Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. With an investment of one billion euros, we are building in Hungary the first ‘Full-Flex Plant’ in the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2022

Europe has become the fastest growing region for new electric vehicle (EV) lithium-ion battery capacity outside of China, according to Benchmark Minerals. Samsung SDI (Hungary): 20 GWh. SK Innovation (Hungary): 7.5 million EVs. Northvolt (Sweden): 16 GWh. Envision AESC (UK): 1.9GWh. LGES(Poland): 67 GWh.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The first cars of the NEUE KLASSE will come off the production line at our plant in Debrecen, Hungary, starting in 2025, followed by the main plant in Munich. More than 500 additional employees will work there, producing next-generation batteries for fully-electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

SK IE Technology (SKIET) signed an MOU with Sunwoda , the 9 th largest battery manufacturer in terms of global market share (according to SNE Research in 2022), to strengthen cooperation in supplying battery separators. The MOU signing ceremony took place at Sunwoda Group’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China.

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Plug in America

JUNE 10, 2021

Last week, 37 electric vehicle (EV) driver associations from 26 countries, including Plug In America, joined forces to create the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance, building a worldwide EV community. While the United States has been a leader in electric mobility in many ways, we also lag behind several countries in EV market share.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2023

billion (US$886 million) to build a cathode manufacturing facility that will provide materials that ultimately supply batteries for Ford’s future electric vehicles. EcoProBM will invest to mass produce and supply 45,000 tonnes of cathode materials, supporting production of up to 225,000 electric vehicles annually.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Tesla’s rival BYD is considering Mexico for its new electric vehicle (EV) plant. The Chinese automaker aims to expand its global presence and sees Mexico as an excellent place to reach its goals. BYD is steadily strengthening its global presence. Latin America is BYD’s next target.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

Global lithium ion production capacity could reach over 6,000 GWh (6 TWh) by the end of the decade based on current plans, as companies accelerate gigafactory construction in Europe and the US, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. LG Energy Solutions said it would invest KRW 1.7 trillion (US$1.4

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. The company is investing €400 million in a new vehicle assembly at the main plant in Munich. The new assembly in Munich will be built on the site currently used for engine production.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Frost & Sullivan projects that the global Li-ion battery materials market will reach $51.60 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.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 20, 2021

Mercedes-Benz’s 2021 EQB is its third all-electric launch this year, along with the EQA 250 and EQS. The rest of the world will get their EQBs from Kecskemét, Hungary. The EQB will be the first pure EV made in Hungary. The post 2021 Mercedes-Benz EQB – Electricity Flows appeared first on The Truth About Cars.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

Ford announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials that light a clear path to reach its targeted annual run rate of 600,000 electric vehicles by late 2023 and more than 2 million by the end of 2026. 150,000 F-150 Lightnings for North America. 150,000 Transit EVs for North America and Europe.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Cars is expanding its production capacities for electric cars in Europe. The Hambach plant in France, which currently produces smart brand electric vehicles, will produce a compact electric car of the new product and technology brand EQ. From 2020, the brand smart will only offer electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Location data and technology company HERE Technologies, in conjunction with SBD Automotive, a global automotive research firm, published an interactive index that shows the developing state of electric vehicle (EV) demand and infrastructure readiness across the United States and Europe.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 2, 2024

million fully battery-electric vehicles last year, coming close to Tesla’s projected goal of 1.8 million vehicles. Adding up sales for all so-called new energy vehicles, including battery-only vehicles and hybrids, BYD sold 3 million vehicles in 2023. In 2023, the company sold 1.6 In China, some 1.5

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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.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In 2022, Mercedes-Benz’ global portfolio will include eight all-electric Mercedes-EQ models. The global Mercedes-Benz production network is ready for the company’s electric product offensive and is integrating its Mercedes-EQ models into series production in its existing plants. solutions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2017

