Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2020

Neste MY Renewable Isoalkane is produced using Neste’s proprietary NEXBTL technology, a hydrotreatment process that can convert natural oils, such as vegetable oil and a range of industrial waste and residues, into high-purity isoparaffinic hydrocarbon oils with a low sulphur and aromatic content.

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Renewable Finland Oil Waste 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

Full-scale engine tests have been recently carried out in Wärtsilä’s engine laboratory in Vaasa, Finland, to assess the optimum engine parameters for running on these fuels. The energy and marine industries are on a decarbonization journey, and the fuel flexibility of the engines powering these sectors is key to enable the transformation.

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Hydrogen Carbon Mariner Norway 259

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2021

a global supplier of specialty and high-performance carbon black, has joined the HiQ-CARB consortium to provide the lithium-ion battery industry with sustainable and high-performance carbon additives. Orion Engineered Carbons S.A.,

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Li-ion Carbon Lithium Ion Engine 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2017

Neste began production of renewable diesel 10 years ago at the Neste Porvoo refinery in Finland. The figure is almost equal to the total annual GHG emissions from road transport in Finland and Sweden. Earlier post.) Neste has become the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel from waste and residues.

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Renewable Diesel Finland Waste 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2018

BASF has selected Harjavalta, Finland, as the first location for battery materials production serving the European automotive market. The investment in the new plant in Finland reinforces BASF’s support of the EU Commission’s agenda towards a European battery production value chain.

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Supplies Batteries Battery Finland 186

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

To ensure supply security and strike a balance in cost and driving ranges, leading original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are expected to opt for an optimized chemistry mix comprising lower-cost LFP batteries, higher-energy-density NCM batteries, and low-cobalt, high-nickel NCM batteries.

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Li-ion 2020 Market Batteries 170

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2021

At BASF’s manufacturing facilities for primary products of cathode materials in Harjavalta, Finland, and for cathode materials in Schwarzheide, Brandenburg, Germany, BASF will be able to produce battery materials with an industry-leading low carbon footprint from 2022. The battery cell is the combustion chamber of the future.

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Porsche Batteries Battery Lithium Ion 284

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2014

When the new rosin plant is up and running, SunPine will be producing three different products: Raw tall diesel, a feedstock used in the production of renewable diesel; rosin, a raw material used in the production of derivatives, including printing ink and adhesives; and tall oil pitch, an energy product used in the paper industry.

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Oil Renewable Diesel Production 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2011

Martin Winterkorn, announced that the Volkswagen Group will be going into production with a range of models with plug-in hybrid technology starting in 2013/14. Electric mobility is the task of the century for the automotive industry and the European industrial community as a whole. —Martin Winterkorn.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2022

These hydrogen tests reinforce the viability of the internal combustion engine as a future-proof technology that plays a key role in decarbonizing the power industry. Our engines already have the flexibility for both balancing the input of renewables into the power system, and baseload generation with a continuously increasing range of fuels.

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Hydrogen Power Powered Fuel 170

Teslarati

DECEMBER 21, 2022

European customers can choose between two versions of the Dream Edition: the Performance and the Range. Dream Edition Performance features two motors producing a combined 828 kW (1,111 horsepower) and an all-electric driving range of 799 km on the WLTP combined cycle. It can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in 2.5 The Netherlands.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Neste Oil Singapore Pte Ltd and National Oxygen Pte Ltd (NOX), one of the one of the largest industrial gas manufacturers in Singapore, have signed an agreement to install a carbon dioxide recovery and liquefaction plant at Neste Oil’s renewable diesel (NExBTL) refinery in Singapore.

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Singapore Oil Renewable Diesel 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2018

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, which is developing future manufacturing concepts, has succeeded in 3D printing a smart shaft, combining sensor technology, wireless data transfer, and condition monitoring in the same package. 3D printed shaft with sensing element and wiring.

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Finland Manufacturer Concept Maintenance 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Visedo OY, a leading Finnish manufacturer of electric drivetrains for marine vessels, commercial vehicles and heavy duty applications, worked alongside Taiwan’s Ship and Ocean Industries R&D Center (SOIC) to complete the retrofit. Its powertrains are suitable for hybrid and electric systems within the power range of 30-2,000kW.

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Taiwan Hybrid Finland Mariner 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2013

A study by researchers at Finland’s VTT has concluded that it is possible to produce sustainable low-carbon fuels from lignocellulosic biomass for as estimated gasoline-equivalent production cost of 0.5–0.7 US$/gallon US), with first-law process efficiency in the range of 49.6–66.7%—depending 0.7 €/liter (app. 0.7 €/liter.

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Carbon Fuel Finland Gasoline 218

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Thirteen European automobile manufacturers, suppliers, research institutes and universities, and small and mid-sized companies will operate 100 vehicles with 1,000 drivers under real conditions and in a wide range of applications. —Aria Etemad from Volkswagen Group Research, project coordinator L3Pilot.

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Land Rover Automobile Universal Finland 230

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2009

Neste Oil and St1 have begun working together on a fuel project as part of the TransEco development program coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. The oil industry has proposed increasing the biocomponent content of traffic fuels in Finland on a phased basis to 10% by 2015.

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Oil Finland Gasoline Gasoline-Electric 244

Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2010

The vessel—about 67 meters long and about 19 metres wide—will be equipped with three rudder propeller devices, and will also be able to tackle a wide range of other towing and rescue tasks. The new type of vessel represents a breakthrough in the icebreaking technology, according to the partners.

