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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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AUGUST 9, 2023

plan to invest jointly ina joint venture—European Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (ESMC) GmbH, in Dresden, Germany—to provide advanced semiconductor manufacturing services. TSMC, Robert Bosch GmbH, Infineon Technologies AG, and NXP Semiconductors N.V.

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MAY 18, 2022

Air Liquide, CaetanoBus and Toyota Motor Europe have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the aim of developing integrated hydrogen solutions. CaetanoBus, part of Toyota Caetano Portugal and Mitsui & Co, is a bus and chassis manufacturer in Portugal.

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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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FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has started transporting new cars by cross-channel rail services between its Valenciennes Vehicle Logistics hub in France and Toton (UK). The initiative also positions Toyota as the only automotive manufacturer currently using the Channel Tunnel link for the transportation of new vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2021

In Europe, Volkswagen has launched a new ID. 5 is manufactured at the Zwickau plant and both models are carbon-neutral on delivery to the customer. 5 GTX will launch in Europe in early 2022. family top model as part of its ACCELERATE brand strategy: the ID.5 5 electric SUV coupé and the sporty ID.5 Like the ID.3 4, the new ID.5

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JULY 30, 2022

Péter Szijjártó, Minister of Hungarian Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Hui Zhang, Vice President of NIO Europe Office, jointly announced that NIO Power Europe Plant in Pest megye, with investment from NIO, will commence operation in September. NIO’s first battery swap station in Norway.

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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 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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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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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 21, 2021

The European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) has published an interactive map showing the number of truck-specific hydrogen refueling stations required in Europe (the 27 EU member states plus the UK) by 2025 and 2030 for each country. cell electric vehicles are already being rolled out in Europe. From the mid?

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JUNE 18, 2023

Volkswagen’s PowerCo SE plans to introduce an electrode dry-coating manufacturing process in its battery cell production plants in Europe and Northern America. As a result, two of four process steps in electrode manufacturing become obsolete. The new processing technology is to exit development stage at the end of 2024.

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JANUARY 18, 2022

These fuel cell modules will first be tested together with the batteries in the full system on a test bench, before moving to Spanish manufacturer CAF. This demonstrator train is a CIVIA electric commuter train manufactured by CAF, and provided by Renfe.

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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. Thus, one in 4 bikes sold in Europe was electric last year. The entire Peugeot Cycles range thus expanded will be available from the main dealer networks of Cycleurope Industries.

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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. Only 4% felt it would not be possible.

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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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MAY 31, 2022

and Toyota Motor Europe N.V. Stellantis will supply TME with the new large-size commercial van for sale in Europe under the Toyota brand. Stellantis will supply TME with the new large-size commercial van for sale in Europe under the Toyota brand. Stellantis N.V. —Carlos Tavares, Stellantis CEO.

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MARCH 5, 2022

The Volkswagen Group’s Supervisory Board has approved a new manufacturing facility for the Trinity electric model. The net carbon-neutral Trinity model, built using the most innovative manufacturing methods, is to roll off the assembly line from 2026. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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JULY 14, 2021

Volkswagen Group executives laid out the basics of the new Group strategy “NEW AUTO – Mobility for Generations to Come”, which will see the Group realign from being a from vehicle manufacturer to a leading, global software-driven mobility provider. Like the MEB today, the SSP will be open to other auto manufacturers.

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Ford announced that it intends to invest up to £230 million (US$316 million) at its Halewood vehicle transmission facility to transform it to build electric power units for future Ford all-electric passenger and commercial vehicles sold in Europe. —Stuart Rowley, president, Ford of Europe. billion (US$3.4 billion) annually.

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JULY 15, 2020

The new BMW iX3 will be the brand’s first model to also be produced for export at the Shenyang manufacturing facility in China. The operating range is up to 460 kilometers (285 miles) in the statutory new WLTP test cycle (up to 520 kilometers [323 miles] in the NEDC test cycle). Market launch will begin in China later in 2020.

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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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DECEMBER 30, 2020

This was one of the biggest contracts for battery-powered buses in Europe and the largest one for the manufacturer in Germany so far. Out of all manufacturers, Solaris boasted the biggest share (nearly 25%) of newly registered buses with electric drives in Western Europe in the first three quarters of 2020.

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JULY 14, 2022

Furthermore, the recently announced plan to restart production of buses in Italy will provide another opportunity to manufacture new buses powered by HTWO’s hydrogen fuel cells. IVECO BUS is already participating in European tenders for fuel cell buses powered by HTWO.

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MARCH 2, 2022

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares said that the company is targeting global battery-electric vehicle sales of 5 million units in 2030, reaching 100% of passenger car BEV sales mix in Europe and 50% passenger cars and light-duty trucks in the United States.

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AUGUST 20, 2021

Octillion also has relocated a battery manufacturing line from its previous facility in Hayward, California, where the company has operated since its founding in 2009. The company has operations in 16 locations in Asia, Europe and North America with a global workforce of more than 400 employees. Earlier post.) —Paul Beach.

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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.

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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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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 23, 2021

In April 2019, VinFast and LG Chem announced the establishment of a battery manufacturing and packaging joint venture to produce batteries for VinFast’s electric motorcycles and electric cars.

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APRIL 2, 2021

The aim of the three institutes, which specialize in the field of manufacturing, is to accelerate the economic breakthrough of fuel cells and electrolyzers both nationally and internationally. Germany and Europe are on their way to a hydrogen future. Industry in Europe is still quite a long way from that point. © Fraunhofer IPT.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2021

The single largest portion of carbon emissions generated by any mass vehicle manufacturer occurs when the vehicle is in daily use and on the road. Kia aims to electrify its full vehicle line-up in Europe by 2035. Rendering of Concept EV9. Achieving full electrification in major markets by 2040. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

A total of 50,401 vehicles have been manufactured in Dresden since March 2017. After Zwickau, we are the second location in Europe to manufacture vehicles based on the new modular e-drive system. More than 28,000 cars have been handed over to customers since the Europe-wide market launch in September.

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APRIL 11, 2023

Today, more than 4,300 kilometers already exists for hydrogen transportation with more than 90% located in Europe and North America, the company notes. Globally, Europe is at the forefront of efforts to produce and import green hydrogen and its attention is now turning to building the necessary infrastructure to get it to demand centers.

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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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JUNE 5, 2022

Meanwhile, the movement to manufacture batteries locally for automobile applications in North America and Europe is becoming active with auto makers and battery cell makers implementing supply chain strategies.

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