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MARCH 4, 2023

Mercedes-Benz held its groundbreaking ceremony for a new battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim, Germany, which will help reduce resource consumption and establishing closed-loop recycling of battery raw materials. Mercedes-Benz lays the foundation for a sustainable battery recycling factory in Kuppenheim in southern Germany.

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JUNE 14, 2021

German Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier and Federal Minister of Research Anja Karliczek, together with their Australian counterpart, Energy Minister Angus Taylor, have signed a letter of intent to establish a “Germany Australia Hydrogen Accord” to facilitate a green hydrogen supply chain between the countries.

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AUGUST 31, 2020

The average global capacity factor for reactors generating electricity in 2019 rose from 79.8% Thirteen reactors shut down in 2019, four in Japan had not generated since 2011 and three were shut down due to phase-out policies in South Korea, Germany and Taiwan.

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JUNE 27, 2022

A group of leading German companies along with Australia’s Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has released a green hydrogen roadmap, outlining a set of recommendations for government and industry, to meet the ambitious target of importing large amounts of green hydrogen from Australia to Germany. Source: RMI analysis).

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JANUARY 28, 2022

In 2021, global investment in the low-carbon energy transition totaled $755 billion, up 27% from $595 billion in 2020 and just $264 billion in 2011, according to Energy Transition Investment Trends 2022, a new report published by research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Germany, the U.K. degrees of global warming.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Japan is the next market to follow. Since 2018, the E-Mobility Group has bundled Daimler Trucks & Buses’ global know-how in the field of e-mobility and now defines the strategy for electric components and products across brands and segments. Global electric truck portfolio at Daimler Trucks.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

BNEF’s 2H 2022 Energy Storage Market Outlook sees an additional 13% of capacity by 2030 than previously estimated, primarily driven by recent policy developments. The US and China are set to remain the two largest markets, representing more than half of global storage installations by the end of the decade.

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APRIL 10, 2023

—Lead author Dr Luke Western, a Research Fellow at the University of Bristol and researcher at the NOAA’s Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) The international study was conducted by a team of scientists from the UK, US, Switzerland, Australia, and Germany. CFCs are chemicals known to destroy Earth’s protective ozone layer.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

3 with 56,500 units sold—even though this only came on the market in September—followed by the e-Golf with around 41,300 units and the Passat GTE with approximately 24,000 units. in Germany in the BEV market and 23% in the Netherlands. This brought the share of BEV and hybrid vehicles in Europe up to 12.4%

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JANUARY 11, 2021

With sales of 2,164,187 units (-7.5%), Mercedes-Benz maintained a leading global position compared with its core competitors. Mercedes-Benz benefited from the ongoing recovery in many markets in the second half of the year. 1,024,315 units were sold in the Asia-Pacific region (+4.7%).

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JUNE 19, 2022

Hyzon Motors, a US-based global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell trucks and buses, will acquire ORTEN Betriebs GmbH and subsidiaries, and ORTEN Electric Trucks GmbH, German manufacturers of innovative truck and trailer bodies for the beverage industry. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter, 2022.

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APRIL 18, 2021

RWE Supply & Trading and Australian hydrogen project developer The Hydrogen Utility Pty Ltd (H2U) have joined forces to develop hydrogen trading between Australia and Germany. Furthermore, the planned LNG Terminal in Brunsbüttel, where RWE intends to book capacity, can be a location for the future import of hydrogen into Germany.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (ADNOC’s) first shipment of low-carbon ammonia recently left the United Arab Emirates (UAE) bound for Hamburg, Germany. This is the first cargo of low-carbon ammonia to be shipped to Germany.

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MARCH 31, 2021

Germany-based specialty chemicals company LANXESS is entering the battery chemistry business. Tinci) is a leading global manufacturer of lithium-ion battery materials. For production, LANXESS will use a plant operated by its subsidiary Saltigo, a global custom manufacturer. Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

After growing by more than 2% in 2019, global gas use is set to fall by around 4% in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic reduces energy consumption across the global economies. The report shows that medium-term growth will come from increasing cost-competitiveness and increased global access to gas. —Jon Moore, CEO of BNEF.

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JULY 31, 2021

In the future, they will drive the global production of battery-electric and hydrogen-based drive systems in a production and technology network for electric drive components and battery systems, together with the sister plant in Detroit. —Yaris Pürsün, Head of Global Powertrain Operations Daimler Truck.

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AUGUST 9, 2021

announced in February that they would enter into a global strategic partnership for medium-duty engines. Under the strategic partnership, Cummins will invest in the further development of the medium-duty engine platform and its global production and delivery starting in the second half of the decade for Daimler Trucks & Buses.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2020

Australia and Germany have released national hydrogen strategies to help grow the development of renewable hydrogen as a clean source of energy. Rahman Daiyan, from the ARC Training Center for The Global Hydrogen Economy (GlobH2E), with local and global industry partners including Deloitte, Baringa Partners and MAN Energy.

