Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Technology company Continental is working with German solar mobility OEM Sono Motors on the development of the Sion self-charging electric car, which is to be produced in Finland in the second half of 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2010

Finland-based European Batteries Oy held the grand opening of its new lithium-ion battery plant which manufactures large format prismatic 42 Ah, 3.2V The annual production capacity is 100 MWh—enough for 3.000 full-electric cars, the company says. LiFePO 4 (LFP) cells, modules, packs and systems earlier this month.

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Finland Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries 186

Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2021

Pilot production of Lignode by Stora Enso, wood-based carbon for batteries, is currently being ramped up. Applications include electric vehicles and consumer electronics as well as large-scale energy storage systems. Stora Enso’s pilot facility for producing bio-based carbon materials from lignin has started operations. Earlier post.)

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Carbon Batteries Battery Finland 221

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2010

THINK has started production of the THINK City electric vehicle at its plant in Elkhart, Indiana. The company, with global headquarters in Oslo, Norway, plans to build 300 THINK City electric cars at the facility by the end of the year. This is another major milestone for us. in Indianapolis.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Renault Group and Finland-based metals producer Terrafame have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the future supply of nickel sulfate. Renault Group is building an electric ecosystem in Northern France known as Renault ElectriCity. The final products are filtered and sold for processing.

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Supplies Finland Carbon Purchase 243

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 27, 2016

The original production run of the Fisker Karma luxury sedan was contracted to Valmet Automotive in Finland. But as the Karma Revero, the car will be built at a new facility in California.

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Karma Fisker Finland Building 103

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Umicore has signed a long-term agreement with Finland-based Terrafame Ltd. The company says that its nickel sulfate production capacity can fill the needs of around one million electric cars per year. for the supply of low-carbon, sustainable high-grade nickel sulfate. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2022

In 2021, the Volkswagen brand delivered more electrified vehicles worldwide than ever before, handing over to customers more than 369,000 electric cars (+73% versus 2020), comprising approximately 106,000 PHEVs (+33%) and 263,000 all-electric vehicles (+97%). 4 topped the BEV charts in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Ireland.

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All-Electric Electric Vehicles Sale Vehicles 221

Green Car Reports

JUNE 18, 2015

While all 2012 Fisker Karma extended-range electric luxury sedans were built in Finland, the company always intended to assemble cars in the U.S. Before its collapse and bankruptcy, Fisker had bought a former General Motors plant in Delaware.

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Fisker Delaware Karma Finland 60

Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

The THINK City EV has been introduced alongside production partner Valmet Automotive with the first deliveries to green delivery pioneers A2B through a new THINK dealership in Helsinki. NK electric vehicles Finland helsinki Think Think City Think City EV Valmet Automotive. It is expected that further dealerships will [.].

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Finland Think City Electric Vehicles Vehicles 44

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2021

The final phase will complete commercial tests of the fuel, thereby enabling significant reductions of greenhouse gas emissions from gasoline and hybrid cars. There are also ambitious national targets in Sweden and Finland, for example, including separate emissions reduction mandates for the gasoline pool.

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Sweden Gasoline Renewable Commercial 199

Green Car Reports

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

A year ago, we visited the Think electric-car plant in Elkhart, Indiana. At the time, several dozen workers were turning out a trickle of Think City electric vehicles assembled from kits shipped in from Finland--with big plans for ramping up production. That never happened.

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Indiana Electric Cars Finland Think City 79

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

Particular attention is being given to aspects which are very demanding for electric cars—air conditioning and charging, as well as cooling the battery, drive system and control units in extreme heat. While the battery of an electric car “merely” loses power in the cold, exposure to great heat carries the risk of battery damage.

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Spain Mercedes South Africa Climate 207

Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2020

Pure electric cars have a 2% market share in France, this being the highest share among all five major markets. France is therefore leading the way in showing how electric cars can have a measurable impact on emissions levels, despite their adoption still lagging behind diesel and gasoline counterparts.

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SUV Emissions Diesel Europe 221

Teslarati

JANUARY 3, 2022

. “We believe we will exceed 80% electric cars next year,” Norwegian EV Association head Christina Bu said to Reuters. Last week, we reported that Tesla would capture the best-selling EV in Europe title with the Model 3. Volkswagen was in second with 10.8

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2011

Think North America Vice Chairman Richard Canny is resigning his position with the electric car maker effective at the end of the month. “It’s It's certainly been a rewarding period to be in the electric vehicle business and I’m glad that I’m leaving the company closer to its vision.” Automotive News Europe.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 27, 2009

It is an important day for Think, and we would like to thank our creditors and suppliers for their continued support, and to show our appreciation to Think’s very patient and loyal customers – this means we can re-start production of the TH!NK Think began small scale production last year for its Th!nk NK City as soon as possible.”.

