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NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Toray Industries and LG Chem have agreed to form a battery separator film joint venture in Hungary. LG Chem will invest US$375 million (around ¥43 billion) in Toray Industries Hungary Kft. LTHS), in which Toray and LG Chem each will hold a 50% interest.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2021

SK Innovation will initially invest US$1.148 billion in SK Battery Hungary (SKBH) to build its third European factory in Iváncsa, Hungary, with a production capacity of 30 GWh per year. SK’s first and second European plants are also located in Hungary (Komárom); the expected third plant will be the largest.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler has opened a new production facility at its Szombathely location in the west of Hungary. The goal is sustainable mobility, and we are determined to make real progress in that direction as a key technology partner for our customers by leveraging our global network of production facilities.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

the Japan-based parent company of the specialty chemicals manufacturer Toyo Ink Group, announced the official opening of a new wholly-owned manufacturing subsidiary, Toyo Ink Hungary LLC, in Ujhartyan in Pest County, Hungary. Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co.,

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AUGUST 5, 2021

SK Innovation said the spin-off will be a turning point for securing global competitiveness in the battery business. The battery business aims to grow into a global top player based on its battery order backlogs of “1 Terawatt + ?.” ( Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

BYD has begun delivery of Europe’s largest single order for electric buses to Keolis Nederland BV, the Dutch subsidiary of global public transport provider, Keolis. The Keolis fleet comprises BYD’s 12-meter and 13-meter eBus models.

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JUNE 23, 2022

Rolls-Royce experts based in Germany, Norway and Hungary are developing the turbogenerator design and working on its system integration and are focused on ensuring smart power distribution during flight.

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MARCH 12, 2022

Samsung SDI (Hungary): 20 GWh. SK Innovation (Hungary): 7.5 Overall, Benchmark is forecasting Europe to have a capacity of 789.2GWh by 2030, a little over 14% of the global total of 5,454GWh. Northvolt (Sweden): 16 GWh. Envision AESC (UK): 1.9GWh. LGES(Poland): 67 GWh. ACC (Total/Stellantis) (Germany, France, Italy): 64 GWh.

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MAY 6, 2013

r (Hungary); Bratislava (Slovakia); Changchun (China); Aurangabad (India); Martorell (Spain); and Jakarta (Indonesia). Starting in mid-2016, the plant will produce the successor generation of the successful Audi Q5 SUV. Audi’s current production sites include the German sites in Ingolstadt and Neckarsulm; Brussels (Belgium); Gy?r

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. It will ramp up for the first time at our future plant in Debrecen, Hungary, before being rolled out across our global production network in stages. —Milan Nedeljkovi?.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2023

The first cars of the NEUE KLASSE will come off the production line at our plant in Debrecen, Hungary, starting in 2025, followed by the main plant in Munich. In Mexico, we are investing 800 million euros in our plant and creating around 1,000 new jobs.

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JUNE 6, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. With an investment of one billion euros, we are building in Hungary the first ‘Full-Flex Plant’ in the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

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MAY 1, 2022

The strategic vision of the global production network is the BMW iFACTORY. with an integrative, global approach. The BMW iFACTORY is not a one-off showpiece but an approach we will implement at all our plants in the future —from our 100-year-old home plant in Munich to our forthcoming plant in Debrecen, Hungary.

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AUGUST 12, 2022

billion to build a 100 GWh battery plant in Hungary. The Debrecen, Hungary battery plant would join CATL’s Munich, Germany facility as the second for the company in Europe. We’re proud to see our Ambition 2039 supported by CATL’s commitment to CO2 neutral production in Hungary.”

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The self-driving truck was supplied by Scania, with Hungary-based V2X company Commsignia providing in the C-ITS technology. The satellite positioning has been augmented with an Ultra-Wideband (UWB) ranging solution from Spanish research institution Ceit-IK4.

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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. These upgrades will support Eaton’s efforts in delivering electric vehicle solutions to passenger car, commercial vehicle and off-highway OEMs globally.

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JUNE 13, 2021

From January to May 2021, more than a dozen new projects and expansions have been reported globally, Roskill said. Iljin is investing in new plants in Malaysia and Hungary, while Solus is rolling out new capacity in Hungary and the United States (in partnership with scrap supplier Toyota Tsusho).

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JANUARY 16, 2013

liter diesel and its engine control unit have been entirely developed in-house by a global team of engineers in Turin, Rüsselsheim and the US. liter gasoline engine, in Szentgotthard in Hungary. This approach has enabled a comprehensive system optimization from the beginning of the design process. Beginning in spring, the 1.6

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APRIL 13, 2011

A trio of European countries and one from South America made major strides in reducing their levels of sulfur content in gasoline, allowing them to advance in the annual global ranking published by Hart Energy’s International Fuel Quality Center (IFQC). Click to enlarge. By themselves, those cities would rank 43 rd , just above the US.

