Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2011

Volkswagen Group member SEAT, Ficosa and Sanyo have signed an agreement to promote the development of batteries for electric vehicles in Spain and Portugal. SEAT has also developed the concept car IBx, a plug-in hybrid SUV that appeared at the Geneva Motor Show in March.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

—Jordi Caus, SEAT’s Head of New Urban Mobility Concepts. SEAT’s R&D Mobility team will continue working with IBM technicians on the evolution of Mobility Advisor proof of concept and its different potential applications. On IBM’s side, the project is being implemented by Viewnext, an IBM subsidiary in Spain.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2021

Spain-based global energy company Repsol and Talgo, a manufacturer of intercity, standard, and high speed passenger trains, will promote a renewable-hydrogen-powered train, fostering emission-free rail transport in the Iberian Peninsula. This type of initiative puts Spain at the forefront of renewable hydrogen production in southern Europe.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2013

Jaguar Land Rover has been collaborating with Xchanging and Arynga to create a proof of concept that allows remote software and firmware updates to be sent to vehicles over standard network protocols. This solution was revealed at the GENIVI All Member Conference in Barcelona, Spain (23-26 April).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

They will be responsible for designing concepts, workflows, and templates for data collected and shared via digital Battery Passports as well as building an MVP online marketplace. Minespider provides a blockchain-based traceability platform and will be involved in all tasks for data exchange relating to providence and characterisation.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2014

The project, coordinated by Nordic fuel cell technology company PowerCell , resulted in the building of a complete pilot plant on an olive farm in Andalucía, Spain. With this concept we solve two problems at once. Idener, Spain. Leitat, Spain. INGENOSTRUM, Spain. The two-year project was completed in October.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Primary growth drivers of the past year were the market launches in Spain and China: car2go gained more than 100,000 new members in Chongqing, China and Madrid, Spain. car2go’s free-floating car-sharing concept does not use fixed rental stations. Chongqing (113,000 customers). Vienna (113,000 customers).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Dresser Wayne, a global provider of fuel dispensers and technologies, is exhibiting a full-scale concept model of an electric vehicle (EV) charger at the 2010 Automechanika trade show. We plan to be fully prepared for this continued growth. —Scott Negley.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2017

Diesel car registrations are down in Europe: March 2017 saw a 5-year low in France, Germany, Spain, and the UK, which together make up almost 60% of the European new car market. ICCT chart of diesel shares of new car registrations in France, Germany, Spain, and the UK. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

A team from the University of Cordoba in Spain and the University of Tehran in Iran has been searching for ways to increase hydrogen production by using microorganisms, specifically microalgae and bacteria. This study is a proof of concept for the synergetic biohydrogen production in alga-bacteria co-cultures.

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Electric Cars Report

MAY 24, 2023

Following the dazzling success in 2022 of the online sale of 50 “My Ami Buggy Ultra-Limited Series” in France, Citroen now offers a new special edition of 1,000 units which will be available in ten countries: France including the French overseas departments, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Morocco and Turkey.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Mercedes-Benz Vans unveiled two design variants of the Concept X-CLASS, previewing the coming X-Class pickup, in Stockholm. Mercedes-Benz Concept X-CLASS stylish explorer (right) and Mercedes-Benz Concept X-CLASS powerful adventurer (left). The pickup will be launched in late 2017 in Europe under the name Mercedes-Benz X-Class.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

In the early 2000s, he led a historic Boeing Phantom Works project in Spain, resulting in the world's first manned hydrogen-electric airplane flight.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2018

SEAT is already working in collaboration with Telefónica on a blockchain-based proof of concept to improve the traceability of parts in the Martorell factory’s supply chain. As the company that invests the most in R&D in Spain, SEAT is adapting its processes to the ongoing digital transformation of the automotive industry.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2013

Production of the e-NV200 model will begin at Nissan’s plant in Barcelona, Spain in mid-2014. Activities so far have included the use of Nissan LEAF and the Nissan New Mobility CONCEPT, an ultra-compact electric vehicle. Nissan Motor Co., The e-NV200 is Nissan’s second all-electric model available globally, following the Nissan LEAF.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2017

The EAGLE (Efficient Additivated Gasoline Lean Engine) European research project is led by the French research organization IFP Energies nouvelles, with the participation of eight partners from Germany, France, Italy and Spain.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Though Renault may be a French manufacturer, it can boast a number of roots in Spain where it already produces the Megane Hatchback, the Megane Estate, the Modus and the Grand Modus. It has chosen to manufacture the Twizy ZE Concept at Valladolid, which is 150km north-west of Madrid, with production due to start in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2013

Based on Volvo’s MethaneDiesel concept ( earlier post ) whereby LNG can be used in diesel engines, and Shell’s LNG expertise and infrastructure investments, the two companies will coordinate their activities and actively support the wider use of LNG in the transport sector. The engine uses diesel to ignite the LNG.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

