Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Iberdrola Australia and Australia-based hydrogen developer ABEL Energy will build a green hydrogen and green methanol production plant at Bell Bay in northern Tasmania (Australia). In addition, it is building two new facilities with a combined capacity of 391 MW, which are scheduled for commissioning in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2023

Statevolt , a battery startup seeking to build hyperlocal gigafactories, has acquired a 135-acre site in Imperial Valley, California, as the location for its 54 GWh Gigafactory. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2022

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have found a way to build high-temperature superconducting magnets made of material that conducts electricity with little or no resistance at temperatures warmer than before.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Ford has produced its 150,000 th Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle since starting production nearly two years ago, a significant milestone as the company scales EV production to a rate of 600,000 annually by late 2023 and more than 2 million annually by 2026.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2022

Umicore plans to construct a manufacturing facility for cathode active battery materials (CAM) and their precursor materials (pCAM) in Ontario, Canada.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2023

Stellantis and Archer Aviation have agreed to expand their partnership by joining forces to manufacture Archer’s flagship electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, Midnight.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2023

billion) in building cylindrical battery manufacturing facility with a capacity of 27GWh, and KRW 3 trillion (US$2.3 The initiative marks the largest single investment yet for a stand-alone battery manufacturing facility in North America; it is also more than four times the amount the company initially announced last year (KRW 1.7

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2023

bp pulse, one of the leading rapid and ultra-fast public EV charging networks in the UK and APCOA Parking Group, the UK’s leading provider of tailored parking solutions with an established presence in Europe, have signed a strategic pan-European frame agreement to open more than 100 EV fast charging hubs across Europe.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2022

Yara signed a contract with Linde Engineering for the construction and delivery of a green hydrogen demonstration plant at Yara’s ammonia production facility at Herøya Industripark in Porsgrunn, Norway. The project, which is supported by a NOK 283 million (US$31.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The company will build two plants with a total capacity of 2 GW to produce green hydrogen. The investment is the biggest milestone to date of Cepsa’s Positive Motion energy transition plan to lead sustainable mobility and the production of green hydrogen and advanced biofuels in Spain and Portugal this decade.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2022

BNSF Railway plans to invest more than $1.5 billion to construct a master-planned rail facility in Southern California—the first being developed by a Class 1 railroad.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2022

Northvolt and Stora Enso recently signed a letter of intent on a purchase of the Kvarnsveden Mill and the surrounding industrial area in Borlänge, Sweden. Northvolt will develop the site into a manufacturing plant for active material and battery cells, reusing and refurbishing much of the existing facilities and site infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2023

Toyota Motor North America, Inc. Toyota) will invest nearly $50 million to construct a new laboratory facility at its North American R&D headquarters in York Township, Mich. to evaluate batteries for electric and electrified vehicles in North America.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2022

Topsoe intends to construct the world’s largest and most advanced industrial-scale electrolyzer production plant. The plant will produce high-temperature Solid Oxide Electrolyzer Cells (SOEC)—which have a higher energy efficiency that competing technologies.

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The Driven EV News

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Fortescue has landed $10 million in ARENA funds to help build and test world's most powerful fast chargers for its planned fleet of giant electric haul trucks. The post Fortescue to build and test world’s most powerful electric fast charger appeared first on The Driven.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2021

There is a growing belief that building taller and denser is better. These results contend the claim that building taller is the most efficient way to meet growing demand for urban space and instead show that denser urban environments do not significantly increase life cycle GHG emissions and require less land. —Jay Arehart.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2022

Additionally, the facility will expand its footprint by 114,000 square feet, which marks the plant’s sixth building expansion since 2003. Toyota Alabama has the capacity to build 900,000 engines annually and represents a nearly $1.5-billion Toyota Tennessee will update equipment to build new four-cylinder engine blocks.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2021

This organization has, with the support of NEDO, been pursuing technological development aimed at building an energy supply chain enabling economical and reliable sourcing of hydrogen in large volumes. (J-POWER) to form the CO 2 -free Hydrogen Energy Supply-chain Technology Research Association (HySTRA).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2023

The partners aim to replace coal-fired power plants with hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants in Germany, and to build production of low carbon and renewable hydrogen in Norway that will be exported through pipeline to Germany. Building production facilities in Norway to produce low carbon hydrogen from natural gas with CCS.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

