Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2023

The EU will create legal framework conditions for battery recycling throughout Europe from 2023 with its revised Battery Directive. Due to high investment costs, the current structure of the value chain will move toward large recycling centers, according to the analysis published jointly with PwC Strategy&.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2014

At the Geneva Motor Show and now at the IT trade fair CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, Volkswagen Group executive management has begun to outline its “Future Tracks” program which will address, among other things, what Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Information technology has been a key component of the automobile industry for some time.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2020

Key elements of the agreement include the development and industrialization of advanced cell technologies, accompanied by ambitious goals for cost competitiveness. Current contracts with Farasis have been supplemented and include, in addition to technical and commercial contractual components, expanded legal and sustainability requirements.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2013

Germany has embarked on a large-scale Energiewende (energy transition)—a policy-driven shift away from nuclear and fossil energy to a renewable energy economy. High electricity rates are burdening private households and industry alike and threatening Germany’s competitiveness, the company noted. Source: Siemens.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 28, 2024

Over the next two years, MAN Truck & Bus , headquartered in Munich, Germany, plans to establish battery repair centers in Italy, Denmark, Norway, Austria, Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Poland and the UK. Two of the facilities, in Hanover-Laatzen, Germany, and Barcelona, Spain, are already in operation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2022

H2 MOBILITY, a leading operator of hydrogen refueling stations which already operates more than 90 stations across Germany, intends to use the funding to further expand its network to 300 stations by 2030, becoming the backbone of zero-carbon private and commercial traffic in Europe. Hy24’s legal advisors for the deal were EY and Bird & Bird.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In the coming months the current System Engineering business unit will be split commercially, operationally and legally into two independent business units. Around 500 of these jobs are at sites in Germany. We don’t expect output figures in the auto industry to return to pre-crisis levels for at least two to three years.

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Teslarati

APRIL 8, 2023

Now, a Tesla Model Y owner in San Francisco has sued the automaker for privacy violations, which could dramatically affect the overall industry’s data privacy policies. ” The Tesla legal team has yet to respond to the allegations. .”

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Baua Electric

APRIL 30, 2024

The Megawatt Charging System (MCS), a new charging standard for heavy-duty EVs that industry experts call a game-changer for electric trucks, is in the final stages of standardization, and is expected to enter the implementation phase this year. Automakers and EVSE manufacturers are busily putting the new system through its paces.

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Mercedes Charging Legal Standards 52

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

—Revealing the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe. The recognized benefits of industrial facilities, including manufacturing products, employment and tax revenues, are not addressed in the report. Half of the total damage cost (between €51–85 billion) was caused by just 191 facilities.

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Pollution 2009 Europe Industrial 268

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2019

In the development of the SDS VWAT will put a strong focus on systems engineering and industrialization. In 2020 and 2021 two further companies will be founded in Silicon Valley and in China respectively in addition to the company in Germany. An SDS development site in China is needed to comply with local legal requirements.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2014

Cytec Industries Inc. C-CON, a privately held company headquartered in Germany, is a recognized engineering partner to several European automotive OEM companies including BMW Group, Daimler, VW and Audi. CYT) has acquired an equity position in C-CON Holdings GmbH, a leader in engineering, design and process development.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Integrating as many electric vehicles as possible into the power grid in this way calls for innovations in terms of vehicle technology, charging hardware, charging management, communication interfaces with energy sector stakeholders and legal parameters. The legal and regulatory parameters are being evaluated, too.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 18, 2022

What Elon Musk and his legal team want from the two firms are any documents or communications of their involvment in reviewing accounts or participating in any audit of Twitter’s user base. Andrea’s response was part of a short thread that began with a report from Reuters.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Mercedes made waves in the auto industry earlier this year when it became the first automaker certified to operate level 3 autonomous driving vehicles in the United States, with the first State being Nevada. The response to the new technology has been infamously more stringent in Germany.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2019

They reckon that a significant proportion of the fossil fuels used for mobility in Germany could be replaced by “crowd oil”. In addition, the energy sources produced could be used in the chemical industry as universal synthesis building blocks. kilograms per hour.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

We observe the legal requirements in each country and fulfill all local testing requirements. BMW noted that in two studies carried out by the ICCT, results confirmed that the BMW X5 and 13 other BMW vehicles tested comply with the legal requirements concerning NO x emissions. This represents approx. 20,000 vehicles in the US in 2014.

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BMW Diesel CO2 Legal 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2021

First, the authors compiled current findings based on publications and exchanges with other experts and industry organizations. Technical development and changes in legal regulations will quickly lead to the widespread use of advanced driver assistance systems. The study comprises two parts. —Matthias Schubert.

