Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Ballard Power Systems announced its strategy ‘local for local’ whereby it plans to deepen its global manufacturing footprint in Europe, the United States and China to support global market demand growth through 2030. Current Ballard global manufacturing capacity.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 21, 2023

myenergi, an eco-smart home technology manufacturer based in the UK, has just celebrated a big milestone, as its product sales surpassed 500,000 units. myenergi says it is firmly on track to become the UK’s largest home EV charge point provider before the end of the calendar year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2023

PowerCell has signed an agreement with Robert Bosch GmbH to manufacture the S3 fuel cell stack for PowerCell. PowerCell thereby increases its production capacity significantly and focuses on scaling up the assembly and deliveries of fuel cell systems as well as development of the next generation of fuel cell stacks. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. —Geert Bruyneel, head of global production operations. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2020

INEOS Automotive has acquired the manufacturing facility at Hambach from Mercedes-Benz and will start to build its Grenadier 4x4 there in late 2021. Manufacturing at Hambach ensures that INEOS remains on track to meet its plans to deliver the Grenadier to customers in early 2022.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2023

Ford’s EV sales grew 41.0% in Q1 2023 on sales of 10,866 electric vehicles. F-150 Lightning sales totaled 4,291 pickups with production capacity actions on track to hit an annual production run rate of 150,000 this year. EV sales thus represented 2.3% of total Ford sales. to 1,168 units.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2021

POSCO has begun production of high-purity nickel—required for secondary batteries—at SNNC. POSCO plans to manufacture and sell 99.9% Last May, POSCO took a 30% stake in the Australian company Ravensthorpe, which specializes in nickel mining and refining production.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2023

SFC Energy AG, a supplier of hydrogen and methanol fuel cells for stationary and mobile hybrid power solutions, has launched the manufacturing of hydrogen and methanol fuel cells at its New Delhi/Gurgaon site in India. SFC Energy distributes its products worldwide and has sold more than 60,000 fuel cells to date.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2021

If a ban were introduced on the sale of new gasoline and diesel cars, and they were replaced by electric cars, the result would be a significant reduction in lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions primarily due to reduced tailpipe CO 2 emissions, according to a new lifecycle study by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2022

Lordstown Motors, an OEM of electric light-duty trucks focused on the commercial fleet market, has closed the sale of its Lordstown facility and signed a contract manufacturing agreement and joint venture agreement for product development with affiliates of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

With its new EV supply chain coming online, Ford says it is significantly increasing production of the Mustang Mach-E this year to help reduce customer wait times and to take advantage of streamlined costs to reduce prices across the board, making Mustang Mach-E even more accessible to customers and keeping it competitive in the marketplace.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2022

Against the background of the Russian attack on Ukraine and the resulting consequences, the Group Board of Management of Volkswagen AG has decided to stop the production of vehicles in Russia until further notice. This decision applies to the Russian production sites in Kaluga and Nizhny Novgorod.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2022

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Group (MCHG) will increase the production capacity of natural graphite anode material from 2,000 tons/year to 12,000 tons/year at its Chinese subsidiary Qingdao Anode Kasei and affiliated company Qingdao Lingda Kasei. The production line is scheduled to start operation in the first half of fiscal 2023.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

ABB E-mobility, a leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, today announced new manufacturing operations in Columbia, South Carolina. The multi-million dollar investment will increase production of electric vehicle chargers, including Buy America Act compliant ones, and create more than 100 jobs.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

Volvo Cars reported sales of 43,666 cars in August, down 4.6% of the sales last month, with fully electric vehicles accounting for 5.7% The positive trend in production continued into August, however the pace of normalization was affected by power cuts and Covid-19 outbreaks in China. of US sales in August 2021, down from 6.6%

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2022

Another displays information about companies with in-state zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) manufacturing operations. California is also home to 43 manufacturers of ZEVs and related equipment, including batteries and infrastructure products. Building upon last year’s historic $3.9-billion

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2021

and sales of 31 zero-emission commercial vehicles, across five specialty vehicle applications for its wholly-owned subsidiary Lightning Systems. Q1 2021 Highlights: Despite supply chain headwinds, Lightning Systems reported Q1 sales of 31 purpose-built, commercial electric vehicles. Vehicle and powertrain sales of 500 units.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2022

ŠKODA AUTO has started manufacturing battery systems for all-electric vehicles based on the Volkswagen Group’s Modular Electrification Toolkit (MEB) in Mladá Boleslav. This makes the car manufacturer’s main plant the only production facility for MEB battery systems in Europe outside Germany.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2023

Ford is boosting production in the US of its popular EVs—Mustang Mach-E®, F-150 Lightning and E-Transit—along with other customer favorites such as Bronco Sport and Maverick. 1 selling overall brand as well as the top truck manufacturer and SUV brand. Ford electric vehicle sales are up 68%. sales increase.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

