Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

MW simultaneously, this facility will become a one-of-a-kind, pioneering electric battery laboratory in Spain. SEAT has begun work on its future Test Center Energy (TCE), the new automotive battery lab that will be located at the SEAT plant in Martorell. With an investment of more than €7 million, the new center will develop and test various energy systems for electric and hybrid vehicles. With a testing capacity that can reach 1.3

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MAY 3, 2021

Our state of the art technology was chosen to be part of an immersive, real-life charging experience for the launch of Audi’s e-tron GT in Spain. Alex Pérez of Audi Spain. The post Groundbreaking innovation at Audi Spain launch appeared first on EVOLVE.

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APRIL 22, 2021

Formula E will race in Spain for the first time ever this weekend at the Valencia ePrix, with races on both Saturday and Sunday. more… The post Formula E races in Spain for the first time at 2021 Valencia ePrix this weekend appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

Through the agreement, CLH will develop hydrogen production assets and downstream markets in Spain, in the industrial, mobility and power production/storage sectors for distribution to Plug Power customers throughout Europe. In Spain, it has a pipeline network more than 4,000 kilometers in length and 39 storage facilities with capacity for 8 million cubic meters, as well as being present at the main Spanish airports. Plug Power Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

Mercedes-Benz will run the Mercedes-Benz EQC electric vehicle through hot weather trials in Spain. Optimum management of these physical characteristics is the aim of the extreme tests in Spain. Fine dust is also a particular challenge during the trials in Spain, as the test technicians want to know where this dust might be deposited in the components, and whether the sealing concept works in practice.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2017

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, and GAS NATURAL FENOSA signed a strategic agreement to promote joint innovation projects and expand the use of natural gas as a vehicle fuel in Spain. In Spain there are currently 50 public stations that supply natural gas, 27 of which belong to GAS NATURAL FENOSA.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 6, 2014

Nissan officially started production of its second electric vehicle, the Nissan e-NV200 small van, at its assembly plant in Barcelona, Spain. The battery-electric van blends the powertrain of a Nissan Leaf battery-electric hatchback, including its in-floor battery pack and electric motor driving the front wheels, with the tall body of the NV200

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2016

Audi will transfer production of the Audi A1 from Brussels to Martorell in Spain; in 2014, Audi Brussels produced 115,378 Audi A1 models. The Audi Q3, currently produced in Spain, will be built in Győr (Hungary) in the future. As of 2018, Audi Brussels will produce exclusively the commercial version of Audi’s e-tron quattro battery-electric SUV ( earlier post ). The plant will also produce its own battery packs.

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Green Cars News

MAY 10, 2011

The Government of Spain is aiming to stimulate the electric vehicle market by approving a number of incentives. Electric cars Green cars Latest news electric vehicles Spain Spain electric vehicle subsidiesAmong the efforts announces are direct subsidies for the purchase of the vehicles with a budget of €72million for 2011. Electric cars will be subsidised for up to 25 per cent of the purchase price before tax; [.].

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Spanish domestic waste collection and processing company Urbaser has taken delivery of the first 26 t hybrid truck fitted with a refuse collection body in Spain. The 320 hp (235 kW) 6x2*4 Premium Distribution Hybrys Tech can cut fuel consumption by as much as 20%.

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Green Car Congress

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. Sanyo will develop the cells and the battery pack and make the cells and Ficosa will address the assembly process of the batteries in Viladecavalls facilities (Barcelona) to provide for the SEAT and Volkswagen factories in Spain and Portugal.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

SEAT, a member of the Volkswagen Group, and Gas Natural Fenosa have signed a strategic agreement to develop and to promote the use of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) in the automotive field in Spain, in the coming years. Gas Natural Fenosa is a Spain-based natural gas utilities company with operations in more than 25 countries, 16 GW of installed power and a diversified mix of electricity generation.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2011

Sales of electric vehicles in Spain are low, reports El Mundo: 314 units were sold during the first eleven months of the year, representing 0.04% of the total 741,600 units sold during that time. For the month of November alone, sales stood at 45 units, or 0.07% of the market. Fleets or public entities are the largest buyers of EVs, according to the report. Madrid has the most electric vehicles registered at 149 units, followed by Catalonia with 56.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2010

Enel, Endesa and the Renault-Nissan Alliance signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at developing electric mobility across several geographical areas in Italy, Spain and Latin America. Joint evaluation for development of pilot projects in areas to be identified in Italy, Spain and Latin America.

