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AUGUST 4, 2023

Volkswagen continues to expand its design and engineering capabilities as well as grow its leadership team in North America with the addition of the company’s new Chief Engineering Officer, Lyndon Lie.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Daimler Truck affiliate DTNA offers not only the expertise of developing electric trucks (start of production of battery electric Freightliner eCascadia and eM2 in 2022/23), but also the experience of providing consultant services to its customers, the large fleet operators in North America.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Olivier Francois, FIAT CEO and CMO global of Stellantis, officially announced plans to offer the fully electric Fiat 500e in North America. The new 500e will arrive in the US market in early 2024. Fiat 500e hatchback (European specification). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Honda has provided the first look at the exterior and interior styling of the all-new Honda Prologue battery-electric SUV that will come to market in North America in 2024. The Prologue design features clean and simple "Neo-Rugged" exterior and interior styling and ample interior space. Prologue Dimensions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

A new report sponsored by ABB Robotics and authored by the automotive intelligence unit of Ultima Media auggests that concerns over EV battery supply to meet the escalation in demand poses serious risk to the growth of market share of electric vehicles, despite plans for 80 new global battery gigafactories. —Tanja Vainio.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

—Surya Panditi, Head of Enel X North America. that will be capable of housing a fully-electric fleet of 120 buses and charging infrastructure, as part of the MBTA’s broader plans to design facilities to serve a zero-emissions e-bus fleets. (MGL), Enel X will work with Microgrid Labs, Inc.

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MARCH 4, 2021

The integration provides an expanded global presence with 16 facilities in North America, Asia and Europe to serve the global customer base with a robust manufacturing footprint producing over 100 million components and assemblies annually. The world automotive market is going through a period of fundamental change.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2018

Freightliner Trucks premiered two fully electrified commercial vehicles—a Freightliner eCascadia heavy-duty truck and a Freightliner eM2 106 medium-duty truck—during the Daimler Trucks Capital Market and Technology Day in Portland. The Class 8 tractor is designed for local and regional distribution and drayage.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2021

Octillion Power Systems, a global provider of advanced lithium-ion batteries, has moved to a new US headquarters in Richmond, California. The company’s North and South American operations will be based there. The company has operations in 16 locations in Asia, Europe and North America with a global workforce of more than 400 employees.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

As a strong indication of its growing presence in North America, Mahindra Automotive North America (MANA) has opened a new North American HQ and manufacturing operation in the Detroit area—the first such new OEM facility in Southeast Michigan in more than 25 years.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2020

Nuclear generation fell fractionally in North America and in West & Central Europe, but rose in Africa, Asia, South America and East Europe & Russia. The average global capacity factor for reactors generating electricity in 2019 rose from 79.8% The construction of a new design need not result in a long construction time.

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APRIL 19, 2023

The EV chargers will be the first compact, durable, and user-friendly charge post featuring a fully detachable charging cord in North America. This model enables property owners to be part of the EV transition through positive incentives that will help make this solution easier to adopt in markets around the country.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2023

Allison said that its collaboration with Mack on the CNG model is a testament to the company’s commitment to offering a portfolio of conventional, electric hybrid and fully electric propulsion solutions designed to meet the needs of customers as they strive to reduce emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2022

With immediate effect, responsibility for global battery business is to be held by the newly created company “PowerCo”. The Volkswagen Group is bundling its global battery activities in the European company (SE) PowerCo. In addition to Europe, PowerCo is also already exploring the possibility of further gigafactories in North America.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

By 2030, at least 50 percent of all trucks we sell globally will be electric and by 2040, we will be a carbon-neutral company. Volvo Trucks’ batteries are designed so that they can later be remanufactured, refurbished and reused. This investment shows our strong commitment to electrifying truck transportation. —Roger Alm.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

In support of General Motors’ vision of a zero-emissions, all-electric future, Buick will bring its first electric vehicle to market for North America in 2024. Buick also unveiled the Wildcat EV concept—an expressive vision of the brand’s new design direction as it transitions to an all-electric future.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Plug Power, a provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, and Nikola Corporation, a developer of zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, have entered a strategic relationship focused on moving the hydrogen economy forward.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America (MBRDNA) is opening a lab in Seattle, the organization’s sixth. Mercedes-Benz' global network of Research and Development facilities is kept continuously up-to-date, with 25 locations in 11 countries.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 24, 2023

