Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2023

Chile-based Ensorcia Metals , a specialist in the extraction and transformation of high purity lithium, will invest €200 million to build a lithium hydroxide conversion plant in Europe. Ensorcia holds there the exclusive license to operate the modular DLE technology from its long-standing partner IBAT.

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JULY 24, 2022

For Umicore this investment represents the final step in establishing a global production presence with battery material value chains that are regionally fully integrated to support its customers in their fast transformation towards sustainable electric mobility.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

The parties plan to build a network of charging sites on critical freight routes along the east and west coasts and in Texas by 2026, leveraging existing infrastructure and amenities while adding complementary greenfield sites to fulfill anticipated customer demand.

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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. At full operating capacity, the Gigafactory will be one of the largest in North America, with capacity to produce batteries for 650,000 electric vehicles a year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2021

ATC Drivetrain, an independent global remanufacturer of automotive powertrain and drivetrain systems, is launching remanufacturing capabilities for electric vehicle systems at its Oklahoma City, OK facility to serve the North American automotive market and at its Zhangjiang, China facility to serve the Asian automotive market.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2023

The Volkswagen Group’s battery company PowerCo SE aims to build its largest gigafactory to date in St. The decision to expand PowerCo SE’s cell production network to Canada is further evidence of the growth strategy of the Volkswagen Group in North America. Thomas in North America.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Redwood Materials will build its next Battery Materials Campus just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Currently, anode and cathode components are not produced in North America, and battery cell manufacturers have to source them via a 50,000+ mile global supply chain. billion in the local community.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2023

Volkswagen continues to expand its design and engineering capabilities as well as grow its leadership team in North America with the addition of the company’s new Chief Engineering Officer, Lyndon Lie.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

A new report sponsored by ABB Robotics and authored by the automotive intelligence unit of Ultima Media auggests that concerns over EV battery supply to meet the escalation in demand poses serious risk to the growth of market share of electric vehicles, despite plans for 80 new global battery gigafactories. —Tanja Vainio.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2021

Australia-based Lynas Rare Earths Limited entered into an agreement with the US Government to build a commercial Light Rare Earths separation plant in the United States, through a wholly owned subsidiary, Lynas USA LLC. The Texas plant will ensure the US has a secure domestic source of high quality separated Rare Earth materials.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2021

GM and Vacuumschmelze (VAC) of Germany announced plans for VAC to build a plant in the US that will manufacture permanent magnets for the electric motors used in the GMC HUMMER EV, Cadillac LYRIQ, Chevrolet Silverado EV and more than a dozen other models using GM’s Ultium Platform. Earlier post.). Erik Eschen, CEO of VAC.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2021

General Motors and POSCO Chemical plan to form a joint venture through which the parties will construct a factory in North America to process critical battery materials for GM’s Ultium electric vehicle platform. —Doug Parks, GM executive vice president, Global Product Development, Purchasing and Supply Chain.

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JUNE 7, 2018

The goal is to build and deliver commercial electric vehicles that support the business and sustainability goals of our customers. GCWR are part of Daimler Trucks’ global electrified truck initiative. The eCascadia has up to 730 peak horsepower. The Freightliner eCascadia with 80,000 lb.

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Electric Driver

AUGUST 6, 2024

Honda electric vehicles represent a significant shift in the company’s portfolio, building on its legacy of innovation and engineering excellence. As of 2024, Honda is preparing to launch its new global EV series, the Honda 0 Series, with plans to introduce the first model in North America by 2026.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2022

With immediate effect, responsibility for global battery business is to be held by the newly created company “PowerCo”. The Volkswagen Group is bundling its global battery activities in the European company (SE) PowerCo. In addition to Europe, PowerCo is also already exploring the possibility of further gigafactories in North America.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The delivery of XCIENT Fuel Cell starts a new chapter not only for Hyundai’s hydrogen push, but also the global community’s use of hydrogen as a clean energy source. The North American market will also get a 6x4 tractor model. Today’s delivery is just a beginning as it opens endless possibilities for clean mobility.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 2, 2023

Tesla’s global vice president and CEO of the Greater China region, Tom Zhu, took over responsibilities for sales, service, and deliveries in North America, Electrek reported , citing sources familiar with the matter. Follow us for interactive news & more.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2021

Ford announced a new global battery center of excellence—called Ford Ion Park—to accelerate research and development of battery and battery cell technology, including future battery manufacturing. In North America, the Ford Mustang Mach-E already has found early sales success. This 200,000 sq.-ft.

