Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2023

Bentley has installed a 1,200-liter biofuel tank at its Crewe factory after successful performance trials of biogasoline— Sustain by Coryton —at Goodwood Festival of Speed. second run putting it in the top-three production cars of the weekend. second run putting it in the top-three production cars of the weekend.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2021

The City of New York will invest $420 million in electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, and alternative fuels to accelerate the transition to an all-electric municipal vehicle fleet. Install at least 1,776 fast electric vehicle chargers spanning all five boroughs by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2022

Ford has begun full production of F-150 Lightning electric pickup at the ultra-modern Rouge Electric Vehicle Center within Ford’s historic Rouge Complex. Ford has 200,000 reservations for the Lightning and is expanding the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center to ramp up production to a planned annual run rate of 150,000 in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Optimal Electric Vehicles and Olathe Ford, one of the nation’s largest Ford Commercial Vehicle Centers (CVCs), announced a new partnership in the sales and distribution of Optimal-EV’s E1 series battery-electric cutaway chassis platform.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

General Motors will invest $491 million at its Marion, Indiana metal stamping operations to prepare the facility to produce a variety of steel and aluminum stamped parts for future products, including electric vehicles, built at multiple GM assembly plants. Work on the facility will begin later this year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2020

Volkswagen has begun conversion of its Emden, Germany plant to support the production of Evs; the first electric cars are to roll off the production line there from 2022. With the conversion of our plant at Emden into a production location for electric vehicles, Volkswagen is forcing the pace of system change.

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Conversion Production All-Electric Germany 389

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

With the final site approval, NEO has now additionally doubled the initial target annual silicon anode production capacity to 240 tons on the same mass-production lines and has consequently renamed the semi-commercial plant into a commercial-scale plant facility to accommodate for industry capacity standards.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2020

The last e-Golf has rolled off the production line at the Transparent Factory in Dresden. A total of 50,401 vehicles have been manufactured in Dresden since March 2017. At the beginning of the new year 2021, the production area of the Transparent Factory will be reconstructed for three weeks before the first ID.3

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NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Were you thinking about installing commercial EV charging stations? With the popularity of electric vehicles, the demand for EV charging stations has skyrocketed. There’s no better time than now to install EV charging stations that can keep your business ahead of the curve while also being good for the environment.

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Installation Commercial Charging Tax Credit 97

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

ŠKODA AUTO has begun series production of the electric ENYAQ iV at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav. The battery-electric SUV is the first ŠKODA series production model based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB). —Michael Oeljeklaus, ŠKODA AUTO Board Member for Production and Logistics.

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All-Electric Production Electric Electrical 334

Teslarati

JANUARY 29, 2023

Tesla is continuing to progress on the installation of new Model 3 production lines at the Fremont Factory, which is being revamped for Project Highland. We reported in mid-December that Tesla had demolished previous Model 3 production Hang On Lines, a type of assembly line the company partially utilizes for manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $45 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002760 ) to support the domestic development of advanced batteries for electric vehicles. Improved low-temperature performance: Current batteries for electric vehicles lose performance when temperatures drop below freezing.

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EV Match

APRIL 13, 2021

For most businesses, installing an electric vehicle (EV) charging station will be a unique project. Like other first-time projects, this inexperience can lead to inefficient design, unnecessary product selection, and troublesome execution. What Is an EV Charging Consultant? .

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2021

The Volkswagen Group and bp intend to work together on extending and speeding up the deployment of ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities at bp retail sites across the UK, Germany and elsewhere in Europe. —Emma Delaney, bp’s executive vice president, customers and products.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 31, 2023

Back in December, Tesla confirmed that its energy business had completed over half a million installations of solar panels and Solar Roof systems. To help ramp its Solar Roof installations, Tesla needs people to install them. The Tesla Solar Roof is the company’s flagship residential solar product.

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Solar Installation Tesla Energy Storage 119

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

The serial production of the BMW i3 has ended , some eight and a half years after it was launched. For the BMW Group Plant Leipzig, the farewell to the BMW i3 is linked to the start of a new chapter in electric mobility. Just a few days ago, the 250,000 unit of the compact e-vehicle was produced in Leipzig.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2021

ATC Drivetrain, an independent global remanufacturer of automotive powertrain and drivetrain systems, is launching remanufacturing capabilities for electric vehicle systems at its Oklahoma City, OK facility to serve the North American automotive market and at its Zhangjiang, China facility to serve the Asian automotive market.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Toyota Motor Corporation has developed a stationary fuel cell generator (FC generator) that makes use of the fuel cell system (FC system) equipped in the Mirai Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2021

The EQS marks the start of a new generation of high-performance electric vehicles and will offer a range of more than 700 km (435 miles) based on WLTP, using a high-efficiency powertrain and advances in battery energy density. This in-house know-how and vertical integration is key for playing a leading role in electric vehicles.

