InsideEVs

JULY 1, 2022

The brand's third factory in Europe will build 250,000 vehicles a year when series production of next-gen Volvo EVs begins in 2026.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2021

Major investments have already been made in its plants in the Czech Republic (battery assembly) and Slovakia (mild hybrid battery assembly + EV battery system assembly); Hyundai Mobis is continuously expanding its electrification capabilities in Europe and has established new production lines for core electric vehicle parts.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

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. The casting machines, originally developed for Tesla, have also been adopted recently by Ford , Toyota and Volvo owner Geely.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2021

InoBat, a battery manufacturer with a battery research and development facility and pilot plant being developed in Slovakia intends to scale up its future production through gigafactories to be built in the EMEA region.

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

READ MORE: All-new electric Kia PV5 is a gamechanger in the world of vans with its advanced tech and interchangeable rear body That’s because it’s only going to be built in Europe in land-locked Slovakia and that creates shipping logistical and cost issues. 2024 Kia EV5. 2024 Kia Concept EV3.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Europe’s natural gas production has been in continuous decline because of production limits on the Groningen field in the Netherlands and declines in the mature fields in the North Sea. Natural gas supply constraints in Europe and the low storage inventories of the past year contributed to recent increases in US LNG exports to Europe.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 18, 2024

Skoda Auto has launched series production of the second-generation Kodiaq, its SUV flagship model, at the plant in Kvasiny, Czech Republic on January 17. In preparation, the company has made considerable investments into modernising both the production line and welding shop.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2021

So far, 160 pre-orders have been received from dealers in the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands and Slovakia. For the first units of the new storage system, batteries from test and pre-production vehicles will be used; later, cells from used production vehicles can also be put through a second life cycle in this way.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

It is strong demand and, above all, the drop in production in Europe and China that is pushing prices up, while aluminum inventories are historically low. Production mainly dropped because energy prices have risen sharply in 2021. Either they close their smelters or they reduce their production, even if it means producing at a loss.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Use” was jointly prepared and notified by thirteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain and Sweden. The Member States will provide up to €5.2

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, and Enviral, the largest producer of bioethanol in Slovakia, have signed a license agreement on sunliquid cellulosic ethanol technology.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2016

To meet growing demand for gasoline engines, PSA Group plans to double production in France by 2019 of its 3-cylinder EB Turbo PureTech gasoline engine, which in 2015 was named engine of the year in its category by an international jury. Earlier post.). This will enable it to meet rising demand for gasoline engines on entry-level vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2014

eRamp research activities will focus on the rapid introduction of new production technologies and further exploration of chip packaging technologies for power semiconductors. The German project partners will investigate and develop new methods for speeding up the start of the production run. Manufacturing Power Electronics'

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2013

Audi’s current production sites include the German sites in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm; Brussels (Belgium); Gy?r r (Hungary); Bratislava (Slovakia); Changchun (China); Aurangabad (India); Martorell (Spain); and Jakarta (Indonesia). Annual production capacity will be up to 150,000 units.

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EV Obssesion

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Bratislava, Slovakia (September 21, 2021) – Slovak start-up Mobilyze closed its seed round from Vision Ventures investment fund to improve the utilization of electric vehicle charge points. The raised capital will be used to develop the product and expand Western European markets. Mobilyze is a business intelligence […].

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2022

The project, called “IPCEI Hy2Tech” was jointly prepared and notified by fifteen Member States: Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain. The Member States will provide up to €5.4 billion in public funding, which is expected to unlock additional €8.8

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Baua Electric

JUNE 29, 2023

of the personnel in neighboring Slovakia and has laid off hundreds in Italy. Car production in Austria has been underneath power from decrease hard work prices to the rustic’s east following the autumn of communism. CEO Carlos Tavares has been on a pressure to spice up potency on the conglomerate spanning 14 manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2013

Trnava, Slovakia) agreed to establish the V4G4 Centre of Excellence for performing joint research, development and innovation in the field of Generation-4 (G4) nuclear reactors. The V4 is an alliance of four Central European states—Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. wierk, Poland; and VUJE, a.s.,

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2017

As the Group announced earlier ( earlier post ), the Zwickau site is being remodeled for the launch in 2020 of the first series production of electric vehicles on the MEB platform (the I.D. This will lay a key foundation for the electrification and hybridization of the Group’s product portfolio. will be about 100,000 vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Volkswagen has already successfully implemented more than 2,700 projects and made its production processes 17% more environmentally compatible over the past three years. —Thomas Ulbrich, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand responsible for Production and Logistics. Think Blue.

