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APRIL 22, 2021

million Series A financing round led by prominent Silicon Valley venture fund, Playground Global, with the investor syndicate comprising Fortescue Future Industries, Coatue, Global Founders Capital, Plug Power, Airbus Ventures, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Toyota AI Ventures, Sojitz Corporation, and Future Shape.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2022

a leading AI company with strong internet foundation, has secured the first permits in China to offer commercial fully driverless robotaxi services to the public on open roads. Baidu, Inc., Baidu authorized to collect fares for robotaxi rides—completely without human drivers in the car. This is a tremendous qualitative change.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

Under the new plan, the company aims to boost annual global BEV sales to 1.87 million units and secure 7% of global market share by 2030 by strengthening its line-up with 17 new BEV models by 2030; 11 for Hyundai models and 6 for Genesis luxury brand. The innovation will be expanded to global plants in the future.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2022

Volkswagen is expanding its global production network for electric vehicles by now starting to make the all-electric ID.4 million all-electric vehicles a year based on the MEB in the future at its sites in Europe, the US and China. Buzz will commence this year at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in Hanover. 4 in Emden.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2022

GM announced new commercial applications of its HYDROTEC fuel cell technology. They could also back up or temporarily replace grid-sourced electricity for residential and small commercial enterprises at times of power disruption. Our vision of an all-electric future is broader than just passenger vehicles or even transportation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2023

Panasonic Holdings Corporation and Marubeni Corporation will establish a joint venture for the purpose of providing fleet management services for commercial electric vehicles. While the adoption of EVs is gaining traction globally, there are limited numbers of use cases involving large EV fleets in Japan.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2020

Waymo will now work exclusively with FCA as its preferred partner for the development and testing of class 1-3 light commercial vehicles for goods movement for commercial delivery customers, including Waymo Via. Our now four-year partnership with Waymo continues to break new ground. —John Krafcik, Chief Executive Officer, Waymo.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2019

Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Company announced the first formal agreements in a global alliance. Volkswagen CEO Dr. Herbert Diess and Ford CEO Jim Hackett confirmed that the companies intend to develop commercial vans and medium-sized pickups for global markets beginning as early as 2022. Commercial van and pickup collaboration.

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Electric Cars Report

JUNE 18, 2023

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles (VWCV) and Vestas Wind Systems, the global leader in sustainable energy solutions, are further strengthening their strategic cooperation. In addition to the use of the all-electric ID.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

At the IAA Summit in Munich, HIF Global, together with Porsche AG, Volkswagen Group Innovation and MAN Energy Solutions, announced the development and installation of a Direct Air Capture (DAC) unit at the HIF Haru Oni Demonstration facility in southern Chile in 2024. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Power management company Eaton’s Vehicle Group has demonstrated cylinder deactivation (CDA) as an effective technology for meeting future global emissions requirements for diesel-engine powered commercial vehicles. Testing with the new low-load cycle (LLC) resulted in a 5% drop in CO 2 while dramatically reducing NO x.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2023

ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division presented its latest eMobility kit, which now includes all-electric central drives, axle drives and eComponents. AxTrax 2, AxTrax 2 dual and the previously launched CeTrax 2 dual electric central drive were recently both demonstrated at ZF’s Global Technology Day in Friedrichshafen.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2024

JK Tyre & Industries, a major player in the Indian Tyre Industry, presented its advanced product lineup at the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2024. The expo, a first-of-its-kind in India, brought together the entire mobility value chain, providing a platform for industry leaders to showcase their contributions to the future of mobility.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

This project represents a further step in showcasing AVL Powertrain UK’s skills, whilst also providing an opportunity to further develop our UK capability and leverage AVL’s global network of skills and expertise. This can act as a foundation for the future development of these systems.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

signed a memorandum of understanding establishing a global strategic partnership for medium-duty engine systems. The memorandum of understanding between Daimler Truck AG and Cummins makes engine production at the Mannheim location fit for the future and at the same time strengthens our competitiveness. Daimler Truck AG and Cummins Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2021

Oberon Fuels, producer of clean-burning dimethyl ether (DME) transportation fuel, has begun production of the first renewable DME (rDME) in the United States, and the only current commercial production of this in the world. It is the first time this feedstock has been used to make rDME at commercial scale.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

General Motors and POSCO Future M announced the second phase of their Ultium CAM joint venture, an investment projected to exceed US$1 billion to increase production capacity of cathode active materials (CAM) in North America and integrate precursor materials production. Site selection will be announced later. Cell Manufacturing and R&D Dec.

