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Porsche opens first Charging Lounge

Green Car Congress

Porsche is planning to set up its own fast-charging stations offering a premium charging experience along Europe’s most important routes. As a pilot site, the first Porsche Charging Lounge has opened outside Bingen am Rhein. Further Porsche Charging Lounges are currently planned for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

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Porsche strengthens commitment to industrial production of eFuels with $75M investment in HIF Global

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Porsche is investing US$75 million in HIF Global LLC, a holding company of internationally active project developers of eFuel production facilities. Initiated by Porsche and implemented with partners including Siemens Energy and ExxonMobil, production of eFuels from hydrogen and CO 2 using wind energy is expected to start there in mid-2022.

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Group14 Technologies begins construction of second commercial-scale silicon battery materials plant

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Built to run on renewable energy in the form of Washington State's abundant hydropower, the factory is expected to be part of a larger Group14 campus, comprising at least six modules, as the company looks to continue to expand its footprint in Moses Lake.

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Bcomp closes US$35M Series B with mobility and impact venture capital

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Bcomp, a leading manufacturer of high-performance components made from natural fibers, has closed its oversubscribed Series B financing round of CHF 32.4 This is achieved through weight reduction, dematerialization, renewable raw materials, and viable end-of-life options.

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Natural EV capitalism

Electric Auto Association

I even got him to buy a Tesla,” said Martinson, explaining that Hirt was an advisor and co-producer of the ARP film, Nation in Transition , an examination of the coal-to-renewables transition on the Navajo Nation and across northern Arizona. He loaned me an EV1, and after a week, I sold my Porsche and leased one myself,” Martinson said.

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[PRESS RELEASE] Emissions Reduction Plan: Electric Vehicles will drive a low emissions future

Drive Electric

This makes so much sense for a country with our access to renewable energy. Drive Electric has a membership of over fifty leading organisations representing the convergence of the e-mobility ecosystem: finance, automotive, infrastructure, energy and government. The world around us today shows how important that will be. “We

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Volkswagen Group to invest more than €62 billion up to 2016; largest-yet investment package for new models, advanced technologies and production facilities

Green Car Congress

Investment activities will also include expenditure on wind, solar and hydroelectric power, in order to supply the factories with renewable energies. The plans are based on the Volkswagen Group’s current structures and hence already take into account the consolidation of Porsche Holding Salzburg. billion (US$19.3

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