Green Car Reports

JANUARY 4, 2022

Despite supply-chain issues affecting the entire auto industry, Tesla claims robust 2021 deliveries came close the million-vehicle mark.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2021

Rheinmetall has been supplying the premium automaker with engine blocks for various vehicle models since the 1990s. Furthermore, the casting method responds to steadily rising expectations of auto manufacturers with regard to materials characteristics and component strength. Full-scale production is planned to begin in 2023.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Despite supply chain issues that have affected the entire auto industry, Volkswagen claims to have reached a delivery goal for its ID-family electric cars early. VW on Monday said it had passed 500,000 global deliveries of ID models since the first European-market ID.3 3 hatchbacks were handed over to customers in October 2020.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Farizon Auto, the new energy commercial vehicle brand from Zhejiang Geely New Energy Commercial Vehicle Group (a subsidiary of Geely Holding) raised more than US$300 million in its first external financing round. Farizon Auto’s new energy semi, the Homtruck, is planned for delivery in early 2024. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

SK IE Technology (SKIET) signed an MOU with Sunwoda , the 9 th largest battery manufacturer in terms of global market share (according to SNE Research in 2022), to strengthen cooperation in supplying battery separators. SKIET plans to supply separators produced at its Changzhou factory in China to Sunwoda.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2022

Topsoe intends to construct the world’s largest and most advanced industrial-scale electrolyzer production plant. Developing a strong Power-to-X industry in Europe will also enforce the EU’s ambitions of being independent of energy imports from other regions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

outlined a technology roadmap to support its vision to reinvent the aluminum industry for a sustainable future. Today, there is a vast supply of aluminum scrap that can only be used for limited applications due its combination of impurities. As feedstock for this process, Alcoa is targeting Zorba auto shred scrap as a raw material.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Japan’s auto industry must succeed in building passenger vehicles. To this end, manufacturers must participate in auto-racing to test their vehicles’ durability and performance and display their utmost performance. With competition comes progress, as well as excitement among motoring fans.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

A new report sponsored by ABB Robotics and authored by the automotive intelligence unit of Ultima Media auggests that concerns over EV battery supply to meet the escalation in demand poses serious risk to the growth of market share of electric vehicles, despite plans for 80 new global battery gigafactories.

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Teslarati

JUNE 8, 2022

During a recent interview with local media, a BYD executive stated that the Chinese car and battery maker would be supplying the American EV company with batteries. . Tesla is yet to confirm or deny whether it has inked a battery supply deal with BYD or not. “Tesla is a very successful company no matter what.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Bakken Energy, a developer of affordable clean hydrogen supply, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with each of Cummins Inc. The industry-led Hub will include Bakken Energy’s large scale affordable clean hydrogen production. and Schneider National Carriers Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2021

To develop the questions, they worked in close collaboration with leaders in the auto industry. Lithium-ion batteries enabled the earliest EVs and they remain the most common power supply for the latest models coming off assembly lines. —Wang et al. Wang, Eric Kazyak, Neil P. 2021.04.001.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2020

European R&D and battery production company InoBat Auto has acquired a 290,000 sq ft (27,000 sq m) facility close to Bratislava, Slovakia. Backed by IPM Group and Wildcat Discovery Technologies, InoBat Auto will manufacture the first bespoke battery cells in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

General Motors (GM) and GlobalFoundries (GF) have entered a strategic, long-term agreement establishing a dedicated capacity corridor exclusively for GM’s chip supply. We see our semiconductor requirements more than doubling over the next several years as vehicles become technology platforms.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Geely Holding Group’s commercial vehicle brand, Farizon Auto, unveiled its next-generation smart new energy semi-truck, the Homtruck, with production and first deliveries planned for early 2024. The Homtruck focuses on efficiency, driver and pedestrian safety, and offers breakthroughs in sustainable powertrains.

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Electrek

JUNE 28, 2021

Tesla has signed a new long-term battery cell agreement with CATL, China’s biggest battery manufacturer, amid the race to secure a large battery supply in the auto industry. more… The post Tesla signs new battery cell agreement with CATL in race to secure large battery supply appeared first on Electrek.

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Supplies Battery Batteries Auto Industry 145

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

China has the most comprehensive system of demand- and supply-side policies and has extended its consumer incentives and is implementing stronger EV regulations. Great promotional events and bold aspirational statements by the domestic auto industry can’t mask the facts. This is a huge missed opportunity. —Nic Lutsey.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Tesla has made significant strides in improving its supply chain sustainability and human rights practices, as per a new study by environmental group Lead the Charge. This was highlighted by the fact that the electric vehicle giant jumped from ninth to third place in the group’s annual Auto Supply Chain Leaderboard and Report.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion will go to 9 projects in the component manufacturing segment of the supply chain. intends to set up an advanced prelithiation and lithium anode manufacturing facility to accelerate the transition to next-generation lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and enable the development of a robust US battery component supply chain.

