Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2021

Mercedes-Benz is transforming its Mercedes-Benz Drive Systems unit and its Stuttgart-Untertürkheim site for an “Electric First” future in the context of Ambition 2039—the company’s path toward carbon neutrality. The site will focus on research, development and production ramp-ups of drive systems.

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EV Central

APRIL 25, 2024

Toyota bZ3X medium SUV is a full EV and roughly RAV4-sized Toyota says the two new EVs are “catering to Chinese customers,” so there’s no confirmation if these 2025-launching cars will become global models. Sadly, no technical details were revealed either.

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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. The global production network will then grow to five locations.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Ipsos’ new 2020 Global Mobility Navigator Study, focusing on Electrification, found global interest remained on par with the numbers from 2019. Increasing future sales for BEVs will rely on companies improving awareness of their product. Source: Ipsos. However, what drives someone to make the purchase is beyond these benefits.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 23, 2024

The 2024 IEA report on electrifying vehicles envisions steady growth toward a low carbon future powered by EVs. The post IEA 2024 Global EV Outlook Sees Sunny Skies Ahead For Electric Transportation appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2022

Particular opportunity for the Global South identified as net-zero fuel production costs expected to be up to 20% lower in Latin America and Africa. To reach the industry’s 2050 (net) zero goal, shipping’s fuel needs would require electricity from renewable sources to increase by up to 3,000 TWh, the report shows. London, UK.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

South Korea-based SK On (SKO), a global EV battery manufacturer, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Australia’s Global Lithium Resources to explore future business opportunities together in regard to stable supply of lithium. Incorporated in 2018, Global Lithium was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange last year.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2021

CATL will be the supplier of lithium-ion battery packs for the Mercedes-Benz eActros LongHaul battery-electric truck, which is planned to be ready for series production in 2024. Now CATL is expanding globally, and has opened subsidiaries in Munich (Germany); Paris (France); Yokohama (Japan); and Detroit (USA).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Faraday Future has contracted with Myoung Shin Co., an automotive manufacturer headquartered in South Korea, to manufacture Faraday Future’s second electric vehicle, the FF 81, with start of production scheduled for 2024.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2022

Aggressive emission and carbon neutrality targets set by regulators worldwide entails a faster transition from traditional automakers to next-gen electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers. The investments affirm that the future must be electric and there is no turning back for traditional automakers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

A new study from Juniper Research forecasts that spend on EV charging at home will exceed $16 billion globally in 2026; up from $3.4 Home wallboxes are convenient and lower cost than alternatives, with the onus being on both car manufacturers and governments to support home charging roll-outs to secure the future of electric mobility.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

Under the new plan, the company aims to boost annual global BEV sales to 1.87 million units and secure 7% of global market share by 2030 by strengthening its line-up with 17 new BEV models by 2030; 11 for Hyundai models and 6 for Genesis luxury brand. The innovation will be expanded to global plants in the future.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The E-Mobility Group of Daimler Trucks & Buses is launching a worldwide initiative to establish a charging infrastructure for battery-electric trucks. In addition, the participants are also concerned with aspects such as optimized load management of the electricity grid and sustainable electricity supply.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2022

With immediate effect, responsibility for global battery business is to be held by the newly created company “PowerCo”. Future gigafactory for battery cells at the Salzgitter site: Salzgiga. It shows that we are bringing the leading-edge technology of the future to Germany! PowerCo will become a global battery player.

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Electric Driver

MARCH 13, 2024

As a Hyundai electric vehicle manufacturer, it leverages its expertise and economies of scale from producing conventional vehicles. Hyundai, the EV maker, has its global headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, and sells its electric vehicles in major markets worldwide. Hyundai is an independent South Korean automotive manufacturer.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2021

Canada has released a list of 31 minerals considered critical for the sustainable economic success of Canada and its allies—minerals that can be produced in Canada, are essential to domestic industry and security and have the potential to support secure and resilient supply chains to meet global demand. —Seamus O’Regan Jr.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2021

Power management company Eaton announced its eMobility business secured a contract to supply power distribution units (PDUs) and Bussmann series fuses to a global vehicle manufacturer for use in a new battery electric (BEV) light-duty commercial vehicle—a rapidly growing segment for BEVs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2022

The Lincoln Star Concept made its global debut , hinting at the brand’s design language for its future electric vehicles. By mid-decade, Lincoln plans to deliver three new fully electric vehicles, meaning that more than half of its global volume will be zero emissions vehicles, and it will add a fourth by the end of 2026.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 24, 2024

