Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2023

Ford Motor Company, General Motors, Rivian, Volvo Cars ( earlier post ) and a number of EV charging companies recently announced plans to adopt the NACS connector through adaptors or future product offerings.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Peter Mertens, previously Senior Vice President Research & Development at Volvo Car Corporation in Göteborg, Sweden, as the new Board of Management Member for Technical Development at Audi. After his apprenticeship as a toolmaker, Peter Mertens studied production technology at Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences.

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Baua Electric

JULY 26, 2024

dealers expect to continue selling 48-volt mild-hybrids and plug-in hybrids well into the next decade, and Volvo is making preparations to do that, the industry trade journal reported, citing anonymous sources with knowledge of the plans. “Volvo has gotten way out over their skis with this EV-only strategy.” In the U.S.,

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 26, 2024

Tesla has ramped up NACS adapter production to 8,000 units per week as the opening of the Supercharger network to other automakers has greatly slowed down. Maybe that will change now that Tesla has ramped up adapter production? What do you think? Let us know in the comment section below. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

In the US, CCS is used in more than 50 passenger vehicle models. Policy and regulatory disruption: Creating an additional standard proposal will likely disrupt existing regulatory and policy discussions and delay important EV charging infrastructure decisions and investment at local, state, and federal levels.

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Teslarati

APRIL 27, 2023

Besides Geely, Toyota, General Motors, Hyundai, Volvo, and NIO are turning to companies like IDRA to manufacture big gigapress machines. General Motors, in particular, is turning to large die casting for the Cadillac Celestiq. Gigapress machines would allow Toyota to ramp production quickly at low costs.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2018

Maxwell Technologies, a leading developer and manufacturer of capacitive energy storage and power delivery solutions, announced a technology partnership with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely), the parent company of leading brands such as Volvo and Geely Auto. million automobiles using its ultracapacitor technology.

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 21, 2023

Volvo only produces 4 percent of its vehicles here, but the real shocker is that General Motors only built 54 percent of its vehicles in the United States. These numbers may shift in favor of American production in the coming years as automakers look to localize production and take advantage of federal tax credits.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The union has submitted a response to a General Motors offer as picketing continues against all three Detroit-based automakers, Ford is laying off an additional 300 employees due to supply chain complications created by the strike, and the UAW has successfully negotiated a tentative deal on its 5-year contract with Mack Trucks.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Tesla, Ford, General Motors, and most luxury brands offer broad product lines in the country, and that includes Volvo and Polestar, both owned by Chinese auto giant Geely. That relationship with China gives the automakers the ability to offer unique products there, and Polestar’s latest innovation is a great example.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 20, 2024

Tesla updated its website with a new “Charging for All” page that lists Rivian, General Motors, Volvo, and Polestar. Although Polestar and Volvo have yet to official announced the news in the US, its coming soon. Ingenlath confirmed Polestar 3 production is on track to begin at its Ridgeville, SC plant this year.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 8, 2024

General Motors was still the best-selling car company in the United States, selling 2,577,648 vehicles for the year, a 14.1 Tesla was only outpaced in year-over-year change by Honda, Geely-Volvo, Rivian, and Lucid. Geely-Volvo grew from 111,509 to 140,590. percent increase from the year before. this year.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 27, 2023

We’ve covered numerous such examples of such delays in the past year, including the Volvo EX90 and frustrations at General Motors. There were a slew of products from Lexus in ’18, plus the Wrangler, Crosstrek, Odyssey, Kona, and Traverse, just to name a few.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2016

SDCmaterials, a developer of advanced catalyst products based on a novel materials fabrication and integration platform, announced a partnership and formalized a supply agreement with Car Sound, a leading manufacturer of catalysts and catalytic converters for the automotive aftermarket.

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Teslarati

JUNE 28, 2023

We remain committed to developing networked charging solutions that ensure any EV can charge in any parking space,” said Bill Loewenthal, Chief Product Officer at ChargePoint. ChargePoint’s CP600, a new commercial and light fleets product, will be sold or reconfigured with the Tesla NACS option by early 2024. market in 2025.

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Teslarati

JULY 14, 2023

The President of the Hyundai Motor Company, Chung Jae-hoon, shared that the South Korean automaker is still considering the adoption of Tesla’s North American Charging Standard. Volvo and Mercedes Benz followed in the US automaker’s footsteps. If Hyundai does adopt Tesla NACS, it will affect EV production.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Toyota luxury brand Lexus will lead the Japanese automaker into the use of Tesla’s Gigacasting techniques, after a handful of companies have announced plans this year to invest in transitioning to the technology for future electric vehicle (EV) production.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2016

Zhongshan Broad-Ocean Motor Co., Founded in 1994, Broad-Ocean is a global manufacturer of motors that power small and specialized electric machinery for electric vehicles (EVs), including buses, commercial vehicles and passenger vehicles, and for heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC).