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MAY 3, 2023

SK IE Technology (SKIET) signed an MOU with Sunwoda , the 9 th largest battery manufacturer in terms of global market share (according to SNE Research in 2022), to strengthen cooperation in supplying battery separators. The MOU signing ceremony took place at Sunwoda Group’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China.

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JUNE 14, 2022

In September 2021, production started at its plant in Szombathely, Hungary. The new global lead plant for electric motors is now being built in Bühl, headquarters of Schaeffler’s Automotive Technologies division. The company is therefore entering a new market segment for electric axle drives.

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AUGUST 8, 2019

Findings of a study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) and published in the European Respiratory Journal suggest that a significant proportion of childhood asthma cases may be attributable to outdoor air pollution, and that these cases could be prevented. Asthma is the most common chronic disease in children.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Global leader in new energy vehicles. BYD is the global leader in new energy vehicles (NEVs), and the third-largest auto brand in the world based on market capitalisation. Globally, BYD has committed to more than 2.6 BYD achieved listing on Fortune Global 500 in 2021. The European market is not entirely new to BYD.

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APRIL 23, 2022

Global lithium ion production capacity could reach over 6,000 GWh (6 TWh) by the end of the decade based on current plans, as companies accelerate gigafactory construction in Europe and the US, according to Benchmark Mineral Intelligence. LG Energy Solutions said it would invest KRW 1.7 trillion (US$1.4

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

The global demand for PAN-based carbon fibers is expected to expand at an annual growth rate of exceeding 15% as an advanced material which contributes not only to energy saving through weight reduction but also to the spread of renewable energy.

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JANUARY 20, 2016

The Audi Q3, currently produced in Spain, will be built in Győr (Hungary) in the future. The model rotation will benefit all the sites of its global production network, Audi Chairman Rupert Stadler said. The new model distribution will enhance our production efficiency and strengthen all of the sites involved.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2009

REVA is the brand of the Reva Electric Car Company, a Bangalore, India-based company formed as a joint venture between Maini Group of India and AEV LLC of California and backed by US investors Global Environment Fund and Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

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MAY 18, 2018

The smart plant in Hambach will become a part of our global compact car production network with the lead plant Rastatt, Germany. billion) in the expansion of its electric fleet and around €1 billion in a global battery-production network within the worldwide production network.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Frost & Sullivan projects that the global Li-ion battery materials market will reach $51.60 China leads the demand and supply of all of the key battery materials, accounting for more than 85% of the total global supply of cathode materials, anode materials, electrolytes, and separators. billion by 2027 from $18.75

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APRIL 19, 2021

After Europe, the international version of the EQB, produced in Kecskemét, Hungary, will be launched at the end of the year, followed by the US market launch in 2022. The EQB in the global production network. Following the EQA 250 (combined electrical consumption: 15.7 The market launch in China is scheduled for this year.

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JANUARY 10, 2017

Samsung SDI initiated the construction of an automotive battery factory located in Hungary in August of last year, forming a triangular global operation: Korea, China and Europe.

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MARCH 12, 2025

There, d elegations from Azerbaijan, Georgia, Hungary, and Romania finalized an ambitious plan: to generate up to 6 gigawatts of clean energy in the Caucasus region, run the electricity through a cable along the bottom of the Black Sea, and deliver it to Europe. A potential second phase would expand the undersea line to between 4 and 6 GW.

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MAY 29, 2017

Mercedes-Benz announced that its Rastatt plant—the company’s lead plant in global production of compact cars—will produce compact-class electric EQ models in the future. The decision is based on a declaration of intent, which the company has set up with the works council. Ten billion euros (US$11.2

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MAY 9, 2017

Toyota established the annual program in 2000 in commemoration of Toyota’s receipt of the Global 500 Award in 1999 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); this year marks the program’s 18 th year. Protecting highly important floodplain habitats in Hungary within the Tisza Floodplain. WWF Hungary. Climate Change.

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JUNE 30, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is aligning its global production network to manufacture its reshaped product portfolio focused on luxury electric vehicles as the brand prepares to go all electric by the end of the decade—wherever market conditions allow. The global Mercedes Benz production network is sustainable, digital and flexible.

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MARCH 27, 2020

—Felipe Munoz, global analyst at JATO Dynamics. In terms of market share, electrified vehicles represented 75% of all passenger cars registrations in Norway; 33% in Sweden; 31% in Finland; 22% in Netherlands; and 17% in Hungary. Their global sales totaled 18.85 This is also pre-COVID-19. However, their volume fell by 6.8%.

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JANUARY 4, 2023

Towards the end of last year, Tesla announced that it had built its 40,000th supercharger location globally, and shortly thereafter, the automaker opened its first Supercharger location that is open to all vehicles. Siofok, Hungary. Kecskemet, Hungary. Szombathely, Hungary. and Bekescsaba, Hungary. Destin, Florida.

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