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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.

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

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While all five companies aim to transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050, each will make independent efforts to achieve targets ahead of schedule, by as early as 2040, depending on energy supply and demand conditions at their respective overseas operations.

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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. The system has a total capacity of up to 328 kWh, which can be used to supply fast-charging stations with a transmission power of up to 150 kW.