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Teslarati

JUNE 27, 2022

Aptera has announced that they will be using EVE Energy batteries in their upcoming production car, and the batteries will be produced in San Diego. Today, they have announced yet another partnership, this time with EVE Energy, a Chinese battery manufacturer who will be supplying Aptera with batteries made in a San Diego production facility.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

environmental program: since 2011, the consumption of resources in vehicle production has been reduced by an average of 24.3% ( Earlier post.) To achieve that, Volkswagen has successfully implemented more than 3,400 environmental measures and projects in production at its plants throughout the world. day in Wolfsburg.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2019

As well as damaging health and reducing life expectancy, poor air quality also causes economic losses, for example, through higher health care costs, reduced yields from agriculture and forestry, and lower labor productivity. Road transport, power plants, industry, agriculture and households are the main sources of air pollutants.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

Magna continues its transformation toward electric mobility with the start of production of its mild hybrid transmission for BMW Group. The mild hybrid transmissions are built at Magna’s facilities in Neuenstein, Germany, and Kechnec, Slovakia.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2009

In 2009, Chevrolet will further expand its LPG product range throughout Europe. Switzerland, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain will offer LPG-versions in addition to the regular gasoline and diesel range. Chevrolet’s strategy is to offer LPG versions for its entire product line-up.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

Since the first-generation Kia cee’d started production at Kia’s new Slovakian manufacturing facility in December 2006, more than 1.28 More than 640,000 of the second-generation model have been built since production began in 2012. The five-door hatchback will enter production in May. million units have been built.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 14, 2011

Skoda has begun series production of its version of the VW up! The small car will be made at the Czech car maker’s production facility in Bratislava, Slovakia and will be introduced to the Czech market at the end of this year. and the SEAT Mii, the new Citigo. A pan-European roll-out will follow next [.].

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2010

The European Commission says cereal production in 2010 will be close to the average recorded since 2005. The report also says that even though the EU’s cereal harvest should reach average levels this year, extreme hot and dry conditions will have a huge impact on winter crop production in Russia.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 25, 2023

As we know, Tesla beat it to the punch by more than a decade, and even beat it to mass EV production. Like most other luxury and performance manufacturers, Porsche was a little late to the electric party. Porsche has been producing electric vehicles since 2019, when the first Porsche Taycan was sold. The Taycan […]

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The pillars will guide Kia in its efforts to reduce carbon emissions in all operational facets, from supply, logistics, vehicle production and vehicle use through to disposal of waste. In line with Kia’s RE100 commitment, Kia’s Slovakia production facility has already turned to 100% green energy in electricity generation.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2019

SEAT’s first production all-electric vehicle also lays the groundwork for future members to the family, with more EVs and PHEVs due to join the Mii electric in the near future, including the all-electric SEAT el-Born, plug-in hybrid versions of the Tarraco and Leon, and high-performance plug-in hybrid versions of CUPRA Formentor and CUPRA Leon.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In 1959 the Dutch discovered a giant natural gas field in Groningen ; in 1965 came the discovery of natural gas in the North Sea , soon followed by the first productive oil well. In 2010 European natural-gas production covered half of all consumption, but by 2020 that share was down to 40 percent. Consumption of E.U.-produced

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Voters in Slovakia audio posted to Facebook contained fake, AI-generated audio of a presidential candidate planning to steal the election—which may have tipped the election in another candidate’s favor. In particular, he says, generative AI will make it easier to carry out spear-phishing attacks. Canada: $472.87 France: $360.62 Germany: $325.87

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