Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2022

Australia’s Department of Industry, Science and Resources released the December 2022 edition of the Resources and Energy Quarterly (REQ). World demand for lithium—driven by demand for electric vehicle batteries—is estimated to increase from 592,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE) in 2021 to 745,000 tonnes in 2022.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2020

Punch Powertrain holds majority control in the new Joint 61/39 Venture, which will design, manufacture, and supply Punch Powertrain’s DT2 dual clutch transmission for the industry’s next generation of mild hybrid electric (MHEV) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

Major cathode material producer Pulead (China) and phosphate leader Prayon (Belgium) have entered into an agreement to form a joint venture for the manufacture and sale of lithium iron phosphate (LFP) under licence from LiFePO 4 +C Licensing LLC. Even in the short term, demand far outstrips licensees’ production capacity.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2023

CMB.TECH, an Antwerp-based cleantech company specialized in developing and building hydrogen and ammonia-powered large marine and industrial applications, was responsible for integrating the technology and related expertise to design and build this first prototype, in collaboration with ATS and equipment manufacturers.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) contributed heavily to this slump. Looking at the remaining five-digit total markets, both Belgium and Sweden saw registrations decline by 20.3%. However, other six-figure markets were not so positive, namely Sweden (down 7.8%), Belgium (down 3.3%), the Netherlands (down 3.2%) and Ireland (down 0.9%).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2018

Van Hool, the Belgium-based independent bus, coach and industrial vehicles manufacturer, has landed a significant contract with RVK Köln and WSW Wuppertal (Germany), to supply 40 hydrogen buses of the latest generation. These high-tech vehicles will be built in the Van Hool factory in Koningshooikt.

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Hydrogen Germany Europe Fuel 284

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The HERE-SBD Automotive EV Index highlights, since 2020, US state-level and European country-level leaders and laggards based on various critical metrics, including the number of charging points (Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment), vehicle registrations, geography, and road network length.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Belgium-based chemical group Solvay has opened two rare earth recycling units in France. In order to diversify its sources of supply and preserve resources, Solvay has developed a process for recovering rare earths contained in end-of-life equipment such as low-energy light bulbs, batteries or magnets.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2019

In its ‘Aiming for Zero’ objective, VDL Bus&Coach is building a new, climate-neutral factory in Roeselare (Belgium), where the first buses will be built from the end of 2021 to the beginning of 2022. As a result, fuel consumption and emissions are up to 40% lower than with a conventional Euro 6 diesel bus.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 6, 2022

Over the next decade, a great shift to electric vehicles is expected to drive up demand for cobalt, nickel, copper, and manganese—all key metals in lithium-ion batteries, and all present in minable quantities in seafloor nodules. Humanity has begun insisting on greater sustainability in countless industries.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 19, 2024

Battery EVs set a new record, selling over two million units and taking 15.7% Supply chain issues are now largely under control, and consumers have become accustomed to waiting longer to receive new vehicles. Market share grew fastest in established EV markets Finland, Denmark, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

PSA Peugeot Citroën and General Electric last week signed a technology and commercial cooperation agreement to collaborate towards establishing reliable business models for Electrical Mobility (EV), which includes both Fixed Battery Electrical Vehicles (FBEV) and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV). million globally.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2018

The study is based on a set of scenarios for 2050 of electrification in five European countries: Austria (AT), Belgium (BE), France (FR), Germany (DE) and the Netherlands (NL). The Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) promotes robust and consistent regulation in Europe’s network and digital industries.

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Gas Powered Power Europe 210

Charged EVs

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2019

Volvo Car Group has signed long-term agreements with leading battery makers CATL and LG Chem to ensure the multi-billion dollar supply of lithium-ion batteries over the coming decade for next generation Volvo and Polestar models. In China, battery supply will benefit from the scale of the wider Geely Group.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2011

The advantages are freedom from wear and exposure, elimination of the need for batteries, high safety, flexible power, and theoretically unlimited range. These convert the DC supply voltage to the AC voltage used in the system. These supply power to the inverters. battery on buses and cars, or MITRAC Energy Saver on trams).

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

For EVs to deliver their full emission-reducing potential, the battery supply chain must be as clean as possible, and cathode active materials (CAM) are a key part of the sustainability equation. Automakers have high hopes for solid-state batteries, mainly because of their improved safety characteristics.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2010

Electric vehicles have become a strategic focus of the automotive industry during recent years, but the technology is still nascent in the global marketplace. EVI is a government-led global initiative that will collaborate with relevant industry, academic, and end-user stakeholders to scale-up electric vehicle sales.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

05 September 2024 Provisional tariffs on battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) built in China and imported into the EU came into effect in July. The month has been particularly hard for the automotive industry. Yet the figures signal an end to the bounce-back from the supply-chain crisis.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

05 September 2024 Provisional tariffs on battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) built in China and imported into the EU came into effect in July. The month has been particularly hard for the automotive industry. Yet the figures signal an end to the bounce-back from the supply-chain crisis.

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Driivz

MAY 1, 2022

With the increasing demand for EV charging, utilities are directly addressing energy management issues head on with Smart Energy Management – ensuring that EV charging during peak demand does not cause long-term supply and infrastructure issues. The post Utilities Are Taking an EV-industry Leadership Role appeared first on Driivz.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2013

Inductive battery charging components. The inductive charging project was initiated by Flanders’ Drive, a research and test center for the automotive industry in the Flanders region in Belgium and was partly funded by the Flemish government. Electric (Battery) Infrastructure Smart charging' Click to enlarge. Earlier post.)

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

PHEVs with "Good Enough to Get Started" batteries. The nonprofit CalCars does conversions to demonstrate new designs and provide a platform for different batteries; we dont sell conversions. We will have similar solutions available for better (but more expensive) nickel-metal hydride or lithium-ion batteries.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2021

tonne, 12-tonne, 16-tonne and 19-tonne weight categories, the company plans to offer a comprehensive range of full-electric commercial vehicles for the logistics industry. With Volta Zero models available in the 7.5-tonne, Volta Trucks expects to introduce the Volta Zero in all its four weight variants across all its core markets.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2015

Ballard Power Systems and Van Hool, partners in the deployment of numerous fuel cell buses in Europe ( earlier post ), are in the process of finalizing an equipment supply agreement (ESA) for the provision by Ballard of 21 next-generation fuel cell power modules for the buses. Fuel Cells Heavy-duty Hydrogen'

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Granholm announced that LG Chem will establish a new electrolyte production plant in Holland in West Michigan, expanding the state’s battery supply chain. The new electrolyte production plant will be located near LG Chem’s $303-million battery cell plant in Holland which is under construction.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 3, 2021

produced EV battery. It seems that Clouthier is not in favor of taking large-scale recourse on international trade, especially as global supply chain issues continue to plague the automotive industry. The terms of the tax rebate, which favor U.S.-based domestic assembly and local content.”

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Green Car Congress

JULY 4, 2020

Demand for raw materials used in the production of electric car batteries is set to soar, prompting the UN trade body, UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), to call for the social and environmental impacts of the extraction of raw materials, which include human rights abuses, to be addressed urgently. Source: UN.

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