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Hungary Legal Parts Insight 286

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2018

The Japanese ministry of economy, trade and industry (METI) and the ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism (MLIT) initiated the platooning test, which is part of the Japanese government’s Future Strategy 2017. The following year, Daimler introduced “Highway Pilot“ in Germany. FUSO trucks in platoon. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2016

Whether it’s the USA, China, India or Germany—for a long time now we have been focusing the strengths of various world regions with our global research and development network. But our roots are and remain here in the strong industrial region of Baden-Württemberg. We are warmly welcoming international as well as local startups.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 13, 2024

With the rise of far-right parties across other European countries, similar concerns are being voiced in Germany, where CEOs from Infineon to Volkswagen have warned about the threat of right-wing extremism to the country’s economy. state of Arizona, and BE Semiconductor Industries in Vietnam.

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Netherlands Auto Tax Vietnam 52

Baua Electric

JANUARY 6, 2024

Progressive carmakers like Mercedes-Benz are going above and beyond not only the legal safety requirements but also those of the mandated safety ratings for its EVs. In fact, they represent the female dummy currently used in the automotive industry for frontal collision tests. The dummy corresponds to a woman of approximately 1.5-min

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Mercedes Legal SUV Germany 52

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2014

While industry studies that examine the impact of oil-fuel dilution on lubricants exist, this is the first time a company has undertaken efforts to understand how oil-fuel dilution affects sealing elements, Walker said. in Germany and NOK Corp. We already have these materials validated, tried and in use in our products.

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Oil Congress Fuel Polymer 210

Teslarati

MARCH 4, 2022

After a long process that saw delays, controversies, and other drama, Tesla Gigafactory Berlin has won its final environmental approval from Germany. The approval also includes battery cell production activities within the Giga Berlin complex, which should allow Tesla to manufacture its in-house cells from within Germany. .

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2011

Recognize the potential of CCS for industrial emission sources and review demonstration opportunities. The World Resources Institute released a report titled CCS Demonstrations in Developing Countries: Priorities for a Financing Mechanism for Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage.

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United Arab Emirates Carbon Global Energy 210

Baua Electric

MAY 21, 2024

Mercedes-Benz along with the Fraunhofer-Institute for High-Speed Dynamics, the EMI (Ernst Mach Institute) based in Freiburg, south-western Germany, Mercedes-Benz has carried out the world’s first X-ray crash with a real car. The government authority has approved the operation of the plant in accordance with legal requirements.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2013

Although industry has lined up behing HFO 1234yf to fulfill the obligations of this directive; Daimler has balked at its use ( earlier post ) based on its internal safety testing and has continued to use the old refrigerant with a much higher air polluting potential.

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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. Today’s publication of official 2010 data from Member States is the first time that those efforts can be measured against the legally binding targets.

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2010 Emissions Pollution Finland 240

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

These included population size and growth; size and growth of the economy; social and scientific progress indicators; quality and extent of infrastructure; and the political and legal context. These sales are equivalent to the combined total of the four largest European vehicle markets: Germany, UK, France and Italy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2015

This portfolio can be flexibly tailored to different vehicle concepts, customer requirements and legal and regulatory requirements in the international automobile markets. The BMW Group is also collaborating intensively with Total Germany and the Linde Group on refueling processes and technology.

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Hydrogen BMW Standards Store 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2016

Scania will leave from Södertalje, south of Stockholm, driving through Sweden, Denmark and Germany to Maasvlakte II in the Port of Rotterdam, making a stop in Zolder, Belgium and in Zwolle, Netherlands. Daimler will start from Stuttgart and MAN from Munich (both in Southern Germany).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2011

The EU-27 and its Member States must meet legally binding limits for four air pollutants set by the National Emission Ceilings Directive (NEC Directive). In contrast, Germany and France expect to exceed their ceilings by 328 kilotonnes and 275 kilotonnes respectively—equivalent to exceedances of 31% and 34%. Source: EEA.

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Emissions Transportation Europe Pollution 210

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. Electric motorcycles breakout. H2USA, the new U.S.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 10, 2022

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. This wasn’t a rare job at the time. Three years later, in 1980, he moved to Sanyo as a regional sales manager.

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Singapore 2000 Store IDEA 145

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

The accord calls for action to hold mean warming of the Earth’s surface to no more than 2 ºC above pre-industrial levels, but does not define reductions in greenhouse gases that might be employed to achieve that goal. All agreements would be legally binding, and would be subject to independent verification.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

DLA Piper, LLP (US) represented Maxwell as outside legal counsel, and Barclays Capital Inc. Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati represented Tesla as outside legal counsel. platform addresses energy storage requirements driven by trends in renewable energy, industrial electrification and smart grid. product platform.

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Tesla Energy Storage Legal Li-ion 186

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% ” [ 1 ]. ºF) increase. Earlier post.)

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