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FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has started transporting new cars by cross-channel rail services between its Valenciennes Vehicle Logistics hub in France and Toton (UK). This launch signals the first phase of its Pan-European plan to move a larger share of vehicles by rail freight in line with its ambition to decarbonize its logistics operations.

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Czech Republic Europe Transportation Toyota 396

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AUGUST 24, 2022

Ford is backtracking on its plans to develop groundbreaking electric vehicles in Spain after its forecasting for the European market has been “revised,” the company said. In June, Ford said it would begin building electric vehicles in Valencia, Spain, with a next-generation EV architecture.

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APRIL 26, 2020

In March 2020, demand for new commercial vehicles fell by 47.3% across the EU, as measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 lead to the closure of dealerships, according to the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). The strongest drops were posted by Italy (-66.1%), Spain (-64.4%) and France (-63.1%).

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OCTOBER 29, 2011

Volkswagen Group member SEAT, Ficosa and Sanyo have signed an agreement to promote the development of batteries for electric vehicles in Spain and Portugal. To SEAT president James Muir, this partnership represents “ a major breakthrough in the bid for the development of SEAT alternative vehicles.

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Portugal Spain Electric Vehicles NiMH 218

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MARCH 7, 2023

EU battery manufacturing is caught in the crossfire between America and China. —Julia Poliscanova, senior director for vehicles and emobility at T&E Germany, Hungary, Spain, Italy and the UK stand to lose the most if battery-makers change their plans. Europe must act or risk losing it all.

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JUNE 26, 2022

In a recent press release, Ford announced that it chose the company’s Valencia, Spain, plant for something special. But it was so busy being defensive about the choice that we learned a lot more about its plans for Germany than we did about the news in Spain.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2023

is leading the development of the Small BEV family for the Volkswagen Group and will start producing fully electric vehicles by 2025 for different brands. Our ambition is to produce electric vehicles made in Spain from 2025 and, as part of this transformation, Martorell will also manufacture the CUPRA UrbanRebel.

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Conversion Production Spain Audi 293

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FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Nebrija University (Spain) students undertook the redesign and technological improvement of a car of the Sodicars team that took part in the 2023 Dakar Rally in the top-class category (T1).The The agreement focuses in particular on the redesign of and technological improvements to Sodicars’ BV2 vehicle.

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Universal Vehicles Fusion Design 259

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MAY 4, 2020

New data shows that motor vehicles generate more than €440 billion in taxation per year for national governments in the major EU markets plus the UK, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reports. —Eric-Mark Huitema, ACEA Director General. The top 5 countries with the highest motor tax revenues are: Germany ?

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Motor Motors Motoring Market 284

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APRIL 27, 2020

All alternatively-powered vehicles (APV) combined accounted for 15.0% of the EU bus market in 2019, with electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECV) making up 4.0% of total new bus registrations, according to the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). Electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECV) accounted for 4.0%

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MAY 14, 2022

The electric Solaris vehicles the Madrid operator has opted for be equipped with 400 kWh battery packs, which will ensure an adequate range and operability of the buses for the metropolis. The drive unit of the vehicles will be a 180 kW central motor. Solaris has been present in Spain for more than 10 years now.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

of passenger cars sold in the EU were electrically-chargeable vehicles, compared to 3.0% during the same period last year, according to data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). In the third quarter of 2020, 9.9% in July-September 2019 to 75.4% in the third quarter of the year.

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Market Sale Cyprus Gasoline-Electric 353

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APRIL 10, 2018

Germany-based Akasol is manufacturing lithium-ion battery systems for Daimler subsidiary EvoBus. The leading European bus manufacturer plans to launch its new electric Citaro bus ( earlier post ) at the IAA Commercial Vehicles event in September. Series manufacturing of the Citaro electric bus starts this year.

