Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2020

Hyundai Motor Company shipped the first 10 units of the Hyundai XCIENT Fuel Cell, the first mass-produced fuel cell heavy-duty truck, to Switzerland. The company plans to ship a total of 50 XCIENT Fuel Cells to Switzerland this year, with handover to commercial fleet customers starting in September. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

In doing so, Leclanché completely dispenses the use of the highly toxic organic solvents (NMP) that are otherwise common in the production process. Leclanché is the first company to implement the environmentally friendly process in the production of Li-ion cells. No organic solvents are used in the technically simpler process.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2012

Nestlé Switzerland and Renault Trucks (part of the Volvo Group) recently introduced an experimental all-electric refrigerated truck—nicknamed the e-Truck—that combines an all-electric 13t Renault Midlum developed by Renault Trucks with a refrigerated body that is also entirely powered by electricity.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2022

Deutsche Post DHL Group is selling the rights and know-how for the production of its StreetScooter electric vehicles to the international consortium ODIN Automotive S.à.r.l. The deal includes the intellectual property for the D17 and D20 vehicle models as well as the two wholly owned subsidiaries in Switzerland and Japan. Luxembourg).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility (HHM), the joint venture between Hyundai Motor Company and H2 Energy, is partnering with Hydrospider, a joint venture of H2Energy, Alpiq and Linde to promote green hydrogen ecosystem in Switzerland and European countries in the upcoming future.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2021

Hyundai will begin production of 2021 XCIENT Fuel Cell in August this year. Hyundai shipped a total of 46 units of XCIENT Fuel Cell to Switzerland last year. Hyundai Hydrogen Mobility, a joint venture between Hyundai Motor and H2 Energy, is working on the introduction of XCIENT Fuel Cell in other European markets.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2023

Germany-based RENK Group, a manufacturer of mission-critical drive technologies, is supplying three high-speed special gear units via RENK-Maag GmbH , a group company, for compressors for the production of green steel to Siemens Energy Compressors GmbH as part of the “SALCOS” (Salzgitter Low CO2 Steelmaking) project of the Salzgitter AG steel group.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

In the level of deployment of electric trucks in Europe, Norway is currently surpassed only by Switzerland. —Bjørn Inge Haugan, Sales & Marketing Director, Volvo Trucks Norway. They are for sale in Europe and production will start during the second half of 2022. It is very important that the big players lead the way.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

With the common goal to further implement 5-HMF in various materials and chemical applications, AVA Biochem AG in Zug, Switzerland has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with the Michelin Group. We will contribute to its know-how in the industrialization and evaluation of the performance of these products in different applications.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2023

New analysis has found increasing emissions of several ozone-depleting chemicals despite their production being banned for most uses under the Montreal Protocol—and a loophole in the rules is likely responsible. Combined, their emissions are equal to the CO 2 emissions in 2020 for a smaller developed country like Switzerland.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2019

The venture will then lease a large portion of these fuel-cell powered trucks to the H2 Mobility Switzerland Association, which comprises major refueling station operators, transport and logistics companies, as well as to various other industry players that promote hydrogen mobility in Switzerland.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2021

Wolftank Hydrogen and Snam4Mobility may possibly extend their collaboration to the neighboring markets of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Snam will be able to leverage the expertise acquired in the hydrogen sector, including through its dedicated business unit, for the development of sustainable mobility projects.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2021

The latest project focuses on the production of synthetic methane from hydrogen and CO 2. The gaseous product of the methanization reaction thus contains a few percent hydrogen, which prevents direct feeding into the gas grid; the hydrogen must first be removed.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Hyundai Motor Company delivered the first seven units of its XCIENT Fuel Cell, the first mass-produced fuel cell electric heavy-duty truck, to customers in Switzerland, with a total of 50 planned to hit the roads there this year. The North American market will also get a 6x4 tractor model. Fuel Cell Stack. 190 kW (95 kW x 2 EA).

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Teslarati

MAY 6, 2021

Tesla’s market share as a manufacturer is set for a huge boost in Europe, according to Matthias Schmidt of the European Electric Car Report. Schmidt says that Tesla’s market share in Europe could surge back to 20% in 2021, a 7% increase from the figures that the automaker secured in 2020. Credit: EV Sales Blog.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2020

Switzerland-based Blackstone Resources AG announced that it has achieved a series of important milestones for producing any kind of printed battery cells. This includes patented 3D-printing techniques and research into the mass production of solid-state batteries: these can offer greater energy density and a higher number of charging cycles.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The presentation of results was made by Dr. Petronela Gotcu, manager R&D Cells and Dr. Hilmi Buqa, vice president R&D Cells, Leclanché, at the International Battery Production Conference 2020 Braunschweig, Germany, held online this year from November 2 - 3. 1C/1C continuous for a 100% DoD at room temperature conditions.

