Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Halewood will deliver to the vehicles’ assembly lines at Ford Otosan plants in Romania and Turkey, making up a significant share of Ford UK’s annual export value from the Merseyside plant, as well as Dagenham—currently worth £2.1 billion (US$2.6 billion) annually.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2023

All models will be built in Craiova, Romania, by Ford Otosan, the manufacturer of the best-selling Transit Custom and segment-leading E-Transit. The line-up features both van and double-cab-in-van bodystyles, and includes a choice of attractive series including the high-specification Limited and Active models.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Globally Ford is investing more than $50 billion in EVs through 2026; this includes various European manufacturing announcements made in 2022: In December 2022, Ford announced a further £125 million investment into the Halewood Plant, UK, taking total investment to almost £380 million.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2023

The battery cells will be manufactured at three locations in Europe: Douvrain, Kaiserslautern and Termoli (Link). The plants in Untertuerkheim and Sebes (Romania) will produce electric drive units for new MMA and MB.EA platform models starting in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2023

As ZF’s first pure software product, cubiX offers another decisive advantage: The platform is compatible with various actuators such as dampers, brakes or rear-axle steering—regardless of the manufacturer or the specific design. Future updates or upgrades to the software can be carried out over-the-air.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2014

The three-year research project “eRamp”, intended to strengthen and expand Germany and Europe as centers of expertise for the manufacture of power electronics, launched at Infineon Technologies in Dresden. Manufacturing Power Electronics' Twenty-six research partners from six countries are participating. million) project.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

of new-car registrations, according to data from ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. digit gains were also seen in Belgium (+17.7%), Slovenia (+18.2%), Hungary (+18.4%), Sweden (+30.5%) and Romania (+31.1%). In the last quarter of 2019, EU demand for diesel cars further decreased , dropping to 29.5%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

TECO 2030 is a partner in the project Green Hydrogen @ Blue Danube, together with players such as Siemens, Bosch, AVL and Verbund, where hydrogen generated from solar and wind power will be produced in Romania and transported on barges along the Danube to industrial buyers in Austria and Germany.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Proposed in July 2021, Italy, Portugal, Bulgaria, Slovakia, and Romania all pushed to delay the sales ban in mid-2022. However, several car companies, including Volkswagen, have already committed to stop manufacturing gas-powered engines before the 2035 goal. VW is planning to phase out ICE cars in Europe by 2033.

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Teslarati

MARCH 14, 2022

It will be produced in Craiova, Romania, starting in 2024. Ford announced that it also signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding for a new, industry-leading joint venture in Turkey with battery manufacturers SK On Co., EV Production Boost in Romania. ” Ford will also introduce an electric version of the Ford Puma.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

in the EU, compared to the same month a year earlier, according to data from the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association). The biggest contraction was noted in Portugal (-47.4%) and the largest increase in Romania (+86.4%). In January 2012, demand for new cars dropped by 7.1% The results were the lowest since January 2009.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2014

The steel-based technology and capital goods group voestalpine’s 17 th production site in the United States began operation , manufacturing ultra-high strength body-in-white components for premium car manufacturers in Cartersville, Georgia.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The automotive manufacturing sector is responsible for more than 5% of the overall manufacturing employment in 13 EU Member States, with more than 60% of these workers employed by automotive suppliers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

In Romania, it was announced at the end of December that the production of the Alro smelter would be cut by 60%, blaming unsustainable energy prices. In Galicia (Spain), Alcoa has decided to completely close its primary aluminum smelter—the second largest in Europe—for two years (until the end of 2023).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2016

HELLA manufactures fuel pumps in Germany, Romania, the US, Mexico and China. HELLA’s fuel-pump production capacity currently totals more than six million units per year, and the company has increased capacity in the mid-term.

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Fuel Romania Downsizing Mexico 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Craiova Engine Plant (Romania). 2007) “Environmentally Friendly and Low Cost Manufacturing – Implementation of MQL Machining (Minimum Quantity Lubrication),” SAE Technical Paper 2007-01-1338 doi: 10.4271/2007-01-1338 Stoll, A., Manufacturing Sustainability Water' Cologne Engine Plant (Germany). Romeo Engine Plant (Michigan).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 31, 2024

As a result, cars made in China outsold cars made in Italy, Korea, Morocco, and Romania, while also closing the gap between cars made in Turkey and the UK. Despite the strong performance of its electric models (the MG 4 was the fourth most-registered electric car in February), petrol models were the main driver of growth for the manufacturer.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2016

Purchasing, engineering and manufacturing were the main contributors. Renault and Nissan, which together sell one in 10 cars globally, converged four key functions in 2014: Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering & Supply Chain Management, Purchasing and Human Resources. Renault-Nissan Alliance generated €4.3 billion (US$4.8

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2010

The biofuel version of Dacia Sandero is manufactured by the brand’s ISO 14001-certified factory in Pitesti, Romania. JEC is a European consortium made up of the JRC (Joint Research Centre, a European Commission body), EUCAR and CONCAWE.

