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JANUARY 16, 2023

Hystar AS, a Norway-based electrolyzer company, announced a Series B funding round of US$26 million to support the scale-up to full commercial operations with an automated GW-capacity production line by 2025. Located in Høvik, Norway, Hystar is building an Innovation Centre to support its R&D and manufacturing capabilities.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

Volkswagen plans to sell its last gas car in Norway by the end of this year, as shared by a major Norwegian import company last week. Møller Mobility Group says Volkswagen will sell only electric vehicles (EVs) in Norway starting in 2024, as announced in a press release shared on Friday. Volkswagen’s ID.4

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MAY 13, 2021

Leading silicon and carbon products company Elkem has successfully commissioned its industrial pilot for battery materials in Kristiansand, Norway, starting industrial scale pilot production for customers. Elkem is currently inviting external industrial and financial partners to participate. —Michael Koenig, CEO of Elkem.

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DECEMBER 20, 2021

FREYR Battery, a developer of clean, next-generation battery cell production capacity, has executed its inaugural offtake agreement for at least 31 GWh of low-carbon battery cells with an undisclosed, leading global publicly listed manufacturer and provider of energy storage systems (ESS). —Tom Jensen, the CEO of FREYR.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

Tesla opened its 100th Supercharging station in Norway earlier this week, bringing the country’s pile total to over 1,500 individual Supercharging stalls. The new station is a part of the company’s Pilot Program to charge non-Tesla EVs, as Norway is heavily concentrated with EV brands and models. percent of sales.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Data and analytics company GlobalData forecasts that the demand for lithium needed for the production of lithium-ion batteries for use in EVs will more than double from 26.7kt in 2018 to 58.3kt in 2022. According to GlobalData, the global EV market is expected to grow at a substantial CAGR of 15.6% In Europe, Norway accounted for 5.4%

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MAY 6, 2021

NIO plans to expand its automobile business to Europe, starting with a delivery and service center in Norway. The company revealed details about its plan at the NIO Norway press conference. “From its founding, NIO’s vision is to be a global brand with high-quality products and services to the users worldwide.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Tide Buss has placed an order for 25 Volvo 7900 Electric buses for the city of Trondheim, Norway—the company’s largest order yet for its fully electric buses. In 2010, public transportation administration company AtB in Trondheim was among the first in Europe to order hybrid buses from Volvo.

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JANUARY 23, 2024

The comments come despite several auto markets, like Norway and Sweden, already well past that. As a result, Toyota ranks among the world’s top obstructive companies with Chevron and ExxonMobil. Norway, for example, already reached 82.4% million EVs last year as adoption continues climbing globally. Of the nearly 9.4

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JUNE 23, 2022

Current battery technology means all-electric propulsion will enable eVTOL and fixed wing commuter aircraft for short flights in and between cities and island-hopping in locations such as Norway and the Scottish Isles. —Rob Watson, President – Rolls Royce Electrical.

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MAY 24, 2016

Uno-X Hydrogen AS, a NEL ASA (NEL) joint venture, has entered into an agreement with a Norwegian affiliate of Praxair, a leading global industrial gas company, as a strategic alliance to install 20 hydrogen refuelling stations, covering all the major cities in Norway by 2020. —Jon André Løkke, CEO of NEL ASA.

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JUNE 24, 2023

This agreement connects two key elements of the supply chain needed to achieve the use of clean ammonia as a shipping fuel—a global supplier of clean ammonia and the largest bunker supplier today in terms of end users. Yara Clean Ammonia is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Panasonic, energy company Equinor and industrial group Hydro have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a strategic partnership to explore possibilities for establishing a sustainable and cost-competitive European battery business.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2021

We are very pleased to progress and expand our relationship with Glencore, a global leader in the supply and recycling of battery raw materials and in the production of cobalt. Cobalt is a core component in FREYR’s lithium-ion battery cells, which will be produced at the company’s facilities under development in Mo i Rana, Norway.

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JUNE 22, 2011

EV maker Think Global AS filed for bankruptcy Wednesday in Norway after failed attempts at recapitalization and restructuring. The options for Think are either a liquidation of its assets or the sale of the company to a new investor, Andrews said. Automotive News Europe.

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JANUARY 20, 2014

Nissan LEAF global sales have reached the 100,000 mark; the 100,000 th unit is being bought by a customer in the United Kingdom. In Norway, the Nissan LEAF topped sales charts, out-selling conventional gasoline powered vehicles in October 2013. The LEAF is now available to customers in 35 countries on four continents.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

In 2021 the company took orders, including letters of intent to buy, for more than 1,100 electric trucks worldwide. 16 tonnes) are Switzerland, Norway, Sweden and The Netherlands. The company’s target is that half of its total truck sales will be electric by 2030. Volvo Trucks has the largest market share at 42%.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Led by the World Economic Forum and the US Government, the First Movers Coalition targets hard-to-abate sectors including aluminum, aviation, chemicals, concrete, shipping, steel, and trucking, which are responsible for 30% of global emissions. Møller – Mærsk with a combined collective market value of about US$8.5

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NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Global automotive supplier Preh GmbH is acquiring ePower, a business unit of Kongsberg Automotive ASA in Norway. Lennart Garpenstedt, the ePower business unit head of Kongsberg Automotive, will become managing director of the future company Preh Sweden AB. ePower will retain its customers’ well-known contact persons.

