Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

In 2022, Mercedes-Benz’ global portfolio will include eight all-electric Mercedes-EQ models. The global Mercedes-Benz production network is ready for the company’s electric product offensive and is integrating its Mercedes-EQ models into series production in its existing plants. kWh/100 km) started in Vitoria, northern Spain.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

Hyundai Motorsport has completed the first on-track running with the new Veloster N ETCR, the company’s first electric race car project. Unveiled earlier this month at IAA in Frankfurt, the Veloster N ETCR is the first electric racing car to be built by Hyundai Motorsport.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2022

China-based smart electric vehicle company NIO unveiled details of its products and services for Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, and Sweden at a European launch event in Berlin. All three models are equipped with NIO’s latest Banyan intelligent system. NIO is committed to a comprehensive battery charging system in the new markets.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2022

Schaeffler is introducing 4in1 electric axle drives. With the 4in1 electric axle, Schaeffler is now going one step further by integrating the thermal management system as well as the electric motor, power electronics, and transmission into the axle drive. Another new development are electric beam axles for pick-up trucks.

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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is taking another step to scale up development and production of next-generation high-performance battery cells and modules on its path to an all-electric future. The new CATL plant in Debrecen, Hungary will supply battery cells for European production sites in Germany and Hungary.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2022

SK On has secured a total of US$2 billion as its investment resource for its European battery business with the aid of Euler Hermes, a trade credit insurance institution of Germany, Korea Trade Insurance Corporation, and the Export-Import Bank of Korea. 3 in Europe currently under construction in Iváncsa, Hungary. trillion (US$2.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

Total lithium-ion capacity existing or being built has doubled since the beginning of 2021, following announcements of new plants by Chinese and South Korean battery producers, according to Benchmark’s Gigafactory Assessment. Battery capacity is currently growing at twice the speed of lithium raw material supply. trillion (US$1.4

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 20, 2016

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. The site in Belgium will thus become a key plant for electric mobility at the Volkswagen Group.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2022

The BMW iFACTORY is not a one-off showpiece but an approach we will implement at all our plants in the future —from our 100-year-old home plant in Munich to our forthcoming plant in Debrecen, Hungary. A significant share of the plant’s electricity will be generated directly on site. with an integrative, global approach.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. With an investment of one billion euros, we are building in Hungary the first ‘Full-Flex Plant’ in the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

of the EU market, while electrically?chargeable All alternatively?powered Overall in 2019, almost 60% of all new cars registered in the European Union ran on gasoline (58.9%, compared to 56.6% Overall in 2019, almost 60% of all new cars registered in the European Union ran on gasoline (58.9%, compared to 56.6%

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

Northern Lights Energy ( NLE ), the initiator of the 2012 charging infrastructure project and provider of infrastructure and services for electric vehicles (EV) based in Iceland, has signed an agreement with Reva Electric Car Company to jointly develop the electric vehicle market in Iceland. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

BYD is launching three new battery-electric passenger vehicles in Europe at the Paris Motor Show, including the BYD ATTO 3, a C-segment SUV designed with the European customer in mind; the BYD TANG, a 7-seater with variable all-wheel drive; and the sporty sedan BYD HAN. BYD’s new generation e-Platform 3.0, BYD e-Platform 3.0

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

Ford announced a series of initiatives for sourcing battery capacity and raw materials that light a clear path to reach its targeted annual run rate of 600,000 electric vehicles by late 2023 and more than 2 million by the end of 2026. 30,000 units of an all-new SUV for Europe, the run rate of which will significantly ramp in 2024.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Frost & Sullivan projects that the global Li-ion battery materials market will reach $51.60 The advancements in battery chemistries and technologies, upsurge in electric vehicle (EV) sales, evolving regulatory scenario, and increasing consumer preferences toward EVs are expediting market growth worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2021

Following the EQA 250 (combined electrical consumption: 15.7 kWh/100 km) it is the second fully electric compact car from Mercedes-EQ. After Europe, the international version of the EQB, produced in Kecskemét, Hungary, will be launched at the end of the year, followed by the US market launch in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Cars is expanding its production capacities for electric cars in Europe. The Hambach plant in France, which currently produces smart brand electric vehicles, will produce a compact electric car of the new product and technology brand EQ. From 2020, the brand smart will only offer electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

With the Concept EQS, Mercedes-Maybach is providing a clear preview of the first fully electric series-production model for the luxury brand. A further all-electric model is also set to appear on this basis, the EQS SUV, which will go into series production in 2022, even before the Maybach. kWh/100 km) with 215 kW.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The first Audi Q8 e-tron drove off the production line at the Brussels plant yesterday, 14 December, marking the beginning of an era for the new top model in Audi’s electric SUV range. Around 160,000 units of Audi’s first electric model have been delivered since 2018. The highly automated manufacture of electric motors in Györ.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is aligning its global production network to manufacture its reshaped product portfolio focused on luxury electric vehicles as the brand prepares to go all electric by the end of the decade—wherever market conditions allow. platform (AMG Electric Architecture) from 2025. Sindelfingen.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

