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SK Innovation to spin off battery business and E&P business

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tentative name) will be responsible for the medium-to-large-sized EV batteries, Battery-as-a-Service (BaaS), and Energy Storage System (ESS). tentative name) will be in charge of oil exploration and production business, and the Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) business. The SK Battery Co., The SK E&P Co., Earlier post.).

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BYD produces its seven millionth new energy vehicle | Autocar Professional

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Barely four months after China’s BYD produced its six-millionth new energy vehicle (NEV) at the Zhengzhou factory on November 26, the company has rolled out its seven-millionth unit on March 25. The milestone vehicle is a Denza N7 and makes BYD the world’s first automaker to manufacture seven million NEVs.

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Mercedes introducing EQB compact electric SUV in Shanghai

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After Europe, the international version of the EQB, produced in Kecskemét, Hungary, will be launched at the end of the year, followed by the US market launch in 2022. These batteries are manufactured at the Daimler plants in Kamenz (Germany) and Jawor (Poland). Following the EQA 250 (combined electrical consumption: 15.7

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Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant to produce compact electric EQ vehicles; 3rd center of competence for EQ models in Germany

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In addition to traction batteries, ACCUMOTIVE will produce batteries for Mercedes-Benz energy storage units and 48-volt-systems. The A-Class, B-Class and the compact SUV GLA are manufactured at the location. Earlier post.) In 2016, more than 300,000 vehicles rolled off its production lines.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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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.

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BMW Investing Big In New Hungarian Battery Plant

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Want to know whether a company is serious about building EVs? Don’t take its plans at face value. Don’t take even its final assembly plants for granted, especially if it’s on a flexible architecture. The truth is, if you really want to know whether a company is going to build EVs, you have to see […].

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China’s battery supply chain tops BNEF ranking for third consecutive time; Canada close 2nd, US drops to 3rd

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China currently hosts 75% of all battery cell manufacturing capacity and 90% of anode and electrolyte production. This year, the changes in the overall rankings were mostly driven by the greater access to several key raw materials and manufacturing capacities domestically. —Yayoi Sekine, head of energy storage at BNEF.

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