Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

In 2012 Audi’s Hungarian plant opened a geothermal facility to supply most of its heat requirements. —Peter Kössler, board member for production at Audi and chairman of the supervisory commission of AUDI HUNGARIA Zrt. r in Hungary is engaged in decarbonization by means of three mechanisms. r has used only green power.

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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. Mass production at the Ujhartyan Factory, which employs 30 people, started in July 2022.

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Hungary Li-ion Supplies South Korea 170

Green Car Congress

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. The Toray Group will continue to develop, manufacture, and supply battery separator film and coating in Japan and Korea.

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Hungary Lithium Ion Battery Batteries 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2022

BMW’s iFACTORY production strategy defines the future orientation of plants and production technologies at the BMW Group and meets the challenges of the transformation to e-mobility. Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Production. The strategic vision of the global production network is the BMW iFACTORY.

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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. This scale of output would supply batteries for approximately 430,000 cars based on 70 kWh per charging with a more than 400 km range.

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Hungary Building Battery Batteries 186

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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 range of products produced at the Szombathely II plant includes electric motor components. The new plant also highlights our ambitions to continue our strong growth in e-mobility.

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Hungary Motoring Motor Motors 221

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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. Potential opportunities for collaboration in electric vehicle (EV) and battery material supply chains.

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Supplies Global South Korea Battery 259

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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. The close link between battery assembly and vehicle production is part of our strategy. —Markus Fallböhmer, Senior Vice President of Battery Production at the BMW Group. Construction work recently began.

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BMW Battery Batteries Hungary 417

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Despite restrictions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, the BYD eBus fleet has been delivered on time and according to pre-pandemic production schedules. The Keolis fleet comprises BYD’s 12-meter and 13-meter eBus models.

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BYD Hungary Extended Range Electric 418

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JUNE 4, 2022

Components for the production of batteries at Audi’s Brussels plant will no longer be delivered by truck from Hungary, but by rail with DB Cargo. Brussels plays a pioneering role, but we developed this sustainable logistics concept for battery modules and cells in Audi’s entire production network.

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Audi Hungary Battery Batteries 273

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NOVEMBER 25, 2014

After going into operation in just over a year, it will supply the company with at least 82,000 megawatt hours of geothermal energy per year and will cover about 60% of total heat requirements. signed a long-term contract on the supply of heat energy with the Hungarian company “DDEnergy.” neutral production plant.

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Audi Hungary Building Supplies 230

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AUGUST 13, 2021

Bosch is pooling its mechanical engineering expertise and offering companies factory equipment for battery production from a single source—ranging from individual components and software solutions to complete assembly lines. Webasto is a pioneer in the production of battery packs.

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Supplies Battery Batteries Production 186

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MARCH 12, 2022

Samsung SDI (Hungary): 20 GWh. SK Innovation (Hungary): 7.5 A more recent trend with Europe’s lithium-ion battery build out is the emergence of auto majors as pseudo-battery producers seeking to secure cell supply through joint-venture plants. Northvolt (Sweden): 16 GWh. Envision AESC (UK): 1.9GWh.

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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. SKIET plans to supply separators produced at its Changzhou factory in China to Sunwoda.

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Supplies Battery Batteries South Korea 199

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NOVEMBER 13, 2022

China continues to dominate BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) global lithium-ion battery supply chain ranking, for the third time in a row, for both 2022 and its projection for 2027, due to continued support for the electric vehicle demand and raw materials investments. US cell production capacity surpassed Japan in 2014 and South Korea in 2016.

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Electric Cars Report

AUGUST 12, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is taking another step to scale up development and production of next-generation high-performance battery cells and modules on its path to an all-electric future. The new CATL plant in Debrecen, Hungary will supply battery cells for European production sites in Germany and Hungary.

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JUNE 27, 2011

is broadening its alliance with Fiat SpA, which will supply Suzuki with 1.6-liter The Italian automaker will supply an annual supply of 20,000 to 30,000 of the European-built engines. Suzuki plans to use the engines in the SX4, which the two jointly developed, at its assembly plant in Hungary. liter diesel engines.

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Suzuki Diesel Engine Hungary 210

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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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Hungary Mercedes Cars Concept 150

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

At the IAA 2010 in Hanover, DAF Trucks, a PACCAR company, presented the 12-tonne LF45 parallel hybrid truck, which will enter production at the end of this year. Depending on the success of the LF Hybrid in these markets, DAF will decide whether to include the vehicle in the standard product range in other countries.