Kia held a groundbreaking ceremony for its dedicated plant for the production of battery-electric purpose-built vehicles (PBV). Kia will invest around one trillion KRW (approximately US$758 million) to secure 99,000 acres of land, with the company planning to start mass-production in the second half of 2025.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2020

The last e-Golf has rolled off the production line at the Transparent Factory in Dresden. A total of 50,401 vehicles have been manufactured in Dresden since March 2017. At the beginning of the new year 2021, the production area of the Transparent Factory will be reconstructed for three weeks before the first ID.3

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2023

Kia’s updated 2030 annual sales target is 4.3 Kia 2023 CEO Investor Day Kia’s 2030 global sales target of 4.3 higher than its 2023 annual sales target of 3.2 It also plans to become a leading EV brand by raising the proportion of electrified car sales to 55% (2.38 million units, of which 2.38 million units.

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Electrek

MAY 15, 2024

Commercial EV manufacturer Mullen has scored a $150 million capital infusion that will allow it to expand its domestic and international sales efforts – and put Bollinger’s beefy electric trucks into series production.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

France-based specialty chemicals and materials company Arkema announced a 50% increase in its Kynar PVDF fluoropolymer production capacities at its Pierre-Bénite site in order to address the fast-growing demand for materials for lithium-ion batteries. Arkema now aims for sales of at least €1 billion in the battery sector by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2023

signed a framework agreement with the Flemish government-owned public transport enterprise De Lijn for the sale of a first batch of 65 E-WAY full electric city buses and further batches up to a total of 500 vehicles. IVECO BUS, a brand of Iveco Group N.V.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Mitsubishi Motors will begin production of the Minicab-MiEV, a onebox kei–car-class commercial electric vehicle (EV), at PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Indonesia (MMKI), MMC’s factory in Indonesia. MMKI has a production capacity of 220,000 vehicles per year, and currently produces the Pajero Sport, Xpander, and Xpander Cross.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The US Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA) will produce cryogenically milled tire tread (CMTT) and provide samples to researchers to advance scientific study on tire and road wear particles (TRWP). Earlier post.) Earlier post.) —Sarah Amick, Vice President EHS&S and Senior Counsel, USTMA. Source: USTMA.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

Volkswagen Group executives laid out the basics of the new Group strategy “NEW AUTO – Mobility for Generations to Come”, which will see the Group realign from being a from vehicle manufacturer to a leading, global software-driven mobility provider. Like the MEB today, the SSP will be open to other auto manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2022

Partnership builds on existing relationship to deliver increased automation and sustainability for auto parts production New joint venture agreement signed by both parties on December 30th 2021 and expected to commence operation in Q2, 2022. Both parties agreed not to disclose any further details about the investment.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 19, 2022

In 2025, half of all new Porsche sales are expected to come from the sale of electric vehicles—again, all-electric or plug-in hybrid, said Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG. Further extensive investments are flowing into core technologies such as battery systems and module production. billion, €4.4

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Hexagon Purus, a world leading manufacturer of zero emission mobility solutions, has signed a long-term binding letter of intent (LOI) with Hino Motors Manufacturing US. Hexagon Purus will provide battery packs for multiple Hino truck platforms with serial production planned from 2024. billion and 2.2

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2022

Mass production of the all-new 2023 Honda CR-V hybrid began at Honda of Canada Mfg. The Indiana Auto Plant (IAP) and the East Liberty Auto Plant (ELP) in Ohio, which produced the previous CR-V Hybrid, will begin production of the 2023 CR-V hybrid in the coming months.

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Teslarati

MAY 12, 2022

Lordstown Motors announced last night it has closed the sale of its manufacturing facility in Ohio to Foxconn after the two companies signed a contract manufacturing agreement and joint venture agreement for product development. We have completed our Contract Manufacturing and Joint Venture Agreements with Foxconn.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Honda will produce an all-new hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) based on the recently launched, all-new Honda CR-V starting in 2024 at its Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC) in Marysville, Ohio. The PMC was conceived as a small volume, specialty manufacturing facility, focused on craftsmanship and hand-assembled vehicles.

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My Energi

APRIL 5, 2023

myenergi is set to become the UK’s leading home EV charge point provider, after surpassing its 500,000 unit sales milestone – despite only having been in business for seven years. In 2023, production operations will relocate to a brand new 65,000 sq.

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Electric Cars Report

JANUARY 11, 2023

British electric vehicle manufacturer Tevva has hit another major milestone after securing European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval (ECWVTA) for its 7.5 tonne battery-electric truck. electric truck in the UK and Europe appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Clean Fleet Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Most people are aware of key players like Hyundai and Nissan, but there are so many other EV manufacturers that are taking over Asia—and possibly set to conquer the international market, including the U.S. Below are just some of the EV manufacturers worth knowing about. The VinFast VF 8–now on sale in the U.S.

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