Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2020

Local, regional and state governments as well as corporate innovators have set strong commitments for fleet electrification and manufacturers want to supply the vehicles they require. Industry leaders such as (but not limited to) BYD Motors, the Ingka Group (IKEA’s parent company), Nikola Motors, Siemens, The Lion Electric Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2013

Ricardo’s forthcoming IGNITE product is a physics-based system simulation package—operating in Modelica—that focuses on complete vehicle performance and fuel economy. Modelica has been developed by the (non-profit) Modelica Association since 1996 and has been in use in industry since 2000.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2022

These are projects of a strategic nature, with a significant potential to have a knock-on effect on the rest of the economy, and which require collaboration between administrations, companies and research centers in order to scale up their operations. The group’s demand for premium cells will be met by Northvolt in Skellefteå, Sweden.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2023

Sweden-based international mining and minerals group LKAB has identified significant deposits of rare earth elements in the Kiruna area in the far north of Swedish Lapland (some 200 km north of the Arctic Circle). We need to strengthen industrial value chains in Europe and create real opportunities for the electrification of our societies.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The gap between official fuel-economy figures and the real world for new cars in the EU has reached 40 per cent, according to the latest update by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to its on-going research into in-use vehicle fuel efficiency and CO 2 emissions. Earlier post.). Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2018

million) grant from the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU), the JIVE 2 project will deploy 152 fuel cell electric buses across 14 European cities throughout France, Germany, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and the UK. Coordinated by Element Energy , and supported by a €25-million (US$31.2-million) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2019

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, with colleagues from Delft Technical University, the Technical University of Denmark and the University of Warsaw, have developed ultra-fast hydrogen sensors that could the future performance targets for use in hydrogen-powered vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2020

The situation is rapidly deteriorating in Europe due to complex regulation, lack of available homologated cars, and increasing pressure on the economy. Against this negative backdrop, electrified vehicles (HEVs, PHEVs and BEVs) were once again the outlier in the industry. to 2,194,706 units. This is also pre-COVID-19. in Italy.

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Teslarati

MARCH 15, 2022

The plant, known as “Northvolt Drei,” will be the company’s third production facility of at least 60 gigawatts of annual capacity and its first outside of Sweden. Northvolt said Heide offered “the space required to establish a battery plant of sufficient size to leverage the economies of scale in production.”

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The Volvo Group is joining the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Climate Savers Program —the first vehicle manufacturer to do so. As a WWF partner, the Volvo Group’s truck companies will undertake to reduce the CO 2 -emissions from vehicles manufactured between 2009 and 2014 by 13 million tons. —Volvo CEO Leif Johansson.

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Electric Vehicles India

AUGUST 25, 2021

Volta Trucks a leading and disruptive full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider has confirmed that the full-electric Volta Zero will tour the UK throughout September in a series of high-profile customer and industry events. Press Release: Full-electric Volta Zero embarks on UK customer roadshow.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2011

Electric mobility is the task of the century for the automotive industry and the European industrial community as a whole. Manufacturers, suppliers, energy providers, scientists and politicians—everyone must step up to the plate here. The car’s diesel fuel economy is 35 mpg, which is equivalent to about 6.7

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2011

For example, in Sweden—one of the largest paper manufacturers in the world—it is estimated that DME produced from ‘black liquor’ (a by-product of the pulp-making process) alone could replace 25% of all gasoline and diesel consumption. DME can act as a clean fuel when burned in suitably optimized engines.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2017

Volvo Cars plans to set up a new joint venture technology company with Geely Holding, the Chinese car group, to share existing and future technology, to deepen industrial synergies and to provide the economies of scale that will allow them to develop next generation electrified vehicle technology more rapidly.

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Push EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Murky Incentive Changes January’s low ebb for plugins was said, by industry association Mobility Sweden , to be “a consequence of the high number of new registrations in December ahead of the reduction of the climate bonus from 1st January.” Sweden’s wider economic landscape is also shaping the auto market.

