Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

BYD Company Ltd. and Toyota Motor Corporation signed an agreement to establish a joint company to research and development for battery-electric vehicles (BEVs). Additionally, BYD and Toyota plan to staff the new company by transferring engineers and the jobs currently involved in related R&D from their respective companies.

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BYD Toyota Electric Vehicles Companies 283

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2023

TAE Technologies , the world’s largest private fusion energy company, has spun-out a new subsidiary, TAE Power Solutions. TAE Power Solutions intends to deliver a novel technology to improve fundamentally the reliability, efficiency, longevity, and affordability of electric-powered products, from vehicles to renewable energy storage.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2021

trillion) set aside for investment in battery development and production announced last month by Toyota Motor Corporation. To drive battery production localization, Toyota Motor North America also will establish a new company and build an automotive battery plant together with Toyota Tsusho in the US. billion (¥1.5 million to 1.8

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Clean Fleet Report

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

How Corporations Can Help the U.S. Reach its EV Goals A Look at the Pathway & Companies’ Role U.S. Meanwhile, the electrification of city- and corporate-owned vehicles has been dominating recent headlines. And large corporations like Amazon aren’t the only ones currently converting their fleets from gas to electric.

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Corporation Fleet Gas-Electric Purchase 77

Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2020

Class 8 electric powertrain company Hylion intends to merge with Tortoise Acquisition Corp. NYSE: SHLL), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company with a strategic focus on the energy sector and decarbonizing commercial transportation in North America. billion, at the $10.00 exercise their redemption rights.

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Companies Legal North America Corporation 220

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2020

EV developer Faraday Future and US Hybrid Corporation are collaborating to advance the use of FF’s electric propulsion system in new energy products currently under development by US Hybrid. Abas Goodarzi, CEO of US Hybrid.

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Commercial Hybrid Future Electrical 320

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

Toyota has sold more than 15 million hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) worldwide since the 1997 launch of the iconic Prius, the first full hybrid mass-produced car. Beyond the current 4th generation hybrid system, Toyota is continuing to refine its hybrid technology to achieve even lower emissions and ever-better fuel efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Industries Corporation announced that they have jointly developed a new battery for hybrid electric vehicles (HEV) in anticipation of the further development and market introduction of HEVs, which are forecasted to expand rapidly in the future.

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Toyota Industrial Industry Electric Vehicles 207

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2021

The FCA Group will invest more than $200 million in its plant in Tychy, Poland, where new hybrid and electric Jeep, Fiat and Alfa Romeo models will be built. Approximately 2,500 people currently work in the plant; on its premises there are 42 companies providing services to the factory. It covers an area of 2.4 million m², of which 0.5

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Poland Jeep Building Hybrid 334

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2023

BYD and Uzavtosanoat JSC (UzAuto) signed an agreement to establish a joint venture company producing new energy vehicles (NEVs). The new joint venture company, which will manufacture best-selling NEVs including the DM-i super hybrid models and related parts, is anticipated to be based in Uzbekistan.

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Uzbekistan BYD Azerbaijan Production 458

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

Volvo Car Corporation is now ramping up production of the new Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid. The assembly of the first commercial light-duty diesel plug-in hybrid has been successfully integrated on the same line as the company’s other models at the Torslanda plant in Gothenburg. Earlier post.)

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Corporation Volvo Plug-in 2014 236

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Independent think tank InfluenceMap has released its Corporate Climate Policy Footprint Report, which ranks the 50 most influential companies and industry associations that are currently blocking climate policy action worldwide. Read InfluenceMap’s Corporate Climate Policy Footprint Report below. . Credit: InfluenceMap.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) unveiled the MI-TECH CONCEPT electrified small SUV concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show 2019. The company is also showcasing the twin-motor, 4WD Engelberg Tourer, unveiled in March in Geneva ( earlier post ). We are dedicated to electrification technology, particularly plug-in hybrids (PHEVs).

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PHEV Mitsubishi Corporation Concept 170

Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Brazil’s second-largest private energy producer, China Three Gorges Corporation, which currently invests heavily in hydropower and wind farms, will expand its business into charging piles and further into solar energy in the future. By the end of this year, the group will have 25 electric vehicles.

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Corporation Installation China Brazil 93

Baua Electric

JANUARY 20, 2024

By: Srinjoy Bal | Updated on: 21 Jan 2024, 12:05 PM In a recent letter to the government, Tata Motors has opposed the further tax cuts on hybrids. Meanwhile, Toyota and Maruti Suzuki are of the view for more tax cuts on hybrids. --> In a recent letter to the government, Tata Motors has opposed the further tax cuts on hybrids.

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Hybrid Suzuki Tax India 95

CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 3, 2021

by Charles Morris If there were a Corporate Electric Vehicle Hall of Fame, Toyota would surely join Tesla as one of the inaugural members. The Japanese automaker’s introduction of the Prius hybrid in 1997 was a milestone in automotive history. Since then, the company has sold some 15 million hybrids worldwide, and has […].

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Toyota Hybrid Prius Corporation 145

Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2016

Qualcomm Incorporated and Lear Corporation, a leading global supplier of automotive seating and electrical systems, have entered into a Wireless Electric Vehicle Charging (WEVC) license agreement. Qualcomm and Lear are collaborating on multiple WEVC production programs across multiple car companies. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

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Corporation Commercial Electric Vehicles Charging 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2022

As the next step in Honda’s electrification strategy in North America, the company will focus on increasing hybrid volume of core models: CR-V, Accord and, in the future, Civic. Hybrids will represent the top and best performing models in the lineup. To make room for these moves, Honda will conclude Insight production in June.