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Teslarati

AUGUST 25, 2023

Tesla ( NASDAQ: TSLA ) is set to access up to $20 billion in revenues from its recent Supercharger deals with Ford, General Motors, and various other automakers, Dan Ives of Wedbush said in a note this morning. Elon Musk teases a ‘production candidate’ Cybertruck at Giga Texas However, recent figures show over 1.9

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Mercedes also says the site was the first major production facility outside of Germany, calling it the “nucleus of the automotive industry in Alabama.”

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2013

The company says that the Series C funding and Industry Advisory Board formation will help accelerate its product development and commercialization efforts. Daniel Hancock, retired vice president, global powertrain engineering, who spent more than four decades at General Motors Co. Earlier post.).

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

New Products Delayed as Company Shifts to Delivering Current Vehicles. Tesla’s focus for 2022 is quality & quantity of current product. The growth is predicated on two new production facilities—in Texas and Germany—coming online this year to augment existing plants in Fremont, California, and Shanghai, China.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The investments plan to hone in on the domestic production of key critical minerals and materials, which will create “good-paying, union jobs in sustainable production.” Production will begin next year, with capacity to produce enough magnets to power 500,000 EV motors annually.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The complementary industry expertise provides a rationale for the merger, as the combined company’s product development efforts will span passenger car to heavy-duty trucks to locomotives and marine applications to stationary power. Daimler AG, Weichai, Cummins, Ford, Volvo AB.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

General Motors has already pushed back production of several key electric models, including the Equinox EV, Silverado EV, and GMC Sierra Denali EV. The automaker ended production of its best-selling Chevy Bolt at the end of 2023. But with GM falling behind in the EV market, is a concept enough at this point?

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Blink Charging

JUNE 30, 2023

To address the changes in the EV sector, and more specifically, EV charging, Blink Charging announced that we will now offer the much talked about North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector on our full line of EV charging products. is quickly becoming a standard for electric vehicle charging.

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Blink Charging

JUNE 30, 2023

To address the changes in the EV sector, and more specifically, EV charging, Blink Charging announced that we will now offer the much talked about North American Charging Standard (NACS) connector on our full line of EV charging products. is quickly becoming a standard for electric vehicle charging.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Integrating products like Google Maps and other purpose-built features will hopefully make phone integration better than ever. ” While Mercedes didn’t expressly define what these systems would look like, they will focus on selling products or services to customers via the in-car entertainment system.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2010

the Tupy foundry of Brazil, the world’s leading CGI producer, a series production contract for the cylinder block and bedplate of its new A 630 DOHC 3.0-liter The CGI cylinder blocks and bedplates began series production at the Tupy Joinville foundry during mid-2010 using the SinterCast process control technology.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Ballard Power Systems has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with strategic partner Zhongshan Broad-Ocean Motor Company Limited with the goal of producing fuel cell modules for use in buses and commercial vehicles in select cities and regions in China. In July, Broad-Ocean announced a $28.3-million Earlier post.).

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 30, 2024

The assessment provides an in-depth and unbiased examination of the products offered by 18 OEMs across a wide range of criteria. A new competitive assessment by global technology intelligence firm ABI Research has found that BYD is the leading Electric Vehicle (EV) Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), just beating Tesla for the top spot.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

The Auto Alliance represents 77% of all car and light truck sales in the United States, including the BMW Group, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Ford Motor Company, General Motors Company, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz USA, Mitsubishi Motors, Porsche, Toyota, Volkswagen Group of America and Volvo Car USA.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

Ford is pushing back EV production at its Oakville, Ontario, plant as it shifts to expand its hybrid lineup. The American automaker sold 20,233 EVs in Q1 2024, topping rival General Motors with 16,425 electric cars delivered. Rivian’s R1S was the seventh best-selling EV in the US last year as the company scales production.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 12, 2024

We evaluated partial automation systems from BMW, Ford, General Motors, Genesis, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Tesla and Volvo,” IIHS President David Harkey said. Most of them don’t include adequate measures to prevent misuse and keep drivers from losing focus on what’s happening on the road.”

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

In addition, BHP and Rio Tinto have announced their intention to create a joint venture and merge their Australian iron ore productions, leading to further concentration. The ‘big three’ represent around 70% of the exports of iron ore and, subsequently, hold the significant pricing power of an oligopoly.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2016

Volvo Technology of America LLC will develop and demonstrate a tractor trailer combination with lightweight cab that achieves the freight efficiency goal using alternative engine designs and a variety of system technologies. Advances for the Production of Low‐Cost Electric Drive vehicle Motors (Area of Interest 5). Description.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

Around the same time, however, General Motors and other automakers were in the process of decommissioning their battery EV fleets, the key component of V2G. The pair made major contributions to the propulsion system for the Impact , a battery-powered concept car that AeroVironment built under contract for General Motors.

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