Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2021

Hyundai Motor become a partner in H2 MOBILITY, a company that sets up and coordinates the nationwide hydrogen infrastructure in Germany. Hyundai has been an associated partner of H2 MOBILITY since 2017 and has been actively involved in the development of a hydrogen infrastructure in Germany ever since. Earlier post.)

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 8, 2025

share in Germany, up from 18.0% Share In Germany — VW Group Strong appeared first on CleanTechnica. March saw plugin EVs at 27.1% year-on-year. BEV volume increased by some 35% YoY, from a low baseline, while PHEVs grew 66%. Overall auto volume was 254,497 units, down 3.5% Marchs best-selling BEV was the Volkswagen ID.7.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Rock Tech Lithium intends to build Europe’s first lithium converter—a production plant for battery-grade lithium hydroxide—in Guben, Brandenburg, Germany. The company intends to locate all production steps of lithium refining in one overall plant at the Guben site. The converter is scheduled to start operations in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

The new tanker will transport the liquid hydrogen to terminals in Germany, with a strategic vision to expand supply to other markets as demand increases. LH2 Europe will use the abundant renewable electricity in Scotland to produce green hydrogen and market it at a competitive price with diesel.

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CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

According to Yahoo Finance, registration data from Germany’s Motor Transport Authority (KBA) shows the Volkswagen brand has delivered 49,200 electric cars in that country through the. continued] The post Tesla Outsold By BMW & Volkswagen In Germany, MG In UK appeared first on CleanTechnica. That was then; this is now.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 10, 2025

share in Germany, up from 19.3% Share In Germany – Volkswagen ID.7 February saw plugin EVs take 27.3% share yearonyear. BEVs were back to decent volume compared to 2024, though only modestly ahead of February 2023 figures. PHEVs have stepped up modestly. Overall auto volume was 203,434 units, down some 6% YoY.

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CleanTechnica EVs

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

share in Germany, up from 17.3% Share In Germany – Volkswagen ID.7 January saw plugin EVs at 25.1% year-on-year. BEV volume shot up over 53% YoY, though from an anomalously low baseline, while PHEVs grew 23%. Overall auto volume was 207,640 units, down 2.8% Januarys best-selling BEV was the Volkswagen ID.7.

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Germany Plugin PHEV Sale 135

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2021

In the future, we will have a high demand for green hydrogen and will also need imports in addition to production in Germany. The first deliveries of sustainable hydrogen-based energy sources to Germany and Europe are planned for 2024. Green hydrogen plays a central role in the transformation of our economy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2023

Mercedes-Benz held its groundbreaking ceremony for a new battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim, Germany, which will help reduce resource consumption and establishing closed-loop recycling of battery raw materials. Mercedes-Benz lays the foundation for a sustainable battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim in southern Germany.

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Electrek

MAY 6, 2025

Tesla (TSLA) sales in Germany continue to fall in April despite the new Model Y production ramp at Gigafactory Berlin. The American automaker has seen its European sales cut roughly in half.

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Germany Sale Tesla Production 121

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

Mercedes-Benz plans to build a wind farm at its test track in Papenburg, northern Germany, with an output of more than 100 MW to cover up to more than 15% of the annual electricity demand of Mercedes-Benz Group AG in Germany. We make an active contribution to the energy transition and the expansion of onshore wind power in Germany.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 11, 2025

share in Germany, down from 30.0% Share In Germany – Disappointing Year For EV Transition appeared first on CleanTechnica. December saw plugin EVs take 23.4% BEV volume was sharply down YoY in a hold-back ahead of tighter 2025 emissions regulations. Overall auto volume was 224,721 units, down 7% YoY. The December.

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Germany Plugin Auto Emissions 121

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2023

The start of production at the BMW Group Plant Leipzig in November 2023 will be the first time a MINI model is produced in Germany. This alternative to traditional materials reduces CO 2 emissions along the value chain by up to 85% and emphasizes the focus on minimizing the ecological footprint of the next MINI model generation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2022

Mercedes-Benz’ DRIVE PILOT system for conditionally automated driving (SAE Level 3) can be ordered in Germany from 17 May as an optional extra for the S-Class for €5,000 and for the EQS for €7,430 (Driver Assistance Package Plus: €2,430 and DRIVE PILOT: €5,000) excl.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

Germany will invest up to €290 million to launch the Innovation and Technology Center for Hydrogen (Innovations- und Technologiezentrum für Wasserstoff, ITZ H 2 ), following the positive conclusion of a feasibility study (German only).

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 8, 2024

share in Germany, down from 25.7% share in Germany – Volkswagen Group Dominating Home Ground appeared first on CleanTechnica. November saw plugin EVs at 22.8% year on year. BEV sales were down YoY, though from an elevated baseline, while PHEV sales were up 14%. Novembers overall auto volume was 244,544 units, roughly flat YoY.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Volvo Trucks will deliver fully electric heavy-duty trucks to Amazon in Germany by year end. Heavy goods vehicles and other commercial vehicles make up around 36% of Germany’s domestic transport emissions, according to Germany’s BMUV. The 20 Volvo FH Electric are expected to drive more than one million road kilometers annually.