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MARCH 31, 2020

Hyundai Motor Company will establish a Hyundai Mobility Global Innovation Center in Singapore (HMGICs) to accelerate its innovation efforts, with support from the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB). HMGICs will become Hyundai’s global open innovation hub. Hyundai expects to secure new markets and customers through the effort.

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JULY 12, 2019

Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG are expanding their global alliance to include electric vehicles—and will collaborate with Argo AI to introduce autonomous vehicle technology in the US and Europe. Based in Munich, Germany, AID will become Argo AI’s new European headquarters and will be led by AID’s current CEO Karlheinz Wurm.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2019

of total global sales). It was one of the highest increases among all car categories on the global market, which can be explained by several factors, JATO said. Overall, 2018 marked a somewhat challenging year for the global car market, as sales fell for the first time since 2009, logging 86.01 million units.

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JULY 26, 2019

The European car market dropped in June 2019 as 1.49 It was the biggest monthly drop so far in 2019, as only four out of the 27 markets included in JATO’s analysis posted growth but counted for a marginal 2.6% —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. million vehicles were registered—down by 7.9% of total registrations.

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JUNE 27, 2022

Airbus and Munich Airport International signed a Memorandum of Understanding at ILA Berlin Air Show to start marketing turnkey solutions to cities and regions interested in developing advanced air mobility (AAM) ecosystems globally. —Ivonne Kuger, Executive VP Corporate Development MAI.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2020

BASF has officially broken ground for its new cathode active materials (CAM) production plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. The new plant is part of BASF’s multi-step investment plan in the European battery materials market and will use precursors (PCAM) from the company’s previously announced plant in Harjavalta, Finland.

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MARCH 26, 2022

The Refining & Marketing business is to become a leading European provider of sustainable fuels, feedstock, and mobility solutions. Driven by Asian markets, global demand for virgin polyolefins is expected to grow above global GDP by 2030. Refining & Marketing. The company can build on a strong position.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The presentation of results was made by Dr. Petronela Gotcu, manager R&D Cells and Dr. Hilmi Buqa, vice president R&D Cells, Leclanché, at the International Battery Production Conference 2020 Braunschweig, Germany, held online this year from November 2 - 3. Leclanché is one of the global leaders in applying the WBB technology.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Global investment in carbon capture and storage (CCS) tripled to $3 billion, and that in hydrogen was $1.5 A geographical split of BNEF’s energy transition investment data shows that Europe accounted for the biggest slice of global investment, at $166.2 Global investment in renewable energy capacity moved up 2% to $303.5

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Germany-based ElringKlinger and France-based Plastic Omnium, two automotive supplier leaders in their respective business areas, will create EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies, a joint venture dedicated to fuel cell stack development, production and commercialization. ElringKlinger PEMFC modules.

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APRIL 11, 2023

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. France, Spain, and Germany. Europe is taking the lead globally with pipelines planned on and offshore.

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OCTOBER 13, 2022

The all-electric Jeep Avenger will offer Jeep brand capability that is rightsized for the European market delivering a targeted electric range of 400 kilometers (249 miles), combined with modern and technologically advanced interior, with plenty of space for people and cargo.

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MAY 4, 2022

Volvo Trucks was the market leader for heavy all-electric trucks in Europe in 2021 with a market share of 42%. The largest markets for Volvo’s electric trucks in Europe currently are Norway, Sweden and Germany. Volvo Trucks goal is that electric models will account for half of its truck sales in 2030.

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APRIL 12, 2022

Hyzon also plans a Class 6 fuel-cell-electric truck for the European market. Germany is expected to be one of the major global markets for zero-emission commercial vehicle technologies in the coming years. Having a strong partner in the German market has the opportunity to fuel significant long-term growth for Hyzon.

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AUGUST 23, 2020

Wipro Limited, a global information technology, consulting, and business process services company, announced the successful implementation of a blockchain-based small-scale liquefied natural gas (ssLNG) trading/fulfillment platform for Uniper Global Commodities SE and its 100% LNG-for-trucks subsidiary Liqvis GmbH.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2023

The battery packs are being assembled at Cenntro’s Freehold, NJ facility and the Herne Plant in Germany. At IAA Transportation in Germany in 2022, Cenntro introduced two new vehicles, the Logistar 260 (LS260) and the Logistar 100 (LS100), joining the LS product line now available globally in Class 1 to Class 4. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

It was revealed at IAA Mobility 2021 as the production vehicle and robotaxi ride-hailing service Mobileye will bring to market beginning with Germany in 2022 through a collaboration with Munich, Germany-based SIXT Group. Mobileye autononomous vehicle(AV) operating under the MoovitAV mobility services brand.

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JULY 8, 2022

With immediate effect, responsibility for global battery business is to be held by the newly created company “PowerCo”. It shows that we are bringing the leading-edge technology of the future to Germany! The Volkswagen Group is bundling its global battery activities in the European company (SE) PowerCo.

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JANUARY 13, 2022

The Group is the European market leader for battery-electric vehicles by a large margin and achieved the second-largest share of the key US market with about 7.5%. As forecast, the global semiconductor shortage led to a slight decrease of 4.5% These now account for 5.1% of total deliveries, up from 2.5% in the previous year.

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