Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Frost & Sullivan projects that the global Li-ion battery materials market will reach $51.60 The advancements in battery chemistries and technologies, upsurge in electric vehicle (EV) sales, evolving regulatory scenario, and increasing consumer preferences toward EVs are expediting market growth worldwide. billion by 2027 from $18.75

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Li-ion 2020 Market Batteries 170

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

Ford expects a compound annual growth rate for EVs to exceed 90% through 2026, more than double forecasted global industry growth. Ford and CATL—the world’s largest battery producer—have signed a separate non-binding MOU to explore a cooperation for supplying batteries in Ford’s markets across China, Europe and North America.

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Ford North America F-150 Batteries 221

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2012

Production at the Szentgotthardt plant in Hungary will begin in late 2012. Environment initiative: Opel/Vauxhall wants to expand its position as a manufacturer of alternative propulsions. Export initiative: Opel wants to enter new markets, including Australia, North Africa, South America and the Middle East.

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Engine Parts Gasoline GM 210

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2022

Automotive manufacturing of the future requires a new, holistic way of thinking. The BMW iFACTORY is not a one-off showpiece but an approach we will implement at all our plants in the future —from our 100-year-old home plant in Munich to our forthcoming plant in Debrecen, Hungary. —Milan Nedeljkovi?.

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BMW CO2 Production Climate Protection 363

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2021

We know batteries like the back of our hand, as well as how they have to be manufactured. The company is investing some €70 million (US$82 million) this year in expanding local manufacturing operations. Our assumption is that the global battery market will grow up to 25 percent each year. —Rolf Najork.

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Supplies Batteries Battery Production 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

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. —Ellie Gomes-Callus, metals and mining analyst at BNEF.

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