permit following the emissions control approval process, which permits the construction of a new production hall and the optimization of facilities. The capacity increase will only utilize Tesla-owned areas and will not impact the adjacent area of development plan 60, where the "Stop Tesla" protest camp is located. The first partial approval includes - The expansion of production buildings, excluding Battery Pack 2 and Drive 2 facilities. Redes...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/16

Government of India lays foundation stone of electric vehicle testing facility in Bengaluru On August 21, the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution announced that it will lay the foundation stone for an Electric Vehicle (EV) Testing Facility at the National Test House (NTH) RRSL Camp in Bengaluru on August 22, 2024. A satellite center is being opened at the RRSL Jakkuru campus in Bengaluru, Karnataka. The laboratory will be equ...

News  Updated at: 2024/08/22

grounds of the Tesla factory,” Brandenburg police said via X Friday. “We are in the process of preventing this.” “The situation is dynamic,” a Brandenburg police spokesperson said, adding that there had been multiple roadblocks in the area due to the demonstrations. Since Monday, May 6, a camp had been set up near the Tesla grounds, with participation increasing since Wednesday and peaking on a German bank holiday Thursday, police said....

News  Updated at: 2024/05/11

Lotte Energy Materials, Korea to invest in Catalonia, Spain to produce copper foil On September 14, ACCIÓ-Catalonia Trade & Investment announced that Lotte Energy Materials will invest in Mont-Roig del Camp (Catalonia) to produce copper foil (elecfoil), an essential component in the manufacture of electric batteries. It could reach EUR 1,200 million. This investment is for constructing up to three elecfoil manufacturing plants in Catalonia. All ...

News  Updated at: 2023/09/15

Lotte Energy Materials to build new copper foil plant in Spain Several South Korean media sources reported that Lotte Energy Materials Corp (Lotte Energy Materials) will build a new electric vehicle (EV) battery copper foil plant in Mont-Roig del Camp, a town in Catalonia, Spain, spending KRW 560 billion (JPY 61.6 billion). The new plant is slated to complete in 2025 with a capacity to produce 30,000 tons of the material annually. Lotte Energy Ma...

News  Updated at: 2023/08/08

ices. CCC has a database of about 130 million customers. The company aims to create new mobility services by combining this with Hyundai's zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) expertise. It also intends to consider introducing a service that promotes ZEV at stores that sell CCC rentals and books. Hyundai's camp and CCC will explore real-world marketing activities and online marketing activities in the future. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shim...

News  Updated at: 2023/06/23

Alpha Motor to debut its new Wolf Plus pure electric truck at Seoul Mobility Show On March 22, 2023, Alpha Motor Corporation (Alpha) announced that it is set to debut its new Wolf Plus (4-Seater) pure electric truck featuring CAMP (Collaborative Adventure Mobility Platform) at this year's Seoul Mobility Show, the largest mobility exhibition in Korea.The multipurpose Wolf Plus is built for utility and adventure. It has an extended cabin that accom...

News  Updated at: 2023/03/24

Redwood Materials to build USD 3.5 billion Battery Materials Campus in South Carolina Redwood Materials Inc., a battery materials and recycling company, announced plans to construct a Battery Materials Campus just outside of Charleston, South Carolina. Located at Camp Hall in Berkeley County, the new campus is expected to span more than 600 acres and create more than 1,500 jobs. The campus is expected to eventually produce 100 GWh of cathode and ...

News  Updated at: 2022/12/15

N Materials is part of the Future: Fast Forward project led by the Volkswagen group and Seat, where the Korean company has obtained EUR 18.2 million of public investment (PERTE VEC).   This investment is part of the project, announced last May, to open a battery component factory in Mont-roig del Camp (Tarragona) which will involve an investment of EUR 600 million and the creation of 500 jobs, this factory being the first of the group in Europe...

News  Updated at: 2022/11/22

ILJIN, Korea to open first European factory in Catalonia, Spain On May 16, Catalonia Trade & Investment announced that the South Korean company ILJIN Materials Co., Ltd. (ILJIN), manufacturers of battery components, will invest EUR 600 million and create 500 jobs in Catalonia with the opening of its first European factory in Mont-roig del Camp (Tarragona). ILJIN’s production plant is forecasted to be operational as of 2024. It will cover...

News  Updated at: 2022/05/17

The drive program includes both at-home drives and tour events.Rivian announced that its first collection of Rivian Adventure Gear is now live in its configurator, which includes a Rooftop Tent, Cargo Crossbars, Gear Tunnel Shuttle, and Wall Charger, with the Snow Peak Kitchen Set included with the Camp Kitchen. (Rivian release on May 27, 2021)...

News  Updated at: 2021/05/29

ertheless, there might be situations in which the safety components cannot avoid an accident. In this case, innovative ZF technologies can help with mitigating crash consequences for the occupants. These solutions include airbags mounted in the roof and in the seats. The challenge is the innovative camp-fire seating position which means that two passengers will be forward-looking and two passengers backward-looking. The usual occupant safety syst...

News  Updated at: 2020/12/17

LMC Automotive blog: India’s xEV scenario There appear to be two opposing schools of thought on how the electrified vehicle (xEV) market will evolve and expand in India. The first camp believes that the industry will be established at the top of the pyramid, where only the upper echelons of Indian society will have the means to purchase vehicles powered by non-conventional technologies. We have already seen some evidence of this with the launch...

News  Updated at: 2020/10/23

t in the most demanding conditions and make whatever weather they want at any time of the day. The subject of a EUR 70 million investment, the test centre offers the first automotive wind tunnel to simulate heavy snow and altitudes of 5,200 metres, the same elevation as the Mount Everest North Base Camp. The facility can also cool two rooms to – 40 C and heat them up to 55 C, as well as generate 95 per cent humidity. The temperature extremes ma...

News  Updated at: 2018/05/21

Changhe announces mobility strategy and new partnerships On March 21 Jiangxi Changhe Automobile Co., Ltd. (Changhe) announced a mobility strategy aimed at creating a next-generation urban logistics and mobility platform, by integrating multiple social resources including technologies, products, and funds.Changhe also kicked off partnerships with the Entrepreneur’s Training Camp, Peking University, and DHL, a global logistics giant.From an annou...

News  Updated at: 2018/03/23

2016.Eight major automakers - Ford Motor Co., General Motors, Honda Motor Co., Hyundai Motor Co., Daimler AG, Nissan Motor Corp., Toyota Motor Corp., and Volkswagen AG - have been developing V2V technology in tandem with the government through a group called the Crash Avoidance Metrics Partnership (CAMP). Despite the cost of the technology, automakers have been supporting it as a way to make driving safer.(NHTSA Release on August 18, 2014)...

News  Updated at: 2014/08/20

chargers Nissan and its affiliated dealers are installing nationwide is expected to exceed the originally planned 200 by about 20 percent. Dealers that are chosen to set up devices on their locations are showing positive interest. Some of them are willing to introduce even several sets. The Nissan camp is poised to put in place the charging network prior to the launch of the "Leaf" electric car slated for December in a bid to establish a firm fo...

News  Updated at: 2010/08/31