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Li-ion Manufacturer Lithium Ion Sweden 207

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MAY 31, 2022

The new vehicle marks the third body type under the agreement, completing a full LCV line-up, with compact-, mid- and now also a large-size LCV. The new vehicle will be produced at Stellantis’ plants in Gliwice, Poland and Atessa, Italy. —Carlos Tavares, Stellantis CEO.

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Europe Commercial Toyota Poland 321

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JULY 22, 2022

ArcelorMittal and Tier 1 automotive supplier Gestamp have successfully trialed the use of low-carbon emissions steel for use in car parts that will ultimately be used in the production of vehicles in Spain and throughout Europe. A car’s tunnel. Picture credits: © ArcelorMittal.

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Carbon Parts Emissions Cars 459

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MARCH 25, 2022

The Volkswagen Group will apply to Spain’s Electric Vehicle PERTE program after the Spanish government announced it will open the call for applications on 1 April 2022. Furthermore, Volkswagen announced Valencia as the dedicated location for a new battery cell gigafactory in Spain. —Thomas Schmall.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

Loop Energy is a leading designer and manufacturer of fuel cell systems targeted for the electrification of commercial vehicles, including light commercial vehicles, transit buses and medium- and heavy-duty trucks. Loop’s products feature the proprietary eFlow technology in the fuel cell stack’s bipolar plates.

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Hydrogen Commercial Energy Power 199

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MARCH 10, 2020

After a large increase of new vehicle registrations in Europe in December 2019, volumes for January decreased, marking another month of transition for the complex new car market. Electrified vehicles provided the only driver of growth for the market in January. from January 2019, according to JATO Dynamics. compared to just 7.1%

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2020 Europe Vehicles Land Rover 243

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MAY 13, 2020

In the first quarter of 2020, the electrically-chargeable vehicle segment in Europe significantly increased its market share, rising to 6.8% (from 2.5% All the markets in the region went into decline, notably the four largest ones: Italy (-49.8%), France (-36.6%), Spain (-33.8%) and Germany (-23.0%). Graph: ACEA. to 738,392.

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Plug-in 2020 Market Europe 243

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AUGUST 5, 2020

An Ipsos Auto Global Study has found that new vehicle owners in US, China, EURO5 and Brazil desire autonomous functionality in their next vehicle. However, vehicle owners still have an interest in the latest technology and are willing to try it. Now many countries have reduced restrictions and their economies have responded.

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Global Brazil Vehicles Spain 170

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Renault, which already produces Mégane Hatchback, Mégane Estate, Modus and Grand Modus exclusively in Spain, has chosen to manufacture the future electric vehicle (EV) based on Twizy ZE Concept ( earlier post ) at Valladolid, 150 km north west of Madrid. Production will start in 2011. The Twizy ZE Concept. Click to enlarge.

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Spain Concept France 2013 223

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JULY 18, 2019

The Climate Group announced that global pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca will join its business leadership initiative on electric vehicles, EV100 ( earlier post ); AstraZeneca will switch its 16,000-vehicle fleet to electric by 2030. 213 in Spain (35% of Spanish fleet). 245 in France (over 50% of French fleet).

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

These changes are driven by the transition to fully electric powertrains and reduced vehicle complexity. Ford will maintain an engineering organization of approximately 3,400 roles in Europe, focused on vehicle design and development, as well as the creation of connected services.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2020

IVECO and FPT Industrial, the commercial vehicle and powertrain brands of CNH Industrial N.V., and Nikola Motor Company will manufacture , through their European joint venture, the Nikola TRE in Ulm, Germany, at the IVECO manufacturing facility. —Gerrit Marx, President Commercial and Speciality Vehicles, CNH Industrial.

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Germany Companies Motor Motors 284

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JANUARY 21, 2021

A new study by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) has found that there are currently 6.2 million medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles on the EU’s roads, the average age of which is 13 years. Almost 98% of all these trucks run on diesel, according to the 2021 Vehicles in Use report.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

In the second quarter of 2020, the market share of electrically-chargeable vehicles increased to 7.2% share during the same period last year, according to figures from ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). in Spain and 48.8% All alternatively-powered vehicles (APV) combined represented 18.7% Source: ACEA.

