Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2020

In March 2020, demand for new commercial vehicles fell by 47.3% The strongest drops were posted by Italy (-66.1%), Spain (-64.4%) and France (-63.1%). New commercial vehicle registrations by type in the EU. In the first quarter of 2020, the EU commercial vehicle market contracted by 23.2% less than last year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Groupe Renault is extending the range of its electric light commercial vehicles with hydrogen fuel cells. m 3 , despite a reasonable additional weight of 110 kg, this vehicle will be available in France at €48,300 ex. Renault KANGOO Z.E. Hydrogen will be available at the end of 2019 and Renault MASTER Z.E. Hydrogen in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2014

Renault and Fiat have signed an agreement under which Renault will supply Fiat with a light commercial vehicle based on a Renault platform. The vehicle will be manufactured by Renault in France starting from the second quarter of 2016.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

HYVIA, a joint venture equally owned by Renault and Plug ( earlier post ), and HYSETCO, a developer of a hydrogen refueling infrastructure network in France, are developing a new cooperation which aims to: Improve the customer experience of HYVIA light commercial vehicles users in the public hydrogen refueling stations of the HYSETCO network.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2019

and Waymo have entered into an exclusive agreement for an initial period to explore all aspects of driverless mobility services for passengers and deliveries in France and Japan. The Alliance of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi has a global footprint and portfolio covering every segment of passenger and light commercial vehicles.

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EV Central

APRIL 11, 2024

Range hasn’t been discussed but whichever version you choose it will be manufactured at Renault’s Sandouville plant in northern France that currently builds the Renault Trafic and Nissan Primastar sold in Europe. Renault and Volvo create Flexis to revolutionise electric light commercial vehicles appeared first on EV Central.

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Teslarati

MAY 30, 2022

On Monday, May 30, Stellantis and Toyota Motor Europe (TME) announced the launch of a large-sized light commercial van (LCV) for Europe. The pair kicked off their partnership in 2012 with the mid-sized LCV, produced in Stellantis’ Hordain plant in France. The companies have teamed up in the past on a compact-and mid-sized LCV.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2013

AVERE-France, the French hybrid and electric vehicle association, reports that sales of electric vehicles in France reached 5,663 units for cars (VP) and 3,651 units for commercial vehicles (LCV) in 2012, increasing 115% and 117%, respectively, against the 2011 results.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2015

PSA Peugeot Citroën (PSA) and General Motors (GM) announced that as part of their existing alliance agreement ( earlier post ), the next generation small light commercial vehicles (B-LCV) from both companies will be built in the PSA plant in Vigo, Spain. They will be developed on PSA’s latest LCV architecture.

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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 28, 2022

During his visit to the Hordain site in the northern Hauts-de-France region, Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares announced the mass production of Peugeot, Citroen and Opel light commercial vehicles in a hydrogen-powered version equipped with a fuel cell.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2021

million medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles on the EU’s roads, the average age of which is 13 years. ACEA’s new report also reveals the following facts about the fleet of commercial vehicles (trucks, vans and buses) operating in Europe today: At almost 1.2 With 6 million vehicles, France has by far the largest van fleet.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2013

For the first five months of 2013, ZOE posted a combined 2,830 registrations, making it the best-selling electric vehicle in France, accounting for 73% of the electric passenger car market. of the electric light commercial vehicle (LCV) market. ZOE goes on sale in Germany on Saturday. accounted for 83.6% A hat-tip to David!

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The Master Van is produced in France, at Renault’s Batilly plant. The hydrogen tanks will be sourced in France, from Faurecia. These prototypes are a first illustration of the complete HYVIA ecosystem including green hydrogen production and distribution, with a range of fuel cell-powered light commercial vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2021

Commercial vehicles such as LCVs require greater range and shorter refueling time, operational demands where hydrogen fuel cells can offer an attractive solution. These advantages are particularly well-suited to certain uses of light commercial vehicles while simultaneously addressing the regulatory challenges of decarbonizing city centers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Hailing from Nissan’s electric Light Commercial Vehicle (e-LCV) expertise, it was engineered for capability, reliability and sustainability, with business owners in mind. Built on a shared CMF-C platform, the new vehicle will be manufactured at the Alliance center of excellence for small vans in Maubeuge, France.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2012

In March, new commercial vehicle registrations dropped by 11.8%, totaling 184,235 units in the EU, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). in France, -22.1% in France, 8.9% In total, the EU recorded 451,244 new commercial vehicles. New Light Commercial Vehicles up to 3.5t.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2021

This commitment would allow Ballard to acquire a stake in Forsee Power upon its initial public offering on Euronext in Paris, France, with Ballard also having the right to appoint a board member to the Forsee Power board of directors.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2011

Demand for new commercial vehicles in November was up 8.4% The positive results were mainly supported by France (+9.9%), Germany (+13.9%) and the UK (+19.4%). While Germany (+18.9%) and the UK (+18.0%) performed similarly, France posted a 5.9% in France, 13.4% in France and 21.1% in Spain to 12.4% in Spain, 25.6%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2021

