Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Portugal-based energy company Galp and Sweden-based battery manufacturer Northvolt have agreed to set up a joint company, Aurora, that aims to become a steppingstone for the development of an integrated lithium-battery value-chain aligned with Portuguese and European ambitions.

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OCTOBER 22, 2020

Teijin has joined the AZL Partner Network for Lightweight Production Technology , a cross-industry network for joint business development and technology development organized by service and engineering provider AZL Aachen GmbH and involving nine institutes and some 80 companies in the field of lightweight production. of Czech Republic.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

18 September 2024 Read next Tesla and BYD do battle in July’s global EV market 17 September 2024 EU new-car registrations declined sharply in August, marking their biggest drop since April 2022. Recording 643,637 registrations , the EU new-car market shrank by 18.3% The big five markets had contrasting fortunes in this period.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2022

Galp and Northvolt selected the port city of Setúbal, Portugal (southeast of Lisbon on the northern bank of the Sado River estuary) as the location for their Aurora lithium conversion plant ( earlier post ), which aims to become a steppingstone for the development of an integrated lithium-battery value-chain in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The new “Green Hydrogen Catapult” initiative will see green hydrogen industry leaders target the deployment of 25 gigawatts through 2026 of renewables-based hydrogen production, with a view to halve the current cost of hydrogen to below US$2 per kilogram. —Paddy Padmanathan, CEO of ACWA Power. ºC campaign. degrees Celsius.

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DECEMBER 4, 2020

To support several carbon fiber RTM programs that will begin as soon as the end of 2020, CSP and parent company Teijin are investing in a dedicated CF-RTM production line in Palmela, Portugal. The initial investment of €5.5 million will include the installation of compression presses, RTM injection units and a bonding cell.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 29, 2024

Stellantis Pro One recently announced the expansion of its hydrogen fuel cell vehicle production with commercial vans for the European market. The company has started in-house production of mid-size and large vans in France and Poland, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

With the pandemic spreading across the globe, strict lockdowns in key markets, combined with consumer panic and economic uncertainty, have all contributed to the huge decrease in sales last month. Registrations fell in all 27 markets, but with varying severity. This downward trend is not simply due to the restrictions of free movement.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2018

High growth in demand for lithium batteries is spurring three-fold growth in mine production of lithium over the next four years, with 86kt of new lithium metal capacity coming on stream, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. After moderate growth in lithium supply between 2010 and 2017 of 6.4%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2017

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has started production of the all‑electric light-duty truck Fuso eCanter in Tramagal, Portugal. Only the electric-powertrain specific components will be installed in specific boxes along the production line. Production of the eCanter in Japan started on 7 July.

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MAY 25, 2021

joined government leaders and partner Iberdrola, one of the world’s largest energy companies, to announce its plans for one of the world’s largest electrolyzer plants for the production of green hydrogen to be located in Castilla-La Mancha, Spain. billion to achieve an annual production of 60,000 tn/year. Cummins Inc.

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JANUARY 31, 2020

Goodenough, a professor at The University of Texas at Austin and the 2019 Nobel Laureate in chemistry and Dr. Maria Helena Braga, an associate professor at the University of Porto, Portugal. In addition, they have a high energy density and are long-lasting, light and much cheaper, making them ideal for the electric transportation market.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2020

In addition to conventional product development processes, FUSO has been conducting a variety of initiatives inside and outside the company to encourage innovative product ideas that address social needs and challenges. The FUSO eCanter SensorCollect is the outcome of an innovative development approach.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

The eCanter for Australia is shipped from Tramagal, Portugal, and comes with the same standard specifications as the models currently available in Japan and Europe. MFTBC manufactures a range of commercial vehicles including light-, medium-, and heavy-duty trucks and buses, and industrial engines for more than 170 markets worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2020

In the European Union—the world’s second-largest electric vehicle market—meanwhile, governments continue to promote electric mobility and union-wide CO 2 emissions remain in place. Typically, in a full year, around 5% of planned copper mine production is lost due to unforeseen disruptions. Around 1.8%

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JULY 20, 2009

within the Renault-Nissan Alliance, plans to build two plants for the production of its advanced lithium-ion batteries in Europe. The governments of the UK and Portugal have offered to extend financial assistance and other support to ensure that Nissan locates the proposed plants within their respective countries. Nissan Motor Co.,

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JANUARY 28, 2020

The company will handle concept, designing, prototyping, evaluations, marketing and technical research for next-generation automotive components, utilizing the Teijin Group’s capabilities to provide multi-material solutions for next-generation vehicles. Teijin is targeting automotive composite business sales of approximately €1.7

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2023

Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares announced that the Mangualde Production Center in Portugal will enter a new era with the production of battery electric light commercial vehicles (LCV) starting in early 2025, producing the Citroën ë-Berlingo, Peugeot e-Partner, Opel Combo-e and Fiat e-Doblò models, both in light commercial and passenger versions.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2020

Toyota Caetano Portugal (TCAP), the joint venture of Toyota Motor Europe (TME) and Salvador Caetano, strengthened its strategic alliance with CaetanoBus and Finlog by becoming the direct shareholder of the two Portuguese companies. The ordered H2.City