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Mercedes Batteries Battery Production 435

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2012

Evatran has signed an agreement with SPX Service Solutions to distribute and install Plugless Power wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging systems. Service Solutions will be launching a program to provide both parts of the installation process at the EV owner’s home. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Just days since reports emerged that the first solar panels in Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas facility were being set up, the number of solar panels that have already been installed at the roof of the massive electric vehicle production facility has grown significantly. .

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 20, 2022

Tesla has confirmed that its energy division has completed more than 500,000 solar panel and Solar Roof installations, which was equal to about 4 GW of clean energy. The update bodes well for Tesla’s solar installations, as it suggests that Tesla Energy is growing, albeit at a deliberate pace.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2022

ŠKODA AUTO has started manufacturing battery systems for all-electric vehicles based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB) in Mladá Boleslav. This makes the car manufacturer’s main plant the only production facility for MEB battery systems in Europe outside Germany.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2020

Standard production of the BMW core brand’s first pure electric model will get underway at the BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture (BBA) in China in late summer as planned: BBA Plant Dadong will produce the first Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) with a pure electric drive train for the global market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

Renault Trucks is beginning serial production of its D and D Wide Z.E. electric trucks ( earlier post ) in its Blainville-sur-Orne plant in Normandy. Various facilities have been installed in the Blainville-sur-Orne industrial site to manufacture the electric models. passing through the assembly line.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Following the start of series production of fuel cells in December 2022, the Danish fuel cell developer and manufacturer Blue World Technologies is now launching the CellPack Stationary, a methanol fuel cell-based power generator. When powered by renewable methanol, CellPack Stationary has carbon-neutral operation.

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Power Powered Fuel Installation 418

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2022

Stellantis will invest a total of $99 million in three North American plants for production of a new four-cylinder turbocharged engine. liter, I-4 turbocharged unit with direct fuel injection and flexibility for hybrid-electric vehicle (HEV) applications. Production is expected to begin in early 2025. The Tigershark 2.4-liter

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Electric vehicles are now making their way from city centers to communities, which means more patients who drive EV. Let’s dig into why independent doctor’s offices, dentists, and other types of non-acute healthcare facilities should consider installing electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2023

Schaeffler has begun series production of a new mechatronic rear-wheel steering system, bringing enhanced agility on bends and superior inner-city maneuverability to the new electric SUV of a well-known vehicle manufacturer. Schaeffler’s rear-wheel steering system consists of two subassemblies.

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Production All-Electric Vehicles SUV 195

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2023

Ford opened the Cologne Electric Vehicle Center, a hi-tech production facility in Germany that will build Ford’s new generation of electric passenger vehicles. At the core of the Cologne EV Center are digital advancements that connect machines, vehicles and workers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2023

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has provided its Thermal Interface Material (TIM) elastomer for use in high-quantity series production of a EV charging port for a well-known car manufacturer. The latter installs it in large numbers in series-produced vehicles. It can be sprayed on directly and doesn’t need primer.

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Charging Production Volt Connect 195

Get Electric Vehicle

DECEMBER 2, 2021

In the wake of the rising number of electric vehicles on Indian roads, Indian gasoline giant IOC to open 10000 charging stations in the next three years across the country. Another giant, Bharat Petroleum also unveiled a plan to install electric vehicle charging infrastructure at its 7,000 petrol stations over the next few years.

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Installation Electric Vehicles Oil Charging 52

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2021

General Motors and Wolfspeed announced a strategic supplier agreement to develop and provide silicon carbide (SiC) power device solutions for GM’s future electric vehicle programs. Our agreement with Wolfspeed represents another step forward in our transition to an all-electric future.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 6, 2022

This has become more evident in the past few days as shipments from Chinese solar panel giant Longi Green Energy were spotted on the roof of the Model Y and Cybertruck production facility. As per the publication’s post , the new electric vehicle plant will start its operations this week.

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Texas Solar Installation Tesla 145

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

billion) in its Oakville Assembly Complex to transform it into a high-volume hub of electric vehicle manufacturing in Canada. The campus, to be renamed Oakville Electric Vehicle Complex, will begin to retool and modernize in the second quarter of 2024 to prepare for production of next-generation EVs. billion (US$1.3

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Teslarati

JUNE 29, 2022

The Tesla Semi is expected to start limited production next year, as per previous comments by CEO Elon Musk. But even before the Class 8 all-electric truck enters production, the vehicle is already being used by the company to help in some of its projects. Don’t hesitate to contact us with news tips.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2013

Evatran, in cooperation with Oak Ridge National Lab (ORNL), has been awarded a subcontract under ORNL’s DOE Project, “Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) and Charging of Plug-In Electric Vehicles.” kW and 10 kW designs into six production electric vehicles during the second year of the project.

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