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Green Car Congress

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. The Group also chose to produce its future EV in Spain as close as possible to the sales market, namely Western Europe, in order to simplify logistics.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2013

General Motors and PSA Peugeot Citroën announced that as part of their existing alliance agreement ( earlier post ), B-MPVs from both companies will be built in the GM España plant in Zaragoza. As previously announced, the Alliance is responsible for developing a next generation of B-segment MPVs based on a PSA Peugeot Citroën platform. This program is one of the three projects which were agreed upon and signed by both partners in December 2012.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 30, 2012

Electric cars Green cars Mitsubishi electric cars electric vehicle infrastructure green cars Hitachi Mitsubishi Corporation SpainSpainhas been slow to embrace electric cars – but that may all change thanks to a new Smart Community System Demonstration Project, led by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Mitsubishi Corporation and Hitachi. The project aims to demonstrate and verify various businesses that are needed to establish an electric vehicle transportation infrastructure inSpain.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 5, 2010

Spain has decided to extend its version of the scrappage scheme, to continue support for car industry. Tags: Green credentials C02 car buying extend fund incentive scheme scrappage Spain Spanish industry minister, Miguel Sebastian announced an extension of the Plan 200E scheme earlier this week, according to Costa News. Under the Spanish system, motorists can buy a new or used car up to five years old by scrapping a [.].

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Under a Memorandum of Understanding signed by both parties, Nissan and Endesa have agreed to advance the technical progress and deployment of Direct Current (DC) quick charging technology throughout Spain. The network will be compatible with the Nissan LEAF electric vehicle, which is expected to go on sale in Spain in June 2011. Nissan Motor Co., and Endesa, Spain’s largest electricity supply company, are developing a Quick Charging network for electric vehicles.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 8, 2011

According to a report by El Mundo, sales of electric cars in Spain are low – with just 314 units sold during the first 11 months of the year. Electric cars Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news electric car sales hybrid car sales SpainIt seems the Spanish just can’t take to electric cars – but hybrid cars are finally catching on. That represents a weak 0.04 per cent of [.].

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 19, 2010

Izaro is based in Spain and its proposed GTE is a new sports Small companies developing hybrid and electric sports cars with Ferrari-rivaling performance may seem fairly common these days, and the latest entrant into this growing market segment--Izaro GTE--seems determined to follow in the footsteps of other fledgling green sports car start-ups.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2010

Acciona and the Renault-Nissan Alliance signed an agreement to promote the adoption of electric vehicles in Spain. According to the terms of the agreement, Acciona will bring its capacity to develop an intelligent charging network, provide associated services and supply electricity produced from renewable sources. This implementation will be done in coordination with the forecasts of the Renault-Nissan Alliance for the commercialization of electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2012

and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) as contractors for the Smart Community System Demonstration Project in Spain, as the result of a feasibility study which was conducted from March through October 2011 by the three companies. The project, which is aligned with the Malaga Smartcity Project currently under way in Malaga, Spain, will demonstrate and verify various businesses necessary for establishing a transportation infrastructure for electric vehicles.

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Green Cars News

MAY 9, 2009

Having already established an electric vehicle testing programme in Austria, Think will continue its European expansion in Spain where it will deliver 550 City electric vehicles. A pre programme demonstration project that begins with five Think City vehicles will start in the early summer with the intention of gaining real time experience of running and operating electric cars in Spain. According to Richard Canny, CEO of Think, Spain is an important market.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Electric vehicles in Spain and Portugalare set to benefit from a new collaboration between Volkswagen Group member SEAT, Ficosa and Sanyo; which will focus on the development of batteries for the region. Electric cars Green cars Latest news SEAT electric car batteries Ficosa Portugal Sanyo Spain

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Green Cars News

APRIL 7, 2010

Tags: Electric cars electricity fund grant production Spain subsidy

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 17, 2013

A new car club is to launch in Spain which will allow motorists to rent a Nissan LEAF electric supermini by the hour. The new car sharing schemes in Madrid and Barcelona will be run by a division of ALD Automotive and will be predominately aimed at small businesses without the resources or need for [.]. Electric cars Nissan

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2009

Think signed an MOU for 550 units for Spain. Spain’s Industry Ministry is supporting the introduction of EVs in Spain, and is aiming to install electric car infrastructure in several cities, as well as subsidizing the government, municipal and private purchase of smaller EV fleets. NK city EVs, five of the vehicles will be delivered to Spain this summer for a demonstration program. Click to enlarge.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Spanish electric car makers Quimera has successfully taken its All Electric GT prototype or a first test drive around the F1 circuit Alcañiz (Motorland), Spain. The multinational project management firm says its AEGT01 model is the most powerful EV in the world, achieving an impressive 0-60 mph in just over three seconds. With three electric [.]. Electric cars AEGT01 Frankfurt Motor Show performance Quimera Spanish