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Innovation News Network

JUNE 3, 2024

The post Building a sustainable global future through transformational and collaborative research appeared first on Innovation News Network. Toronto Metropolitan University innovates solutions for a robust, sustainable, and inclusive future where everyone can engage and thrive.

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Electric Driver

AUGUST 6, 2024

Honda electric vehicles represent a significant shift in the company’s portfolio, building on its legacy of innovation and engineering excellence. As of 2024, Honda is preparing to launch its new global EV series, the Honda 0 Series, with plans to introduce the first model in North America by 2026.

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Teslarati

MAY 4, 2022

Overall, the global volume of new vehicle sales is expected to be slightly up on the prior year without reaching the pre-pandemic level. The legacy automaker aims to achieve 10% market share in North America by 2030 as it bolsters expansion in global growth markets. Credit: Volkswagen. The German automaker announced a $1.7

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2023

Mercedes-Benz drivers can use Tesla Superchargers in North America starting in 2024. That’s why we are committed to building our global Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging Network, with the first sites opening this year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2021

The Wallace Center will be located on the campus of GM’s Global Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. The facility will build on more than a decade of advanced battery development at GM Research and Development. The facility is expected to build its first prototype cells in the fourth quarter of 2022.

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InsideEVs

MAY 19, 2023

The company announced the move to afull-fledged growth phase of 200 GWh (globally) per year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2021

the largest lithium-ion battery recycler in North America, will build its third commercial lithium-ion battery recycling facility, to be located in Gilbert, Arizona, within the Phoenix metropolitan area. Li-Cycle Corp., Earlier post.).

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 2, 2023

Volvo Cars is suspending sedan sales in the United Kingdom and it looks like North America could be next if we consider the brand’s rationale. The company’s plant in South Carolina (which builds the S60) is also presently being converted to focus on battery-powered SUVs intended for Volvo and Polestar.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2016

BMW Connected, a new personal mobility companion, made its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016, Microsoft’s developer conference, last week. The first version—called BMW Connected North America—is now available at the Apple App Store to BMW ConnectedDrive customers in the US for iOS devices.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2022

Plug Power, a leading provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, has entered an agreement with New Fortress Energy Inc. The facility is the first investment in green hydrogen for NFE, a global infrastructure company committed to accelerating the world’s transition to clean energy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2022

Magna continues its growth in electrification with secondary eDrive systems hitting the market in Asia, Europe and North America on Volkswagen’s MEB platform. HME is the global supplier of secondary eDrives for Volkswagen’s all-wheel drive MEB models with power greater than 185 kW. The HASCO Magna Electric Drive Systems Co.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2022

Today’s order is an important step in building our end-to-end, landside decarbonization foundation while also addressing customers’ inland transportation pain points. They will operate as part of Performance Team’s road freight network. Our customers are looking for tangible actions on sustainable supply chains—not just conceptual.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

The heart of GM’s strategy is a modular propulsion system and a highly flexible, third-generation global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries. In North America, GM EVs will be powered by rectangular, pouch-style battery packs that are simple, lightweight and space-efficient.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

One of the first in line to capitalize on this new technology is Nissan North America, which recently executed a contract with Smartville to install a 500 kWh Smartville 360 BESS using second-life Nissan LEAF battery packs at the global automaker’s North American headquarters in Franklin, Tennessee.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 21, 2022

But while the EV maker may have to put the pedal to the metal to hit this goal by the end of December, one particular vehicle from Tesla’s lineup is definitely shaking up the automotive industry’s global sales rankings– that vehicle is the Model Y. units globally in 2021. units globally in 2021.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2020

Kia Motors Corporation plans to expand its partnerships with global mobility companies to meet the needs of a diverse range of customers worldwide. Kia will further enhance its collaboration with global partners to offer regionally customized mobility services as it implements its ‘Plan S’ strategy. —President Song.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2022

The investment is intended to further enhance BASF’s CAM production footprint in North America by complementing its existing manufacturing sites. The opportunity for potential future upstream investment integration supports BASF’s strategy to build an integrated, closed-loop battery materials ecosystem in all key regions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2023

GM said that it is on track to build 50,000 EVs in North America through June and to double that in the second half of the year. Chevrolet Bolt EV/EUV production will reach 70,000 units to meet global demand. GM gained an estimated 1.5 points of market share growth in Q1.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Currently, there is no large-scale production of LiPF 6 in North America. Orbia is working to secure North America’s supply of key battery materials and recently announced the first US manufacturing plant for LiPF 6 in St. Customers will now have access to known LiPF 6 performance in North America.

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