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Volvo Cars building €1.2B EV manufacturing plant in Slovakia; third in Europe

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By picking Slovakia as the location for its new plant, Volvo Cars is creating a European triangle of manufacturing covering its largest sales region—complementing the Ghent plant (Belgium) in western Europe and the Torslanda plant (Sweden) in northern Europe. The new facility represents an investment of around €1.2

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Tritium Veefil-RT 50 kW fast chargers chosen for EV and V2G research project in Slovakia

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As part of a research project into e-mobility and Vehicle to Grid (V2G) charging in Slovakia, a Tritium Veefil-RT 50kW DC fast charger has been installed at the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava. All the Veefil-RT chargers are positioned along the Belgium motorway system, linking the country’s major cities.

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Volvo Joins The 'Gigacasting' Revolution With Two New 9,000-Ton EV Giga Presses

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IDRA Group says the two giga presses – the largest ones it makes – will be installed at Volvo's dedicated EV plant in Slovakia.

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Volvo inks deal for enormous, Tesla-style giga press

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Following in Telsa’s footsteps, Volvo has just signed a contract with Italian giga press maker IDRA to install two of its largest presses at a new site in Slovakia. more… The post Volvo inks deal for enormous, Tesla-style giga press appeared first on Electrek.

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Hyundai Motor Group affiliates to join Climate Group’s RE100, aim to expand renewable energy use

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Hyundai Motor installed roof-type solar power facilities at its Asan automotive plant (South Korea) in 2013 to produce 13,000 MWh per year. The company is also producing 12,500 MWh of electricity through solar power facilities that were installed in its Ulsan plant last year, in cooperation with Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Company.

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Tesla casting machine supplier to build Giga Presses for Volvo

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Italian casting machine manufacturer IDRA announced a partnership with Volvo in a press release this week, with the company set to install two 9,000-ton Giga Presses at the automaker’s Košice, Slovakia factory.

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ŠKODA collaborates with IBG ?esko on second-life battery energy storage system; up to 328 kWh

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So far, 160 pre-orders have been received from dealers in the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands and Slovakia. At the heart of the energy storage system are batteries that were previously installed in the ŠKODA ENYAQ iV or the plug-in hybrid models SUPERB iV, OCTAVIA iV and OCTAVIA RS iV.