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JULY 30, 2022

Volkswagen Group China unveiled its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype, as part of its strategy to explore and break new ground in fully electric and sustainable individual mobility concepts. Stephan Wöllenstein, CEO of Volkswagen Group China. With a luxury X-wing configuration of 11.2m

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MARCH 22, 2023

Hyundai Motor Group has developed an automatic charging robot (ACR) for electric vehicles (EV). —Dong Jin Hyun, Head of Robotics Lab, Hyundai Motor Group The ACR, which may appear deceptively simple at first glance, is an example of the Group’s advanced robot technology.

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JULY 15, 2021

After the first two LNG car carriers entered service in 2020, Volkswagen Group Logistics has now ordered four more ships with dual-fuel engines that can be powered with LNG. The Volkswagen Group has therefore committed to e-mobility as well as to the sustainable production and use of new electric vehicles. million new cars.

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MAY 21, 2023

In Germany, RWE and the Westfalen Group will work together to supply green hydrogen for hydrogen-powered vehicles. The collaborative arrangement with the Westfalen Group is therefore ground-breaking. Up to 70 hydrogen fuel stations will be in place by 2030, depending on how the market develops.

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MAY 21, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) entered into an agreement with the State of Georgia to build its first dedicated full electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facilities in the US. Non-affiliated Hyundai Motor Group suppliers will invest approximately another $1 billion in the project. billion by 2025 to foster future mobility in the U.S,

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MAY 20, 2023

Germany-based Liacon, one of Europe’s largest battery manufacturers, has released a new, more versatile lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery that can replace all Group 31 lead-acid units. Group 31 batteries are one of the highest selling in the market. Meek, CEO of Liacon The new Group 31 LFP 12.8V —Philip M.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

Volkswagen drove forward its transformation into a sustainable, software-centric mobility group in 2021 and approximately doubled its deliveries of battery-electric vehicles (BEV) year-on-year to 452,900 units. In total, the Group delivered 8,882,000 vehicles to customers around the world. of Group deliveries (2020: 5.9%).

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JULY 1, 2023

Iveco Group N.V. Iveco Group N.V. Iveco Group is licensed to access freely and continue developing vehicle control software for the jointly developed battery-electric (BEV) and fuel-cell-electric (FCEV) trucks.

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OCTOBER 27, 2022

In 2025, Volvo Group’s truck plant in Ghent, Belgium will start to produce battery modules. To date, partners supply both cells and modules to the Group. The investment decision to install battery module manufacturing capacity in Ghent is another important step for the Volvo Group to shape its future value chain for battery systems.

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MARCH 30, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group will collaborate with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly to research and develop an advanced fuel for an ultra lean-burn, spark-ignition engine that aims to lower the overall carbon dioxide emissions of a vehicle.

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JULY 27, 2021

The BMW Group has presented a number of innovative micromobility solutions to the public in the past, including the BMW Motorrad X2City, the Personal Mover Concept and the BMW Vision E³ Way elevated road concept. BMW Group engineers are now unveiling the electrified bicycle Concept DYNAMIC CARGO and the e-scooter Concept CLEVER COMMUTE.

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JANUARY 21, 2023

Under an expanded Joint Development Agreement, BMW Group and Solid Power have added a research and development license as a basis for their common next steps. As next step in the long-term industrialisation time line, Solid Power plans to deliver full scale automotive cells to BMW Group for testing purposes in 2023. Earlier post.)

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MAY 19, 2023

—Milan Nedeljković The BMW Group has had a presence in the Chinese market since 1994 and founded the BMW Brilliance Automotive joint venture in May 2003. Over the past 20 years, the BMW Group has continuously expanded its activities in China, and production capacity in Shenyang has increased from 30,000 to 830,000 units.

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MAY 13, 2022

Volvo Trucks and Deutsche Post DHL Group have signed a cooperation agreement to accelerate the shift to zero-exhaust-emission vehicles. This will result in annually savings of nearly 600 tons of CO 2 and nearly 225,000 liters of diesel fuel for Deutsche Post DHL Group.

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MAY 17, 2023

Volvo Group is the first truck manufacturer to launch an Augmented Reality (AR) safety app for electric trucks, designed specifically to support first responders in an emergency. For Mack electric trucks, the AR features will be added during June 2023.

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MAY 13, 2022

Volkswagen Group will launch an all-electric pick-up and rugged SUV (“R-SUV”) in the United States. The decision of the Board of Management was confirmed by the Supervisory Board of the Volkswagen Group earlier this week. The vehicles will be designed, engineered, and manufactured in the US for American customers.

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DECEMBER 26, 2021

Deutsche Post DHL Group is introducing a global DHL Green Carrier Certification to reward road transport subcontractors for their efforts to become more sustainable. As part of its sustainability roadmap, Deutsche Post DHL Group aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to below 29 million tons by 2030 and net-zero by 2050.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The BMW Group sources the individual fuel cells required for manufacturing the BMW iX5 Hydrogen from the Toyota Motor Corporation. The BMW Group has experience with the use of hydrogen as a drive technology. The stack housing is manufactured in the light metal foundry at BMW Group Plant Landshut using a sand casting technique.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

The steel is now being delivered to the first customer, the Volvo Group. In July, SSAB Oxelösund rolled the first steel produced using HYBRIT technology—i.e., reduced by 100% fossil-free hydrogen instead of coal and coke, with good results.