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2020 Market Europe Spain 357

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JUNE 28, 2022

Public transport operator AUVASA (Autobuses Urbanos de Valladolid) in Spain has signed a framework agreement with Irizar e-mobility that anticipates 30 Irizar ie tram model zero-emissions buses and associated charging infrastructure. The vehicles will be powered by latest generation batteries with a capacity of 630 kWh of on-board energy.

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Emissions Spain Charging Transportation 273

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JANUARY 8, 2022

Overall Mercedes-Benz Cars delivered 2,093,476 vehicles (-5.0%) between January and December 2021, as a lack of semiconductors delayed the supply of vehicles despite strong demand for passenger cars and vans in all segments and across all regions. In Europe, Spain emerged as a strong market with deliveries up 23.2% respectively.

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Mercedes Vehicles Iceland China 199

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JANUARY 29, 2013

In December, new commercial vehicle registrations continued the downward trend which prevailed throughout 2012, amounting to 125,825 units, according to the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). From January to December, a total of 1,695,173 new commercial vehicles were registered in the EU, or 12.4%

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2012 Commercial Spain Italy 231

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APRIL 16, 2015

PSA Peugeot Citroën (PSA) and General Motors (GM) announced that as part of their existing alliance agreement ( earlier post ), the next generation small light commercial vehicles (B-LCV) from both companies will be built in the PSA plant in Vigo, Spain. The first vehicles will be on the market in 2018.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) has published an interactive map that illustrates the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and GDP per capita for each of the 27 EU member states and the United Kingdom. Across the EU, 3.0% Across the EU, 3.0% and Italy 0.9%).

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Affordable United Kingdom Greece Market 259

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AUGUST 29, 2022

The first test simulates operation of the battery in a vehicle to validate reliability. The dedicated battery assembly workshops are in five plants of the Stellantis Group: Vigo & Saragossa (Spain), Trnava (Slovakia), Sochaux & Mulhouse (France) and soon Hordain (France). A performance test stimulates the battery at full rate.

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Batteries Battery Slovakia France 434

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JUNE 15, 2017

The EAGLE (Efficient Additivated Gasoline Lean Engine) European research project is led by the French research organization IFP Energies nouvelles, with the participation of eight partners from Germany, France, Italy and Spain. —Jean-Marc Zaccardi, researcher at IFP Energies nouvelles and coordinator of the project.

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Gasoline Engine Manufacturer France 170

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JANUARY 23, 2022

The VETERIA21, which is being developed by AIMPLAS, a plastics technology company located in Spain, is focusing on advanced manufacturing processes to obtain sustainable materials for the electric vehicle industry. The goal is to reduce the weight in electric vehicles, starting with battery casings.

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Spain Batteries Battery Electric Vehicles 124

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APRIL 30, 2020

Global vehicle sales totalled 5.55 Markets were significantly hit in Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Slovenia, Greece and Portugal, where the combined volume fell from 634,600 units in March 2019 to 161,800 units last month. million units in March 2020, down by 39% from March 2019. million units.

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Europe Market Sale Global 261

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MARCH 18, 2023

Gigafactory Valencia will start production of the unified cell in 2026 and will directly employ more than 3,000 people in the future, with a further up to 30,000 indirect jobs potentially being created at suppliers and partners in Spain according to a recent study. PowerCo is aiming to manufacture sustainable batteries in Valencia.

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Spain Solar Low Cost Supplies 195

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APRIL 27, 2012

In March, new commercial vehicle registrations dropped by 11.8%, totaling 184,235 units in the EU, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA). in Spain and -45.4% in Spain and 36.1% In total, the EU recorded 451,244 new commercial vehicles. New Light Commercial Vehicles up to 3.5t.

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