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CN EV Post

APRIL 7, 2023

On July 28, 2022, Auto Home reported that BYD was building an SUV called Sea Lion , which could compete with Tesla's Model Y. The BYD Sea Lion has a sharp, sporty front end, Auto Home said, citing spy photos they obtained of the model. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Albemarle, a leading global producer of lithium, bromine and catalyst solutions, expects lithium industry demand to reach 1.14 The security of supply is essential to underwriting the global auto OEM investment in vehicle electrification, the company said during a presentation to investors.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 8, 2023

The concept of vehicles being intelligent devices is relatively new, and it has largely come as a result of Tesla’s contributions to the auto industry.

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Supplies Auto Industry Concept Tesla 120

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The EV Taxis are supplied by Geely Auto Group and the financing for the vehicles was provided locally by Sichuan Tianfu Bank Co Ltd. This initial order of 15,000 EV taxis is part of an agreement to supply a total of 89,000 EV taxis (now 93,000 taxis, with the additional 4,000 assumed from a third-party).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2021

Industrial gases leader Air Products, and its subsidiary Air Products Canada Ltd., We are impressed by the innovative approach taken by Air Products and encourage them to consider ways to reduce the upstream emissions from their natural gas supply.

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Hydrogen Production Energy Canada 450

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2023

and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) announced the creation of SiliconAuto, a 50/50 joint venture dedicated to designing and selling a family of state-of-the-art semiconductors to supply the automotive industry, including Stellantis, starting in 2026. Stellantis N.V. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In the long term, the energy density needs for electric aviation far outstrip the goals of current DOE and industry investments, requiring strategic thinking around the best approaches to enable this future. The targets for aviation are still preliminary, and more analysis is needed to ascertain the targets.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 21, 2025

year-over-year , as per industry watchers. Tesla China doesn’t report its weekly sales figures in China, though a general idea of the company’s overall performance in the domestic auto market can be inferred through new vehicle registrations. Three weeks into 2025, Tesla China’s new vehicle registrations are up 3.8%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2023

This HPAL plant will operate under PT Kolaka Nickel Indonesia in the Pomalaa Block nickel industrial area in Kolaka, Southwest Sulawesi, Indonesia. The joint efforts of three parties aims to create a very positive influence on the economy and social development of Indonesia as well as the global EV industry and its supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2022

supplying Li-Cycle’s sulfuric acid requirements for its Hub facilities. Glencore has been working on establishing regional platforms across the world to localize battery raw material supply chains within key regions in a scalable and sustainable manner, enabling a set of key partners to connect to these platforms.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Twin battery plants on the site are intended to supply Ford’s North American assembly plants with locally assembled batteries for powering next-generation electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. Blue Oval City will be among the largest auto manufacturing campuses in US history. billion BlueOvalSK Battery Park—creating 5,000 jobs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2022

Broadly, the investments announced focus on the development of production facilities, technology, EV batteries, new product and securing future raw material supply (primarily semiconductors and battery materials). Automakers need to be tech-efficient to combat technology rivals invading the auto industry.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

The partnership comes as the European auto industry readies for a “battery passport” that will trace the content and carbon footprint of EV cells sold in Europe. Circulor CEO Douglas Johnson-Poensgen said the company was currently talking to companies up and down the EV battery cell supply chain.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2023

As the auto industry’s demand for semiconductors accelerates, Stellantis is implementing a multifaceted strategy designed to manage and secure the long-term supply of vital microchips. An effective semiconductor strategy requires a deep understanding of semiconductors and the semiconductor industry.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 10, 2021

Apple is talking with multiple EV component manufacturers in Korea, according to an industry source. The US tech giant plans to start producing an all-electric vehicle in the next few years and seems to be laying the groundwork for the Apple Car’s supply chain already. . SK Innovation is SK Group’s EV battery-making arm.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2022

A more recent trend with Europe’s lithium-ion battery build out is the emergence of auto majors as pseudo-battery producers seeking to secure cell supply through joint-venture plants. Benchmark cautions that capacity does not necessarily equal reliable supply for the EV industry.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2020

Daimler is also promoting the use of UBQ across its logistics manufacturers to offset carbon footprint throughout the Daimler supply chain. UBQ operates a test plant in southern Israel which already supplies UBQ to the plastic industry with a capacity of 5,000 tons per year.

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Teslarati

JULY 22, 2021

The CHIPS Act would establish investments and incentives to support semiconductor manufacturing, research & development, and supply chain security in the United States. The Tesla Model S Plaid’s initial production was delayed due to chip supply shortages. “I am engaging almost daily with industry.

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