Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2023

Ionic Mineral Technologies, a developer of advanced silicon anode battery materials, launched its Generation 1 Ionisil nano-silicon product for Li-ion cell manufacturers. The Ionic MT proprietary, continuous manufacturing process is among the lowest carbon footprint processes for producing battery materials, the company claims.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Extending vehicle life and usage is at the heart of the Stellantis Circular Economy Business Unit, which is leading the initiative in collaboration with the Commercial Vehicle Business Unit and the Stellantis Ventures Studio. —Xavier Peugeot, Stellantis Senior Vice President, Commercial Vehicle Business Unit. Stellantis N.V.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2021

Subject to ratification of a tentative 2021 agreement reached with Unifor and confirmation of government support, General Motors plans to bring production of its recently announced BrightDrop electric light commercial vehicle, the EV600 ( earlier post ), to its CAMI manufacturing plant in Ingersoll, Ontario. billion (C$1.3

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2021

Electric Last Mile Solutions (ELMS), a designer of intelligent, e-mobility workstations for the last mile, signed a binding, long-term supply agreement with Liuzhou Wuling Automobile Industry Co., A Class 1 vehicle has a GVWR of 6,000 less or less.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Volta Trucks , the full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, and Cake , the Swedish maker of premium lightweight, electric motorcycles, are collaborating to decarbonize and decongest last mile deliveries, while also improving service to end customers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

The technology will enable the commercialization of ONE’s Gemini dual-chemistry architecture, which will be integrated into a BMW iX prototype vehicle later this year. ONE’s first-generation 1007 Wh/L cell eliminates the need for graphite and anode manufacturing equipment, enabling $50 per kWh cell cost at scale.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

PACCAR has teamed up with Aurora, a leading autonomous driving technology company, and FedEx to launch a commercial pilot of autonomous trucks in linehaul trucking operations. This is the first collaboration of its kind between a truck manufacturer, an autonomous technology developer and a logistics provider. Earlier post.)

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Commercial EV manufacturer Xos, Inc just announced its second series of proprietary battery systems. The Lyra Series will be integrated into commercial vehicles on Xos’ proprietary X-Platform chassis and will debut in two sizes that can be mixed and matched to suit the range needs of commercial fleet customers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2022

Suzuki Motor, Daihatsu Motor, Toyota Motor, and Commercial Japan Partnership Technologies Corporation (CJPT) have agreed to work towards the market introduction of mini-commercial van electric vehicles (BEVs) in FY2023.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2023

Additionally, onsemi’s end-to-end silicon carbide (SiC) manufacturing capability, combined with its ability to ramp production quickly, improves Magna’s vertical integration and simplifies its supply chain to meet the growing demand for its SiC-based products for EVs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Magna has successfully developed and is piloting a novel last-mile delivery solution for urban environments. Since then, it has delivered hundreds of pizzas to residential and commercial locations near the restaurant. The Magna-developed robot was launched on a pilot basis with a pizza restaurant in the Detroit area in March 2022.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

ClearFlame Engine Technologies, a company developing net-zero engine technology ( earlier post ), has hit a number of key milestones through multiple partnerships with customers, manufacturers, and fuel providers. The commencement of ClearFlame’s first pilot fleet trial with Beck’s, highlighting strong interest from commercial fleets.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2021

With its range of up to 750 km (466 miles), regional markets can be developed. Martin Nüßeler, CTO at Deutsche Aircraft and Prof. The four-seater hydrogen-electric-powered HY4 ( earlier post ) proved successfully in multiple flight campaigns and more than 70 take-offs the applicability of this technology in aviation.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2021

the electrified commercial vehicles company and subsidiary of Ashok Leyland Ltd, a leading commercial-vehicle manufacturer, have signed a strategic agreement. Light commercial vehicles and buses continue to present significant opportunities as they lead the commercial-vehicle segment’s shift to fully electrified platforms.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2023

Stellantis and Archer Aviation have agreed to expand their partnership by joining forces to manufacture Archer’s flagship electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, Midnight. The goal is for Stellantis to mass produce Archer’s eVTOL aircraft as its exclusive contract manufacturer.

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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. With our modular electric drive kit, ZF can provide customers with everything they need to electrify their commercial vehicles from last-mile delivery vehicles up to 44-ton truck.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2020

With more than $32 million in pending orders from commercial and government fleets, commercial electric vehicle supplier Lightning Systems is more than tripling the size of its manufacturing, research and development facility in Loveland, Colorado.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2021

Proterra has concluded negotiations with LG Energy Solution on a new agreement that will provide Proterra with a long-term supply of cylindrical cells produced at an LG Energy Solution battery cell manufacturing plant in the United States. manufactured battery cell capacity on an annual basis.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2021

UK-based Watt Electric Vehicle Company has designed a state-of-the-art platform enabling low-to-medium volume manufacturers of cars and commercial vehicles to go electric without the cost burden of investing in their own specific chassis technology. —Neil Yates, founder and owner of Watt Electric Vehicle Company.