Opel/Vauxhall will build an all-new small car targeted at the segment below the Corsa at its Eisenach plant in the east German state of Thuringia. At a later stage, this car might also provide the opportunity of a battery-electric (BEV) version for zero-emission driving in city areas. To date, Opel/Vauxhall has invested €1.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2017

Mercedes-Benz announced that its Rastatt plant—the company’s lead plant in global production of compact cars—will produce compact-class electric EQ models in the future. All three German Mercedes-Benz car plants—Rastatt, Bremen and Sindelfingen—will now produce EQ-brand EVs. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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EV Specifications

AUGUST 16, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is taking another step to scale up development and production of next-generation high-performance battery cells and modules on its path to an all-electric future. The new CATL plant in Debrecen, Hungary will supply battery cells for European production sites in Germany and Hungary.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2019

Moreover, the market penetration of zero- and low-emission vehicles, including electric cars, remained slow in 2018. Other key findings include: Gasoline cars were the most sold passenger vehicles in the EU and in Iceland, constituting almost 60% of all new registrations. In 2018, 1.66 compared with 2017. of sales in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2010

is supplying Daimler with HVH (High Voltage Hairpin) electric motors for the two-mode hybrid transmissions used in the 2010 Mercedes-Benz ML450 Hybrid ( earlier post ) recently released to the United States market. Remy is supplying two HVH electric motors per ML 450 hybrid vehicle. Remy International, Inc. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

APRIL 11, 2024

The new Model Y variant currently stands as the second most-affordable and longest range variant of the all-electric crossover. The Model 3 Long Range RWD was launched in the UK in April 2023 , but the all-electric sedan was only sold as a fleet vehicle for commercial customers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

In Germany, all Mercedes-Benz plants will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy. The preparations for exclusively green electricity for a climate-friendly production in Europe are already well advanced. Thereby, we completely forego coal-based electricity and obtain our electrical energy from only renewable sources.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Poland, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania all posted record levels of volume, while it was the best year since 2007 for Spain and Estonia, and the best year since 2008 for Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Latvia. Strong results in Spain, Poland and the Netherlands were offset by falls in the UK, Italy and Sweden.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2018

But it was the positive economic situation across the continent that boosted results, JATO said, as midsize markets such as the Netherlands, Poland and Sweden all posted increases, and smaller markets like Hungary, Greece, Romania, Croatia and Lithuania similarly posted significant increases. of total registrations.

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Push EVs

JULY 21, 2022

Ford will use module-less LFP (LiFePO4) batteries from CATL to cut costs by 10-15 percent starting next year. Ford’s new electric vehicle lineup has generated huge enthusiasm and demand, and now we are putting the industrial system in place to scale quickly,” said Jim Farley, Ford’s president and CEO and president of Ford Model e.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Location data and technology company HERE Technologies, in conjunction with SBD Automotive, a global automotive research firm, published an interactive index that shows the developing state of electric vehicle (EV) demand and infrastructure readiness across the United States and Europe. Methodology.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2015

Audi is supporting the German team (the “ Part-Time Scientists ”) in the Google Lunar XPRIZE (GLXP) competition with its know-how in several fields of technology from quattro all-wheel drive and lightweight construction to electric mobility and piloted driving. The theoretical maximum speed is 3.6 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2016

While development of the principle is ongoing, Audi has begun to use modular assembly in developing the production process for the electric motor for the 2018 e-tron SUV (C-BEV) ( earlier post ). Győr is also the Audi Technology Center for Electric Drives.) Products must be as free to move as possible.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2016

Siemens and Valeo have signed an agreement to form a joint venture in high voltage powertrains for the entire range of electric vehicles including hybrids, plug-in hybrids and full electric vehicles. We are delighted at the perspective of combining our strengths with Siemens in electrified powertrain systems.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2018

The company operates five facilities globally, including three in Germany and one each in Hungary and China, and employs approximately 400 staff. The company also produces market-leading top-quality sound-absorbing materials and nonwovens for home interior and heat insulation use.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2025

Europcar revealed plans to address electric vehicle ( EV ) price parity. However, it was not all good news last week. The probe is exploring whether China provided unfair subsidies for its EV plant in Hungary. The site will also soon produce high-performance electric axial-flux motors.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

BYD only sold 4,140 cars in Germany in 2023, but is looking for 10% market share after its factory in Hungary starts production in a few years. Automakers VW, Stellantis, Mercedes, and Audi have said that they will absorb some or all of the costs of EV incentives, but it’s obviously not a long-term solution.

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