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Oil Finland Building Companies 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The EU Innovation Fund will award a grant of €88 million to Neste’s green hydrogen and CO 2 capture & storage project, which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the Porvoo refinery in Finland. K6 will reduce CO 2 emissions through implementation of a range of technological initiatives and innovations at the Lumbres cement plant.

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Hydrogen Carbon Green Tango 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2015

In practical terms, this is enough to power for two years all the 650,000 diesel-powered passenger cars in Finland with NEXBTL renewable diesel manufactured from waste and residues. Neste Oil produces renewable products based on its proprietary NEXBTL technology in its refineries located in Finland, the Netherlands, and Singapore.

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Waste Oil Renewable Fuel 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2016

NSF, in partnership with leading wireless industry companies, announced the formation of a collaboration to design, deploy and operate four platforms for advanced wireless research over the next seven years. TIA will also assist with expanding industry awareness of the testing platforms.

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Finland Connect Connected Design 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2019

Instead of moving forwards, the industry is regressing at a time when emissions targets are getting tougher. If this trend continues and the adoption of alternative fueled vehicles doesn’t accelerate, the industry will need to take more drastic measures in order to meet the short- term targets. g/km in 2015 to -1.4 —Felipe Munoz.

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Diesel CO2 Gasoline Emissions 236

Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2017

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) are beginning testing of the Soletair demo plant, which uses air-captured carbon dioxide to produce renewable fuels and chemicals. These basic petrochemicals form the basis for the manufacture of a wide range of plastics and other products.

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Renewable Fuel CO2 Hydrogen 244

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Founded in 2009, Visedo specializes in electric powertrains and components for heavy-duty machinery, commercial vehicles and the marine industry. Its powertrains are suitable for hybrid and electric systems within the power range of 30 kW to 2,000 kW.

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Companies Global DC Financing 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Electra Battery Materials’ planned industrial park in Ontario, Canada will be the only integrated battery materials complex in North America, providing a low-carbon and domestic supply of key inputs to the electric vehicle supply chain.

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Batteries Battery North America Lithium Ion 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

The NEMO project seeks to provide the most realistic but widely applicable technologies for delivering the biomass sugars and then fermenting the sugars that could be exploited broadly by European industry. Source: Universita Degli Studi di Milano. Click to enlarge. cerevisiae strains used in ethanol production.

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Finland Netherlands Sweden Switzerland 210

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2012

Air pollution emitted from sources such as traffic, industry and households is still above internationally agreed limits in 12 European countries, according to newly published data. These were Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. Source: EEA data viewer.

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2010 Emissions Pollution Finland 240

Driivz

APRIL 3, 2024

EV charging and charging infrastructure software falls into three general categories: Vehicle-based software – EVs, like computers and smart appliances, rely on software to manage battery lifecycles and inform drivers about remaining charge, driving range, location of charging stations en route , etc.

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Charging Grid DC Industrial 52

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2018

Polestar 1 is an electric performance hybrid 2+2 GT coupé which produces 600 horsepower and 1,000 N·m of torque, as well as 150 km (93 miles) of all-electric range—the longest AER of any hybrid car in the world. The European debut follows its global media reveal in Shanghai, China, in late 2017. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2012

NExBTL naphtha is produced as part of the NExBTL renewable diesel refining process at Neste Oil’s sites in Finland, the Netherlands, and Singapore. Naphtha is generic term applied to the liquid fraction produced in petroleum refining with an approximate boiling range between 122–400 °F, and comprises C 5 to C 10 hydrocarbons.

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Renewable Oil Gasoline Sale 262

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2016

The network involved governmental, road and other authorities from the participating countries (Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, the Netherlands and Sweden), truck manufacturers, umbrella organizations (ACEA, CEDR, CLEPA, EReg and IRU) plus a range of common interest groupings and consumer bodies.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

The Think city car has a range of 112 miles and a top speed of 65mph. A series of panel discussions with industry experts is also planned for the event with questions like; is electric motoring really possible and will the capacity of the electricity distribution network be sufficient finally answered by experts.

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Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Based on our precious metals recycling, we pioneered industrial-scale battery recycling in 2011 in Belgium. Our plant has an annual input capacity of 8,000 metric tons, and recovers cobalt, nickel and lithium at both industry-leading yields and at battery-grade quality for use in new EV batteries. What is Umicore’s perspective?

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North America Batteries Battery America 96

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2021

Bluejay Mining , an exploration and development company with projects in Greenland and Finland, announced a joint venture agreement with KoBold Metals , a mineral exploration company that uses machine learning to guide exploration for new deposits rich in the critical materials for electric vehicles. million sole-funded by 31 December 2022.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Based on our precious metals recycling, we pioneered industrial-scale battery recycling in 2011 in Belgium. Our plant has an annual input capacity of 8,000 metric tons, and recovers cobalt, nickel and lithium at both industry-leading yields and at battery-grade quality for use in new EV batteries. What is Umicore’s perspective?

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North America Batteries Battery Charging 52

Teslarati

MAY 10, 2022

Lucid said it would release the Air Dream Edition R, optimized for efficiency with 900 kilometers, or 559 miles, of range, and the Dream Edition P, which features 1,111 horsepower. Lucid said it would also open its first European retail location at Odeonsplatz in Munich, Germany on May 13.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

The PowerPhase DT provides a greater speed and torque range than direct drive systems, allowing smaller electric motors to drive large vehicles. In addition, the 2-speed transmission keeps the electric motor operating in the highest efficiency region for a greater portion of the drive cycle.

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