The investment allows Ford to repurpose and transform existing buildings into a state-of-the-art facility that leverages Ford of Canada’s skilled and experienced workforce. The current 487-acre Oakville site includes three body shops, one paint building, one assembly building. Earlier post.) Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2020

—Dane Christensen, a mechanical engineer in NREL’s Residential Buildings Research Group and a principal investigator on a blockchain pilot project. NREL is building on this work to study the benefits for building owners and utilities. —Dane Christensen.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2021

The hydrogen bus project is a key part of Liverpool City Region Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram’s “Vision for Bus”, which commits to using the powers available through devolution to build a better, more reliable and affordable bus network for the City Region.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

The e-TRIEVER builds upon the T-Series’ foundation while continuing Orange EV’s commitment to innovation and delivering trucks that meet the demanding needs of heavy-duty, goods movement operations. The e-TRIEVER builds on this platform, while adding next-generation technology. million hours of operation. Charge Rate: Up to 70 kW.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2022

EIA projects that through the mid-2020s, the bulk chemicals industry will build facilities that use natural gas and HGL feedstocks to produce chemicals. Despite continued efficiency gains in air-conditioning, lighting, and other end uses, electricity continues to be the fastest-growing source of energy used in buildings in the Reference case.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Los Angeles is expanding an infrastructure project to put EV chargers in streetlight poles. First spotted by Charged EVs, the Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting has contracted with two companies—AmpUp for software and EVSE for retractable charging cables—to add Level 2 chargers to 150 streetlight poles in the City of Angels.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

The move to the new Audi China Building, opening nearly 10 years after its predecessor, is also a significant milestone in Audi’s more than three-decade long history in China. The new Audi China Building supports Audi’s efforts to establish additional research and production capacities in the country. —Audi CEO Markus Duesmann.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The building is expected to be 12,000 m 2 and be located at the Volvo Group manufacturing site. This means that employees with the necessary competences will be recruited, both externally and by building on our internal competences. We have started the investment process to establish battery module manufacturing in Ghent.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Building on its commitment to grow an all-electric vehicle range, Ford has invested a further £125 million in its Halewood Plant, on Merseyside in the UK—increasing capacity by 70%—plus £24 million in the supporting E:PRiME product development center.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2022

Interested customers in all active Polestar markets are now able to reserve a build slot online. earlier post ), the electric roadster concept builds on the design, technology and sustainability ambitions laid out by the Polestar Precept and showcases the brand’s vision for future sports cars.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2022

The company is building on its nearly century-long expertise of school bus manufacturing to expand its zero-emission transportation solutions to the commercial vehicle market. School bus manufacturer Blue Bird Corporation unveiled a Class 5-6 electric vehicle platform at the 2022 Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2022

The platform is able to analyze real data from a fleet of test vehicles, create advanced testing scenarios, and build a simulation environment that makes it possible to assess and validate system behavior at hyper-scale. Five focuses primarily on a cloud-based development and testing platform for the software used in self-driving cars.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This recent work builds upon Chart’s previous fill, hold, and vaporization testing of the Chart HLH2 vehicle fuel system, and long-established credentials in LNG service for vehicle fuel systems.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2023

Flint will continue building the 3.0L GM will invest $216 million to prepare the facility to build camshafts, connecting rods and block/head machining supporting future V-8 production at Flint Engine Operations. $55 Work at the facility will begin immediately. turbo-diesel during the facility renovations.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

Building on lessons learned from these projects, Nissan could eventually begin using BEV trucks for a variety of logistics uses. As one of the first automakers to use all-electric heavy-duty trucks to transport new vehicles to dealerships, Nissan builds on its commitment to achieving carbon neutrality across its operations by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Anovion, with its partners, collaborators and stakeholders, will build 35,000 tons per annum of new synthetic graphite anode material capacity for lithium-ion batteries used in electric vehicles and critical energy storage applications. The construction process will use established and approved processes for building new manufacturing sites.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Such a material could be used as a lightweight, durable coating for car parts or cell phones, or as a building material for bridges or other structures, says Michael Strano, the Carbon P. We don’t usually think of plastics as being something that you could use to support a building, but with this material, you can enable new things.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Such testing (string testing) involves assembling all of the key powertrain components and testing them as a system, usually on the factory floor and prior to the commencement of any ship building. This process is used to mitigate risk by fully validating the vessel’s powertrain prior to committing to full vessel build cost.

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