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Teslarati

APRIL 3, 2025

Tesla Germany sold 4,935 units in Q1 2025, reflecting a decline amid a broader electric vehicle uptick. The German road traffic agency KBA reported Teslas March sales in Germany dropped 42.5% pic.twitter.com/WxXltmv4js — TESLARATI (@Teslarati) April 3, 2025 Tesla Germanys 62.2% KBA also noted a 35.3%

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 11, 2025

share in Germany, up from 18.5% Share In Germany — Volkswagen Group Takes Half Of All BEVs appeared first on CleanTechnica. May saw plugin EVs at 28.5% year on year. BEV volume increased by 45% year on year, while PHEVs grew 79%. Overall auto volume was 239,297 units, almost flat YoY. May’s sales. continued] The post EVs At 28.5%

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The Driven EV News

MAY 21, 2025

Tesla's fastest Australian-bound SUV spied, testing in Germany ahead of imminent launch. The post New Tesla Model Y Performance spied in Germany ahead of official unveil appeared first on The Driven.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 31, 2023

The eActros 300 Tractor for distribution haulage has covered around 3,000 kilometers from the Mercedes-Benz Wörth plant to Aksaray in Turkey, where the road endurance and reliability testing of the electric truck will be taking place. Test engineers chose a route across Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia and Bulgaria for the trip.

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Electrek

MAY 12, 2025

Ford workers at two plants in western Germany are set to go on strike on Wednesday, their works council chief said on Monday. Its about the future of their jobs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2022

Operated by bp’s Aral brand, the retail site at Schwegenheim in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany now has two 300 kW ultra-fast chargers intended for electric trucks, powered by 100% renewable energy. In 2021 around 1,000 battery electric trucks were sold in Germany.

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Charging Germany Insight Electric 447

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2021

This will create several thousand new fast charging points: the Germany network (Deutschlandnetz). These fast charging stations will complement the already existing large fast-charging locations and thus provide a nationwide and needs-based fast charging infrastructure throughout Germany. Sites must support up to 200 kW charging.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The dandelion rubber used is cultivated, extracted and processed in Germany. The tire has now been produced for two years at Continental’s tire plant in Korbach, Germany. Series production of a tire made of dandelion rubber is an important milestone in Continental’s sustainability strategy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2021

The company In-der-City-Bus, which is in charge of public transport in Frankfurt, Germany, has awarded a tender for 13 hydrogen buses to Solaris. The first Urbino hydrogen models are already cruising on European streets, and dozens more of these buses have been already ordered by carriers in Germany, Italy, Austria and the Netherlands.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 27, 2025

German workers enjoy some of the most robust protections of any country in the world. Tesla, an American company with a factory near Berlin, has seen protests and other disruptions in its German operations, and its now facing allegations that it withheld pay from sick workers and pressured them to disclose their private medical information.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2020

—Jörg Nikutta, Managing Director for Germany and Austria of Alstom Transport Deutschland GmbH. The project is of a great importance to industrial policy that goes far beyond Germany. We have also obtained valuable data from the trial operation of the fuel cell trains for the further development of the propulsion technology.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Electreon, a developer of wireless and in-road wireless electric vehicle (EV) charging technology for commercial and passenger EVs, will be deploying its technology in the first-ever public wireless road project in Germany. The project in Balingen shows how innovatively and consistently we are promoting e-mobility in Germany.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2023

In Germany, RWE and the Westfalen Group will work together to supply green hydrogen for hydrogen-powered vehicles. Through a joint venture, RWE and Westfalen aim to develop a hydrogen fuel station infrastructure in Germany for heavy commercial vehicles in particular.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2023

The mid-size crossover, engineered and built in Germany, uses Volkswagen’s MEB platform ( earlier post ) and has seats for five across two rows. The new all-electric Explorer is the company’s first electric vehicle to be built at scale in the new Ford Cologne EV Centre in Germany.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2021

To close the loop, production waste from the future Cellforce Group battery plant will be recycled at BASF’s prototype plant for battery recycling in Schwarzheide, Germany. Taycan Turbo S 800-volt system. As an automotive manufacturer, Porsche aims to be CO 2 -neutral in its overall balance sheet by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2021

However, the means of transporting this “green” hydrogen from the producer to the consumer are not established; Germany still does not have an extensive distribution network for hydrogen. Germany has a 511,000-kilometer gas grid and 33 gas storage locations. The two substances can be transported together in one line.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Located in Jülich, Germany, the facility will demonstrate the entire process from concentrating sunlight to producing synthetic liquid fuel on an industrial scale. The precise mirror field control technology was developed and installed by Synhelion Germany. Earlier post.)

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Solar Fuel Germany Industrial 435

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2022

For the past ten years, every private-customer parcel shipped within Germany has automatically been shipped “GoGreen”. Already, Deutsche Post DHL delivers mail and parcels carbon-free in more than 50% of its delivery districts, making it by far Germany’s most climate-friendly logistics provider.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Currently, there are already more than 1,200 charging points at Volkswagen’s ten sites in Germany. In the future, every Volkswagen dealer in Germany will provide at least one AC charger with 11 kW power and one DC charger with 22 kW power. 3 at a charging station. Volkswagen supplies two models eligible for the bonus: the ID.

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Charging Power Powered Germany 435

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2021

Italy, Poland, Germany, the UK, Spain and France, which buy 70% of the urban buses sold in Europe, lag behind. However, Germany is now financing 80% of the higher purchase cost of e-buses. In Sweden, Norway and Finland, respectively 26%, 24%, and 23% of urban buses registered in 2019 were zero-emission (electric or hydrogen).

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