Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2022

Volkswagen is expanding its global production network for electric vehicles by now starting to make the all-electric ID.4 Emden is now the second site for electric vehicles in Germany following Zwickau and also joins the Chinese plants in Anting and Foshan. 4 in Emden. Chattanooga (ID.4) Apart from the ID.4,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Fifteen countries have agreed to work together toward 100% zero-emission new truck and bus sales by 2040. California recently adopted its Advanced Clean Truck rule that establishes firm sales targets for zero-emission trucks that formed the basis of the MOU ambition. California is the new chair.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Valmet Automotive expects sales from its battery business for electric vehicles (EV) to reach or exceed the level of contract manufacturing of vehicles in just a few years. The Business Line is responsible for the entire battery systems value chain, including development, production, testing and sales.

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Teslarati

APRIL 1, 2024

Tesla and other electric vehicle (EV) brands are becoming more popular around the world, and a recent report shows that several countries have surpassed a crucial EV adoption tipping point. Once enough sales occur, you kind of have a virtuous cycle,” said Corey Cantor, an EV analyst at BloombergNEF.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Finnish Minerals Group and Beijing Easpring Material Technology have been investigating and negotiating the possibility to establish a cathode active materials (CAM) plant in Kotka, Finland with an initial capacity of 50,000 t/a and potential for future expansion for the production of cathode active material for lithium-ion batteries.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 9, 2021

For the first time in the history of the European automotive market, electric vehicles outsold conventional diesel engine vehicles, according to new data from the European Electric Car Report. 77% of total new car registrations in September in Norway were electric , trending up from previous months.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

THINK, the Scandinavian electric vehicle (EV) maker, has re-started production of the THINK City—one of the first urban EVs—at a new facility with manufacturing partner Valmet Automotive in Uusikaupunki, Finland. The THINK City in production at Valmet. Click to enlarge.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 25, 2022

There are now 15 European countries that have 15% or more of new-car buyers buying plugin electric cars (full electric cars or plugin hybrids). There are 12 European countries that have 10% or more of new-car buyers buying full electric vehicles (BEVs).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2018

A new study by a team from Aarhus University in Denmark has found that car dealerships pose a significant barrier to electric vehicle adoption at the point of sale due to a perceived lack of business case viability in relation to gasoline and diesel vehicles. Their study is published in the journal Nature.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 11, 2010

It seems the Finnish people are thinking electric – as Scandinavian electric vehicle maker THINK begins sales in the country. NK electric vehicles Finland helsinki Think Think City Think City EV Valmet Automotive. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news TH!NK

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The role is to help ensure that the political, regulatory, and fiscal frameworks in the ‘Nordics’ (Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland) support Tesla’s mission, especially by promoting a rapid transition to zero-emission surface transport, and a safe and secure transition to assisted automated driving,” Tesla wrote.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2017

China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL), a leading global provider of battery and energy storage solutions, has taken a 22% stake in Finland-based Valmet Automotive as part of a new strategic partnership in electric automotive solutions. At the end of 2016, CATL employed more than 10,000 employees worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Northern Lights Energy ( NLE ), the initiator of the 2012 charging infrastructure project and provider of infrastructure and services for electric vehicles (EV) based in Iceland, has signed an agreement with Reva Electric Car Company to jointly develop the electric vehicle market in Iceland. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2018

Sales of new passenger cars in the EU increased by 3% in 2017 compared to the previous year. Registrations increased in all EU Member States except Finland, Ireland and the United Kingdom. For the first year since monitoring started, gasoline cars became the most sold vehicles in the EU, constituting almost 53% of sales.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2019

The main factors contributing to the increase of new passenger cars’ emissions in 2018 include the growing share of gasoline cars in new registrations, in particular in the sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment. Moreover, the market penetration of zero- and low-emission vehicles, including electric cars, remained slow in 2018.

