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JULY 1, 2023

has acquired the full and sole ownership of the German company resulting from the former joint venture Nikola Iveco Europe, now to be renamed as EVCO (Electric Vehicles COmpany). Iveco Group N.V.

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APRIL 15, 2021

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) and Transport & Environment (T&E) made this call to the European Commission in a joint letter. The common industry/NGO request comes ahead of the expected review of Europe’s Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive (AFID) this year.

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MARCH 10, 2023

A global Automotive Manufacturing Outlook survey commissioned by ABB Robotics and industry publication Automotive Manufacturing Solutions found that more than half (59%) of respondents believe the shift to pure electric vehicle production is not achievable within current legislative timelines.

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JANUARY 25, 2019

The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has launched the Battery Cell Research Production Center, a new R&D and large-scale industrial manufacturing plant for lithium-ion cells; the center will receive an investment of €500 million.

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Li-ion Germany Lithium Ion Manufacturer 312

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MARCH 15, 2022

Ford will offer a new generation of seven, all-electric, fully-connected passenger vehicles and vans in Europe by 2024. The acceleration in Europe supports Ford’s goal to sell more than 2 million EVs globally by 2026 and deliver company adjusted EBIT margin of 10%. Boosting EV manufacturing capacity in Craiova.

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JULY 2, 2023

The new connected electric bikes, addressing B2C and B2B targets, will be designed and manufactured by the start-up Beweel. The entire Peugeot Cycles range thus expanded will be available from the main dealer networks of Cycleurope Industries. Thus, one in 4 bikes sold in Europe was electric last year.

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MARCH 7, 2023

The new technology center will focus on technical collaboration with customers in order to accelerate application innovation for Cabot’s battery materials product lines within Europe. The EMEA Technology Center is expected to commence operations by April 2023, with a planned expansion to be completed in 2024.

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APRIL 12, 2023

billion) in its Oakville Assembly Complex to transform it into a high-volume hub of electric vehicle manufacturing in Canada. It is modernizing its vehicle assembly campus in Cologne, Germany, transforming it to become the Ford Cologne Electrification Center—the company’s first EV center of excellence in Europe. billion (US$1.3

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The collaboration will see the two companies join forces to manufacture battery cells in Europe from 2027 in an agreement that will address the pressing need for sustainable energy solutions and bolster the local European supply chain.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

China’s success results from its large domestic battery demand—72GWh—and control of 80% of the world’s raw material refining, 77% of the world’s cell capacity and 60% of the world’s component manufacturing, according to data from BNEF. In 2020, Japan and Korea rank number two and three respectively.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Australia-based Avass Group recently signed an agreement with Saudi Arabia to jointly manufacture electric vehicles and lithium batteries. The agreement bolsters Avass Group’s plans to mass manufacture full electric buses and lithium batteries in Saudi.

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Saudi Arabia Manufacturer Batteries Battery 284

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JANUARY 18, 2022

Volkswagen Group signed a memorandum with Bosch Group on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, to explore industrial-scale solutions for battery cell manufacturing in Europe. They plan to supply integrated battery production systems and provide on-site ramp-up or maintenance support to battery cell/system manufacturers.

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JUNE 11, 2024

With uncertainty over its 2035 zero-emission car target and a weak industrial policy, Europe is proving less attractive to electric vehicle manufacturers. North America has moved far ahead of Europe in attracting investments in electric vehicle, battery production and charging from carmakers, a new report finds.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

To maximize the opportunities for hydrogen in Europe, Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has established a Fuel Cell Business Group to oversee its hydrogen activities across the region. —Thiebault Paquet, Director of the Fuel Cell Business Group.

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Europe Toyota Fuel Hydrogen 418

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JUNE 30, 2021

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published its provisional data about the CO 2 emissions of newly registered passenger cars and vans in Europe in 2020. 2020 car registrations by fuel type in Europe. million new vans registered in Europe in 2020 with average emissions of 157.7 grams of CO 2 per kilometre (g CO 2 /km).

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NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Anadolu Isuzu, Turkey’s leading commercial vehicle manufacturer, and Proterra announced a new collaboration to power the new generation of Anadolu Isuzu’s all-electric Citi VOLT public transportation buses with Proterra’s commercial vehicle battery technology.

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MAY 14, 2023

Taiwan-based ProLogium has chosen France as the location for its first large-scale solid-state battery manufacturing facility outside of Taiwan. This major investment project aims to facilitate supply chain localization, R&D activities, and the manufacturing of next-generation batteries in Europe for ProLogium.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

The strategy is centred around two main technology routes, as introduced in the first ArcelorMittal Europe climate action report published earlier this year: The use of hydrogen in DRI-EAF (Direct Reduced Iron - Electric Arc Furnace) and, also, the blast furnace. The expansion of its Smart Carbon route, also utilizing hydrogen.

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Europe Green 2020 Hydrogen 382

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

The worldwide semiconductor industry is projected to invest more than $500 billion in 84 volume chipmaking facilities starting construction from 2021 to 2023, with segments including automotive and high-performance computing (HPC) fueling the spending increases, SEMI announced in its latest quarterly World Fab Forecast report.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

NTT DATA Corporation and DENSO Corporation have started to build an industry-wide ecosystem for electric vehicle (EV) batteries to create a global trusted dataspaces where only necessary data can be shared, while also protecting private data. The two companies were officially approved as business operators in September 2022.

