Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Alstom and MOL, Hungary’s leading oil and gas company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to structure cooperation in examining the use of hydrogen technology in rail transportation. As part of its National Hydrogen Strategy, Hungary has been investigating the feasibility of introducing hydrogen technology to rail transportation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

SK Innovation will initially invest US$1.148 billion in SK Battery Hungary (SKBH) to build its third European factory in Iváncsa, Hungary, with a production capacity of 30 GWh per year. SK’s first and second European plants are also located in Hungary (Komárom); the expected third plant will be the largest.

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Hungary Building Batteries Battery 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

More than two-thirds (68%) of lithium-ion battery production planned for Europe is at risk of being delayed, scaled down or cancelled, according to new analysis by the European NGO Transport & Environment. Battery production capacity equivalent to 18 million electric cars—1.2 Europe must act or risk losing it all.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2016

Samsung SDI has decided to use Hungary as its Li-ion battery production base in Europe. The new battery plant will be built in Goed, north of Budapest in a 330,000 m 2 site, using existing facilities previously used for display production.

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Hungary Li-ion Global Building 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler has opened a new production facility at its Szombathely location in the west of Hungary. The range of products produced at the Szombathely II plant includes electric motor components. The new plant also highlights our ambitions to continue our strong growth in e-mobility.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2023

(BBA) joint venture, Milan Nedeljković, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Production, announced local production of the NEUE KLASSE in China. The high-voltage batteries required for this will likewise be manufactured locally. These batteries will be used in the models of the NEUE KLASSE.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 12, 2022

Chinese battery manufacturer Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited, or CATL, has announced a massive investment to build a new cell manufacturing plant in Europe. billion to build a 100 GWh battery plant in Hungary. CATL recently announced plans for a potential $5 billion battery cell production plant in North America.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2023

billion (US$886 million) to build a cathode manufacturing facility that will provide materials that ultimately supply batteries for Ford’s future electric vehicles. Once production begins in the first half of 2026, the site will have the capacity to produce up to 45,000 tonnes of cathode active material (CAM) per year.

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North America Manufacturer Ford Building 195

Baua Electric

JANUARY 31, 2024

Two months after announcing it had selected Hungary as the desired location of its first passenger EV production facility in Europe, Build Your Dreams (BYD) has completed a preliminary sales agreement for the Hungarian land those facilities should eventually sit atop. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2018

GS Yuasa Corporation will establish a manufacturing subsidiary company, GS Yuasa Hungary Ltd. in Hungary and build a new plant for lithium-ion batteries. GS Yuasa will also consider manufacturing lithium-ion cells in this plant in future. Initial annual production capacity will be 500,000 batteries.

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Lithium Ion Hungary Batteries Battery 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 4, 2022

Components for the production of batteries at Audi’s Brussels plant will no longer be delivered by truck from Hungary, but by rail with DB Cargo. Brussels plays a pioneering role, but we developed this sustainable logistics concept for battery modules and cells in Audi’s entire production network. r LC by rail to Brussels.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2021

the colorants and functional materials division of Japan’s Toyo Ink Group, will supply the North American and European operations of SK Innovation, a South Korean lithium-ion (li-ion) battery manufacturer, with Toyocolor’s Lioaccum series of conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions. Toyocolor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

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. The close link between battery assembly and vehicle production is part of our strategy. —Markus Fallböhmer, Senior Vice President of Battery Production at the BMW Group. Construction work recently began.

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BMW Batteries Battery Hungary 417

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. The new assembly in Munich will be built on the site currently used for engine production. The expansion of electromobility in the production network continues. Sustainability in production.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

We are committed to the economical use of resources and therefore want to keep the environmental impact of our production as low as possible. We were the first premium manufacturer to have our CO2 footprint measured and certified in 2014. Our goal is to have completely CO 2 -neutral plant operation in the future.

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InsideEVs

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

China's largest EV manufacturer will expand its production efforts in Europe. But what about the U.S.?

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Hungary BYD Europe China 119

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The first Audi Q8 e-tron drove off the production line at the Brussels plant yesterday, 14 December, marking the beginning of an era for the new top model in Audi’s electric SUV range. The plant has been a model for sustainable production since the production of the Audi e-tron began.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2023

Eaton is continuing to expand and evolve its European eMobility business design capabilities, technologies and operations to support global electrified vehicle manufacturers. Eaton’s eMobility business has invested in a production facility for power electronics components in Montrottier, France.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

BMW has announced that it will nearly double its investment in a planned EV production facility in Hungary and add battery production capabilities to the facility as well. BMW has been rapidly expanding its EV lineup and production over the past year , and it’s clear they have no intention of stopping.

