Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2018

GS Yuasa Corporation will establish a manufacturing subsidiary company, GS Yuasa Hungary Ltd. in Hungary and build a new plant for lithium-ion batteries. These batteries will be used for SLI (Starting, Lighting, and Ignition) applications which are expected to be expanded in the European market.

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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. Construction work on Szombathely II, the Schaeffler Group’s second plant in western Hungary, started in 2020. Jochen Schröder, President of the E-Mobility division of Schaeffler AG.

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Electric Cars Report

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

NIO’s Power Europe Facility in Hungary delivered its first Power Swap Station to Germany. This is a milestone in the acceleration of NIO Power’s development in the European market and the ability to provide more convenient power services for European users.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2022

This expansion follows NIO’s entry into the Norwegian market last year. NIO is committed to a comprehensive battery charging system in the new markets. In September, the first Power Swap Station manufactured in NIO Power Europe Plant located in Hungary rolled off the production line.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 14, 2024

BYD predicts rapid EV growth in Germany, Europe’s largest auto market, within the next six months. Li criticized the tariffs, saying the buyers lose in the long run, but added that BYD will begin building cars in Hungary in 2025. After dominating in its home market, BYD is looking overseas to drive growth.

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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. billion by 2027 from $18.75

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Green Car Congress

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. This marks SKIET’s first large-scale supply of EV battery separators to a Chinese EV battery manufacturer.

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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. Due to its proximity to major manufacturers and suppliers, the new office serves as a base for customer interaction and engineering services in the region.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

The BMW Group is building a high-voltage battery assembly for the vehicles of the NEUE KLASSE at its site in Hungary. Cell manufacturers will use cobalt, lithium and nickel that include a percentage of secondary material, i.e. raw materials that are not newly mined, but already in the loop, in production of battery cells.

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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. The majority of the projects are targeted at making copper foil for lithium-ion batteries to meet demand from EVs.

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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. Modern logistics concepts are also integrated.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2023

Following the market launch in 2025, models of the next vehicle generation will also be produced from 2026 onwards by BBA in Shenyang. The high-voltage batteries required for this will likewise be manufactured locally. These batteries will be used in the models of the NEUE KLASSE.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

EU battery manufacturing is caught in the crossfire between America and China. —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 must act or risk losing it all.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

With both projects, we are addressing the market-defining trends in the Chinese auto market, namely: electrification, digitalization, and sustainability. Audi has a history of developing specific products and technologies for the Chinese market. —Audi CEO Markus Duesmann.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2020

The decline of the European new car market has continued throughout February. As of 29 February, JATO data has shown that the impact of COVID-19 had yet to hit the European automotive market. So far this year, electrified vehicles have been the only lifeline for manufacturers operating in Europe. This is also pre-COVID-19.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

South Korea-based SK On (SKO), a global EV battery manufacturer, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Australia’s Global Lithium Resources to explore future business opportunities together in regard to stable supply of lithium. Incorporated in 2018, Global Lithium was listed on the Australian Stock Exchange last year.

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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 14, 2022

In the future, Schaeffler will supply beam axles to automobile manufacturers, particularly in North America. For the electrification of medium-duty pick-up trucks, particularly for the North American market, Schaeffler is developing and will manufacture an electric beam axle.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2022

Automotive manufacturing of the future requires a new, holistic way of thinking. 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. —Milan Nedeljkovi?.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2021

Currently, the company holds an annual battery production capacity of 40GWh, produced in various countries, including South Korea, the United States, China, Hungary. The company plans to quickly expand its production capacity to 85 Gwh by 2023, 200 Gwh by 2025, and 500 Gwh by 2030. Earlier post.).

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Electric Cars Report

JULY 20, 2023

In June 2023, the EU car market grew by 17.8% to 1 million registered units, according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) data. Except for Hungary (-1.4%), all the EU markets grew, […] The post BEV overtake diesels sales for the first time in Europe appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

r in Hungary is engaged in decarbonization by means of three mechanisms. Audi Hungaria is the biggest user of industrial geothermal energy in Hungary. In 2019 alone, Audi Hungaria saved more than 18,000 megawatt-hours of energy and avoided CO 2 emissions amounting to almost 5,750 tonnes by means of numerous efficiency measures.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 16, 2024

Ironically, the market share of Chinese electric buses in Europe is far higher than that of Chinese electric cars. The European Commission estimates that Chinese electric cars made up 8% of the market in 2023. According to IDTechEx’s research , Chinese manufacturers accounted for 28% of the European electric bus market in 2023.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

BMW has announced that it will nearly double its investment in a planned EV production facility in Hungary and add battery production capabilities to the facility as well. In the German brand’s most recent announcement, it will almost double its investment into a new EV production facility in Hungary to $2.08

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2022

BYD is not just another car manufacturer. Notably, BYD owns the vertical supply chain for seamless integration and manufacturing control, including the production of semiconductors. BYD is the first, and only company in the world, to provide full market new energy vehicle solutions. BYD is a high-tech brand.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Chinese automakers are aiming to more than double their full-process manufacturing capacity outside of China, all in hopes of beating out import tariffs on Chinese-made vehicles and meeting demand for EVs, according to a report from Bloomberg. million vehicles in 2023 to more than 2.7 million by 2026. million vehicles in 2023 to more than 2.7

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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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2020

across the EU, as measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 lead to the closure of dealerships, according to the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). Each vehicle segment was strongly affected by the fallout of the COVID-19 outbreak and all 27 EU markets recorded substantial declines last month. and Spain saw a 67.2%

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FEBRUARY 9, 2020

of new-car registrations, according to data from ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association. of the EU market, while electrically?chargeable powered vehicles (APV) combined held a market share of 13.2%. Despite this overall decline, some markets are starting to show signs of recovery. All alternatively?powered

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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. It makes it possible to adjust production at short notice according to market demand.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2021

We know batteries like the back of our hand, as well as how they have to be manufactured. The company is investing some €70 million (US$82 million) this year in expanding local manufacturing operations. Our assumption is that the global battery market will grow up to 25 percent each year. —Rolf Najork.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

BYD Mexico’s country manager, Zhou Zhou, told Nikkei Asia that Mexico is a key market with potential. It opened facilities in Thailand this year and announced plans to build a production site in Hungary in the next three years. BYD isn’t the only electric vehicle manufacturer with its sights on Mexico.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

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. New facilities are coming online soon in Hungary, Brazil, Pakistan, Turkey, and Mexico.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 4, 2024

New Delhi: Onkar Kanwar, Chairman of Apollo Tyres , had declared at the Annual General Meeting of the company last year that Apollo had no plans of setting up greenfield manufacturing facilities in India anymore. ML and AI in tyre manufacturing? Yes, you read right.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

Zoltek is a large two carbon fiber manufacturer; large tow carbon fiber is carbon fiber with 40,000 or more filaments applied for applications such as wind turbine blades and reinforced plastics compounds, and is produced on modified acrylic staple fiber production lines for textiles. Toray Industries, Inc. per share).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

In March China’s EVE Energy announced plans to set up its first European battery plant with an estimated capacity of 30 GWh in Debrecen, Hungary. Tier 1 is defined as a battery manufacturer that is qualified to supply more than one multinational automaker outside of China—e.g., LG Energy Solutions said it would invest KRW 1.7

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2022

Then we will process up to 100,000 tons of corn stover into renewable natural gas (RNG) every year and make it available for the market as a climate-friendly, renewable biofuel. Our advanced and approved technology sets new standards in the US biofuels market. Nevada is just the beginning.

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