Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2021

Autonomous driving company Aurora has released its first commercial beta of the Aurora Driver, which consists of the hardware, software, and data services needed to safely operate an autonomous Aurora-powered vehicle. Aurora Driver Beta is currently hauling loads for FedEx between Dallas and Houston in a commercial pilot of Aurora Horizon.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2020

The new project is the first to pair a commercial electricity generator with high-temperature steam electrolysis (HTSE) technology. It builds on a project launched last year to demonstrate how hydrogen production facilities could be installed at operating nuclear power plants.

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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. Lightning eMotors drew from its broad EV experience based on nearly 250 zero-emission electric commercial vehicles in operation and more than 1.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

the developer of silicon anode Li-ion battery cells with its Si-Nanowire platform ( earlier post ), has shipped the first commercially available 450 Wh/kg, 1100 Wh/L lithium-ion battery cells to an industry leader of a new generation of High-Altitude Pseudo Satellites (HAPS). Amprius Technologies, Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2021

Lightning eMotors, a leading provider of commercial electric vehicles for fleets, is expanding to meet the growing demand for EVs from commercial and government fleets. The second phase will support additional production capacity, important for ensuring we can support our 3,000 vehicle production plans for 2022.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2023

million to 10 industry-led projects to advance nuclear technologies, including two aimed at expanding clean hydrogen production with nuclear energy. The 50 kW demonstration will prove that high-efficiency syngas production can be achieved at low capital-cost using GRC’s unique thermal-spray-based SOCC technology.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

MAN Truck & Bus is accelerating the production of heavy-duty e-trucks in Munich to as early as the beginning of 2024 with prompt delivery of an initial 200 units. In addition, the depth of added value for battery-electric commercial vehicles is to be increased, with in-house assembly of the so-called battery packs.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

Volta Trucks has started series production of the 16-tonne all-electric Volta Zero at Steyr Automotive, the company’s partner in contract manufacturing, in Steyr, Austria. Steyr Automotive offers Volta Trucks more than 100 years of manufacturing experience building commercial vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2022

The research identified falling vehicle costs, often directly caused by government subsidies, and increasing awareness around the environmental impact of current mobility services as key drivers behind the growth in electric vehicle battery production. Global number of electrified vehicle battery packs shipped in 2027: 30 Million.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

million seed round to support the commercialization of a new next-generation polymeric hydrogen separation membrane. Hydrogen production is also a major emitter of CO 2 , generating approximately 1000 million tons or more than 2% of global O 2 emissions. and many other production facilities. Start-up DiviGas has announced a $3.6-million

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Mitsubishi Motors will begin production of the Minicab-MiEV, a onebox kei–car-class commercial electric vehicle (EV), at PT Mitsubishi Motors Krama Yudha Indonesia (MMKI), MMC’s factory in Indonesia. MMKI has a production capacity of 220,000 vehicles per year, and currently produces the Pajero Sport, Xpander, and Xpander Cross.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2022

While rubber trees typically take seven years to produce the latex needed for rubber production, dandelions can be harvested every six months. Farmed Materials develops and commercializes agriculturally derived, sustainable, high-performance polymers.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Israeli startup EVR Motors has partnered with India’s EKA Mobility, an electric vehicles and technology company, a subsidiary of Pinnacle Industries Limited, to design small, lightweight electric motors for their e-buses and Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) in India. The partnership with EKA is EVR’s third collaboration agreement in India.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2021

Niron will use the funding to build its pilot production facility in Minnesota and accelerate the development of its Clean Earth Magnet technology. Niron’s production process is up to 95% less damaging across certain environmental impacts than alternatives, as its input materials require no toxic mining and refining.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2021

Opel has begun production of the hydrogen fuel cell variant of the Vivaro van, and has delievered the first one to the German manufacturer of premium domestic appliances, Miele. The Opel Vivaro-e HYDROGEN leads zero-emissions mobility into the future, especially for commercial use. —Head of Development Marcus Lott.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 9, 2022

signed a strategic memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Automobile & PCB establishing strategic investment and cooperation between NEO and A&P to advance the Korean mass production facility of NEO’s silicon anode materials for electric vehicle (EV) lithium-ion batteries. NEO Battery Materials Ltd. NEO Battery Materials Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The agreement is conditional on Magnis securing a final location for its commercial AAM facility by 30 June 2023, producing AAM from a pilot plant by 31 March 2024, commencing production from the commercial AAM facility by 1 February 2025, and customer qualification. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2022

Bosch is starting volume production of a new drive unit consisting of an electric motor and an integrated inverter for light commercial vehicles. The drive module will roll off the production line in Hildesheim, Germany, the Bosch lead plant for electric drives. Since 2018, the company has acquired 170 production projects.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released draft guidance for a Clean Hydrogen Production Standard (CHPS), developed to meet the requirements of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), Section 40315. A lifecycle system boundary enables consistent and comprehensive evaluation of diverse hydrogen production systems.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2023

