Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2023

Bosch is now starting the production of new powertrain solutions based on 800-volt technology. This reduces weight and allows for a more compact design. Inverter with 800-volt technology goes into series production In recent years, 400-volt solutions have become widely established as the industry standard.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2022

Nissan unveiled its prototype production facility for laminated all-solid-state battery (ASSB) cells, which the company aims to bring to market in 2028. This prototype facility, within the Nissan Research Center in Kanagawa Prefecture, is aimed to further promote the development of all-solid-state-batteries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released draft guidance for a Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS), developed to meet the requirements of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Section 40315. A lifecycle system boundary enables consistent and comprehensive evaluation of diverse hydrogen production systems.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2022

Hydrogen has emerged as an important carrier to store energy generated by renewable resources, as a substitute for fossil fuels used for transportation, in the production of ammonia, and for other industrial applications. A conceptual solar thermochemical hydrogen production platform. Illustration by Patrick Davenport, NREL.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2022

LiveWire is opening reservations for the production version of the all-electric S2 Del Mar motorcycle, the first LiveWire model to feature the new ARROW architecture, and the first bike to sit next to the LiveWire ONE—the company’s flagship electric motorcycle. Earlier post.). Del Mar range in city riding is targeted to be 110 miles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2021

(SoCalGas) and H2U Technologies are testing a new electrolyzer, called the Gramme 50, for the production of green hydrogen. The Gramme 50 electrolyzer features a radically different stack design to achieve high current density and outlet pressure requirements. These efforts could help drive down hydrogen production costs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2023

Hyzon Motors announced the successful completion and factory acceptance testing of the first nine single-stack 200kW Fuel Cell System (FCS) B-samples at its production and innovation center in Bolingbrook, IL. By achieving this milestone, Hyzon remains on track to declare Start of Production (SOP) and commercialization of its FCS in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2023

ZF’s Commercial Vehicle Solutions (CVS) division announced that its new CeTrax lite electric central drive has entered series production. Using synergies from ZF’s development and production of passenger car drives, the new driveline is adapted to use in light commercial vehicles (LCVs). Designed for light commercial vehicles up to 7.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2022

Polestar, the Swedish electric performance car company, confirmed plans to put the Polestar electric roadster concept into production. The production car is expected to launch in 2026 as the Polestar 6 electric performance roadster. Interested customers in all active Polestar markets are now able to reserve a build slot online.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2021

Industrial gases leader Air Products, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., Aligned with that vision, Air Products began work in 2018 on the core of this world-scale energy complex in Edmonton, which will begin with a transformative $1.3 The project relies on an innovative combination of well-established technologies.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2023

Audi has been testing the local server solution Edge Cloud 4 Production (EC4P)—a new method of IT-based factory automation—at Böllinger Höfe since July 2022 ( earlier post ). Starting this month, this paradigm shift in Audi’s shop floor IT will be used for the first time in series production.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Hynamics, the hydrogen subsidiary of EDF group, has signed an agreement to collaborate with ABB and test the ABB Ability OPTIMAX for Green Hydrogen energy management system (EMS), which was launched to market in November 2022, across Hynamics’ plants to help optimize electrical costs of hydrogen production by up to 16%, according to ABB modeling.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2023

Alfa Romeo started retail production for the all-new 2024 Tonale PHEV. Alfa Romeo’s first plug-in hybrid is built at the Giambattista Vico Stellantis plant in Pomigliano d’Arco, Naples, Italy, one of the company’s most advanced production sites. Earlier post.) The Tonale PHEV will begin arriving at dealers in June.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas (Toyota Texas, TMMTX) has started production for the all-new, all-hybrid 2023 Toyota Sequoia. This design combines maximum performance with amazing efficiency, and it is built with heavy-duty performance in mind. Earlier post.) Toyota’s Rear Seat Reminder comes standard on all 2023 Sequoias.

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San Antonio Hybrid Tundra Production 435

Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2023

In October 2022, Honda announced that it would invest $700 million to retool several of its existing auto and powertrain plants to establish the new EV Hub in Ohio, to prepare for the production of battery electric vehicles in 2026. Following are key next steps involving several of Honda’s US production facilities.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

IONETIC , a UK start-up specializing in electric vehicle (EV) battery pack technology, launched its EV battery pack design platform, which the company says can cut the development cost and time for automotive manufacturers bringing a new electric vehicle to market. There are many stages needed to get a battery pack into production.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 15, 2023

The Tesla Cybertruck is finalized and nearing production over three years after CEO Elon Musk unveiled it, the company’s Chief Vehicle Designer Franz von Holzhausen said on a podcast. Volume production is set for the end of the year. Tesla Cybertruck production nears, IDRA packages converge at Giga Texas.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2019

