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Plug to build large-scale green hydrogen generation plant at port of Antwerp-Bruges

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Plug Power Inc. will build a 35-tons-per-day green hydrogen generation plant at Port of Antwerp-Bruges in the heart of Europe. Plug signed a 30-year concession agreement to build the plant at the Belgian port, the second-largest in Europe. Port of Antwerp-Bruges sits in a strategic location in Europe.

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Plug In America joins global alliance

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Last week, 37 electric vehicle (EV) driver associations from 26 countries, including Plug In America, joined forces to create the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance, building a worldwide EV community. Like Plug In America, the Alliance is calling for every new light-duty passenger vehicle sold in their countries to have a plug by 2030.

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Volvo Cars to triple electric car production capacity in Ghent after strong year of electrified car sales

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Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. The plant already builds the XC40 Recharge, the company’s first fully electric car, as well as a plug-in hybrid version of the XC40.

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Volvo has no plans to challenge low-cost EVs in China as a price war intensifies

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That includes all-electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrids (PHEVs). BYD Seagull EV (Source: BYD) Volvo is fast-tracking EX30 production at its Ghent, Belgium plant to overcome the new tariffs in the US and EU. Volvo is expected to begin building EX30 models at the plant next year for export.

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Car sales in China surge on back of exports, offsetting sales slump at home

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Also Read : BYD leads China’s electrified vehicle market with new plug-in hybrid technology The exports have helped make up for weaker sales of gasoline vehicles in China as the overall market has stagnated and buyers have shifted to electric vehicles and hybrids. However, China continues to see drop in sales domestically.

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Volvo’s Polestar 1 PHEV makes European debut; pre-orders open 13 March

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Polestar, Volvo Cars’ new electric performance brand, introduced the Polestar 1 plug-in hybrid to the public for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show. The European debut follows its global media reveal in Shanghai, China, in late 2017. Earlier post.). Two electric motors drive the rear wheels. —Thomas Ingenlath.

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Telsa joins VW and BYD in cutting prices in Germany

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BYD ATTO 3 (Source: BYD) Volkswagen responded to Germany’s decision to pull the plug on its EV subsidies by funding them itself for buyers of its ID electric vehicles. Volvo, too, has rerouted its shipping and announced delays at its factory in Ghent, Belgium. However, Tesla lost its No. Get started here.

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