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MAY 19, 2022

Located in Ghent, Belgium, the plant will supply ready-to-install batteries for Volvo Trucks’ full electric heavy-duty trucks. Series production starts in the third quarter of this year. We started series-production of electric trucks already in 2019 and are leading the market both in Europe and North America.

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MARCH 18, 2020

Volvo Cars is significantly cutting CO 2 emissions in its logistics operations by switching transports between its manufacturing plants and new car depots from trucks to trains. —Javier Varela, Senior Vice President of Manufacturing and Logistics at Volvo Cars.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

In particular, TotalEnergies has the ambition by 2030 to operate directly or indirectly up to 150 hydrogen refueling stations in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg and France. The truck manufacturer will support its customers to ensure easy operability and highly competitive uptime.

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Hydrogen Transportation Europe Belgium 393

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Volvo Trucks is beginning series production of the electric versions of the company’s most important product range, its heavy-duty trucks: Volvo FH, Volvo FM and Volvo FMX. With these new additions, Volvo Trucks has six electric truck models in series production globally—the broadest electric truck line up in the industry.

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Volvo Production Belgium Electric 259

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JUNE 26, 2023

Umicore inaugurated one of the world’s largest and most advanced solid-state battery material prototyping facilities in Olen, Belgium, which will expand and accelerate its innovation and technology development. These dry rooms are moreover energy efficient as precise testing and analysis minimize trial and error iterations.

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Belgium Battery Batteries Sodium 170

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JULY 12, 2017

Solaris—one of the leading bus manufacturers in Europe—has secured an order for more than 200 hybrid buses from Société Régionale Wallonne du Transport, the primary bus operator in Wallonia, Belgium. For Solaris, this order is its biggest success in Belgium.

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Belgium Energy Storage Hybrid Energy 150

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OCTOBER 4, 2020

BASF now has the worldwide distribution rights for RheoFalt smart additives to modify asphalt and bitumen manufactured by the Netherlands-based company Ventraco. Excluded from the agreement are Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands, where Ventraco will continue to supply the products.

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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. Michigan Governor Jennifer M.

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Michigan Nickel Metal Hydride South Korea Production 225

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Van Hool, an independent Belgian manufacturer of buses, coaches and industrial vehicles, has shipped the first CX45E, a 100% battery electric coach, to the US. The CX45E was designed, developed and prototyped at the parent company in Koningshooikt, Belgium. An additional ten units will be shipped to the US in the first half of 2021.

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Macedonia Belgium Battery Batteries 243

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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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Li-ion Manufacturer Belgium Morocco 150

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JUNE 8, 2011

The Volvo Car Corporation has begun production of the C30 Electric ( earlier post ); initial deliveries to leasing customers, mainly companies, authorities and governmental bodies, will take place immediately after the summer. Volvo says it will build about 250 cars by the end of 2012, possibly more if market interest takes off.

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Volvo Corporation Europe Belgium 218

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NOVEMBER 11, 2014

Visteon Corporation has been awarded the first production program for its Fusion connected platform by a leading European-based vehicle manufacturer. This product takes multiple, independent graphics streams and composites them to provide the appropriate level of information to the driver and passenger.

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Fusion 2018 Production Belgium 210

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

The first Audi Q8 e-tron drove off the production line at the Brussels plant yesterday, 14 December, marking the beginning of an era for the new top model in Audi’s electric SUV range. The plant has been a model for sustainable production since the production of the Audi e-tron began. 2018 saw the birth of the Audi e-tron.

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Audi Production Belgium 2018 195

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JUNE 4, 2022

Components for the production of batteries at Audi’s Brussels plant will no longer be delivered by truck from Hungary, but by rail with DB Cargo. The switch in means of delivery between Hungary and Brussels, which was started in May and is scheduled to be completed by the beginning of 2023, is a preview of the car manufacturer’s future.

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Audi Hungary Batteries Battery 273

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

The facility will produce syngas and hydrogen for captive use within BASF’s production Verbund. The production technologies deployed in the syngas plant will mainly utilize CO 2 off-gas, a by-product of the ethylene oxide process and excess fuel gas from steam cracker operations, to manufacture syngas.

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JUNE 2, 2022

This was carried out by E-Trucks Europe, a specialist manufacturer of hydrogen-electric commercial vehicles based in Belgium, in collaboration with Wietholt, a DAF authorized dealer in Dorsten, Germany. Wietholt is also a service partner of Allison Transmission.

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Convert Hydrogen Parts Fuel 444

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AUGUST 24, 2020

The “&Charge” platform is currently available in Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Netherlands. Porsche Digital is the technological and digital forge of the Zuffenhausen-based sports car manufacturer. Its central task is to find and scale new digital business models and optimize existing products.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

At the IAA 2010 in Hanover, DAF Trucks, a PACCAR company, presented the 12-tonne LF45 parallel hybrid truck, which will enter production at the end of this year. Depending on the success of the LF Hybrid in these markets, DAF will decide whether to include the vehicle in the standard product range in other countries.

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Eaton Hybrid Czech Republic Production 207

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MARCH 11, 2011

Total Petrochemicals, IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) and its subsidiary Axens are developing a new optimized technology for the production of bio-ethylene by dehydration of ethanol. Within the agreement, Total will continue its work on the optimization of the catalyst formulation at the research center in Feluy, Belgium.

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Energy Production Polymer Belgium 199

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MARCH 26, 2014

Axens, Total and IFPEN have introduced Atol, a technology for profitable production of polymer-grade bio-ethylene via the dehydration of ethanol (C 2 H 6 O). it can also be used as a polymerization raw material to produce a variety of important organic chemical products such as polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, and so on.