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Insight Honda Civic Hybrid North America 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The first China-developed hydrogen fuel cell hybrid locomotive—from core power to main components—has started trial runs on a 627 km railway line for coal transport in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. CRRC Datong developed the locomotive, using the hydrogen fuel cell system developed by SPIC Hydrogen Energy Company.

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Mongolia Hydrogen China Fuel 540

Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2022

BluE Nexus Corporation, AISIN CORPORATION, and DENSO Corporation jointly developed an eAxle for Toyota’s new battery-electric bZ4X. AISIN has developed and produced more than 5 million electric units since the launch of its first hybrid transmission in 2004. Earlier post.)

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Downsizing 2004 Corporation Prius 435

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Volvo Car Corporation is postponing its plans to produce a full hybrid based on a diesel engine and instead will introduce a series-produced plug-in diesel hybrid (PHEV) in Europe as early as 2012. A V70 plug-in hybrid demonstrator. Stephen Odell, President and CEO of Volvo Car Corporation. Click to enlarge.

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Plug-in Corporation Volvo 2012 240

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

As part of a new business an capital alliance between Toyota Motor Corporation and Subaru Corporation, Subaru will expand the use of the the Toyota Hybrid System in other Subaru models, following on the Crosstrek Hybrid ( earlier post , which is available only in North America.). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Toyota Motor Corporation will invest up to approximately US$5.6 The company aims to begin battery production between 2024 and 2026. and 10% by Toyota Tsusho Corporation) toward increasing automotive battery production. In the United States, approximately US$2.5

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Electrek

JANUARY 22, 2022

The venture capital arm of the Lockheed Martin Corporation has invested in Electra, Inc.’s ’s Series A funding round last week, giving the company’s electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft concept a double injection of cash, and credibility.

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Hybrid Corporation Concept Electrical 128

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Hyundai Motor Company and Cummins Inc. The companies will also explore ways they can work together to develop next-generation fuel cell systems, and have each committed to assign a team of individuals to investigate and pursue other areas of collaboration. —Thad Ewald, Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Cummins Inc.

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Hyundai Hydrogen Companies Motors 223

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2022

QuantumScape Corporation has shipped its first 24-layer prototype lithium-metal battery cells to automotive OEMs for testing. The company expects to deliver improvements on these fronts in subsequent generations of A, B, and C samples over the coming years.

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Battery Batteries Corporation Range 305

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2009

Mazda Motor Corporation delivered the first Mazda Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid to Iwatani Corporation, an energy development company based in Japan. The Premacy Hydrogen RE Hybrid is Mazda’s latest hydrogen rotary engine (RE) vehicle which uses hydrogen as a fuel and features a unique hybrid system.

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Mazda Corporation Hydrogen Hybrid 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will establish an in-house venture company responsible for developing electric vehicles (EVs). The venture company, which initially will be a virtual organization comprising four people—one each from Toyota Industries Corporation, Aisin Seiki Co.,

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Toyota Companies Corporation Gasoline-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

GS Yuasa will shift its focus from hybrids to enter the market for electric-vehicle batteries as early as next year, according to a report from the Nikkei. The battery maker recently formed a department for the project, bringing in engineers from its hybrid and plug-in hybrid operations, according to the report.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) released a first look at the redesigned Mitsubishi Eclipse Cross, the next step in the company’s commitment to delivering a showroom full of new and extensively redesigned vehicles in the United States by the second quarter of 2021.

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PHEV Mitsubishi Market United States 418

Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2024

Hyundai Motor India, the second largest car maker in the country, is set to enter the hybrid vehicle segment in the coming three years. Hyundai Motor India is likely to bring in the hybrid powertrain alternatives in its mid-size SUVs in the future. Globally too Hyundai Motor is pushing for hybrids.

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India Hyundai Motors Motoring 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

XL Fleet announced that the Company’s XLP plug-in hybrid electric drive technology is being expanded for use across a range of fleet vehicles from General Motors. The company believes its expanded portfolio will further extend its leadership position in fleet electrification.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2021

Purolator is taking another step in greening its fleet with the arrival of fully electric curbside-delivery trucks in Vancouver—the first to be launched nationally by a Canadian courier company. Purolator’s deployment of this technology marks Motiv’s first collaboration with a company in Canada.

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Fully Electric Power Powered Vehicles 418

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2017

XL Hybrids, a developer of electrification solutions for commercial and municipal fleets, raised an oversubscribed Series D round of $22 million. Constellation Technology Ventures (CTV), the venture capital arm of Exelon Corporation, and IKEA Group participated in the round along with new and existing large family office investors.

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Hybrid North America Fleet Corporation 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2016

XL Hybrids, Inc. Testing validation and analysis of its XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System for Reach walk-in commercial vans will be performed at Argonne National Laboratory. The goal of the SBV-funded project is to overcome specific technical challenges, the company said. Hybrid system weight is 385 lbs / 175 kg.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2013

Robert Bosch GmbH and the Japanese companies GS Yuasa International Ltd. and Mitsubishi Corporation have agreed to work together on the next generation of high-performance lithium-ion batteries. These batteries are fundamental for future forms of mobility, such as plug-in hybrid or all-electric vehicles. Earlier post.)

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Lithium Ion Mitsubishi Corporation Li-ion 210

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2011

Volvo Car Corporation and Siemens intend to jointly advance the technical development of electric cars through an extensive strategic cooperation. Volvo Car Corporation starts small-scale production of the Volvo C30 Electric this year, and next year the company will start selling the Volvo V60 Plug-in Hybrid.

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