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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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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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Green Car Congress

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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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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Green Car Congress

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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Teslarati

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Xpeng’s President recently confirmed that the Chinese automaker is committed to Europe despite the EU’s recently approved tariffs on China-made electric vehicle (EV) imports. Our plan for Europe is a very long-term one ,” Xpeng’s Vice Chairman and Co-President Brian Gu told CNBC.

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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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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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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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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 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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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. The Ghent plant will provide important learnings to other manufacturing sites in terms of process optimisation and efficiency.

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Green Car Congress

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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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 16, 2023

Ford in Europe announced next steps in the transformation of its business. The actions are intended to align Ford’s product development organization and administrative functions in Europe with a smaller, more focused, and increasingly electric product portfolio.

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MARCH 17, 2023

Volvo Buses is changing its business model in Europe and will apply the same successful model as it has in several other markets. Our business in Europe has been loss-making for years. The bodybuilding manufacturing in Wrocław is planned to continue until the first quarter of 2024.

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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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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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Electric Cars Report

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Mercedes-Benz opened Europe’s first battery recycling plant with an integrated mechanical-hydrometallurgical process making it the first car manufacturer worldwide to close the battery recycling loop with its own in-house facility. The recycling plant in Kuppenheim, southern Germany, creates a genuine circular economy.

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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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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

The electrolyte additive Trinohex Ultra , manufactured and marketed exclusively by Ascend Performance Materials, is now approved for import into the EU in quantities up to 100 metric tons annually per REACH, the regulation for registration, evaluation and authorization of chemicals in the region.

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APRIL 12, 2021

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has started KINTO Europe GmbH, a limited liability company with headquarters in Cologne, Germany. KINTO Europe is headed by CEO Tom Fux. KINTO Europe is headed by CEO Tom Fux. The roadmap includes market-by-market deployment of KINTO-branded services across Europe. —Tom Fux.

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CleanTechnica EVs

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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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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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 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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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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NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Under the terms of contracts in 2018-2019, domestic manufacturers GAZ and KAMAZ supplied 300 electric buses to Moscow. Moscow’s electric fleet is thus the largest in Europe. The first electric buses took to the streets of the city in autumn 2018.

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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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Green Car Reports

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Europe's largest truckmakers have committed to phasing out diesel trucks by 2040, a decade earlier than originally planned, the Financial Times reported this week. Seven manufacturers—Daimler, Scania, MAN, Volvo, DAF, IVECO, and Ford—signed an agreement to transition to zero-emission vehicles under the auspices of the ACEA.

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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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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

in Europe’s in August 2024. For major car markets in Europe, like Germany, France, and Italy , the EV sales saw double-digit losses. According to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), Germany reported a 68.8% in Europe. The post EV sales down by nearly 44% in Europe appeared first on TESLARATI.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

As a result, EVR’s electric motors, are expected to be supplied to vehicle manufacturers in multiple categories from the second half of 2023. EVR India will manufacture electric motor coils, a patented key component of EVR’s electric motor topology, for the company’s partners in India and globally.

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DECEMBER 11, 2022

Volkswagen AG and its charging and energy brand Elli now operate 400,000 charging points in Europe—the largest charging network there, with more than 800 providers in 27 countries. We have taken a huge step closer to our vision by offering 400,000 charging points in Europe.

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Electrek

APRIL 11, 2024

This would be Chery’s first manufacturing site in Europe. Chinese automaker Chery is planning to make cars in Spain, where the EV market is at just 12%, half that of Portugal and France.

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