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MAY 3, 2021

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy recently published a note highlighting that nearly 50 light-duty plugin electric vehicle models were on the US market in 2020. It included a chart showing the progress from year to year (above).

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FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The BMW Group is investing €800 million in Plant San Luis Potosí in Mexico for integration of fully-electric models of NEUE KLASSE and construction of local high-voltage battery assembly. More than 500 additional employees will work there, producing next-generation batteries for fully-electric vehicles.

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JUNE 1, 2021

The Bristol East Central Delivery Office, located in the City’s Easton area, has had its 23 entire fleet of diesel delivery and collection vans replaced by fully electric equivalents. Six electric charging posts have also been installed on the site as part of the transformation.

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MARCH 24, 2021

The fully electric compact model is the first electric SUV to be produced by Audi in Germany. The Q4 e-tron features a Volkswagen-made modular electric drive matrix (MEB), a highly versatile and variable platform that is suitable for numerous fully electric models and offers considerable scope for leveraging synergies.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

By the end of 2022, each of our German plants will be producing at least one fully electric vehicle. The future assembly and its production processes will be designed for a new cluster architecture geared towards electric drive trains. Rendering of the new assembly hall. —Milan Nedeljkovi?, —Milan Nedeljkovi?.

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JANUARY 26, 2017

Jedlix , a subsidiary of Dutch renewable energy company Eneco, has made its smart charging app available to all home-charging Tesla drivers. A previously conducted test among 40 Tesla drivers demonstrated that the app increases the share of renewable energy in the battery and reduces costs.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Renault and Nissan announced a new long-term vision for India, increasing production and R&D activities, introducing electric vehicles, and transitioning to carbon-neutral manufacturing. At the same time, the RNAIPL factory will become carbon-neutral with a significant increase in renewable energy generation.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Volvo Trucks unveiled a completely new, fully electric rear axle at the IAA Transport show in Hannover, Germany. The new e-axle integrates the electric motors and the transmission into the rear axle, thereby freeing up space for more batteries. —Jessica Sandström, SvP Global Product Management at Volvo Trucks.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Around 20% of supply chain CO 2 emissions for a mid-sized fully-electric vehicle are attributable to steel— which comes in third, after battery cells and aluminum. The company will supply the BMW Group’s European plants with steel produced exclusively using hydrogen and electricity from renewable energies.

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JUNE 19, 2023

Configured with 2-3 electric motors and the I-Shift gearbox, the FH Electric can deliver up to 330-490 kW continuous power. The purchase of fully electric trucks is supported by the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport with more than €4.3

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Volvo Cars announced this past week that it plans to make all of its fully electric models completely leather-free by 2030, as part of “an ethical stand for animal welfare.”

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JUNE 17, 2021

For Volvo Cars, the CO 2 emissions related to steel and iron production for its cars amount to around 35% in a traditionally powered car and 20% in a fully electric car of the total CO 2 emissions from the material and production of the components going into the car.

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AUGUST 5, 2020

Since the acquisition by Geely ten years ago, Volvo Cars has completely renewed its product portfolio of SUVs, estates and sedans, and became the first traditional carmaker to commit to all-out electrification, supported by the introduction of its Recharge range. Deliveries of the XC40 Recharge will start this fall. billion (US$1.6

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APRIL 28, 2023

This primary aluminum alloy has one of the lowest CO₂ footprints on the market today and is produced with renewable energy. Already today aluminum constitutes around 30% of the total weight of the Porsche Taycan, the brand’s first fully electric sports car. The footprint covers the emissions from the mine to the metal.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Volvo Cars has published a lifecycle analysis report on its second fully electric car, the C40 Recharge, which shows the potential CO 2 reductions if a car is built and charged using clean energy sources. However, a significantly lower carbon footprint is achieved when charging the car with renewable electricity, such as wind power.

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MAY 1, 2021

We expect at least 50 percent of the vehicles we deliver to our customers worldwide to be fully electric by 2030. And we are systematically expanding our production network for electric drive trains in response to this. Now, the location will also produce electric drivetrain components.

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JUNE 26, 2020

Combined with a fully electric drivetrain and a natural gas-powered onboard generator to recharge the battery, the Hypertruck ERX will provide more than 1,000 miles of range. The truck is the only electric Class 8 vehicle that can achieve a net-negative greenhouse gas emissions footprint using renewable natural gas (RNG).

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JANUARY 7, 2023

The project has been a collaboration between ABP, Terberg, Air Products, and the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult. The hydrogen terminal tractor is based on Terberg’s fully electric YT203-EV.

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MAY 18, 2021

The all-new, fully electric BMW iX Sports Activity Vehicle ( earlier post ) and BMW i4 Gran Coupé ( earlier post ) will make their North American debuts during two media events on 1 June when they are unveiled at [SPACE] by BMW, a new immersive BMW brand experience at The Grove in Los Angeles. The BMW iX will arrive in the U.S.