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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. —John Krafcik, Chief Executive Officer, Waymo.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2023

Mullen Automotive, an emerging EV manufacturer, has integrated solid-state polymer battery technology into Mullen’s commercial Class 1 EV cargo van program. Currently, the Mullen Class 1 EV cargo van features a 46 kWh lithium-ion battery pack with a 110-mile range. That development was disrupted in 2020 by the COVID outbreak.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

have joined the Commercial Japan Partnership (CJP) commercial vehicle project ( earlier post ) to accelerate their carbon neutrality initiatives in minivehicles through the dissemination of CASE technologies (connected, autonomous, shared and electric) and services. Suzuki Motor Corporation and Daihatsu Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Electric Last Mile Solutions (ELMS), a commercial electric vehicle company focused on redefining productivity and sustainability for the last mile, reached an agreement with leading battery-maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., The agreement secures battery supply through 2025.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 27, 2023

VIA Motors, a commercial electric truck manufacturer, has been acquired by global EV company Ideanomics. Now, Ideanomics has acquired VIA Motors, an American commercial electric truck manufacturer that will be working to introduce its first vehicle and potentially license its hardware in the near future.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2022

SDLE subjected StoreDot’s production-ready 30Ah pouch cell XFC batteries to a series of in-depth tests, confirming the technology’s commercialization viability and its superior fast charging and high-energy performance. StoreDot 30Ah silicon-dominant EV battery cell.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Australian regional airline Northern Territory Air Service (NTAS) has ordered 20 electric planes from manufacturer Eviation, and they are far from the only customer. Looking back only five years ago, the thought of electric commercial planes was laughable. Eviation gained notoriety earlier this year for a couple of reasons.

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Electrek

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Commercial EV manufacturer Electric Last Mile Solutions (ELMS) has announced plans to offer a bundled commercial EV option that features Ample’s modular battery swap capabilities on ELMS’ commercial EVs.

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Electrek

APRIL 27, 2023

Veteran commercial EV manufacturer Motiv Power Systems has publicly unveiled its latest generation of all-electric trucks designed specifically for medium-duty fleets. more… The post Motiv Power Systems announces next generation of 200-mile-range all-electric, medium-duty trucks appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2023

ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division announced that its new CeTrax lite electric central drive has entered series production. Using synergies from ZF’s development and production of passenger car drives, the new driveline is adapted to use in light commercial vehicles (LCVs). Designed for light commercial vehicles up to 7.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2020

It is built using Velodyne’s proprietary micro-lidar array architecture (MLA) and leverages Velodyne’s manufacturing partnerships for cost optimization and high-volume production. The Velarray M1600 enables touchless mobile and last-mile delivery robots to operate autonomously and safely, without human intervention.

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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Electric-vehicle startup Mullen Automotive gained court approval last week to buy an Indiana manufacturing facility, inventory of EVs, and all intellectual property from now-defunct Electric Last Mile Solutions Inc. The $240 million cash purchase allows Mullen the capability to build up to 50,000 EVs annually.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2023

By achieving this milestone, Hyzon remains on track to declare Start of Production (SOP) and commercialization of its FCS in 2024. The successful completion of testing of Hyzon’s nine 200kW FCS B-samples in the first half of 2023 demonstrates consistent progress toward commercial production.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Mullen Automotive, an emerging EV manufacturer, is acquiring a controlling interest in EV truck maker Bollinger Motors. Combining Bollinger’s vehicles with our existing class 1 and class 2 EV cargo van programs gives us the chance to dominate the entire class 1-6 commercial light and medium duty truck segments.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

UPS announced the deployment of 100 fully electric commercial vehicles that will be delivering packages around the state. The vehicles were manufactured in Stockton, California by Electric Vehicles International ( EVI ). Earlier post.). Additional benefits include reduction of carbon emissions and noise.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Netradyne has already captured and analyzed over 1 million unique miles of the 2.7 million total miles of paved roads in the United States. In total, Netradyne has analyzed more than 350 million miles of road data. Each of these 350+ million miles has been analyzed with AI and collected by professional drivers.

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Electrek

MARCH 8, 2023

Specialty vehicle manufacturer The Shyft Group has debuted its latest all-electric commercial vehicle designed for its Blue Arc sub-brand. more… The post Shyft Group’s Blue Arc debuts Class 5 crew cab EV with 200 mile range and dumping capabilities appeared first on Electrek. Video below. Video below.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2023

Hydrogen production has commenced at the US’ first 1 MW demonstration-scale, nuclear-powered hydrogen production facility at Constellation’s Nine Mile Point Nuclear Plant in Oswego, New York. The clean Hydrogen Generation System operating at Nine Mile Point uses 1.25

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