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Eaton Hybrid Czech Republic Production 207

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MAY 16, 2018

In Germany, all Mercedes-Benz plants will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy. The preparations for exclusively green electricity for a climate-friendly production in Europe are already well advanced. From 2022, the production of our Mercedes-Benz plants in Germany will operate CO 2 -neutral.

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Germany Mercedes CO2 Supplies 170

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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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Mercedes Production Electric Electrical 195

Teslarati

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. ” The size of CATL’s new Hungarian production facility will add 100 GWh to the company’s already world-class manufacturing capacity. .”

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Hungary Europe Building Battery 98

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

The first Audi Q8 e-tron drove off the production line at the Brussels plant yesterday, 14 December, marking the beginning of an era for the new top model in Audi’s electric SUV range. The plant has been a model for sustainable production since the production of the Audi e-tron began.

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JUNE 14, 2022

In the future, Schaeffler will supply beam axles to automobile manufacturers, particularly in North America. In the electric beam axle, the electric motor, transmission, power electronics, and the entire rear axle are connected to each other and supplied to the customer as a ready-to-fit unit.

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Electric Electrical Automobile Manufacturer Hungary 369

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JUNE 13, 2021

To that end, cutting-edge process control technology and highly competitive production facilities are required. South Korean company SK Nexilis has accelerated the completion of its domestic number five and number six plants in Jeongeup for Q3 and Q4 2021 to respond to supply shortages across the Asian market.

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Malaysia Hungary Li-ion Taiwan 225

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JANUARY 27, 2010

is supplying Daimler with HVH (High Voltage Hairpin) electric motors for the two-mode hybrid transmissions used in the 2010 Mercedes-Benz ML450 Hybrid ( earlier post ) recently released to the United States market. Remy is supplying two HVH electric motors per ML 450 hybrid vehicle. Source: Remy. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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International Mercedes 2010 Motor 210

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JANUARY 10, 2017

The mass production of this product is slated for 2021. 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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Energy Hungary Production Charging 150

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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. Battery capacity is currently growing at twice the speed of lithium raw material supply.

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Li-ion Battery Batteries Lithium Ion 199

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AUGUST 18, 2023

billion (US$886 million) to build a cathode manufacturing facility that will provide materials that ultimately supply batteries for Ford’s future electric vehicles. Once production begins in the first half of 2026, the site will have the capacity to produce up to 45,000 tonnes of cathode active material (CAM) per year.

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North America Manufacturer Ford Building 195

EV Specifications

AUGUST 16, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is taking another step to scale up development and production of next-generation high-performance battery cells and modules on its path to an all-electric future. The new CATL plant in Debrecen, Hungary will supply battery cells for European production sites in Germany and Hungary.

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Hungary Mercedes Supplies Production 52

Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2018

Mercedes-Benz Cars is expanding its production capacities for electric cars in Europe. The Hambach plant in France, which currently produces smart brand electric vehicles, will produce a compact electric car of the new product and technology brand EQ. Annette Winkler, Head of smart.

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Mercedes Germany France Hungary 207

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DECEMBER 15, 2020

The global Mercedes-Benz production network is ready for the company’s electric product offensive and is integrating its Mercedes-EQ models into series production in its existing plants. High-efficiency battery systems will also be manufactured and assembled within the production network.

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Mercedes All-Electric Plug-in Electric 259

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2011

Germany, the first to implement the lowest sulfur level of 10 ppm in 2003, remains atop the ranking, followed by Japan and a six-country tie for third place among Austria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary and Sweden. As a result, it passes into refined products, such as transportation fuels, when crude is processed at the refinery.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Notably, BYD owns the vertical supply chain for seamless integration and manufacturing control, including the production of semiconductors. BYD was also the first automotive OEM in the world to announce it would be ceasing production of ICE vehicles this year to focus on BEV and PHEV products.

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BYD Motoring Motor Motors 273

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AUGUST 4, 2022

3 in Europe currently under construction in Iváncsa, Hungary. The large volume of supply orders SK On has already received from automaker companies, as well as the fact that the company has been approved by the ECAs to be a representative green business to reduce carbon, made this funding scale possible, the company said. From the 1.7

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Europe Battery Batteries Financing 210

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JULY 22, 2022

The company detailed its global vehicle portfolio plans supporting these production goals as part of its Ford+ plan. This creates even more capacity for high-demand products and provides customers many years of operation with minimal range loss. BHP: For nickel supply from BHP’s Nickel West operations in Australia.

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Ford North America F-150 Battery 221

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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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