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JULY 26, 2017

Ricardo is creating a new global focus for its automotive business. The new Ricardo Global Automotive Group will provide a highly customer focused global structure that will enable it to optimally serve the demands of customers for clean powertrain technologies and all aspects of vehicle engineering, including autonomous driving applications.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2023

This strategic agreement will leverage Eni’s global engineering and project management experience for a series of projects to support CFS and the development and deployment of fusion energy on an industrial scale. Eni says CFS has the fastest pathway to commercial deployment of fusion energy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2019

Hyundai Motor Group has developed a system that estimates the gross vehicle weight of a light duty commercial electric vehicle and optimizes performance accordingly. This technology is being considered by Hyundai Motor Group for use on future light duty electric commercial vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2021

With the assistance of TR’s on-site production and supply equipment, creating hydrogen both via water electrolysis and steam reforming of natural gas, biogas or bioethanol, Loop will be able to provide more convenient and cost-effective hydrogen solutions to their global customers. —George Rubin, Chief Commercial Officer of Loop Energy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

General Fusion and the UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) kicked off projects to advance the commercialization of magnetized target fusion energy as part of a collaborative agreement. The company was established in 2002 and is funded by a global syndicate of leading energy venture capital firms, industry leaders, and technology pioneers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2021

Ford announced a new global battery center of excellence—called Ford Ion Park—to accelerate research and development of battery and battery cell technology, including future battery manufacturing. Plus, the all-electric Ford Transit is set to go on sale late this year and the all-electric F-150 arrives by mid-2022.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2020

The role of commercial freight transport in a clean and sustainable energy future is driving industry leaders to invest in a range of power solutions including fuel cell technologies due to their long range, responsive power and quick refueling capabilities. — Ewald, Vice President of Strategy and New Power, Cummins.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2022

United and United Airlines Ventures (UAV) announced an investment in and commercial agreement with Dimensional Energy. Under the commercial agreement, United has agreed to purchase at least 300 million gallons of SAF over 20 years from Dimensional. Dimensional Energy, which recently received a $3.1-million

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2022

Geespace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Geely Technology Group and China’s first privately owned developer, operator, and mass producer of low-orbit commercial satellites, has successfully launched its first nine satellites into low earth orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Rendering of Geely Future Mobility Constellation.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2021

million) to support further development and commercialization. We believe that green hydrogen production has a long and attractive future globally, and we consider the ability to produce it at the efficiencies achieved by Hystar as a significant breakthrough in the electrolysis space. —Kevin Eggers, Partner, AP Ventures.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2022

To speed up greening of the emerging hydrogen economy, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)— the world’s central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical co-operation in the nuclear field—last month launched an initiative to develop a roadmap for the commercial deployment of hydrogen production using nuclear energy.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2021

ChargePoint Holdings, a leading electric vehicle (EV) charging network operating in North America and Europe, has acquired ViriCiti, a leading provider of electrification solutions for eBus and commercial fleets. The ViriCiti team, customer accounts and technology will become part of ChargePoint’s operations.

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Baua Electric

MAY 24, 2024

ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Ltd has entered into a partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM), to create the Bharat Multi-Modal Mobility Stack (BM3S), a first-of-its-kind digital infrastructure platform designed to advance sustainable and intelligent transportation globally.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

So while researchers and companies large and small invest in the zero-carbon future of the field, others are beginning to study what supplies and infrastructure on the ground would also be needed to make hydrogen aviation a reality. Only a few hundred airports support flights that travel more than 4,800 kilometers globally.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2021

Boeing is committing that its commercial airplanes are capable and certified to fly on 100% sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) by 2030. Boeing has partnered globally with airlines, industry, governments and research institutions to expand limited supplies of SAF and reduce the fuel’s cost.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2019

Faurecia, one of the world’s leading automotive technology companies, is creating a global center of expertise for hydrogen storage systems at its R&D center in Bavans, France. The creation of our hydrogen tank center of expertise in France is a key step forward in Faurecia’s strategy to become a global leader in fuel cell systems.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

and Isuzu Motors Limited announced agreements for a global mid-range diesel powertrain and an advanced engineering collaboration, marking another step forward in the Isuzu Cummins Powertrain Partnership (ICPP). Under this global mid-range diesel collaboration agreement, Cummins will provide Isuzu mid-range B6.7 Cummins Inc.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) will become the largest supplier of green hydrogen (GH 2 ) to the United Kingdom after signing a multi-billion-pound deal with construction giant J C Bamford Excavators (JCB) and Ryze Hydrogen (Ryze). Xergy) to form FFI Ionix Inc. —FFI Chief Executive Officer, Julie Shuttleworth.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

Rivian has added a former Apple and Porsche development head for its future vehicle platforms. The post Rivian adds Apple and Porsche alum for future platforms appeared first on TESLARATI. Jonas Reinke has overtaken the Vice President of Product Management role at Rivian after leaving Apple late last year.

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MAY 30, 2024

Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer Archer Aviation is continuing to lay the global groundwork for commercial operations in a new territory: South Korea. With a payment plan already in place, those efforts are expected to begin later this year.

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