Electrek

APRIL 11, 2024

Chinese automaker Chery is planning to make cars in Spain, where the EV market is at just 12%, half that of Portugal and France. This would be Chery’s first manufacturing site in Europe.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Several European countries, including France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Portugal and Spain, have already prepared or announced the launch of plans to develop hydrogen.

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APRIL 17, 2022

Galp and Northvolt selected the port city of Setúbal, Portugal (southeast of Lisbon on the northern bank of the Sado River estuary) as the location for their Aurora lithium conversion plant ( earlier post ), which aims to become a steppingstone for the development of an integrated lithium-battery value-chain in Europe.

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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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MARCH 6, 2022

Northvolt will develop the site into a manufacturing plant for active material and battery cells, reusing and refurbishing much of the existing facilities and site infrastructure. Northvolt and Stora Enso recently signed a letter of intent on a purchase of the Kvarnsveden Mill and the surrounding industrial area in Borlänge, Sweden.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

mtpa low-carbon hydrogen capacity was announced in the US, Denmark, Egypt, Canada, Portugal, and other countries. This is mainly being produced by manufacturing companies such as Hydrogenics, Nel ASA, ThyssenKrupp, ITM Power, HydrogenPro, Enapter and Plug Power. On the other hand, venture finance deal values also grew from $595.23

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 11, 2021

GMW is the largest exporter of electric 3-wheelers (or e-tuktuks) from India, with a presence in UK, France, Portugal, Japan, Nepal, […].

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JULY 20, 2009

The governments of the UK and Portugal have offered to extend financial assistance and other support to ensure that Nissan locates the proposed plants within their respective countries. The UK site will be located in Sunderland where Nissan already has an existing manufacturing facility. Nissan Motor Co.,

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

To support several carbon fiber RTM programs that will begin as soon as the end of 2020, CSP and parent company Teijin are investing in a dedicated CF-RTM production line in Palmela, Portugal. The initial investment of €5.5 million will include the installation of compression presses, RTM injection units and a bonding cell.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Portugal Production 221

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AUGUST 13, 2020

In Europe, the FUSO eCanter is already operated in eleven cities in Germany, the UK, France, Portugal, Ireland, the Netherlands and Denmark to deliver better urban living. The FUSO eCanter has so far proven itself as a reliable all-electric light-duty truck in customer operations with more than 160 vehicles running in Japan, Europe and USA.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2020

For European shipments, Volkswagen Group Logistics continuously charters two vessels which carry up to 3,500 vehicles on a route from Emden via Dublin (Ireland), Santander (Spain) and Setubal (Portugal) back to Emden about 50 times per year.

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MARCH 15, 2019

As an experienced truck manufacturer and through the backing of its parent Daimler Trucks, FUSO can demonstrate its ability of supporting the operation of eCanter trucks through its established parts, service and warranty network of FUSO dealerships. Earlier post.). Currently more than 100 vehicles are in customer hands around the globe.

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APRIL 8, 2021

The EU project FCH2RAIL (Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Pack for Rail Applications) consortium—with partners from Belgium, Germany, Spain and Portugal—is developing and testing a new zero-emission train prototype. On the remaining sections of the lines, diesel-powered trains are used.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Toyota Caetano Portugal (TCAP), the joint venture of Toyota Motor Europe (TME) and Salvador Caetano, strengthened its strategic alliance with CaetanoBus and Finlog by becoming the direct shareholder of the two Portuguese companies.

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Toyota Europe Fuel Motor 221

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MARCH 4, 2021

All car manufacturers seem to be following in the same footsteps as Tesla. and global economies with businesses and manufacturers having to close doors and furlough employees, the global trade markets plummeted to an 11-year low of 41.5% in the April report for the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Index.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

The eCanter for Australia is shipped from Tramagal, Portugal, and comes with the same standard specifications as the models currently available in Japan and Europe. MFTBC manufactures a range of commercial vehicles including light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks and buses, and industrial engines for more than 170 markets worldwide.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

It specializes in construction and manufacture of moulds for pressing, foaming, injection and prototype production (artificial wood, aluminium alloys, steel, brass, composites), including manual finishing of moulds and fitting on a hydraulic horizontal press with heating plates with a closing force of 150t.

