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LichtBlick begins installing home combined heat and power plants powered by VW 2.0L EcoBlue gas engine

Green Car Congress

The electric power generated will supplement fluctuating power from wind farms and solar facilities. Partnership with LichtBlick is in line with our component strategy, which is to develop future-oriented business areas closely related to the automobile industry. We intend to change the German energy landscape fundamentally.

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Evonik debuts at Auto Shanghai 2011; focus on technologies for lower-carbon vehicles

Green Car Congress

For the first time at the event, Evonik Industries will demonstrate a wide range of applications for cars at the 14 th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (Auto Shanghai 2011) from April 21 to 28 in Shanghai, China.

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Siemens presents three-point plan for implementing cost-efficient energy transition in Germany

Green Car Congress

In addition, a fleet regulation for power plant fleets modeled after the automobile industry would be an effective way to limit the average CO 2 emissions of the power utilities and further reduce emissions. Utilities with a fleet of aging power plants would then be forced to improve their CO 2 balance step-by-step.

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Exploring the adoption of EVs in the US, Europe and China; charging scenarios and infrastructure

Green Car Congress

The automobile industry has said that without additional government subsidies they can only sell 600,000 electric cars by 2020 at best. Enthusiasm in some areas has been tempered by slow EV uptake. In Germany, for example, consumers bought 2,100 EVs in 2012—less than 0.1 percent of total car sales.

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Feature: Top 6 Reasons Why an EV Is the Right Choice

Clean Fleet Report

The vehicles use electricity produced from nuclear power, coal, natural gas or solar energy. With more users gearing towards purchasing electric vehicles, a surge in demand has drastically hit the electric automobile industry. High Torque. Electric Vehicles are Affordable.

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Government gets Rs 45000 crores investment under ACC Battery PLI Scheme; 4 successful names announced

Electric Vehicles India

this includes a few companies like Reliance New energy solar limited, Ola Electric Mobility Private Limited ; Hyundai Global Motors Company Limited and Rajesh Exports Limited. Fast grow in Ev segment of automobile industry there is a scope of getting hug employment to youth.

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Volkswagen CEO says it’s not a ‘fantasy world’ as 100,000 workers strike

Baua Electric

A rough comparison of wage data from 2023 shows that, on average, the hourly wage for a worker in the German automobile industry is about 33 euros ($34,72), which has been mostly unchanged in the past few years. If you’re an electric vehicle owner, charge up your car at home with rooftop solar panels. Get started here.

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