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APRIL 28, 2016

Fuel cell company PowerCell Sweden AB has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Swiss Hydrogen SA, a Switzerland-based company that develops hydrogen fuel cell systems for mobile and stationary applications. The two companies will cooperate to market and sell high performance fuel cell systems based on PowerCell’s stacks.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

The experience gained from customer testing will flow directly into series production of the eEconic, which is to start in 2022. The eEconic is based on the eActros electric truck for heavy distribution, which will already go into series production in 2021. —Gesa Reimelt, Head of E-Mobility Group Daimler Trucks & Buses.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

As volumes, increase production will be extended to a new plant dedicated to hydrogen storage systems that Faurecia is building in Allenjoie, France. It supports the ambition shared with our partner Plug Power to build a unique end-to-end green hydrogen and fuel cell value chain and new value-generating activities in France.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

2024 Cadillac Lyriq Sport trim (Source: Cadillac) General Motors is banking that Europeans will want an American-made $93,000 SUV that has zero emissions – but the US brand has had plenty of trouble getting production off the ground on its home turf. The luxury market is where the focus is right now.” Get started here.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Kolmar is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kolmar Group AG that is a privately held service provider, manufacturer, and marketer of renewable fuels headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. With protein and corn oil co-product sales, Net-Zero 2 is estimated to generate gross revenues of approximately US$350 million per year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2022

Phillips 66 has more than 1,000 JET-branded stations in Europe and a growing hydrogen refueling network in Switzerland through its participation in the Coop Mineraloel AG joint venture. and H2 Energy Holding AG, a leading hydrogen provider in Europe with investments in the production, distribution and utilization of green hydrogen.

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Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 8, 2021

Forsee Power begins light EV battery production in India. Forsee Power a European multinational producer of smart lithium-ion electric vehicle battery systems that had entered the Indian market in 2020 has started its production work for a series of EV batteries for electric two and three-wheelers at its Pune plant.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2023

Hyundai Motor Company premiered its new XCIENT Fuel Cell tractor, the commercialized class 8 6x4 fuel cell electric model, for the North American commercial vehicle (CV) market at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo. The project is centered on the development of a hydrogen mobility value chain.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2022

The BMW Group is launching a unique project that will see cars maneuver around production without requiring a driver. To make this happen, the BMW Group has been collaborating with Seoul Robotics from South Korea and Embotech from Switzerland. After a product demonstration, Embotech was welcomed on board as well.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The joint entity began its active progress toward clean mobility in Switzerland with the company’s plans to deliver 1,600 fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks by 2025. The JV will spread its reach for an innovative pan-European solution for the commercialized fuel-cell-vehicle market.

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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

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Shanghai Electric Power will lead investments in constructing hydrogen refueling stations and an electrolytic hydrogen production process using renewable energy as well as propelling a hydrogen production project through Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2021

The establishment of a functioning and comprehensive network of hydrogen filling stations is fundamental in order to further establish the Hyundai fuel cell electric vehicles successfully on the market. Hyundai is a leader in the development, mass production and export of hydrogen fuel cell systems, including fuel cell electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2020

Swiss energy storage company Leclanché SA announced a strategic reorganization which will convert the company into a market-oriented, research-driven, software and systems integration company with expanded production and R&D capabilities based on a partnership agreement with Eneris Group.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

AVA Biochem in Muttenz (Switzerland) has begun commercial-scale production of 5-(hydroxymethyl)furfural (5-MHF) from biomass at its Biochem-1 facility using a modified version of a hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) process developed by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Earlier post.). Biomass Fuels'

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Hyundai Motor Company and Shell are embarking on a new strategic collaboration to explore ways to offer lower carbon emissions products and services and to reduce emissions across their operations. Initially focusing on the UK, Germany and Switzerland, the ambition is to grow the partnership throughout Europe.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Rinco Ultrasonics, a Switzerland-headquartered manufacturer of ultrasonic welding equipment, has launched its Ultrasonic Servo-Driven Splicer (USDS). By manufacturing customized tools and components, Rinco offers products for various applications including batteries, cable terminals, power strips, IGBTs, foil sheets and microelectronics.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The eDAILY Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle (FCEV) represents the future potential of IVECO’s bestselling and longest production-running large van, with a range that currently includes traditional and methane/bio-methane propulsions, and new Battery Electric Vehicle (BEV) models. The system logged over 4.5

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2010

In response to reports from its dealers, Audi is increasing the production capacity of the new A1, which goes on sale tomorrow in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland, followed by most other European markets from mid-September, by 20%. The Audi A1 is initially launching with three engine options: the 1.2

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MAY 10, 2022

Lucid Group ( NASDAQ: LCID ) announced its initial launch plans for the European market today, which will be marked by the forthcoming availability of two configurations of the automaker’s Air Dream Edition sedan. It will be offered to reservation holders in Germany, The Netherlands, Norway, and Switzerland. Switzerland – CHF 199,000.

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