The Autonomous Government of Andalusia and Renault Spain signed a protocol of intentions that aims to promote the development of electric vehicles in the Andalusian region. Renault factories in Spain have been awarded two new models and an engine for 2011-2013, including the car derived from the Twizy Z.E.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

The popularity of SUVs in the early 2000s has precipitated a rush of companies trying to capitalize, with a growing number of brands and new concept offerings like crossovers to appeal to a wider audience. Spain: +42%. —Mykola Golovko, project manager at Euromonitor International. Portugal: +54.8%. Italy: + 48.6%. China: +47.9%.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2017

Spain-based integrated global energy company Repsol has been actively exploring Alaska since 2008, and since 2011 the company has drilled multiple consecutive discoveries on the North Slope along with partner Armstrong. billion barrels. The Horseshoe-1 discovery well was drilled to a total depth of 6,000 ft.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2014

The More Zero consortium consists of partners from four countries that have joined together in an ERA-NET project to develop a modular range extender concept that can be used in a variety of vehicles, based on the PowerCell’s fuel cell technology. Partners in the project are: IDIADA, Spain. Triphase, Belgium. Hexagon Studio, Turkey.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

That initial rollout includes an angry-looking electric hatchback called the Raval , derived from the UrbanRebel concept. If and when Volkswagen Group facilities assist in producing Cupra EVs for the US market and other parts of North America, it will join SEAT’s existing production commitments in Spain as part of a $3.2

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

The EU project FCH2RAIL (Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Pack for Rail Applications) consortium—with partners from Belgium, Germany, Spain and Portugal—is developing and testing a new zero-emission train prototype. —project leader and researcher Holger Dittus from the German Aerospace Center - Institute of Vehicle Concepts (DLR).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2018

We’re seeing more companies raising funds as they look to make the jump from concept cars to high-volume manufacturing. Spain at $1.9 Colin McKerracher, head of advanced transport analysis at BNEF, said that there is a growing amount of money chasing China’s electric vehicle boom. —Colin McKerracher. Netherlands at $1.1

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Volvo Car Corporation, Ericsson, the utility company Göteborg Energi and the Viktoria Institute are collaborating in the research project ELVIIS (Electric Vehicle Intelligent Infra Structure) to develop a concept for using intelligent infrastructure for the smart on-board charging of plug-in vehicles. Göteborg Energi.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

In Spain, the company’s flagship car-sharing service Wible will be expanded with Wible Más and Wible Empresas (tentatively named). Under this new mobility service concept, vehicles will be used for business on weekdays and rented by individuals on the weekends. In the business-to-consumer domain, Kia will expand existing services.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

Unveiled in Spain and on display at the Mobile World Congress Peugeot hopes to show off its vision of the future, with the reveal of the Instinct.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2017

Over the course of eight hours, 14 entrepreneurial companies from Romania, Spain and Germany presented themselves in 30‑minute sessions in front of eight judges. There they will be able to develop their ideas for the market with support from Volkswagen experts and financial support from the state capital, Dresden.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2019

More than 300 engineers will be participating in this project in Spain. The recently unveiled Minimó concept car plays a part in this strategy and the electric SEAT eXS kickscooter are two examples of urban micromobility solutions put forward by the company. In 2018 SEAT obtained the best results in its history.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2013

million) is funded by the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme, the partners will identify means of implementing the platooning concept in practice in daily transport operations. Through the €5.4-million million (US$7.45-million) million) COMPANION research project, of which €3.4 million (US$4.69

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2010

AIC —Automotive Intelligence Center—in Bilbao, Spain is launching “AIC Next”, the objective of which is to analyze the future of the automotive sector in a different way.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2018

We retained the basic concept with one gear and at the same time refined the details and manufactured all of the parts. A joint test with all of the competitors is scheduled for mid-October in Valencia, Spain. Engineers put particular emphasis on making the package even more efficient and further increasing its level of effectiveness.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

The development of Umeå’s super fast rechargeable electric buses began 13 December 2010 when the municipality of Umeå decided to invest in an early development stage project with Hybricon AB (Sweden), E-Traction NV (Holland) and Opbrid SL (Spain). Hybricon achieved this rapid progress from concept to public service by mating the Opbrid B?sbaar

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

The drive concept encompasses a broad range of low-emission, fuel-efficient diesel and gasoline engines and includes a BlueEFFICIENCY package. An electric drive version is also being planned.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

The Cupra UrbanRebel concept is an exercise in wretched excess. We love it!

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2016

BAIC BJEV has been building its global R&D network in its core areas, i.e. electric and smart technologies, by establishing oversea R&D centers in Silicon Valley, USA; Aachen, Germany; Detroit, USA; and Barcelona, Spain. Earlier post.). Using the carbon and aluminum MMSF bodies and non-metal panels, body weight will be reduced by up to 45%.

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