Green Car Congress

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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AUGUST 4, 2014

continues to broaden its global customer base, with a UQM PowerPhase electric motor and controller systems being used to power an all-electric mini bus built by Inter Tan-ker Ltd. in Hungary. UQM has developed and launched several additional new products over the past 12 months dedicated to the commercial vehicle market.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

Frost & Sullivan projects that the global Li-ion battery materials market will reach $51.60 The advancements in battery chemistries and technologies, upsurge in electric vehicle (EV) sales, evolving regulatory scenario, and increasing consumer preferences toward EVs are expediting market growth worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

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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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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Green Car Congress

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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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The milestone is significant, given that SAIC has joint ventures with leading global automakers, including Volkswagen GM. Despite an influx of new competition and an intensifying price war in China, BYD is still taking market share. Electrek’s Take BYD continues to expand in China despite its increasingly competitive market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2020

The decline of the European new car market has continued throughout February. —Felipe Munoz, global analyst at JATO Dynamics. As of 29 February, JATO data has shown that the impact of COVID-19 had yet to hit the European automotive market. Their global sales totaled 18.85 This is also pre-COVID-19.

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Baua Electric

MAY 22, 2024

CATL is doubling down on its global expansion efforts as it seeks more growth in overseas markets. With CATL’s chairman now leading the efforts, the company is making overseas growth a top priority as it outgrows China’s surging EV market. share of the market. It was also the only manufacturer with a +30% share.

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Green Car Congress

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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Plug in America

JUNE 10, 2021

Last week, 37 electric vehicle (EV) driver associations from 26 countries, including Plug In America, joined forces to create the Global EV Drivers’ Alliance, building a worldwide EV community. While the United States has been a leader in electric mobility in many ways, we also lag behind several countries in EV market share.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 12, 2024

China’s BYD will challenge automakers in Europe with plans to triple its share in the EV market by 2025. After dominating its home market, BYD is expanding its brand overseas. BYD plans to expand EV market share in Europe BYD began selling vehicles in Europe in 2021, starting in Norway. share of Europe’s EV market.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2021

The first half of 2021 has seen a tidal wave of announcements of new electrodeposited copper foil mill projects, as well as second- and third-phase expansions at existing mills, according to market consultancy Roskill. From January to May 2021, more than a dozen new projects and expansions have been reported globally, Roskill said.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 31, 2024

Purchasing Hedin Electric Mobility will likely strengthen BYD’s position in the European market. It will take over sales activities in the German market and directly manage stores in Stuttgart and Frankfurt. The Chinese automaker predicts that its overseas market will account for 50% of its total global sales in the future.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The European car market remained stable during 2018, as 15.6 It was the best result since 2007, when the market peaked with 16.02 Strong results in Q2, where the market was up by 4.8%, and Q3, where the market was up by 1.1%, were enough to offset the large decline posted in Q4, where the market dropped by 7.5%

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Teslarati

AUGUST 30, 2024

Altavilla will be BYD’s special advisor for the European market. BYD has set ambitious goals for its global market expansion. BYD forecasts that its overseas market will account for 50% of its global sales in the future, and Europe plays a significant role in the Chinese automaker’s plans.

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Green Car Congress

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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Baua Electric

JUNE 6, 2024

As global EV battery consumption continues rising, the most prominent players, including CATL and BYD, continue dominating the market in 2024. CATL still owns over a third of the market, but BYD looks to close the gap with new lower-priced EVs. of the market through April 2024. The company’s market share was up from 14.3%

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Teslarati

MARCH 9, 2023

As of 2022, CATL said it controlled more than one-third of the total battery market globally, 37 percent, to be precise. GWh of battery capacity last year, while LG Energy and BYD, the second and third-place companies in terms of total market share, both installed 70.4 CATL installed 191.6

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Green Car Congress

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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Baua Electric

JUNE 17, 2024

In addition to expanding its own retail footprint, Polestar is deploying new non-agency sales models and has announced seven new markets it will begin selling to next year. The new strategy in Europe will include the switch to a non-agency sales model with the help of new existing partners in its current markets.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2023

—SK On Chief Commercial Officer Min-suk Sung For EcoProBM, Canada is the second global market expansion after Hungary and marks the company’s entry into North America. Through the joint venture, the Québec facility will become a key landmark for EcoProBM’s pioneering of the North American market.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

BYD is the first, and only company in the world, to provide full market new energy vehicle solutions. 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

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

million, which the company says was due to “lower global volumes and higher discounts.” During the second quarter, Polestar announced plans to launch its EVs in seven new markets in 2025 , including Brazil, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Thailand.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

After its fifth straight record sales month, BYD is now closing in on top global automakers like Ford. Amid a wave of new competition and an intensifying EV price war in China, BYD is setting up shop in key overseas markets to drive growth. The company opened its first manufacturing plant in Thailand, a booming EV market.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 20, 2021

The EQB will be produced for the local market in Beijing. The rest of the world will get their EQBs from Kecskemét, Hungary. The EQB will be the first pure EV made in Hungary. Mercedes-Benz’s 2021 EQB is its third all-electric launch this year, along with the EQA 250 and EQS. spec EQB won’t happen […].

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2018

The European car market recorded its best H1 performance of the century, with 8.6 Despite uncertainty in the UK, where the market was down 6.3% on H1 2017, the growth recorded in Germany, France and Spain allowed the overall market to keep growing. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. of the German market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2018

The market share of diesel vehicles fell to 39.5% compared to the same month last year, meaning SUVs accounted for 33% of the total market in February. However, the performances of these markets offset volume declines in 13 other European markets. MPVs saw market share decline by 2.1 percentage points in February.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

—Julia Poliscanova, senior director for vehicles and emobility at T&E Germany, Hungary, Spain, Italy and the UK stand to lose the most if battery-makers change their plans. Europe’s global share of new investment in Li-ion battery production dropped from 41% in 2021 to a meagre 2% in 2022, according to BloombergNEF.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The Chinese automaker aims to expand its global presence and sees Mexico as an excellent place to reach its goals. BYD Mexico’s country manager, Zhou Zhou, told Nikkei Asia that Mexico is a key market with potential. BYD is steadily strengthening its global presence. Latin America is BYD’s next target.

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Green Car Congress

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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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Hao Huan, CTO of CATL’s domestic passenger division, said the new electric bus battery “pays tribute to the 10 years of vigorous development of China’s commercial vehicle market.” of global EV battery sales in the second quarter. of global battery sales. According to CATL, it will power 80 electric buses.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2022

Schaeffler is therefore opening up a particularly large market, especially since in the future electric axles will be used in vehicles ranging from passenger cars through to light commercial vehicles with purely electric drives and drives based on fuel cells. The company is therefore entering a new market segment for electric axle drives.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 21, 2024

After dominating its home market, BYD is taking its best-selling EVs overseas to challenge legacy automakers. According to global data collection firm DataForce , that would give BYD a 1.1% share of the European EV market. Even before it begins producing vehicles at its Hungary plant.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

The company detailed its global vehicle portfolio plans supporting these production goals as part of its Ford+ plan. Ford expects a compound annual growth rate for EVs to exceed 90% through 2026, more than double forecasted global industry growth. 150,000 F-150 Lightnings for North America.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Location data and technology company HERE Technologies, in conjunction with SBD Automotive, a global automotive research firm, published an interactive index that shows the developing state of electric vehicle (EV) demand and infrastructure readiness across the United States and Europe.

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Green Car Congress

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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