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JULY 7, 2022

Announced as part of Volkswagen Group’s NEW AUTO strategy, CARIAD is developing a unified software platform that consists of VW.OS, the Volkswagen Cloud VW.AC The platform will be available for Volkswagen Group brands from the middle of the decade. and a scalable, unified end-to-end electronic architecture.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The BMW Group is building a high-voltage battery assembly for the vehicles of the NEUE KLASSE at its site in Hungary. —Markus Fallböhmer, Senior Vice President of Battery Production at the BMW Group. The battery assembly will be located on the site of the Debrecen vehicle plant, which started construction about six months ago.

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JULY 14, 2022

Iveco Group , through its brand IVECO BUS, will partner with HTWO to equip its future European hydrogen-powered buses with world-leading fuel cell systems. HTWO, as a fuel cell system-based hydrogen business brand of Hyundai Motor Group, was first released in December 2020 with Hyundai’s strong commitment to hydrogen economy.

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APRIL 24, 2023

Volkswagen Group deliveries of all-electric vehicles (BEVs) rose by 42% in Q1 2023 compared to the prior-year period, which was hit harder by supply chain issues. By the end of March, the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 70,000 vehicles, around half of all the Group’s BEVs. BEVs made up 6.9% 5 41,900 Volkswagen ID.3

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MAY 18, 2023

The BMW Group Technology Office USA in Mountain View and Meta’s Reality Labs Research have demonstrated for the first time the ability to display stable virtual reality (VR) and mixed reality (MR) content accurately to passengers in a fast-moving car, even when making turns, going over speed bumps, and accelerating.

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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. BMW Group Plant SLP We are systematically gearing our production network towards electromobility.

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MAY 4, 2021

The lower the frictional resistance of an aircraft in the air, the lower its fuel consumption. Using nature as a role model, the aviation industry has been intensively researching ways to reduce aerodynamic drag for many years. Now Lufthansa Technik and BASF have made a breakthrough as part of a joint project.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

The technology group Wärtsilä and Grieg Edge, the innovation hub of Norwegian shipping group Grieg Star, are jointly running a project to launch an ammonia-fueled tanker producing no greenhouse gas emissions by 2024. —Vidar Lundberg, Chief Business Development Officer, Grieg Star Group.

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APRIL 15, 2023

HYVIA, the joint venture between Renault Group and Plug dedicated to hydrogen mobility ( earlier post ), has just installed its first electrolyzer in its Flins plant, in the Île-de-France region. This is a major industrial and human challenge, made possible by the strength of our collaboration with Plug and Renault Group.

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MARCH 2, 2021

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, a brand within the Volkswagen Group, is consistently and rapidly advancing the development and implementation of autonomous driving. In addition to the initial investment of US$1 billion, the Volkswagen Group also contributed its subsidiary AID (Autonomous Intelligent Driving) into Argo AI.

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MARCH 25, 2022

The Renault Group suspended its industrial activities in Russia on 23 March ( earlier post ). Regarding its stake in AVTOVAZ, Renault Group said that it is assessing the available options, taking into account the current environment, while acting responsibly towards its 45,000 employees in Russia.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In an online event from Seoul, Hyundai Motor Group presented plans to popularize hydrogen by 2040 through the introduction of new technologies and mobility solutions in transportation and other industrial sectors. The Group aims to make hydrogen energy available to “Everyone, Everything and Everywhere”. Concept applications.

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JUNE 17, 2021

Hyundai Motor Group announced that its dedicated hydrogen fuel cell system brand, HTWO, will make its motorsports debut, providing its fuel cell generator to the ETCR (Electric Touring Car Racing) category. Only vehicles without internal combustion engines are allowed to participate.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

A multi-institutional research team led by materials scientists from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has designed a highly active and durable catalyst that doesn’t rely on costly platinum group metals (PGM) to spur the necessary chemical reaction. The new catalyst contains cobalt interspersed with nitrogen and carbon.

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JULY 22, 2021

In June, Porsche announced an investment in its new joint venture company Cellforce Group GmbH. Now, Porsche and Cellforce Group (CFG) said that the Cellforce Group battery production plant is expected to start operations in 2024 with an initial capacity of at least 100 MWh per year, powering 1,000 motorsport and high-performance vehicles.

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JULY 1, 2022

For the BMW Group Plant Leipzig, the farewell to the BMW i3 is linked to the start of a new chapter in electric mobility. At the same time, the BMW Group Plant Leipzig becomes the first location in the company’s global production network where BMW and MINI models are manufactured together. kWh/100 km according to WLTP, 13.1 - 14.0

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JULY 3, 2022

The BMW Group will be investing around €1 billion in competence development in this area between now and 2030. The BMW Group’s largest engine plant: Steyr plant in Upper Austria. One out of every two BMW Group vehicles around the world today already has a ‘heart’ built in Steyr.

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MAY 25, 2022

The exhaust system for the Purem by Eberspaecher hydrogen engine is just one of the Eberspaecher Group’s group-wide hydrogen activities. Purem by Eberspaecher is a subsidiary of the Esslingen-based Eberspaecher Group. In 2020, the area within the group of companies generated revenue of around €4.4 billion.

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