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

The company has made significant progress in deploying hydrogen applications with key European industrials, logistics customers and vehicle manufacturers, including its joint venture with Renault called HYVIA. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 31, 2020

Goodenough, a professor at The University of Texas at Austin and the 2019 Nobel Laureate in chemistry and Dr. Maria Helena Braga, an associate professor at the University of Porto, Portugal. This technology may be the key to both a greater driving range and greater safety, helping to secure the future of electric vehicle batteries.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 29, 2024

It already has commercial vehicle manufacturing sites in Mangualde, Portugal; Vigo, Spain; Ellesmer Pork and Luton in the United Kingdom; and Atessa, Italy. If you have any tips, contact me at maria@teslarati.com or via X @Writer_01001101.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

France-based Forsee Power is sourcing very high energy density NMC cells to be integrated into its battery systems from Chinese battery cell manufacturer CALB. CALB announced the construction of its European gigafactory in Portugal, presenting a European sourcing opportunity for Forsee Power in the future.

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APRIL 1, 2023

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares announced that the Mangualde Production Center in Portugal will enter a new era with the production of battery electric light commercial vehicles (LCV) starting in early 2025, producing the Citroën ë-Berlingo, Peugeot e-Partner, Opel Combo-e and Fiat e-Doblò models, both in light commercial and passenger versions.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

The network is launching one of their many joint projects today—an eight-month project to develop and manufacture multi-material battery enclosures for electric vehicles. Teijin also acquired leading automotive-composite suppliers Inapal Plásticos SA of Portugal and Benet Automotive s.r.o of Czech Republic.

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MAY 27, 2010

Nissan broke ground on the manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tenn., The battery plant, one of the largest vehicle battery manufacturing plants in North America at 1.3 The Renault-Nissan Alliance will also produce lithium-ion batteries in Cacia, Portugal, and Sunderland, UK, as well as in Renault’s Flins plant in France.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Overspill in Slovenia had paralyzed the manufacturing of drugs rims at a subcontractor, affecting car production, in step with the spokesman. A inadequency of portions from a Slovenian provider has additionally led VW to droop manufacturing at its manufacturing facility in Portugal for 9 weeks, between 9-11 and Nov.

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JULY 28, 2017

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has started production of the all‑electric light-duty truck Fuso eCanter in Tramagal, Portugal. The vehicles coming from Tramagal, Portugal will be handed over to customers within Europe and the US within the next month. Earlier post.) Fuso is a brand of Daimler Trucks Asia.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

Teijin Limited has acquired Inapal Plasticos SA (Inapal), a leading automotive composite supplier in Portugal. The company has two manufacturing locations in Portugal serving a variety of European OEM customers including Jaguar, Land Rover, BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen and Bentley.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

As one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers, we have the ambition to be the innovation and technology leader also with alternative drive systems. Mercedes-Benz Trucks was the world’s first manufacturer to present a heavy-duty electric truck at the IAA Commercial Vehicles Show in 2016. The range of the 7.49-ton

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MAY 25, 2021

This investment in Spain comes on the heels of Iberdrola and Cummins’ decision to partner together on large-scale hydrogen production projects in Spain and Portugal. This initiative will accelerate the production of green hydrogen in Spain and will create a new industry, the manufacturing of electrolyzer systems, with high growth potential.

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JANUARY 28, 2020

In Europe, CSP’s French operation will open a new sheet molding compound plant and Teijin has acquired leading automotive-composite suppliers Inapal Plásticos SA of Portugal and Benet Automotive of Czech Republic.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2018

The proprietor-managed company has a total workforce of about 800 people working at locations in Germany, Portugal, the US and India. These provide for close cooperation between the manufacturer and dealers in the consistent digitalization of sales processes and vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2009

The Renault-Nissan Alliance, the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) and the French Strategic Investment Fund (FSI) signed a letter of intent to set up a joint venture company that would develop and manufacture batteries for electric vehicles, under the patronage of Christian Estrosi, the French Minister for Industry. Earlier post.).

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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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FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Making this battery technology more sustainable demands a consideration of the environmental and economic costs of extraction and transport of raw materials, manufacture, and increasingly of materials recycling and reuse at the end of a battery’s life. . … For vehicle electrification, lithium-ion batteries are the key energy technology.

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DECEMBER 9, 2020

These projections are underpinned by the recent emergence of strong hydrogen-focused national hydrogen strategies including in Australia, Chile, Germany, the EU, Japan, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain and South Korea. Scaling up green hydrogen using existing infrastructure will be crucial to reaching climate goals.

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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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JUNE 20, 2012

The data also show that car manufacturers are mostly on track to meeting European Union (EU) targets. Last year the EEA reported that manufacturers had some distance to go to meet the 2015 target. The preliminary figures will now be verified by car manufacturers before they are confirmed by the European Commission later this year.

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