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VW cuts hours at major Wolfsburg plant over portions inadequency

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BERLIN — Volkswagen is lowering paintings hours for staff on the automaker’s major plant in Wolfsburg for 3 weeks in September because of a portions inadequency brought about by way of contemporary floods in Slovenia, a spokesperson for the corporate stated on Monday. 12, the employees’ fee stated extreme past.

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Volkswagen Passenger Cars lifts global deliveries of BEV vehicles by 197% and of electric vehicles overall by 158% in 2020

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3 was the most frequently delivered BEV in Finland, Slovenia and Norway in December. Even though it was only introduced in the second half of the year, it ranked in the top of the sales charts in many countries almost right away. —Klaus Zellmer, the board member responsible for Sales of Volkswagen Passenger Cars. In Sweden, the ID.3

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First project in European BATTERY 2030+ research initiative begins this month

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BATTERY 2030+ complements the short-term initiatives launched in the framework of the European Battery Alliance to develop large-scale manufacturing capacities, and the short-to-medium term research and innovation projects undertaken within the Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe work programs. Manufacturability. Battery challenges.

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4Q 2019: EU diesel demand continues to drop while gasoline gains; plug-ins up 80.5% y-o-y

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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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Daimler and Geely Holding form global JV for smart; new generation of electric models

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Prior to the launch of new models from 2022 onwards, Daimler will continue to produce the current generation of smart vehicles in its Hambach plant France (smart EQ fortwo) and at Novo Mesto (Slovenia, smart EQ forfour).

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Mercedes-Benz will be producing 8 all-electric EQ models in 2022

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High-efficiency battery systems will also be manufactured and assembled within the production network. kWh/100 km) in Novo Mesto, Slovenia. With the start of production of the EQA, EQB and EQE, the plant will manufacture battery systems for a total of four Mercedes-Benz EQ models beginning in 2021.

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GE unveils LNG In A Box system

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LNG In A Box units for Gasfin will be manufactured in the United States and will be shipped to Gasfin’s LNG fueling sites in Europe. The first unit will be installed near the border of Italy and Slovenia, with the potential for an additional 25 units for expansion into Europe and the CIS countries.

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