EV sales will grow at least four-fold by 2030 and make up between 62% and 86% of global car sales in 2030. While many pundits bemoan the current state of electric vehicles (EVs), others are imagining what the. continued] The post What Will Our Future EV World Look Like? appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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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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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 15, 2024

As the global automotive industry pivots towards a more sustainable future, the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) market has shown remarkable. EV Market Grows, Still Just 11% of Global EV Market appeared first on CleanTechnica. continued] The post U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

Buick is committing to an all-electric portfolio by the end of the decade. In support of General Motors’ vision of a zero-emissions, all-electric future, Buick will bring its first electric vehicle to market for North America in 2024. The Buick brand is committed to an all-electric future by the end of this decade.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2021

Lexus announced that the luxury brand eclipsed the milestone of 2 million global sales of electrified vehicles—hybrids and battery-electric—at the end of April 2021. In 2020, 33% of the Lexus models sold globally were of the electrified variety. its lineup of electrified vehicles to provide a wide range of options.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2021

In its International Energy Outlook 2021 (IEO2021), EIA projects that strong economic growth, particularly with developing economies in Asia, will drive global increases in energy consumption despite pandemic-related declines and long-term improvements in energy efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2021

In fact, Jaguar plans to become an “all-electric luxury brand” by 2025 [ 1 ] as mentioned on ABCNews. and global economies with businesses and manufacturers having to close doors and furlough employees, the global trade markets plummeted to an 11-year low of 41.5% New Tungsten Production Will Open the Global Supply Chain.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2019

Daimler AG and Zhejiang Geely Holding Group , the German and Chinese automotive groups, have formed a 50-50 globally focused joint venture to own, operate and further develop smart, the pioneer of small urban vehicles, as a leader in premium-electrified vehicles. Future production will be located in China.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

Porsche is investing US$75 million in HIF Global LLC, a holding company of internationally active project developers of eFuel production facilities. These electricity-based synthetic fuels enable nearly-CO 2 -neutral operation of combustion engines. In total, an amount in the low nine-figure USD range is flowing into HIF Global LLC.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

JK Tyre & Industries, a major player in the Indian Tyre Industry, presented its advanced product lineup at the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2024. The expo, a first-of-its-kind in India, brought together the entire mobility value chain, providing a platform for industry leaders to showcase their contributions to the future of mobility.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2021

Ford announced a new global battery center of excellence—called Ford Ion Park—to accelerate research and development of battery and battery cell technology, including future battery manufacturing. Plus, the all-electric Ford Transit is set to go on sale late this year and the all-electric F-150 arrives by mid-2022.

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Electric Cars Report

APRIL 21, 2023

Jaguar Land Rover announced plans to accelerate its transition to become the world’s leading modern luxury car manufacturer revealing its Halewood plant, in the UK, will become an all-electric production facility and its next generation medium-size SUV architecture, electrified modular architecture (EMA), will now be pure-electric.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2022

The challenge of meeting Net-Zero Emissions by 2050 “will be short-circuited and remain out of reach” unless significant new copper supply comes online in a timely way, according to a new study by S&P Global that examines the growing mismatch between available copper supply and future demand resulting from the energy transition.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2020

An important lever for this is the adjustment and realignment of capacity within its global production network. The plant has been producing the fourth generation of smart electric vehicles with the smart EQ fortwo and the smart EQ fortwo Cabrio since 2019. An important goal for us is to secure the future of the location.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2023

Nikola Corporation and Fortescue Future Industries (FFI), a global green energy and metals company, announced that FFI will acquire Nikola’s Phoenix Hydrogen Hub (PHH) project. FFI and Nikola are working towards a hydrogen supply agreement to support Nikola’s hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle demand. Earlier post.)

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

With the global push towards sustainability, the rise of electric autos in India comes as no surprise. The Indian government has introduced various incentives and initiatives, such as subsidies and tax benefits, to promote the adoption of electric autos.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2021

Ford plans to build and vertically integrate cells for future electric vehicles, and on Thursday it announced the establishment of a global battery “center of excellence,” called Ford Ion Park.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 13, 2023

With the pending arrival of the 2025 Ram 1500 REV electric truck, joining the market alongside the Ford F-150 Lightning, Chevy Silverado EV, GMC Silverado EV, and Rivian R1T, there will be no shortage of fully electric full-size truck offerings.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 6, 2023

A strong SUV market is leading to higher oil demand today, and may make future carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions targets harder to achieve, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). New IEA analysis found that global CO2 emissions from SUVs reached nearly 1.1 SUVs are.

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