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JANUARY 12, 2022

stake in Biojet AS , a Norwegian biofuels company that plans to convert forestry and wood-based construction waste into lower-emissions biofuels and biofuel components. The company anticipates commercial production to begin in 2025 at a manufacturing plant to be built in Follum, Norway. ExxonMobil is acquiring a 49.9%

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JUNE 4, 2020

The purchase order has a value in excess of US$30 million, and the electrolyzers will primarily be delivered from the new electrolyzer mega-factory currently under development in Norway. a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, and Nikola’s listing on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

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Setec Powerr

JULY 22, 2022

According to the latest “Global EV Outlook 2021” report released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), the scale of global charging piles in 2030 has been predicted: based on the latest policies and sustainable development plans of various countries, by 2030, the number of charging piles in the world is expected to be retained.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 18, 2022

Tesla’s importance as an automotive company is undoubtedly one of the most crucial in the storied history of car manufacturing. “Too many Tesla discussions still revolve around EVs when the topic should be how much global share Tesla will gain this year and through 2023,” Houchois wrote in a note to investors on Tuesday.

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

Norway leads electric vehicle (EV) adoption, boasting the highest share of new EV purchases worldwide. Compared to the USA, where EVs make up only 2% of new car sales, this gives one a good idea of Norway’s strong leadership position in terms of EV market share. It Pays To Drive Electric in Norway. in 2018 and 42.4%

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Teslarati

JANUARY 3, 2022

Tesla has captured the top spot as Norway’s best-selling car company in 2021, capturing 11.6% Norway is a monumental region for the electric vehicle transition, which reached record levels in 2021 after battery electric vehicles (BEVs) captured between 75 and 80 percent of the total market share in the country.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2022

In order to reduce dependence on oil resources, improve the global energy structure, and reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, vehicle electrification has become a major trend. The global new energy vehicle market is still in a stage of rapid growth. First of all, the central area is very expensive.

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DECEMBER 14, 2023

It appears that Tesla is looking to strengthen its legal team in Sweden, with the company posting a job opening for a government affairs specialist for the Nordic region. The strike, which was initiated by trade union IF Metall due to Tesla’s lack of a collective agreement, has resulted in a number of issues for the company.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A new study suggests that the global electric vehicle market will multiply in valuation by five times by 2030, based on new data acquired by Allied Market Research. The new study says that the global EV sector will reach $823.74 ” According to IBISWorld.com , the global automotive industry will be worth $2.8

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APRIL 2, 2023

Yara Clean Ammonia, a Yara International ASA company, and Enbridge Inc. Once operational, the production facility will be capable of supplying low-carbon ammonia to meet growing global demand, with an expected capacity of 1.2–1.4 Yara Clean Ammonia is headquartered in Oslo, Norway. million tons per annum.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2021

China-based EV maker NIO has entered into a strategic partnership with Shell to further its involvement in electric vehicle and energy industries globally. NIO is a global smart electric vehicle company that began delivering cars to consumers in China in 2018.

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JULY 14, 2021

To increase the share of hydrogen in the final energy demand to enlarge the low-carbon energy sources share in the global energy mix and promote the environmental sustainability. This consortium will strengthen cooperation between Portugal and Norway and increase Portugal's competitiveness in the growth of the “blue economy.”

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AUGUST 26, 2021

A few days ago, Tesla started its Model Y invasion in Europe with its first deliveries in several EU territories, including Germany, Belgium, and Norway. Norway’s constantly updating registration numbers provide a glimpse into how well the Model Y is being received in a key European EV market. 4 and the Ford Mustang Mach-E.

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MARCH 6, 2019

In launching the first-generation LEAF, Nissan pledged to become a global leader in producing and promoting vehicles with zero tailpipe emissions. Last year, the LEAF was not only the best-selling electric vehicle in Europe, but also the top-selling car of any kind in Norway. million barrels of oil a year.

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APRIL 25, 2022

Global automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler has signed a five-year contract with Norwegian company REEtec AS for the purchase of rare earth oxides. The new plant in Herøya, near Porsgrunn in Norway, will process rare earth carbonates produced by Vital Metals in Canada.

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MARCH 27, 2013

Volvo Trucks and Shell will cooperate globally on the introduction of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) as a fuel for commercial heavy duty trucks. The truck is already available in Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands and the UK and at present the market roll-out is expanding into Italy and France.

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Electric Vehicles India

JULY 11, 2021

Nio Inc to have 4,000 battery swapping stations globally by 2025. The Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio Inc has planned to install 4,000 battery swapping stations globally in 2025. The company president Qin Lihong said it plans to have 4,000 battery swapping stations globally in 2025.

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JULY 15, 2021

For the marine market, the company expects to have an engine running on an ammonia blend already this year. In the energy sector, it is anticipated that green hydrogen will deliver 7% of the global energy demand by 2050. Wärtsilä anticipates having an engine concept with pure ammonia fuel in 2023. EU’s ShipFC project.

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