HYVIA is located in France at four locations. HYVIA will offer a wide range of fuel cell-powered light commercial vehicles by the end of 2021: Master Van H2-TECH —a large van for transporting goods and packages, with 12 m 3 of cargo volume and a range of up to 500 km. Now, Renault has outlined the initial HYVIA offerings.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

The new partners have agreed upon, and will implement with immediate effect, specific projects in the areas of a new common architecture for small vehicles; engines; and light commercial vehicles. Collaboration on light commercial vehicles. The launches of the jointly developed models are planned for 2013 onwards.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2023

When it comes to drive systems for commercial vehicles, Schaeffler is also investing in hydrogen, especially for long-haul applications. Schaeffler is due to start production of bipolar plates under the name of Innoplate, a joint venture with Symbio, in Haguenau, France, at the start of 2024.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 12, 2024

Stellantis Ventures became a strategic investor of France-based Tiamat, which is developing and commercializing sodium-ion battery technology. According to the legacy automaker, Tiamat is the first company in the world to recently commercialize sodium-ion technology in an electrified product.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2010

The Renault-Nissan Alliance and EDF will conduct a experimental electric vehicle project in department of Yvelines (France) with €6.5 Better Place will install and manage the battery switch stations and test the associated commercial offerings. million (US$8.8 Other partners in the project include Schneider Electric and Better Place.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2011

Renault has won the first lot of a call for bids for electric vehicles in France initiated by French public authorities and organized by the public procurement organization UGAP (l’Union des groupements d’achats publics). Stoll, Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing & Light Commercial Vehicles. billion) over four years.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2020

DB Schenker will use the all-electric light-duty trucks with an output of 129 kW and a payload of up to 3.2 The FUSO eCanter is Daimler Trucks’ first fully-electric light-duty truck in small-series production. FUSO celebrated the market launch of this commercial vehicle for short-radius distribution in 2017.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2020

When CSP set up its Center of Excellence for Lightweight Technologies and Carbon Fiber Processes in Pouancé, France, in 2013, the goal was to develop processes to make the use of carbon fiber in high volume applications affordable and feasible. With our multi-material decklid concept, we demonstrated this was totally possible.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2015

Symbio FCell has delivered the first five Renault Kangoo ZE Light commercial vehicles (LCVs) powered by its hydrogen Fuel Cell Range-Extender, as part of a full fleet project led by the Conseil Général de la Manche which will ultimately deploy 40 vehicles. La Manche is a département in West Normandy, France. Earlier post.)

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 27, 2023

This summer, at the Paris Olympic Games, security officials will perform a much bigger experiment in the heart of the City of Light, covering the events, the entire Olympic village, and the connecting roads and rails. That’s the result of activists fighting for years in France, in Europe, and elsewhere.” Safety in Numbers?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2015

The Kangoo ZE-H2 is a Renault Kangoo ZE Light commercial vehicle (LCV) powered by a hydrogen Fuel Cell Range-Extender. This project can be easily replicated across Europe, the company says, and is increasingly well followed with nearly 30 cities in France having already applied. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2015

Global Bioenergies, a developer of one-step fermentation processes for the direct and cost-efficient transformation of renewable resources into light olefins, and Cristal Union, the 4 th largest European beet producer, have formed IBN-One, a joint venture to build and operate the first plant in France converting renewable resources into isobutene.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2024

This year, France is celebrating the 150th anniversary of the movement. It is sending 178 other works to more than 30 museums throughout France. MuMa, as it is called, has arguably the most important collection of Impressionist paintings in France outside the Musée d’Orsay ( Rouen’s Musée des Beaux-Arts makes the same claim).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2017

SAIC Mobility Europe, a division of China’s largest vehicle manufacturer, SAIC, is introducing the Maxus light commercial vehicle brand. It is available initially to fleets in France, Germany, Austria and Benelux, with other markets to follow soon.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Since the launch of France’s low-carbon vehicle project in January 2009, La Poste group, which has the country’s largest industrial fleet with some 69,000 vehicles, has equipped itself with a complete range of electric vehicles, including small light commercial vehicles, quads, three-wheelers and electrically assisted bicycles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Groupe Renault and Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited have signed a contract for the formation of a joint venture to manufacture and sell light commercial vehicles (LCV) under the Jinbei, Renault and Huasong brands with the goal of achieving 150,000 sales annually by 2022 and an acceleration of electrifying powertrains.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2013

Although they are targeting an initial implementation France, they see it as broadly applicable. Audi, along with ETOGAS, is building the first commercial-scale demonstration plant (6.3 Further, they note, France is unique in that its nuclear plants cannot use all the electricity they could generate, for lack of demand.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2017

A new 33 kWh battery mated to a new motor and the new incorporation of a heat pump combine to produce the best driving range in the electric LCV (light commercial vehicle) market. is built in France and will be available in Europe from mid-2017. Renault’s new Kangoo Z.E. mile) top-up. Kangoo Z.E. New Kangoo Z.E. New Kangoo Z.E.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

The TWR commercial reactor plant design is a 1,150 MW liquid-sodium-cooled fast reactor that uses depleted uranium as fuel. The novel design allows for the use of depleted uranium generated by the enrichment process used for existing light water reactors fueled with enriched uranium. Source: TerraPower. Resources. Petroski, J.

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