Lightning eMotors announced the production launch of its next generation General Motors (GM)-based Lightning ZEV4 work trucks. This announcement follows the company’s recent announcements of accelerated ZEV4 production to meet customer demands for Class 4 school buses and shuttle buses built on the same popular platform.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2023

Much of the focus is on how to effectively decarbonise commercial and working vehicles including vans, buses, HGVs, and zero-emission emergency vehicles. As well as developing a best-in-class product, this work will support the growth of a UK supply chain in components for electric vehicles. The £77 million is made up of £38.4

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2022

The team has also demonstrated that the process can be scaled up for commercial application. This figure shows the principles behind the new ceramic membrane used in the production of hydrogen. The end product is compressed hydrogen with a high degree of purity. It also has CO 2 as a by-product.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2022

Volkswagen is expanding its global production network for electric vehicles by now starting to make the all-electric ID.4 4) and Hanover will also commence production this year. In addition, production of the iconic ID. Buzz will commence this year at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles in Hanover. 4 in Emden. Chattanooga (ID.4)

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Air Products and The AES Corporation plan to invest approximately $4 billion to build, own and operate a green hydrogen production facility in Wilbarger County, Texas. This mega-scale renewable power to hydrogen project includes approximately 1.4 This mega-scale renewable power to hydrogen project includes approximately 1.4

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2021

PEUGEOT has become one of the first manufacturers to offer in series production, from 2021 onwards in the compact utility van segment, an electric version powered by a hydrogen fuel cell in addition to its battery-electric version. A high-voltage lithium-ion battery, located under the cab seats, with a capacity of 10.5

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2023

Schaeffler has begun production of its electric wheel hub motors; three manufacturers of compact municipal vehicles are gearing up to incorporate the motors into their production lines in the coming months.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2022

Guayule is grown and processed at the company’s R&D facilities in Arizona and made into the Firestone Firehawk alternate race tires at its Akron, Ohio, race tire production facility. Bridgestone aims to commercialize use of guayule rubber in tires by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2023

Bosch is now starting the production of new powertrain solutions based on 800-volt technology. Inverter with 800-volt technology goes into series production In recent years, 400-volt solutions have become widely established as the industry standard. This will make recharging faster and provide a further boost for electromobility.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2022

The company announced that production of the enhanced Volvo VNR Electric model will begin in Q2 2022 and features an up to 85% increased range, faster charging, and even more configurations for heavy-duty transport.

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Teslarati

MARCH 26, 2025

Also aims to start producing its flagship product by 2026 for customers in the United States and Europe. In addition, it plans to launch consumer and commercial vehicles made for Asia and South America. The post Rivian startup spinoff raises $105M in funding for micro EV production appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Nissan has begun production of its all-new and 100% electric Townstar EV model to be sold across select European markets. Hailing from Nissan’s electric Light Commercial Vehicle (e-LCV) expertise, it was engineered for capability, reliability and sustainability, with business owners in mind.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 9, 2025

Samsung has been collaborating with the carmaker to modernize Hyundais Ulsan Plant in Ulsan, South Koreathe worlds largest automotive plant, with a 5 million square-meter footprint and average daily production of 6,000 vehicles. We will continue to accelerate its commercialization.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

A joint industry partnership to commercialize clean, gold hydrogen, the program’s founding members include synthetic biology company Cemvita Factory (innovator in low-carbon microbial solutions for energy and mining resource extraction, production, and renewal); and Chart Industries, Inc. (a a leader in clean energy solutions).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2022

Geespace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Geely Technology Group and China’s first privately owned developer, operator, and mass producer of low-orbit commercial satellites, has successfully launched its first nine satellites into low earth orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center. Rendering of Geely Future Mobility Constellation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Accelera by Cummins, the zero-emissions business unit of Cummins; Daimler Trucks & Buses US Holding LLC [a Daimler Truck Group Company]; and PACCAR are partnering to accelerate and localize battery cell production and the battery supply chain in the United States. manufacturing jobs in the growing clean technology sector.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

The hydrogen production rate achieved in this work represents a really encouraging step towards the commercial realization of this technology. Now, the team has published the results of their scaled-up, efficient, and multi-product process under real-world conditions in an open-access paper in the same journal. Tembhurne, S.,

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APRIL 28, 2021

a global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell-powered commercial vehicles, announced a joint venture to build up to 100 hydrogen hubs across the United States and globally. into locally produced, renewable hydrogen for Hyzon’s fleet of zero-emission commercial vehicles. Raven SR , a renewable fuels company, and Hyzon Motors Inc.,

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