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

As one of the world’s largest commercial vehicle manufacturers, we have the ambition to be the innovation and technology leader also with alternative drive systems. For example, our locally CO 2 -neutral city bus eCitaro has been in series production since 2018 and electrifies public transport in many cities. The range of the 7.49-ton

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2021

The EU project FCH2RAIL (Fuel Cell Hybrid Power Pack for Rail Applications) consortium—with partners from Belgium, Germany, Spain and Portugal—is developing and testing a new zero-emission train prototype. On the remaining sections of the lines, diesel-powered trains are used.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2023

France-based Forsee Power is sourcing very high energy density NMC cells to be integrated into its battery systems from Chinese battery cell manufacturer CALB. CALB is planning to grow its production capacities to 500 GWh by 2025. It specializes in cells for electric vehicles and energy storage systems.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2018

Teijin Limited has acquired Inapal Plasticos SA (Inapal), a leading automotive composite supplier in Portugal. The company has two manufacturing locations in Portugal serving a variety of European OEM customers including Jaguar, Land Rover, BMW, Mercedes, Volkswagen and Bentley. In July, we announced the acquisition of J.H.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2010

Nissan broke ground on the manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tenn., The battery plant, one of the largest vehicle battery manufacturing plants in North America at 1.3 The Renault-Nissan Alliance will also produce lithium-ion batteries in Cacia, Portugal, and Sunderland, UK, as well as in Renault’s Flins plant in France.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2023

There are now 3,200 R&D associates in China using their expertise to develop products for Chinese customers. The BMW Shenyang R&D Center has been focusing on electrification technology development, product localization, calibration, and validation for over 10 years. Human-machine interaction is a vital part of the user experience.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The European Union (EU) … is planning to require that all new cars sold from 2035 have zero carbon emissions—a bold and valuable goal, but one that will demand the rapid development of both vehicle-charging infrastructure and battery production. For vehicle electrification, lithium-ion batteries are the key energy technology. . …

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2020

In addition to the European car market recording tepid growth in 2019, CO 2 emissions have continued to increase, despite new regulation designed to curtail this, according to JATO Dynamics. Last year, the volume-weighted average CO 2 emissions for European markets were at their highest recorded levels since 2014. —Felipe Munoz.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

Carlos Tavares, Stellantis’ global CEO, has announced that Leapmotor will enter the Indian market in Q4 of 2024 as part of Leapmotor International’s global expansion strategy. Autocar Professional broke the story in February and reported this week that Leapmotor will bring in the T03 and C10 into the Indian market.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2012

Carbon-based products and materials company SGL Group has completed the acquisition of the Portuguese acrylic fiber company Fisipe—Fibras Sintéticas de Portugal S.A. For precursor production, the textile fiber production lines already in place are being gradually converted and expanded.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2012

Daimler will begin production of Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid in Europe and launch it in major western European markets beginning in the third quarter of this year, with other countries to follow in succession. Sales of the new generation model have already begun in Japan. Earlier post.). 2012 Fuso Canter Eco Hybrid. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2017

As the Group announced earlier ( earlier post ), the Zwickau site is being remodeled for the launch in 2020 of the first series production of electric vehicles on the MEB platform (the I.D. This will lay a key foundation for the electrification and hybridization of the Group’s product portfolio. will be about 100,000 vehicles.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Chinese automaker Chery is planning to make cars in Spain, where the EV market is at just 12%, half that of Portugal and France. This would be Chery’s first manufacturing site in Europe. Given the slow uptake of electric vehicles in Spain, Chery says it plans to make combustion engine, hybrid, and electric vehicles there.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

The Volkswagen Group is pushing ahead with the integration of its plants into the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud; the aim is to further improve the efficiency of the plants and reduce production costs. In 2020, the Group will integrate 15 more into the Cloud, said Gerd Walker, Head of Production of the Volkswagen Group. >. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 17, 2010

Algae also synthesize other fuel products, such as hydrogen, ethanol, and long-chain hydrocarbons that resemble crude oil. Despite this potential, the production capacity for microalgae is presently limited in comparison to land-based energy crops. The total market volume is 1.25 Characteristics of the ideal microalga.

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AUGUST 1, 2009

unveiled the Nissan LEAF production electric vehicle. Masato Inoue, Product Chief Designer. The first of Nissan’s EVs will be manufactured at Oppama, Japan, with additional capacity planned for Smyrna, Tennessee, USA. Click to enlarge. And that’s what we’ve created. Nissan LEAF employs a completely new chassis and body layout.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2024

Recent solid-state battery announcements by Volkswagen and QuantumScape are raising hopes in the electric vehicle market, but automotive battery experts are warning that the road to widespread, solid-state success is still a long and arduous one. And lithium-ion took a long time to get there.” “I is not solid state.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2016

This not only applies to our cars but also to our production and logistics. —Wolfram Thomas, Head of Group Production. These are used exclusively for the Volkswagen Group in a round trip scheme across the North Atlantic serving the markets of Canada, the USA, Mexico and Europe.

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