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JANUARY 8, 2019

The Volkswagen Group is establishing a Group company for energy offerings and charging solutions, underlining its strategic goal of becoming a leading provider of sustainable mobility. The new company will play its part with energy offerings from renewable sources and smart charging solutions. —Thorsten Nicklaß.

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APRIL 20, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has started building an initial development model of a lunar exploration mobility rover in tandem with aerospace partners. Following discussions with the various stakeholders, the Group decided the direction for the initial lunar exploration mobility development model.

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JULY 12, 2023

The new company will include 17 engine plants and 5 R&D centers in 3 continents with 19,000 employees in a full-fledge effective organization strategically structured to provide powertrain solutions for multiple OEMs.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2020

The BMW Group has founded IDEALworks GmbH—a fully-owned subsidiary—headquartered in Munich. The Smart Transport Robot, STR, in particular has met with great response and has seen demand from both within and outside of the BMW Group. Many of these solutions are already in series production at BMW Group production locations.

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DECEMBER 13, 2021

Volkswagen is establishing a European company (Société Européenne) to consolidate activities along the value chain for batteries—from processing raw materials to developing a unified Volkswagen battery to managing the European gigafactories. Battery cell production in Salzgitter is set to start in 2025.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Geely Holding Group, Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (collectively “Geely”) and Renault Group have signed a non-binding framework agreement to create a new global leader to develop, manufacture and supply best-in-class hybrid powertrains and highly efficient ICE powertrains. —Luca de Meo, CEO Renault Group.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Following initial contracts with European suppliers, the BMW Group has now concluded further 2 -reduced-steel-for-global-production-network">agreements for the supply of CO 2 -reduced steel in the US and China. Top: Steel Dynamics; Center: US Steel; Bottom: HBIS Group.

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MARCH 2, 2023

Aramco has signed a letter of intent to become a potential minority stakeholder in a new powertrain technology company (PWT), to be established by Geely Holding Group, Geely Automobile Holdings Limited—collectively referred to as “Geely”—and Renault Group.

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MARCH 12, 2021

The BMW Group company is investing in an innovative method for CO 2 -free steel production developed by American startup Boston Metal ( earlier post ), through its venture capital fund, BMW i Ventures. BMW Group press plants in Europe process more than half a million tonnes of steel per year.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

The German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV) approved the funding application for the consortium research project HyCET (Hydrogen Combustion Engine Trucks) led by the BMW Group. The other HyCET project partners are DEUTZ AG, DHL Freight GmbH, KEYOU GmbH, TotalEnergies Marketing Deutschland GmbH and Volvo Group.

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JUNE 29, 2022

The Volkswagen Group and Siemens are investing $450 million in Electrify America, with a post-money valuation of $2.45 The Volkswagen Group had earlier made a capital commitment of $2 billion through 2026. —Thomas Schmall, Volkswagen Group Board of Management member for Technology and CEO of Volkswagen Group Components.

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JANUARY 21, 2023

Under an expanded Joint Development Agreement, BMW Group and Solid Power have added a research and development license as a basis for their common next steps. We expect this agreement to accelerate the installation of our solid-state prototype line and our companies’ mutual goal of commercializing this promising cell technology.

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MAY 19, 2023

Integration of the NEUE KLASSE into our production in China goes hand in hand with construction of a high-voltage battery assembly for the next, sixth generation of batteries and will make a significant contribution to further electrification of our lineup and, therefore, to our success as a company.

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JULY 30, 2022

Volkswagen Group China unveiled its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype, as part of its strategy to explore and break new ground in fully electric and sustainable individual mobility concepts. Stephan Wöllenstein, CEO of Volkswagen Group China. With a luxury X-wing configuration of 11.2m

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AUGUST 31, 2019

Volkswagen has acquired a minority stake in the technology company SeeReal Technologies. This participation will secure access for the Group to future-oriented augmented reality in the field of display technologies for the automobile. Research in this area is being carried out by the company SeeReal Technologies and is progressing.

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MAY 1, 2021

The BMW Group is launching production of battery components at its plants in Leipzig and Regensburg and expanding its e-drive production network. BMW Group Plant Leipzig will launch series production of battery modules on Monday, 3 May 2021, while BMW Group Plant Regensburg began coating battery cells for high-voltage batteries in April 2021.

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BMW Batteries Battery Production 418

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JUNE 28, 2020

The BMW Group has officially opened its new Additive Manufacturing Campus. The €15-million campus will allow the BMW Group to develop its position as technology leader in the utilization of additive manufacturing in the automotive industry. Last year, the BMW Group produced about 300,000 parts by additive manufacturing.

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MAY 18, 2020

Groupe Renault has identified some 20 projects to deploy blockchain technology. For Groupe Renault, blockchain has to be used as a collaborative, multi-company digital tool within the automotive sector, thereby becoming a source of increased productivity and collective intelligence. Some of these will be deployed soon.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

For several years now, the Norway-based marine and maritime technology company Havyard Group has carried out research and development work on hydrogen propulsion for large vessels, for example through the Pilot E project, in order to develop a large-scale maritime hydrogen project. —Gunnar Larsen.