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France Romania Fuel Alternative Fuels 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

liter EcoBoost is also built in Ford’s Craiova, Romania, engine plant. Designed at Ford’s research and development centres in Aachen and Merkenich, Germany, and Dunton, U.K., Both Cologne and Craiova plants were upgraded to facilitate 1.0-liter Both Cologne and Craiova plants were upgraded to facilitate 1.0-liter

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Ford Production Romania Transit Connect 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

European production capacity could increase to up to 700,000 units per year as production of the new small EcoBoost engine at Cologne is joined by Ford’s new engine plant in Craiova, Romania, in manufacturing the new 1.0-litre litre EcoBoost engine in early 2012. liter EcoBoost engines per year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

A new study by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) finds that the affordability of electric cars remains a strong deterrent for customers across the EU, along with lack of infrastructure and lack of investment in infrastructure. A natural shift in the market will not happen without addressing these barriers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2013

Locations with 3-Wet capability in Asia Pacific include Chennai Assembly, Tamil Nadu, India; CAF 2, Chongqing, China; and Ford Thailand Manufacturing, Rayong, Thailand. The only current location with 3-Wet capability in Europe is Craiova Assembly Plant, Craiova, Romania.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2017

Over the course of eight hours, 14 entrepreneurial companies from Romania, Spain and Germany presented themselves in 30‑minute sessions in front of eight judges. There they will be able to develop their ideas for the market with support from Volkswagen experts and financial support from the state capital, Dresden.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2018

The European Commission is taking the UK to court—along with Germany, France, Italy, Romania, and Hungary—over its long-standing failure to meet EU limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO?). New legislation enabling the Transport Secretary to compel manufacturers to recall vehicles and machinery for any failures. billion (US$4.7-billion)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2013

liter EcoBoost—the fifth member of the EcoBoost family—will commence initially at Ford’s facility in Craiova, Romania, later this month. Other manufacturing locations will be announced in the future. Production of the four-cylinder 1.5-liter

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Fusion Water Ford Engine 246

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2015

Fergal McGrath and Julian Warren, based at Honda’s European manufacturing facility in Swindon, UK, volunteered to take up the challenge and will be charged with driving an average 370 miles (595 km) each day. Under the rules of the title attempt, the same two drivers must be in the car for every kilometer of the journey.

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Electric Vehicles India

MAY 20, 2021

At the moment, Fast Despatch Logistics has marked its footsteps and made its presence in countries such as Bulgaria, France, Germany, and Romania alongside the UK. If you are an EV manufacturer or EV Dealer or EV Supporter who want to share news related to electric vehicles on our website, please send an email to crm@electricvehicles.in.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2011

has developed manufacturing systems that make complex stators, which are used as a key component of electric motors including those used by the hybrid automotive industry. is a leading supplier of product industrialization and process development systems used in the design and manufacturing of special machine and automatic assembly lines.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2022

In addition, Ford’s top-selling passenger vehicle in Europe, the Ford Puma, will be available as an electric version made in Craiova, Romania, starting in 2024. The joint venture would be located near Ankara and will manufacture high Nickel NMC cells for assembly into battery array modules.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 13, 2022

Nonetheless, I was shocked to see the figure that just came out from an EU EV charging analysis conducted by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) — “half of all charging points for electric […]. We’ve hosted conferences on EV charging within Europe.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2015

While manufacturers including Ford are working toward autonomous vehicles, our customers are already embracing many of the smart technologies that make driving and parking easier and safer. In the past year, more customers in Ireland went for diesel-powered cars (70%) than anywhere else, followed by Turkey and Romania (both 65%).

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 24, 2021

Manufacturers made it standard before government agencies got around to telling them to. At the other extreme are Bulgaria and Romania—Spain was doing poorly, but in a very few years it has come up to near the top of the list.”. Formal requirements came long afterwards—in Europe in 2004 and in the United States in 2012.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2009

Romania was the first and so far only Eastern European Member State to introduce CO 2 -related taxation last year as part of a more comprehensive overhaul of vehicle taxation in the country. In 2008, motor vehicle taxes in the EU 15 added up to €378 billion (US$501 billion) or 4.1%

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

The recognized benefits of industrial facilities, including manufacturing products, employment and tax revenues, are not addressed in the report. The industrial facilities covered by the analysis include large power plants, refineries, manufacturing combustion and industrial processes, waste and certain agricultural activities.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

DAF is the market leader in the Netherlands, Belgium, the UK, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania and Hungary. In the total European tractor segment (15 ton+) DAF has achieved a market share of more than 21% during the first six months of 2010, making the Dutch truck manufacturer the market leader within the European Union.

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Eaton Hybrid Czech Republic Production 207

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

to 112,087 units, according to figures from the UK’s SMMT (Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders). The new car market in the UK continued to decline sharply at the start of 2009, with volumes down by 30.9% SMMT expects the market to decline by 19.3% in 2009 to 1.72 million units. More than 10 years old. More than 10 years old.

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