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MAY 12, 2023

Advent is the largest manufacturer of HT-PEM fuel cell systems targeting emerging markets in the field of sustainable and decentralized energy such as stationary power that can replace diesel generators, marine power from e-methanol fuel cells and heavy-duty mobility.

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Supplies Europe Fuel Macedonia 259

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

The truck manufacturer will support its customers to ensure easy operability and highly competitive uptime. The two companies remain fully committed to working with the consortium, a key vehicle to support the rollout of hydrogen-powered transport in Europe in the coming decade.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

Phillips 66, which has 13 wholly owned and joint venture refineries in the US and Europe, owns extensive hydrogen-related infrastructure and uses hydrogen in the manufacturing of transportation fuels. We believe hydrogen is an important pathway for hard-to-electrify industries in a lower-carbon energy landscape.

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

Volkswagen plans to connect its production facilities in Chattanooga (TN), Puebla and Silao (Mexico) with the global Industrial Cloud initiative from the Volkswagen Group and Amazon Web Services (AWS). Volkswagen’s three North American plants are the first outside Europe to be networked with the Industrial Cloud.

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JUNE 29, 2022

(LEAD) announced that it has been contracted by Volkswagen to supply battery manufacturing equipment for Salzgitter, accounting for more than 65% of the total equipment quantity for that 20 GWh gigafactory. Volkswagen has announced it will invest €30 billion to build 6 battery factories in Europe.

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Manufacturer Batteries Battery China 195

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DECEMBER 7, 2022

BWP, LiCAP and Siemens have entered a strategic partnership to manufacture and commercialize innovative dry electrode manufacturing systems for the battery cell industry. BW Papersystems (BWP), a division of Barry-Wehmiller, is a capital equipment manufacturer for multiple industries. LiCAP Technologies, Inc.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Meta Materials , a developer of high-performance smart materials and nanocomposites, entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in partnership with DuPont Teijin Films and Mitsubishi Electric Europe. PLASMAfusion uses a pulsed electron beam in a mid-range vacuum to ablate a solid-state target containing the source material(s).

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Mitsubishi Europe Batteries Battery 300

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JUNE 17, 2021

Polestar, the premium electric car brand from Sweden, announced that its first all-electric SUV will be manufactured in the United States. The forthcoming Polestar 3 will be manufactured alongside new Volvo vehicles at the Volvo Cars production center in Ridgeville, South Carolina. —Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar’s CEO.

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South Carolina Manufacturer SUV Volvo 243

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MARCH 7, 2023

More than two-thirds (68%) of lithium-ion battery production planned for Europe is at risk of being delayed, scaled down or cancelled, according to new analysis by the European NGO Transport & Environment. Without this expansion, Europe will not be able to satisfy its battery demand in 2030 and will need to import from foreign rivals.

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JANUARY 20, 2022

Honeywell and FREYR Battery signed an agreement pursuant to which FREYR will, subject to viability, leverage Honeywell’s leading technology offerings, including integrated automation, field instrumentation and security integration solutions in FREYR’s manufacturing process.

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APRIL 28, 2020

Limited (CATL), the global leading EV battery manufacturer, is expanding partnerships with VDL Bus & Coach B.V. and Quantron AG to optimize local product solutions and services for commercial vehicle electrification in Europe. VDL Bus & Coach has been the market leader in the electric bus sector in Europe with a share of 22%.

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Europe Commercial Vehicles Netherlands 243

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OCTOBER 28, 2021

Plug Power and Lhyfe, a producer and supplier of renewable hydrogen, announced an partnership to pursue and develop jointly green hydrogen generation plants throughout Europe. Plug Power is the largest buyer of liquid hydrogen globally and has been present in Europe for more than 10 years. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 17, 2022

This is possible, the company says, because it has a proven battery product ready for scaled-up manufacturing. Now we are planning to rapidly expand in Europe, supplying the energy storage and automotive industries with our market-leading technologies that last longer, perform better and are 100% safe.

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MAY 10, 2023

Eaton is continuing to expand and evolve its European eMobility business design capabilities, technologies and operations to support global electrified vehicle manufacturers. Due to its proximity to major manufacturers and suppliers, the new office serves as a base for customer interaction and engineering services in the region.

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MAY 30, 2024

MUNICH & PFORZHEIM, Germany — Visitors to The smarter E Europe, Europe’s Largest Alliance of Exhibitions for the Energy Industry, will find out how private consumers can become self-sufficient in electricity, heat and transport in a smart way and how this creates new business opportunities for installers and system providers.

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MARCH 25, 2022

In Europe, Honda has unveiled the all-new Civic e:HEV, the 11 th generation of its iconic global compact car. The latest iteration of the internal combustion engine has several new elements within its architecture to help achieve a thermal efficiency of 41%, one of the highest figures within the automotive industry for a production road car.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Jeep will introduce four all-electric SUVs in North America and Europe by the end of 2025. By 2030, the Jeep brand will offer a full range of new battery-electric vehicles (BEV), establishing a lead in the SUV industry in terms of the number of models, segment participation and sales volume. Jeep Avenger arrives in Europe in 2023.

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