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BMW Hungary Production Batteries 94

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. With an investment of one billion euros, we are building in Hungary the first ‘Full-Flex Plant’ in the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

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Hungary Mercedes Cars Concept 150

EV Specifications

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Audi commences manufacture of electric motors for the Premium Platform Electric (PPE). Production of the first fully electric Audi model is scheduled to start at the Ingolstadt headquarters at the end of the year with the PPE-based model. The newly developed electric motors will be used for the first time in the Audi Q6 e-tron series.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

SK IE Technology (SKIET) signed an MOU with Sunwoda , the 9 th largest battery manufacturer in terms of global market share (according to SNE Research in 2022), to strengthen cooperation in supplying battery separators. This marks SKIET’s first large-scale supply of EV battery separators to a Chinese EV battery manufacturer.

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Supplies Batteries Battery South Korea 199

Teslarati

MARCH 31, 2024

NEV maker BYD has announced plans to begin vehicle production at its Thailand plant in the third quarter of 2024. The company’s Thailand investment is expected to bring advanced manufacturing technology, industrial development, and a significant number of jobs in the country, as noted in a CNEV Post report. million units.

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Thailand BYD Uzbekistan Production 62

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2021

SK Innovation has decided to spin off its battery production and exploration & production (E&P) business as independent companies. tentative name) will be in charge of oil exploration and production business, and the Carbon Capture & Storage (CCS) business. The SK E&P Co., Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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South Korea Batteries Battery Hungary 418

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

—Peter Kössler, board member for production at Audi and chairman of the supervisory commission of AUDI HUNGARIA Zrt. All of the measures for reducing the ecological footprint at Audi sites, in production and in logistics are gathered together under Mission:Zero. r and Brussels, the production site of the Audi e-tron.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

BMW Group Plant SLP We are systematically gearing our production network towards electromobility. The first cars of the NEUE KLASSE will come off the production line at our plant in Debrecen, Hungary, starting in 2025, followed by the main plant in Munich. billion in the expansion of its Spartanburg production site in the US.

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Mexico BMW Batteries Battery 418

Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2021

The thinner the foil is, the more active material can be loaded into the electrode, which reduces battery weight, increases battery capacity, and minimizes manufacturing costs and environmental impact. To that end, cutting-edge process control technology and highly competitive production facilities are required.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2022

Samsung SDI (Hungary): 20 GWh. SK Innovation (Hungary): 7.5 Of most significance is Tesla’s Berlin Gigafactory which is expected to officially commission commercial cell production in 2023 but reach a capacity of 75 GWh by 2026 and be operating at 125 GWh by 2030. Northvolt (Sweden): 16 GWh. Envision AESC (UK): 1.9GWh.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2022

In the future, Schaeffler will supply beam axles to automobile manufacturers, particularly in North America. For the electrification of medium-duty pick-up trucks, particularly for the North American market, Schaeffler is developing and will manufacture an electric beam axle.

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Electric Electrical Automobile Manufacturer Hungary 369

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

South Korea-based SK On (SKO), a global EV battery manufacturer, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Australia’s Global Lithium Resources to explore future business opportunities together in regard to stable supply of lithium. Incorporated in 2018, Global Lithium was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange last year.

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Supplies Global South Korea Batteries 259

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The new Audi China Building supports Audi’s efforts to establish additional research and production capacities in the country. Audi has a history of developing specific products and technologies for the Chinese market. The R&D facility will serve as a key innovation hub for the next generation of Audi technologies.

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Electric Cars Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

A new chapter in drive production at Audi is beginning in the Hungarian city of Győr, as the company commences manufacture of electric motors for the Premium Platform Electric (PPE). The newly developed electric motors will be used for the first time in the Audi Q6 e-tron series.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 29, 2024

BYD is now set to begin production at its new EV plant in Thailand in the third quarter as it looks to accelerate overseas sales. BYD set to begin EV production in Thailand in Q3 After showcasing its full range of brands at the Bangkok Auto Show this week, BYD said it will kick off EV production in the country in Q3.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2018

Series production of electric motors officially started in Audi’s Gy?r, r, Hungary plant. The electric motors are produced on floor space of 8,500 square meters using an innovative modular assembly production concept. The company has invested a double-digit million amount to set up the motor production facility.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

Global lithium ion production capacity could reach over 6,000 GWh (6 TWh) by the end of the decade based on current plans, as companies accelerate gigafactory construction in Europe and the US, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. Production of lithium last year was around 480,000 tonnes of LCE. trillion (US$1.4

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2016

Audi will transfer production of the Audi A1 from Brussels to Martorell in Spain; in 2014, Audi Brussels produced 115,378 Audi A1 models. The Audi Q3, currently produced in Spain, will be built in Győr (Hungary) in the future. The new model distribution will enhance our production efficiency and strengthen all of the sites involved.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

He added that overseas production is essential for an international brand. It opened facilities in Thailand this year and announced plans to build a production site in Hungary in the next three years. BYD isn’t the only electric vehicle manufacturer with its sights on Mexico. Latin America is BYD’s next target.

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