Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2021

Building on the SEMI Smart Mobility initiative, which fosters collaboration across the global automotive electronics supply chain, the MOU lays the foundation to connect microelectronics manufacturing and design stakeholders with the automotive and mobility ecosystems through programs and events that advance both industries.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

Volkswagen Group executives laid out the basics of the new Group strategy “NEW AUTO – Mobility for Generations to Come”, which will see the Group realign from being a from vehicle manufacturer to a leading, global software-driven mobility provider. Like the MEB today, the SSP will be open to other auto manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

GlobalFoundries (GF), a global leader in feature-rich semiconductor manufacturing, and Ford Motor Company announced a strategic collaboration to advance semiconductor manufacturing and technology development within the United States, aiming to boost chip supplies for Ford and the US automotive industry.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2018

Japan-based NTN, a leading global supplier of hub bearings and driveshafts, will supply in-wheel motor technology to EV startup Changchun Fawsn Auto Tech (FSAT), established in October 2017 by FAW Group. FSAT will exhibit a prototype vehicle at the upcoming Beijing Motor Show. NTN’s latest in-wheel motor.

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Motoring Motors Motor Supplies 292

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2022

Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen AG) and the Government of Canada signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote e-mobility in the country and to explore opportunities across Canada’s automotive and battery supply chain. A key focus of cooperation is the supply of critical raw materials such as lithium, nickel and cobalt.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2023

The respondents surveyed highlighted challenges in adapting to a new battery supply chain; concerns over high levels of capital investment required; shortages of raw materials; suitable infrastructure; and lack of grid capacity.

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Manufacturer Auto Grid Supplies 364

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Constellium SE is supplying aluminum auto body sheet solutions for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class produced in Europe, China, and South Africa and sold around the world. Auto body sheet solutions for the Mercedes-Benz C-Class are delivered by Constellium’s ASI-certified plant in Neuf-Brisach, France.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2020

The aim is to support the industrialization of a high-value, electrified automotive supply at scale in the UK. The aim of this competition is to support commercially-led research and development in the design of elements of the electric automotive supply chain. The project’s primary focus must be the automotive market.

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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

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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Supplies Tesla Vehicles Auto Industry 204

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2021

Constellium SE has expanded its longstanding partnership with Audi to supply advanced aluminum solutions for the Audi e-tron GT. Constellium provides ASI-certified aluminum Auto Body Sheet solutions for closures and inner parts, as well as extrusion-based components for the vehicle’s front and rear Crash Management Systems.

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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.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

Weaker-than-expected demand in China is partly responsible, but the main driver has been the ongoing avalanche of new supply into the market, as plentiful cheap spodumene meets ample conversional capacity in China, the CRU analysts said. Another key factor which has contributed to the decline in lithium prices is the surge in mine supply.

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Supplies Price Sale Li-ion 252

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Following an initial product launch in April 2022, the companies will partner to manufacture 50,000 electric auto-rickshaws over the next five years, advancing both companies’ roadmaps for “made in India” manufacturing. metric tons annually and eliminate dangerous NO x and PM tailpipe emissions that contribute to air pollution.

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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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Supplies Batteries Battery South Korea 199

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

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Constellium SE will supply aluminum structural components for the recently introduced all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning that is expected to be available Spring 2022. Constellium-supplied structural components for the F-150 Lightning include the windshield header, rocker, radiator support, and others.

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F-150 Supplies Ford Kentucky 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 17, 2019

Continental’s compact 48-volt Eco Drive with integrated power electronics contributes to the benefits eTorque technology offers, including better fuel economy, improved auto-start response, overall start-stop functionality and reduced noise levels. This enables auto-starts in less than 0.5 Eco Drive provides up to 88.5

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Jeep Hybrid Volt Supplies 236

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

These VPPAs will enable Honda to fully offset the remaining carbon-intensive grid-supplied electricity being used in its Ohio, Indiana, and Alabama automobile manufacturing operations, and will help the company meet its voluntary carbon reduction goal.

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Purchase Honda Renewable CO2 299

Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

The global auto market is very sensitive to macroeconomic conditions and will be hit hard by the coronavirus and any economic contraction that accompanies it, BNEF says. Chinese factories are restarting, so the pressure on supply of key components and equipment is likely to ease.

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Energy Storage Renewable Energy Asia 416

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2021

TTTech Auto and Infineon Technologies have developed key components for a fail-operational electronic architecture for highly automated driving of SAE Level 3 and 4. Failover management mechanism developed under the European PRYSTINE project (Copyright TTTech Auto). —Stefan Poledna, CTO of TTTech Auto.

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Auto Design Fusion Automobile 221

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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BYD Auto Supplies GM 129

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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GM Supplies Production New York 170

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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Commercial Auto Range Hybrid 221

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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Supplies Tesla Cleaner Auto 141

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Magna has been awarded a grant by the US Department of Energy to develop and ‘auto-qualify’ advanced electric motor technologies for next-generation vehicle propulsion systems. Reducing dependency on rare-earth magnets solves two key issues for accelerating access to electrification: supply chain sourcing and cost.

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Grant Motoring Motors Motor 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Audi is presenting the battery-electric e-tron GT concept four-door coupé as a show car at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Here a charging pad with integral coil is installed permanently on the floor where the car is to be parked, and connected to the power supply. A volume-production counterpart is set to follow in around two years.

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Audi Concept Auto Production 268

CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The race to develop battery supply chains is very real for auto manufacturers. Supplies are limited, and will remain so for years because digging new mines and refineries with a lot of optimism doesn’t work. It takes years to establish a new mine, therefore companies must plan several years ahead.

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Supplies Honda Batteries Battery 140

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. and Schneider National Carriers Inc., to work together on the design of the Heartland Hydrogen Hub to serve the needs of long-haul trucking.

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North Dakota Hydrogen Design Energy 397

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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Global Batteries Battery North America 448

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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Hydrogen Toyota Powered Power 435

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2023

With the demand for EVs and stationary energy storage projected to increase the lithium battery market by as much as ten-fold by 2030, it is essential to invest in sustainable, reduced-cost recycling of lithium batteries in support of a secure, resilient, and circular domestic supply chain for critical materials.

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Transportation Design Batteries Battery 370

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. The supply agreements cover a variety of vital microchips, including: Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFETS, which are fundamental to the range of EVs.

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Supplies Purchase Parts Future 150

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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Li-ion Supplies Batteries Battery 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2023

AISIN Corporation, the fifth-largest Tier 1 auto supplier in the world, announced today that it will launch two new production lines with a total anticipated investment of more than $200 million at its AISIN North Carolina Corporation (ANC) facility in Durham, North Carolina.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2021

ŠKODA AUTO, a subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group, is introducing a smart energy storage system using second-life batteries from electric vehicles. The system has a total capacity of up to 328 kWh, which can be used to supply fast-charging stations with a transmission power of up to 150 kW.

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Energy Storage Czech Republic Energy Batteries 397

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. million (or about 10%) are slated to be manufactured in US.

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