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Production Belgium 2013 Polymer 231

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

This is now in the final stages of development and will be launched as a commercial product by the end of 2014; S2 will be produced within the power range of 5-25 kW. Triphase, Belgium. E-Trucks Europe, Belgium. Partners in the project are: IDIADA, Spain. Hexagon Studio, Turkey.

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Fuel Range Belgium Energy 294

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MAY 15, 2012

beLife will initially focus on developing advanced, cost-competitive products and production processes for lithium iron phosphate cathode materials used in lithium-ion rechargeable batteries. industrial pilot plant in Engis, Belgium, that will be operational in the coming months with all materials produced. This intellectual.

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Lithium Ion Li-ion Belgium Morocco 218

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DECEMBER 6, 2022

Toyota says it is now around 40% along the path to commercialization of products such as the Corolla Cross H2 Concept. Outside Japan, in August this year, a Toyota hydrogen-engine vehicle drove on European public roads for the first time when the GR Yaris H2 was put through its paces in a demonstration run at the WRC in Ypres, Belgium.

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Hydrogen Toyota Concept Engine 370

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OCTOBER 25, 2012

The plan, which would significantly improve plant utilization in Europe, includes the following elements: Ford has initiated an information and consultation process with representatives of employees at its Genk facility regarding the company’s intention to close the plant and cease vehicle production by the end of 2014. Product acceleration.

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Europe Ford 2012 Production 225

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OCTOBER 13, 2017

At Busworld Europe in Belgium later this month, AKASOL will present its AKASYSTEM OEM battery system as a complete roof installation including the chiller and other additional components. From 2018, two well-known European bus manufacturers will use the technology in Germany, with plans to equip around 10,000 e-buses over the next few years.

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Europe Production Battery Batteries 186

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JUNE 9, 2022

Initial production of green hydrogen is expected in late 2024, and plant commissioning will be in 2025. At the center of the largest chemical industry cluster in Europe and close to the North Sea, it provides transportation connections to Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, UK, and France. NextGen District.

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Hydrogen Plug Green Building 259

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MARCH 3, 2021

The Audi e-tron and e-tron Sportback are assembled in Brussels, Belgium, in a plant certified as carbon-neutral, according to Belgian testing company Vinçotte, with suppliers also using sustainable production processes when and where possible.

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MAY 30, 2017

The first S90 premium sedans, built at Volvo’s Daqing plant in China, will arrive at a distribution centre in Zeebrugge, Belgium this week. The cars have been transported to Belgium via the recently opened, China-Europe railway link.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2011

In June 2011, Volvo Car Corporation started the production of the Volvo C30 Electric. The Volvo C30 Electric is manufactured in the Volvo Cars Ghent plant in Belgium and finalized in the Torslanda plant in Sweden.

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Volvo Corporation Electric Cars Belgium 225

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

A Tier-2 supplier headquartered in Belgium, BMT Drive Solutions—acting under the brand name of VCST—is involved in the mass-production of gears & shafts (from 20,000 up to 2 million parts/year.pgm) for major OEMs (such as VW, Ford, Porsche, DAF or Cummins) & Tier 1s. tons or busses up to 18 tons).

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Belgium Downsizing Porsche Electrical 243

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MAY 15, 2019

Volvo Cars’ first battery assembly line is currently under construction at its manufacturing plant in Ghent, Belgium. Plug-in hybrid variants of the XC40 are already manufactured there. As of this year, all three models will be built on a single production line at a Volvo-operated manufacturing plant in Luqiao, China.

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Volvo Li-ion Supplies Lithium Ion 270

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

ESPACE will be co-located with Van Hool’s Lier, Belgium manufacturing facility, encompassing 120 square meters of space and storing up to 200 parts on-site, including fuel cell modules, batteries as well as electric driveline and hydrogen storage components.

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Fuel Belgium Maintenance 2014 231

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JUNE 10, 2022

Van Hool, the Belgian manufacturer of buses, coaches and industrial vehicles, presented its first edition of a completely new range of 100% zero emission buses on the first day of Euro Mobility Expo 2022, an international trade show for public transport. The company was founded in 1947 and celebrates its 75 th anniversary in 2022.

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Hydrogen Range Fuel Battery 418

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DECEMBER 9, 2022

At an event held at its steel plant in Ghent, Belgium, ArcelorMittal inaugurated its flagship carbon capture and utilization (CCU) project. Earlier post.) The €200-million Steelanol project is a first of its kind for the European steel industry. It will reduce annual carbon emissions from the Ghent plant by 125,000 tonnes.

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Carbon Belgium Waste Coal 273

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JANUARY 27, 2011

Tesla Motors has launched a recycling program in Europe for its Li-ion battery packs, and will recycle its battery packs at Umicore ’s UHT facility in Belgium. After that, Umicore will transform the cobalt into high-grade lithium cobalt oxide, which can be resold to battery manufacturers. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

These new generation batteries will provide performance, cost and safety advantages, compared to current lithium-ion products. Should the development be successful, the next step will be to work together with industrial partners on new manufacturing processes, and on cell and system industrialization.

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Li-ion Building Battery Batteries 170

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

This alliance will divide key activities in the research, development, production and integration of cells and battery systems designed for powering aircraft. SOLiTHOR will be responsible for cell research, development, testing characterization, format design and production of 10Ah-40Ah cells. It will also certify the battery system.

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