However, the model will reportedly be exclusive to Asian markets — disappointing dozens of North American residents who still believe it’s the most practical vehicle type. For a time, it looked like Volvo might try to make the EM90 a global product and see how it played on the North American market.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Hyundai Motor North America (HMNA) and Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc., The new safety facility is a first of its kind by an OEM in North America that is dedicated to field safety. The new safety facility is a first of its kind by an OEM in North America that is dedicated to field safety.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

One of the first in line to capitalize on this new technology is Nissan North America, which recently executed a contract with Smartville to install a 500 kWh Smartville 360 BESS using second-life Nissan LEAF battery packs at the global automaker’s North American headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2022

Lordstown Motors, an OEM of electric light-duty trucks focused on the commercial fleet market, has closed the sale of its Lordstown facility and signed a contract manufacturing agreement and joint venture agreement for product development with affiliates of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn).

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OCTOBER 5, 2022

kWh/100 km (53-kWh battery with 2WD, 18-inch tires), IONIQ 6 will be one of the most energy-efficient electric vehicles (EV) on the market when it goes on sale later this year in select markets in Europe and next year in North America. With WLTP-rated energy consumption as low as 13.9

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2023

This is the first commercial contract for a grid-scale SMR in North America. The BWRX-300 is a 300 MWe water-cooled, natural circulation Small Modular Reactor (SMR) with passive safety systems that leverages the design and licensing basis of GEH’s US NRC-certified ESBWR.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 27, 2024

While white continues to hold its position as the most popular colour for light passenger vehicles, it has seen a notable decrease in market share. In contrast, black has surged in popularity, gaining market share at the expense of white. North America also had the highest share of red cars compared to other regions in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Lucid designed the AMP-1 with a future-ready focus that allows for additional phases of expansion at the site, with the next phase expected to begin in early 2021, enabling future production of the brand’s first SUV under the name Project Gravity in 2023. Lucid Air Pure joins the lineup in early 2022, available from $69,900.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In Hiroshima, Mazda Motor Corporation announced plans to expand its SUV lineup globally starting from 2022. The Mazda CX-50 is a crossover SUV that will be added as a new core model to the lineup and be introduced in the US market, where a strong SUV presence as well as off-road performance are in high demand. Major target markets.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2023

Cirba Solutions, a comprehensive battery materials and management company for end-of-life batteries and gigafactory scrap, selected global professional services company Jacobs to expand manufacturing capacity for sustainable electric vehicle (EV) battery materials across North America.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2021

PACCAR and Aurora have signed a global, strategic agreement to develop, test and commercialize autonomous Peterbilt and Kenworth trucks. Kenworth T680 and Peterbilt 579 trucks utilizing the Aurora Driver are expected to be deployed in North America in the next several years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

With nearly 40 million units sold, the Toyota Corolla is the world’s best-selling car nameplate; this year marks its 47 th year on the market. liter engine with Valvematic—a further development of VVT-i—a valve train technology which appears for the first time in North America with Corolla.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

Becoming the number one brand in the global purpose-built vehicle (PBV) market by 2030. Starting with an annual global sales goal of 3.15 Kia will expand the proportion of eco-friendly cars from 17% of global sales in 2022 to 52% in 2030. Kia plans to launch ts flagship electric vehicle the EV9 in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Hino announced Project Z in October 2020 ( earlier post ) and has continued collaborating with Allison since then in designing BEV solutions tailored for the North America Medium and Heavy Duty commercial vehicle markets.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2022

The soybean oil in the tire is a bio-based material currently sourced from surplus left over from food applications and is another step in Goodyear’s global journey to fully replace petroleum-derived oils by 2040. —Jessica Julian, commercial product marketing manager, Goodyear North America. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

Daimler Trucks has launched additional electric Freightliner trucks for customer testing in North America. The Customer Experience (CX) fleet from Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) consists of six heavy-duty Freightliner eCascadia and two medium-duty Freightliner eM2 106.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

South Korea’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy recently held an Industrial Technology Protection Committee meeting and approved the overseas export of “technology used in designing, manufacturing, and processing cathode with nickel content of over 80%,” a national core technology owned by POSCO Chemical.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

After global sales slipped 2% last month, Kia is shaking things up with a new mid-to-long-term business plan. Since its major re-brand in 2021, Kia has made noticeable changes in its products, design, and marketing efforts. Kia will introduce six affordable EVs in major markets, including North America, Korea, and Europe.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 5, 2024

After global sales slipped 2% last month, Kia is shaking things up with a new mid-to-long-term business plan. Since its major re-brand in 2021, Kia has made noticeable changes in its products, design, and marketing efforts. Kia will introduce six affordable EVs in major markets, including North America, Korea, and Europe.

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