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MARCH 10, 2023

This includes a plan to purchase more than 3,500 fully electric last-mile delivery vehicles and the electrification of more than 60 terminals across Canada. It also plans to reduce emissions from electricity by 100% through the use of renewable sources and by diverting more than 70% of its waste from landfill.

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JUNE 3, 2020

By switching from diesel-fueled propulsion to fully electrically powered transport, an important step can be taken towards realizing the Paris Climate Agreement goals. These will be charged using energy from renewable sources. However, vessels must be equipped with an electric propulsion line.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2020

Feldschlösschen will be using its electric trucks charged using renewable electricity, for the last few miles, while it will rely on rail transport for long distances. Renault Trucks provides a comprehensive range of fully-electric vehicles from 3.1 —Thomas Amstutz, CEO of Feldschlösschen. to 26 tons.

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JUNE 28, 2023

The BMW Group Plant Woodruff will produce sixth-generation batteries to supply fully electric vehicles at nearby BMW Manufacturing in Spartanburg. operations, including $1 billion to prepare Plant Spartanburg for the production of fully electric vehicles and $700 million to build a new high-voltage battery assembly plant.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2022

The new plant and close ties with Northvolt will significantly strengthen Volvo Cars’ electrification strategy as the company aims to produce and sell only fully electric cars by 2030. Battery production for Volvo Cars’ and Polestar’s fully electric models represents a large part of each car’s total life cycle carbon emissions.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

To support these sustainability goals, Volvo Penta is accelerating its efforts to reach zero emissions through fossil-free, renewable fuels, hybrid, and electric technology.

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DECEMBER 16, 2021

In Germany, the Volkswagen brand also offers a suitable electricity supply contract with “Volkswagen Naturstrom”, to guarantee fully certified green electricity from renewable energies. In 2019 alone, 6,500 gigawatt hours of renewable energy went unused in Germany—enough to have powered 2.7

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APRIL 23, 2021

With renewable power technologies well developed, delivering cleaner power to buildings and manufacturing, and driving the electrification of road transport present the clearest initial path for decarbonization. Speeding up this shift will be vital to meeting climate targets.

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JANUARY 28, 2022

The solar PV and battery energy storage system will give VTA operational flexibility on when to purchase the utility power needed to charge its vehicle fleet, saving the agency on its electricity costs and further reducing its total operating costs compared to continued diesel bus operations.

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DECEMBER 15, 2018

Porsche has commissioned a fully electric MAN eTGM ( earlier post ) for logistics operations at its Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen site. The electric 32-tonne truck will soon enhance the commercial vehicle fleet that Porsche uses for its production logistics in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen.

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DECEMBER 30, 2020

The power comes exclusively from renewable energy sources. Under its long-term planning for the next ten years, the Group intends to launch some 70 all-electric models by 2030. The Planning Round envisages production of approximately 26 million fully-electric cars by 2030.

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JUNE 25, 2020

Ford said it is setting the 2050 goal fully aware of challenges, including customer acceptance, government regulations, economic conditions and the availability of renewable, carbon-neutral electricity and renewable fuels. Ford is investing more than $11.5

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion in its US operations, including $1 billion to prepare for the production of electric vehicles at the company’s Plant Spartanburg in South Carolina, and $700 million to build a new high-voltage battery assembly facility in nearby Woodruff, SC. By 2030 BMW Group will build at least six fully electric models in the US.

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AUGUST 30, 2022

Using fully electric reactors gives hydrogen producers a way to reduce or eliminate their reliance on combustion as the energy source for processing ammonia. The Syzygy P-DA photoreactor has the potential to produce clean hydrogen from green ammonia and renewable electricity. It breaks ammonia into hydrogen and nitrogen.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2021

Yara Birkeland ( earlier post )—the world’s first battery- electric container ship, prepared for autonomous operation—has departed for its maiden voyage in the Oslo fjord. We are proud to be able to showcase the world’s first fully electric and self-propelled container ship. —Svein Tore Holsether, CEO of Yara.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

that will be capable of housing a fully-electric fleet of 120 buses and charging infrastructure, as part of the MBTA’s broader plans to design facilities to serve a zero-emissions e-bus fleets. Enel is a multinational power company and a leading integrated player in the global power, gas and renewables markets.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In the supply chain of a mid-sized fully-electric vehicle around a quarter of the CO 2 emissions are attributable to aluminum. In addition to the carbon-free process, the agreement also covers aluminum alloys produced using electricity from renewable energy sources, with CO 2 emissions that are only a third of the industry average.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

In its 2011 year-end report, Road Map to Renewal , the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness (Jobs Council) made a number of recommendations to create jobs in the short run and improve US competitiveness over the long term. —“Road Map to Renewal”. —“Road Map to Renewal”.

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