Mercedes-Benz announced that its Rastatt plant—the company’s lead plant in global production of compact cars—will produce compact-class electric EQ models in the future. With the Concept EQ, Mercedes-Benz Cars presented a new generation of electric vehicles. Earlier post.) Ten billion euros (US$11.2

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2016

Siemens and Valeo have signed an agreement to form a joint venture in high voltage powertrains for the entire range of electric vehicles including hybrids, plug-in hybrids and full electric vehicles. —Jacques Aschenbroich, Chairman and CEO of Valeo. Its headquarters will be located in Erlangen, Germany.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

—Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. Globally, Europe was the world’s third-largest car market behind China and the US. Poland, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania all posted record levels of volume, while it was the best year since 2007 for Spain and Estonia, and the best year since 2008 for Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Latvia.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2018

The company operates five facilities globally, including three in Germany and one each in Hungary and China, and employs approximately 400 staff. The company also produces market-leading top-quality sound-absorbing materials and nonwovens for home interior and heat insulation use.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

million fully battery-electric vehicles , overtaking Telsa in overall BEV sales. Adding up sales for all so-called new energy vehicles, including battery-only vehicles and plug-in hybrids, BYD sold 3 million vehicles in 2023. Last year, the company sold 1.6 Still, 90% of its revenue comes from sales in China.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 22, 2024

BYD Atto 3 (Source: BYD) Europe and the US say that Chinese EV development is running wild and unchecked and on the verge of overwhelming the global market with, well, EVs the rest of the world can’t compete with. China last year overtook Japan as the world’s biggest car exporter ­– but most of those were ICE vehicles sold to Russia.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

New plants in Germany and Europe are planned with a CO 2 -neutral energy supply from the start: Already, the entire electricity demand of the smart plant in Hambach (France) is obtained from renewable energy sources. In Kecskemét (Hungary), a second plant under construction will be CO 2 -neutral. The plant will start operating in 2019.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

Volkswagen ID 2all electric vehicle (Source: Volkswagen) VW’s spokesperson for Design, Stepan Rehahk, posted a teaser of the ID.2 The global EV leader plans to more than triple its share of the European EV market before it even begins production in the region. It will follow the ID.2 2 , revealed as a concept last March.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

With the Concept EQS, Mercedes-Maybach is providing a clear preview of the first fully electric series-production model for the luxury brand. A further all-electric model is also set to appear on this basis, the EQS SUV, which will go into series production in 2022, even before the Maybach. to WLTP: 19.3-15.7

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2022

The strategic vision of the global production network is the BMW iFACTORY. with an integrative, global approach. The BMW iFACTORY is not a one-off showpiece but an approach we will implement at all our plants in the future —from our 100-year-old home plant in Munich to our forthcoming plant in Debrecen, Hungary.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is aligning its global production network to manufacture its reshaped product portfolio focused on luxury electric vehicles as the brand prepares to go all electric by the end of the decade—wherever market conditions allow. platform (Mercedes-Benz Electric Architecture).

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Push EVs

JULY 21, 2022

July 21, 2022 – Building on strong demand for its new EVs, Ford today announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials that light a clear path to reach its targeted annual run rate of 600,000 electric vehicles by late 2023 and more than 2 million by the end of 2026. DEARBORN, Mich.,

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

GE: The global stimulus bellwether FORTUNE 500 Current Issue Subscribe to Fortune (Fortune Magazine) -- Warren Buffett is famous for his rules of investing: When a management with a reputation for brilliance tackles a business with a reputation for bad economics, it is usually the reputation of the business that remains intact.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

China continues to dominate BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) global lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking, for the third time in a row, for both 2022 and its projection for 2027, due to continued support for the electric vehicle demand and raw materials investments. —Yayoi Sekine, head of energy storage at BNEF.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

3) TED 2009 (+2) Anti-Nuclear Effectively Means Pro-Fossil Fuel (+2) Consumption dwarfs population as main global warming threat (+2) If youve already signed up for TEC, you dont need to register again. Today, BYD employes 130,000 people in 11 factories, either in China and one each in India, Hungary and Rumania.

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