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Electric Cars Production Finland Cars 36

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2010

Electric car maker THINK has completed a US$40 million equity increase to support further product development and planned expansion into North American markets. THINK’s transformation into a company ideally placed to translate product advantage into market success is undeniable.

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North America Finland Indiana Think City 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2019

The correlation between the decline in demand for diesel cars and the increase in CO 2 emissions was most evident when analyzing the data by country. Only three countries saw improvements in CO 2 emissions: Norway, Netherlands and Finland. At the same time, its top sellers (mostly SUVs) recorded registrations drops.

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Diesel CO2 Gasoline Emissions 236

Green Cars News

OCTOBER 12, 2010

Electric car maker, Think is celebrating hitting a production milestone of 2,500 units of its Think City model. The 2,500 car came off the assembly line today at production facilities in Finland, where the vehicle has been fully highway safety certified since 1999.

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Electric Vehicles Finland Think City Building 39

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2009

Finland-based Valmet Automotive, which signed a letter of intent under which Valmet Automotive will be a production and engineering partner for the Think City electric vehicle, will also become a minor shareholder in Think. The car already has a sales network in Europe and is ready for mass production.

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Think City Finland Lithium Ion Global 231

Green Cars News

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Scandinavian electric vehicle maker THINK is a celebrating a landmark day as production of its THINK City vehicle finally restarted. One of the first urban electric vehicles has been given a new lease of life with the company’s manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive in Uusikaupunki in Finland.

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Think City Finland Green Cars Green 39

Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Lithium-ion battery production. The production of a battery cell will need as many as 20 different materials from around the world. However, electric vehicles basically are emission-free at least when they are powered by electricity generated from renewable sources such as wind, solar, etc. Transporation emissions.

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Lithium Ion Climate Batteries Battery 82

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2012

Use of new technologies to reduce friction losses should be able to lower automotive fuel consumption and emissions by 18% within the next 5 to 10 years and by up to 61% within 15 to 25 years, according to a joint study by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) in the US.

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Fuel Exhaust MPH Finland 186

Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 6, 2016

But Tesla has discussed plans for at least one additional gigafactory, presumably to meet demand for battery cells related to large-scale electric-car production outside the U.S. The Tesla "gigafactory" near Reno, Nevada, is already billed as the largest lithium-ion battery cell plant in the world.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

It’s the Electric Motor Show this weekend in Helsinki, and a whole host of innovative electric cars will be on display at the Exhibition & Convention Centre in the Finnish capital. Among the exhibitors will be Think, the Norwegian electric vehicle will be making its Finnish motor show debut with its Think City electric car.

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Green Cars Golf Cart Green Think City 36

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2010

THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle maker, has begun production of THINK City EVs equipped with 22 kWh Li-ion battery packs from Ener1 subsidiary EnerDel. The latest generation THINK City is a purpose-built, all-electric car designed for urban environments. The EnerDel THINK City pack. Click to enlarge.

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Think City Li-ion Production Austria 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2021

The software upgrade represents the first time Polestar has applied its tuning heritage to its own electric cars. The Polestar performance software upgrade is initially available in Europe in the following Polestar markets: UK, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Austria.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2010

The THINK City is a purpose-built, all-electric car designed for urban environments. European production of the THINK City is already underway in Finland with manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive, which also assembles the Porsche Boxster and Cayman models for Porsche AG. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2010

The latest generation THINK City is a purpose-built, all-electric car designed for urban environments. European production of the THINK City is underway in Finland with manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive, which also assembles the Boxster and Cayman models for Porsche AG.

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Brazil Think City South America Austria 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2020

Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), to call for the social and environmental impacts of the extraction of raw materials, which include human rights abuses, to be addressed urgently.

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Batteries Battery Production Zambia 545

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 15, 2009

Volkswagen Rabbit :Zigs Amazing Electric Vehicle VolkswagenRabbit : Bill Dubes Wild Electwik Wabbit VolkswagenRabbit : yduJ drives an electric car! DC electric motors and controllers DE HAARDT : controllers andremote control equip. BuildYour Own Electric Vehicle : By Bob Bryant. Tropica: BradWaddells gorgeous EV.

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Conversion Midget Motors Taylor-Dunn Frazer-Nash 28

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

The purchase funds for Fisker would in theory go directly to the DOE since the government agency loaned the auto company a large sum of money before it stopped production more than a year ago. Beyond the government loan, the car company gained more than $600 million for the creation of its vehicles.

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Fisker Karma Market United States 218