boosts clean energy target to 80% from 65% by 2030 appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2019

A study by a team of researchers from China, the US and Germany suggests that future climate change may worsen air quality for more than 85% of China’s population, leading to an additional 20,000 deaths each year. Managing air quality in China in a changing climate will thus become more challenging. —Hong et al.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2021

Germany is putting another €100 million into a subsidy program for private wallbox chargers, bringing the program total to €400M. A nationwide and user-friendly charging infrastructure is a prerequisite for more people to switch to climate-friendly e-cars. this enormous demand shows that we are spot on with our funding program.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Developing technology to address the causes of climate change, mitigate its impact, and adapt to the crisis is one of IEEE’s top priorities. To assist with that effort, the IEEE Young Professionals group this year launched its Climate and Sustainability Task Force. Partnering with IRENA, the U.N.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Porsche, Siemens Energy and partners are developing and implementing a pilot project—the “Haru Oni” project—in Chile that is expected to yield the world’s first integrated, commercial, industrial-scale plant for making synthetic climate-neutral fuels (eFuels). Electrolyzers will use wind power to produce green hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Aral is piloting two new fuels in Germany: Aral Futura Super 95 and Aral Futura Diesel. Existing vehicles can make its contribution to achieving the climate targets—today as well as in 2030—through the fuel itself. They are now publicly available for customers at one Aral station in Berlin and one in Düsseldorf.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2019

According to a new study published by the ifo Institue Center for Economic Studies (CESifo) in Germany, EVs will barely help cut CO 2 emissions in the country over the coming years, as the introduction of electric vehicles does not necessarily lead to a reduction in CO 2 emissions from road traffic given the current power generation mix.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2019

Customers of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand in Germany are once again placing more orders for diesel vehicles. In Germany, the diesel debate is emotionally charged—and frequently strays from the facts.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2017

With this field trial, the eHighway will be tested on a public highway in Germany for the first time. The system is being built as part of the joint project “Electrified, innovative heavy freight transport on autobahns” (ELISA) of Germany’s Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety (BMUB).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Germany’s Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV) will award up to €80 million to support the construction of electrolysis plants for the production of green hydrogen for the transport sector. We must use all technologies to achieve our climate protection goals.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2021

This will create several thousand new fast charging points: the Germany network (Deutschlandnetz). These fast charging stations will complement the already existing large fast-charging locations and thus provide a nationwide and needs-based fast charging infrastructure throughout Germany. Sites must support up to 200 kW charging.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 12, 2021

On Friday, Elon Musk and Armin Laschet, the frontrunner to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany’s Chancellor, are expected to meet at Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin site. The Chancellor candidate seeks to find a balance between climate change policies and economic growth in Germany. .

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2023

The Bosch plant in Bamberg, Germany, will supply the Feuerbach factory with the fuel-cell stack. Important system components such as the electric air compressor and the recirculation blower come from the Bosch plant in Homburg, Germany. Bosch believes that only with hydrogen can there be a climate-neutral world.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

Climate neutrality. Vehicles on the road, when powered by synthetic fuel, are ultimately climate-neutral. A compact electric car charged in Germany with renewable electricity from Germany converts around 60% to 70% of that grid power into road performance. The production process is viable, but capacity is lacking.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 4, 2024

“The electrification of our fleet is a clear commitment to achieving our climate goals. ” Siemens AG (Siemens) is a multinational technology conglomerate in Germany. 4 to electrify Siemens AG fleet in Germany appeared first on TESLARATI. 4 offers ranges of up to 512 kilometers and 531 kilometers.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2021

A nationwide and user-friendly charging infrastructure is a prerequisite for more people to switch to climate-friendly e-cars. I would like to thank Olaf Scholz, who has made a further 300 million euros available to us so that we can continue our wallbox funding. Charging must be possible anywhere and anytime.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2021

Germany’s Federal Council has passed the “Law for the Provision of Comprehensive Fast Charging Infrastructure for Pure Battery Electric Vehicles”, or SchnellLG for short. Only with a nationwide and user-friendly charging infrastructure can we get people excited about switching to climate-friendly e-cars.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

family based on the modular electric drive matrix (MEB) is available in Germany from an entry-level price of €46,515. When charged using 100% green energy, the vehicles are already virtually climate-neutral, Volkswagen said. Volkswagen has begun taking orders for the ID.5 5 e-SUV coupé. Earlier post.) 5 Pro and the ID.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2017

A survey by Germany’s BDEW (Bundesverband der Energie- und Wasserwirtschaft), an association of energy and water companies, found that the number of public charge points in the country has grown to 7,407 as of the end of 2016. 890 new charging points have been added to since mid-2016—an increase of almost 12%.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 13, 2017

And that's just what California is doing in an agreement announced this weekend that expands its efforts to battle climate change. But that doesn't necessarily prevent them from working with other countries on matters of mutual interest.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2021

The project is being carried out by the Swedish chemical group Perstorp in cooperation with partners Uniper (Germany) and Fortum (Finland), and the aim is to reduce carbon emissions by up to half million tons annually.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2023

On Sunday, the Berlin E-Prix had to be delayed after a gaggle of climate activists attempted to glue themselves to the starting grid. The activists have been known as ‘the climate stickers’ (Klimakleber) due to their propensity to use adhesives to glue themselves to infrastructure to disrupt traffic flow in cities.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 25, 2023

A large part of our role in the media is to highlight cleantech leaders, and another large part is to bring to light climate and cleantech laggards. With that in mind, we’re starting a new series — a weekly look at a company, person, organization, or country that stood out in a good way and […]

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The European Commission (EC) last week approved an increase in state funding by €300 million (US$332 million) for the purchase of electric buses in Germany in accordance with EU state aid rules. Public transport companies must also ensure that their electric and plug-in hybrid buses are powered by electricity from renewable energy sources.

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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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