Researchers at the University of Arkansas, with colleagues from Brookhaven National Lab and Argonne National Lab, have found that nanoparticles composed of nickel and iron are more effective and efficient than other more costly materials when used as catalysts in the production of hydrogen fuel through water electrolysis.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Researchers from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering and Fujitsu have applied quantum-inspired computing to find the promising, previously unexplored chemical family of Ru-Cr-Mn-Sb-O 2 as acidic oxygen evolution reaction catalysts for hydrogen production. A paper on their work appears in the journal Matter.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) issued a notice of intent to release a funding opportunity that would provide up to $37 million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) funding to advance electric vehicle (EV) battery recycling, transportation, and design (DE-FOA-0003120). As of July 2023, more than 3.9

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Transportation Design Batteries Battery 370

Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) launched the Clean Fuels & Products Shot , a new initiative that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from carbon-based fuels and products significantly. Biomass and waste conversion technologies designed to use green electricity and hydrogen to maximize carbon retention in products.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Olive Creek 1 in Hallam, Nebraska is Monolith Materials’ first commercial-scale emissions-free production facility designed to produce approximately 14,000 metric tons of carbon black annually along with clean hydrogen. Monolith Materials is the first US manufacturer to produce “turquoise hydrogen” on a commercial scale.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2022

The Volkswagen brand released design sketches of the ID. The digital world premiere of the pre-production study will take place on 27 June. The future production version of the ID. Stylistically, it also follows the unmistakable design language of other Volkswagen electric vehicles, such as the ID.4

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Under the agreement, Siemens will become ACC’s preferred supplier in automation, digitalization and electrification technology, enabling ACC to scale-up its production, maximizing plant and energy efficiency. As a starting point, Siemens and ACC plan to create a comprehensive digital twins of the battery and the production lines.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Air Products plans to invest approximately $500 million to build, own and operate a 35 metric ton per day facility to produce green liquid hydrogen at a greenfield site in Massena, New York, as well as liquid hydrogen distribution and dispensing operations. The commercial operation of this facility is targeted to begin in 2026-2027.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Niron will use this financing to advance the commercial partnerships and pilot production of its rare earth-free Clean Earth Magnet, further demonstrating its potential to replace rare earth permanent magnets. Today, these magnets rely on rare earth elements. One of the top 5 global wind turbine OEMs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

H2Carrier AS and Greenland-based Anori A/S have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with the purpose of developing the first commercial wind farm in Greenland with subsequent production and export of green ammonia. The 1.5GW wind farm will supply power to H2Carrier’s floating production vessel for hydrogen and green ammonia, the P2XFloater.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Methanol fuel cell developer and manufacturer Blue World Technologies ( earlier post ) is starting limited production—the first step in commercializing its methanol fuel cell technology. The simple system design enables a high total system power density although the stack power density is lower than generic stack designs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2021

A team led by researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s (Berkeley Lab) Molecular Foundry has designed and synthesized ultrasmall nickel nanoclusters (?1.5 Hence, the material remained free of pollution during key steps in the hydrogen production reaction.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Molicel ), a supplier of lithium-ion battery cells, entered into a memorandum of understanding for Molicel to manufacture and supply the battery cells for Archer’s production electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, Midnight. Archer Aviation and E-One Moli Energy Corp. The facility will have the capacity to produce 1.8

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2023

Together with long-standing Indian partner FCTecNrgy Pvt Ltd (FCT), the production facility was built and handed over in just six months. In the medium term, annual sales of around €100 million are to be generated here with the development and production of innovative energy supply systems.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2021

A team from Fraunhofer IPT is developing a continuous production line that will be able to process fuel cell components in cycles lasting just seconds. Moreover, they plan to transfer the action plan and the individual technologies for the production of fuel cells from research to industrial application. © Fraunhofer IPT.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 17, 2024

Yamaha Motor Co’s MT-09 and XMAX300 motorcycles have won the ‘Red Dot Award: Product Design 2024’ international design award. These honours mark the 13th year in a row – every year since 2012 – that a Yamaha Motor product has received a Red Dot Design Award.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

The company aims to address the challenges of electric vehicle adoption in the two-wheeler space, particularly focusing on safety concerns, range anxiety, and perceived compromises in design and performance. These funds were primarily allocated for product development and research and development (R&D) efforts. Absolutely!

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 3, 2023

Kia has released teaser images of its EV9 flagship electric SUV, which is scheduled to debut in production-ready form March 15.

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EV Specifications

AUGUST 24, 2023

Kia EV5's production version design was unveiled today at the Chengdu Motor Show in China. Now Kia is ready with the production version of the model which was designed as a compact SUV that meets the needs of millennial families.

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Electrek

APRIL 12, 2024

Aptera Motors is touting its latest milestone en route to solar EV production later this year. The first production body of its flagship vehicle has made its way over from Italy to Aptera’s headquarters in San Diego, enabling the team to finalize its design ahead of production-intent builds.

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