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Push EVs

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

It’s normal for January’s plugin share to take a significant step back from December’s results, when manufacturers push to meet fleet emissions requirements, and to boost their PR credentials for annual plugin progress. Above is a quick look at the manufacturing group charts. M autos to be sold in 2023, some 11% growth over last year.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Under the test program, the first of its kind in the US, Renergie will use variable blending pumps, not splash blending, to precisely dispense hydrous ethanol blends of E10, E20, E30, and E85 to test blend optimization with respect to fuel economy, engine emissions, and vehicle drivability. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

We will work together to overcome strategic, political, and technical barriers, accelerate the production of zero emission vehicles and increase economies of scale, to make the transition faster, lower cost, and easier for everyone. Unilever; Vattenfall; Zenith; Zurich.

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Current EV

DECEMBER 22, 2019

Further amplifying Volvo’s commitment to electrification, this report sought to provide new insights on the evolution of electric vehicles (EVs), the current barriers to purchasing, and the future of the EV economy. 5 Manufacturer providing a gasoline or hybrid car to switch out (32%). Driven largely in China, the U.S.,

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

The year 2023 was the first in which China’s New Energy Vehicle (NEV) 3 industry ran without support from national subsidies for EV purchases, which have facilitated expansion of the market for more than a decade. As the market matures, the industry is entering a phase marked by increased price competition and consolidation.

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Baua Electric

MAY 17, 2024

Auto-related manufacturing in Alabama has faced scrutiny lately, including Mercedes specifically. It is mandatory for German companies above a certain size to have labor representation on their board of directors, and the German auto industry is almost universally unionized. The bill was signed during the Mercedes union voting period.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 3, 2021

The $12,500 electric vehicle tax credit proposed in President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better” plan is being labeled as “discriminatory” by Mexican Economy Minister Tatiana Clouthier, who said the country is analyzing legal recourse and other actions, including potential tariffs against the United States.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2013

kg of hydrogen, fuel economy works out to 1kg of hydrogen delivering 106 km of range. The white ix35 was the first of 17 examples destined for fleet customers in Copenhagen, Denmark and Skane, Sweden where local authorities have started an extensive hydrogen project. seconds, a 100 mph top speed and a range of 369 miles (594 km).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2012

The German industry has supported the Type 2 plug (the. Mennekes connector) for more than two years, while French and Italian electric equipment manufacturers, united under the umbrella of the EV Plug Alliance —but without the support. The EU has declined to set a standard. The largest European EVSE market will be.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2017

This electric powertrain is designed in a way that means that it can be used to drive future distribution trucks and city buses manufactured by the Volkswagen Truck & Bus brands as a universal modular element. A test route for electric Scania trucks already exists in Sweden. —Joachim Drees, CEO of MAN Truck & Bus.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2012

This means that a future-assured EA211 version will now be available for markets in Sweden and Brazil. Various other design modifications optimize fuel economy and comfort as well: Low-friction bearings and two-stage oil pump reduce friction. This, in turn, improves the fuel economy of all MQB-based models.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Many leading markets and car manufacturers have committed to effectively phasing out fossil fuel powered light vehicles. EVs are a technology that are now proven, are increasingly price competitive, and will be the future of the automotive industry. This is very true when it comes to the shift towards e-mobility.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

So, how clean is EV battery manufacturing? Battery manufacturing is energy-intensive EV batteries offer the opportunity to take a huge step toward truly sustainable future mobility, but they currently carry a sizable environmental burden. Audi’s e-Tron batteries are manufactured at a carbon-neutral facility.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 6, 2021

So, how clean is EV battery manufacturing? Battery manufacturing is energy-intensive EV batteries offer the opportunity to take a huge step toward truly sustainable future mobility, but they currently carry a sizable environmental burden. Audi’s e-Tron batteries are manufactured at a carbon-neutral facility.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

Both companies are owned by Geely, but still headquartered in Sweden, with manufacturing in various parts of the world depending on model. We reached out for comment from both Volvo and Polestar, and this is what we heard back: As a global manufacturer Volvo Cars is in favor of free trade and open markets. at the time.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. However," he continued, "If carmakers decide not to take advantage of this offer, AFS Trinity intends to raise the funds to begin modifying existing hybrids or manufacture its own 150 mpg SUVs and, eventually, 250 mpg sedans. By partnering with these two industries.

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