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MAY 13, 2022

Volkswagen Group will launch an all-electric pick-up and rugged SUV (“R-SUV”) in the United States. The decision of the Board of Management was confirmed by the Supervisory Board of the Volkswagen Group earlier this week. The vehicles will be designed, engineered, and manufactured in the US for American customers.

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MARCH 30, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group will collaborate with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly to research and develop an advanced fuel for an ultra lean-burn, spark-ignition engine that aims to lower the overall carbon dioxide emissions of a vehicle.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

The BMW Group and Daimler Mobility AG are transferring the business-to-business (B2B) and business-to-government (B2G) business of their joint subsidiary moovel Group GmbH to Mobimeo GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn. Karsten Nagel will take over management of moovel Group GmbH, in addition to his previous role as CFO.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The BMW Group will begin sourcing aluminum produced using solar electricity with immediate effect. This marks an important milestone on the road to the company’s goal of lowering CO 2 emissions in its supplier network by 20% by 2030. This is equivalent to about 3% of the CO 2 targets the company has set for its supplier network.

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JULY 6, 2022

Volvo Group Venture Capital has invested in Optibus , a cloud-native, end-to-end software platform for public transportation planning and operations, to advance bus electrification and the digitalization of the public transportation industry. We are impressed by the founders, the team culture, and the company’s achievements.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The BMW Group is building a high-voltage battery assembly for the vehicles of the NEUE KLASSE at its site in Hungary. —Markus Fallböhmer, Senior Vice President of Battery Production at the BMW Group. The company will create more than 500 additional jobs and invest more than €2 billion (US$2.1

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APRIL 26, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group plans to set up an electric vehicle (EV) battery cell production joint venture in the US with partner SK On. The Group affiliates Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation and Hyundai Mobis each approved the plan at their respective board meetings.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Airbus and Renault Group signed a research and development agreement which aims at enhancing transversalities and synergies to accelerate both companies’ electrification roadmaps, improving their respective range of products. —Gilles Le Borgne, EVP, Engineering, Renault Group.

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MAY 13, 2022

Volvo Trucks and Deutsche Post DHL Group have signed a cooperation agreement to accelerate the shift to zero-exhaust-emission vehicles. This will result in annually savings of nearly 600 tons of CO 2 and nearly 225,000 liters of diesel fuel for Deutsche Post DHL Group.

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MARCH 25, 2021

Geely Auto Group (Geely Auto) officially announced the widely reported formation of Zeekr—a new electric mobility technology and solutions company based in China that will serve growing global demand for premium electric vehicles. Both parties have also agreed to inject 2 billion RMB (US$307 million) in capital into the company.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

Velodyne Lidar has acquired Bluecity, a Montreal-based artificial intelligence (AI) software company, in an all-stock transaction. According to Yole Intelligence, part of Yole Group, the smart infrastructure market for lidar will grow from $108M in 2021 to $1.1B

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OCTOBER 28, 2022

Concurrent with the closing of the round, Till Reuter, former CEO of KUKA, and David Fuller, former CTO of KUKA and current CEO of Artificial, will join the company as independent board directors. Supply chain efficiency and resiliency are top of mind for many companies today.

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MARCH 31, 2021

To support its accelerated expansion of e-mobility in the coming years, the BMW Group will source lithium from a second leading supplier, US-based Livent. Livent will supply the lithium directly to the BMW Group’s battery cell manufacturers from 2022 on. The value of the multi-year contract will total around €285 million.

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DECEMBER 12, 2020

Hyundai Motor Group will acquire a controlling interest in the mobile robot firm Boston Dynamics from Softbank in a deal that values Boston Dynamics at $1.1 The deal came as Hyundai Motor Group envisions the transformation of human life by combining world-leading robotics technologies with its mobility expertise. Hyundai Mobis Co.

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MAY 26, 2022

Several organizations, encompassing companies, research labs, and academia, have formed the Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group. The Working Group consists of members undertaking research and development in the field of hydrogen combustion in an opposed-piston engine. Direct injection also avoids the risk of backfire.

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. With a 20-year lease agreement, Volkswagen Group of America aims to improve vehicle logistics efficiency further and to increase importation capacities to serve nearly 300 dealers in the United States. —Anu Goel, Executive Vice President, Group After Sales & Services, Volkswagen Group of America.

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APRIL 2, 2020

The BMW Group is using Blockchain technology in purchasing to ensure the traceability of components and raw materials in multi-stage international supply chains. The companies’ respective IT systems have not always been able to communicate consistently with one another. 2019 the pilot project focused solely on part tracking.

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JULY 27, 2023

The Volkswagen Group is strengthening its position on the Chinese automotive market with cooperations between the VW brand and XPENG and between Audi and SAIC. As part of the close and long-term strategic cooperation, the Volkswagen Group is to invest approximately US$700 million in the Chinese manufacturer of intelligent electric cars.

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