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Green Car Reports

MAY 24, 2012

Nissan announced yesterday that it would start building its e-NV 200 electric van in Spain next year The small van will be Nissan's second electric vehicle globally. It follows the Leaf compact electric hatchback, which went on sale in December 2010 as a 2011 model. First shown at this year's Detroit Auto Show, the e-NV200 uses essentially the

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 10, 2010

Tags: Electric cars grant hybrids Spain

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 8, 2009

Though Renault may be a French manufacturer, it can boast a number of roots in Spain where it already produces the Megane Hatchback, the Megane Estate, the Modus and the Grand Modus. The company also hopes to produce its future electric vehicle in Spain as close as possible to the sales market in order to simplify logistics. Tags: Electric cars Latest news Renault Renault Twizy ZE Concept Spain Valladolid

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2013

A Spanish seaside resort near Cadiz has become the home of the first plant in the world to convert sewage into algae fuel. The new EU-backed algae biofuel demonstration project, called All-Gas, aims to demonstrate the feasibility of using wastewater to cultivate algae, from which oil can be extr[.]. Biofuels

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Green Car Reports

AUGUST 2, 2012

As we pointed out yesterday, sales of purely electric cars in the U.S. aren’t as high as many in the industry hoped they would be. In an attempt to get more customers, Nissan has lowered the lease prices of its 2012 Nissan Leaf SV and 2012 Nissan Leaf SL, while automakers in Europe have slashed electric car sticker prices by $11,000. To date

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 17, 2010

However, only the eternal optimist could put a positive spin on Spain’s electric car sales results. Admittedly Spain has managed to sell 16 times as many electric cars as last year [.]. Tags: Electric cars The Green Piece incentive investment Sales Spain Tuesday 17 August 2010. The Green Piece Column Sometimes it can be debated as to whether the glass is half full or half empty.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 5, 2011

Technology specialists Siemens and infrastructure experts FCC have joined forces to develop and implement electric vehicles in Spain in a bid for the companies to become leaders in electric vehicles. Electric cars Latest news charging points FCC Siemens SpainSiemens will act as a technology partner and provide the technology related to charging systems and FCC will be in charge of building the charging [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 15, 2011

Honda is to run a demonstration programmed for its EV-neo electric scooter in Barcelona in conjunction with the city’s council. The programme launches next month and will see 18 of the new battery-powered scooters loaned to the Spanish city’s council for a period of one year. The scooter operates using a 2.8kw motor and a [.]. Honda Barcelona electric scooter ev neo

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 6, 2012

We almost can’t believe this next story, but Renault is giving a free Twizy with every Laguna or Espace model it sells in Spain. The newly-launched electric quadricycle is a tasty little tempter designed to help boost vehicle sales in Spain’s flagging car market. Unfortunately that means that Renault has already ruled out the possibility [.]. Renault Renault Twizy Twizy ZE

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Green Car Reports

MAY 20, 2016

One of those countries is Spain, and it's about to get a whole lot more Leaf taxis. Green Europe Nissan Leaf Taxi Spain plug-in cars taxiThe Nissan Leaf is not only the world's best-selling electric car, but also probably the world's most popular electric taxi. Leaf taxis operate in several European countries, enduring the same demanding conditions as gasoline, diesel, and hybrid cabs. DON'T MISS.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2021

Most EU markets posted double-digit declines in this segment, including three of the four major ones: Germany (-29.4%), Spain (-28.3%) and France (-11.1%). By contrast, demand for battery electric cars declined in Spain (-12.6%) from January to March.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

A phased approach is anticipated with first deliveries in Spain and the Southwest of France followed by an extension towards the East of France and then Germany. A series of projects and partnerships are currently being launched involving several of the 30 participants of HyDeal Ambition, with a first initiative expected within a year in Spain, based on a portfolio of solar sites with a capacity of close to 10 GW.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Losses were seen in Spain (-13.5%) and France (-3.0%), while Italy (+9.5%) and Germany (+8.4%) showed solid gains. Among the major markets, Spain saw the steepest drop (-38.3%) so far this year, followed by Italy (-34.2%), France (-28.9%) and Germany (-25.5%).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2020

The strongest drops were posted by Italy (-66.1%), Spain (-64.4%) and France (-63.1%). The four major markets, Spain (-31.7%), France (-26.9%), Italy (-26.6%) and Germany (-14.4%), all faced double-digit losses so far this year. and Spain saw a 67.2%

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