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Teslarati

JUNE 16, 2022

Tesla has expanded its non-Tesla electric vehicle Supercharging Pilot Program in Europe once again to add five new countries. “Non-Tesla vehicles can now charge at select Superchargers in Denmark, Finland, Germany, Luxembourg, and Switzerland via the Tesla app,” the automaker said today. Learn more at [link].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

The advancements in battery chemistries and technologies, upsurge in electric vehicle (EV) sales, evolving regulatory scenario, and increasing consumer preferences toward EVs are expediting market growth worldwide. Frost & Sullivan projects that the global Li-ion battery materials market will reach $51.60

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2018

The plant, which will produce chemicals used in electric vehicle batteries (EVB), will be located at the company’s current industrial site in Sotkamo, Finland. During the ramp-up, net sales have also improved, along with profitability. Terrafame has reached the planned target level in the ramp-up of the metals production.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 31, 2021

The Tesla Model 3 will undoubtedly be named Europe’s best-selling electric vehicle of 2021, based on data provided by registration trackers. The Model 3 is Tesla’s first mass-market vehicle, and it was eventually followed by the company’s Model Y crossover. average cost of a new vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The success of the Nissan LEAF in Europe has been propelled by consistently strong sales in Norway where the Nissan LEAF, the third-most sold passenger car last year, became the country’s best-selling car at the end of January 2014 with 650 units. Sales of the Nissan LEAF in Norway were up 145% in January compared to January 2013.

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Baua Electric

MAY 10, 2023

LONDON — Basic Motors will start gross sales of full-electric vehicles in Europe within the autumn, with the primary markets anticipated to be Nordic nations. McQuade stated GM’s EV gross sales will starting within the autumn however didn’t expose GM goal markets in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2018

In proportion to its population, the Nordic region—Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden—is strikingly ahead of the rest of the world in adopting electric cars. With almost 250,000 electric cars at the end of 2017, the five countries account for roughly 8% of the total number of electric cars around the world.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2011

AMP Electric Vehicles, Inc., The demand for SUVs is very high in Iceland at approximately 35% of new vehicle sales. Our AMP Electric Mercedes ML SUV fits NLE and Iceland's needs perfectly. The vehicle comfortably fits five people, and offers the efficient performance of 100 miles per charge. Earlier post.)

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 5, 2021

4 is mopping up in Europe (and also the only fully electric Volkswagen available in the USA). We publish monthly plugin electric vehicle sales reports for several European countries and Europe […]. The Volkswagen ID.3 3 seems like it just hit the market, but the attention has already shifted to the Volkswagen ID.4,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2021

Neste is piloting its first electric vehicle charging service targeted to logistics companies in Finland. at their site in the Konala area in Helsinki, Finland. Neste aims to launch a commercial charging service for electric vehicles in Finland by the end of 2021.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Electra Battery Materials’ planned industrial park in Ontario, Canada will be the only integrated battery materials complex in North America, providing a low-carbon and domestic supply of key inputs to the electric vehicle supply chain. million electric vehicles per year. Nickel Strategy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2017

Through the prospective agreement, BASF would receive the raw materials from the Nornickel metal refinery in Harjavalta, Finland. The strategic cooperation will leverage both companies’ market positions and expertise to provide an optimized and secure supply chain for electric vehicle battery cell producers in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2020

EEA said that one reason for the increase in car emissions is the growing share of the sport utility vehicle (SUV) segment. The market penetration of electric cars remained slow in 2019. Gasoline cars were the most sold passenger vehicles, constituting 59% of all new registrations (and 63% including hybrid electric vehicles (HEV)).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

Picture this: Workers clad in standard-issue workwear, step onto the factory floor involved in cell manufacturing for electric vehicles (EVs). Their every move—shuffling across the floor, reaching for components—accumulates static electricity.

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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.”

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The plugin electric vehicle market has exploded in the past year (in a good way), thanks especially to the European Union requiring that automakers sell more efficient vehicles (EVs) or pay big fines.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

A new report by the European Commission adds yet another real-world data point showing that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles create much more emissions than we previously thought – by an average of 3.5 For this reason, PHEVs have long been thought of as an ideal transitional technology between gas vehicles and electric ones.

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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. The THINK City was the first highway-capable electric vehicle (EV) certified to European safety standards, and it will go on sale in the US later this year.

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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Weather issues simply don’t warrant avoiding EV s By Tim Benford: President of Drive Electric Dayton and Past Vice-President of Electric Auto Association. As we know from GM’s Superbowl advertisement, Norway is crushing the USA in electric vehicle (EV) sales, followed closely by Sweden and Finland.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

A new report from Frost & Sullivan, Implementation Roadmap of CO 2 Tax Banding in European Countries and Impact Analysis on Powertrain and Green Technology Adoption , finds that about 80% of the European vehicle sales is expected to be in the less than 150 g/km CO 2 emission band by 2015.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 27, 2009

Norwegian electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer, Think announces today that the Norwegian courts have approved its debt settlement plan, enabling the company to exit court protection. NK City is the company’s latest generation EV, and is one of the few ready-to-market fully electric vehicles available in the world today.

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