adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and uncertainty in the industry regarding tariffs, timing, and taxes. The carmaker highlighted achieving net-zero targets requires policymakers to provide long-term clarity, along with the availability of multiple technology options that consider factors such as raw materials, infrastructure, and affordability. According to the company, INEOS being a new small-volume manufacturer can only produce vehicles that...

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ic drives, and is expected to invest CNY 2.16 billion in the next few years, bringing GAC Aion to the new stage of self-developed and self-produced electric drives as a result. In the future, GAC Aion will comprehensively open up the layout of the energy ecological industry chain including upstream raw materials, R&D, manufacturing, battery recycling and cascade utilization. On October 27, GAC Aion announced that Yinpai Battery Technology Co., Lt...

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in Europe and North America to have access to local markets. On August 3, Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. (Changan Automobile) announced that its joint venture company, Avatr Technology (Chongqing) Co., Ltd. (Avatr Technology), was publicly listed on the Chongqing United Assets and Equity Exchange to draw investors. Eventually, Avatr Technology drew 6 investors, including National Green Development Fund Co., Ltd. (NGDF). At the same time, transactio...

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st battery pack officially rolls off GAC Aion’s battery pilot production line GAC Group unveils multiple sub-brands’ new vehicle planning for 2023 GAC Group and GAC Aion intend to jointly increase investment of about CNY 600 million in Hycan GAC Aion and CASC to deepen their cooperation on new materials and intelligentization GAC Aion launches next-generation high-performance integrated electric drive named Quark GAC Aion builds zero carbon ...

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all-new Passat Sedan and Estate, ahead of the cars’ unveiling in July and their public premiere at the Paris Motor Show in October. Sales will start before the end of the year. The eighth-generation Passat will bring with it a range of new technologies and features. Thanks to the use of advanced materials - including high-strength, hot-formed steel and aluminium in certain areas - the new Passat is up to 85 kg lighter than its predecessor, hel...

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s for a variety of applications within the mobility and energy sectors. It intends to maximize its renewable energy mix, with an ambition for 100% clean power. The plant will employ innovative technologies and resource-efficient processes like battery recycling to recover and reuse all the original raw materials. On February 12, Tata Motors partnered with the Leadership Group for Industry Transition (LeadIT), a global alliance launched by the gov...

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total installed capacity of photovoltaics projects the two parties co-built has reached 194MW, and that of projects under construction and signed projects between them has reached 88MW. On March 30, GAC Group issued the 2022 GAC Group Social Responsibility Report. According to the report, among the raw materials GAC Toyota uses, water-based coatings account for 86.5%. All water-based coatings and body varnishes contain a low VOCs content. In the ...

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n develops fabric for transforming interior of vehicles CEVT, Polestar, and Volvo Group collaborate with Swedish start-up Reselo for low-emission alternative to rubber Volvo Cars, Sweden to stop funding Polestar Volvo Cars expands use of blockchain technology to increase the traceability of battery raw materials Volvo Cars sells 30% stake in Lynk & Co to Zeekr On January 3, Volvo Cars and Autoliv signed an agreement to establish a new joint ventu...

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ion of battery factory in Gothenburg, Sweden Volvo Cars ends production of diesel powered models Volvo Cars signs LOI to buy electricity from Västvind offshore wind farm for facilities in Gothenburg (Torslanda) Volvo Cars expands use of blockchain technology to increase the traceability of battery raw materials Volvo Cars reuse packing materials for parts shipment Volvo CEO considers U.S. production of XC60 in Ridgeville, South Carolina Volvo Ca...

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he National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, the joint venture has a registered capital of CNY 16 billion. It has a business scope that includes R&D of automotive parts, motor vehicle refitting services, manufacturing of integrated circuits and electronic components, R&D of dedicated materials for electronic uses, and battery manufacturing. On June 3, The Mr. Fang Lu, CEO and CTO of the h Business Unit of Dongfeng Motor Group (DFG)...

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rican Operation Center in Birmingham, Michigan on June 12. The center will initially employ nearly 100 people in three divisions of purchasing, logistics and engineering working in the three-story building with a floor space of 30,000 square feet. The office will coordinate procurement of parts and materials from about 150 suppliers in North America, manage the import and export of components. Its engineering staff will be engaged in designing an...

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a joint venture between Great Wall Motor and BMW Nederland, obtained the approval certificate for the establishment as a company with foreign investments from the government on December 14, 2019. The joint venture will undergo business registration procedures with the approval certificate and other materials. According to various media sources on January 15, BMW announced at a media briefing event held in Beijing that it will introduce 17 new pro...

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teries GAC R&D Center to expand Hualong base GAC Aion’s electric drives to be self-developed and self-produced with the establishment of Ruipai Power Technology GAC R&D Center Europe and GAC Advanced Design Milan officially opened in Milan GAC Component to establish JV with mining enterprises for raw material cost reduction GAC leads investments in Series C2 financing of HoloMatic, autonomous driving solution provider GAC FCA receives acceptanc...

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Kyushu Co., Ltd., and with Arconic Corporation and Novelis Inc. at Nissan North America Inc.'s Smyrna Plant, the company has adopted a method to recycle scrap aluminum generated during vehicle production into automotive aluminum sheets. Compared to the use of panel parts made of primary alloy from raw materials, this method realizes significant reductions in CO2 emissions. On February 18, Ford announced that adverse weather had led to the tempor...

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ehicles, the Zwickau plant is expected to manufacture 100,000 electric models in 2020, and up to 330,000 models beginning in 2021. On November 15, Volkswagen informed that it is continuing to invest strongly in its future. As part of Planning Round 68, the investment plan for 2020 to 2024 has been drawn up. The plan was discussed during meeting of the Supervisory Board and approved. The Group plans to spend nearly EUR 60 billion on the future are...

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s for a variety of applications within the mobility and energy sectors. It intends to maximize its renewable energy mix, with an ambition for 100% clean power. The plant will employ innovative technologies and resource-efficient processes like battery recycling to recover and reuse all the original raw materials. On February 28, Somerset Council announced that Agratas, a new business within the Tata Group has confirmed its plans to build a gigafa...

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battery kit that allows the integration of battery cells and modules from different development partners through uniformly designed components and interfaces. CATL will provide these battery cells. CATL will use electricity from renewable energies for production. For the battery cells, only battery raw materials which were extracted from audited mines will be used. In addition, the partners are reducing critical materials with the use of new tech...

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sedan after the 2022 model year. While it began production in Aguascalientes, Mexico in 2018, the company announced in 2020 that production of the U.S. market A-Class would move to Rastatt, Germany to make room for the GLB crossover at the COMPAS plant. According to the report in Mercedes-Benz HP - Materials from CO2: Out of the atmosphere and into the car (October 5, 2021) - Twelve, which calls itself the "carbon transformation company", offered...

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eliable and stable supply of high-quality next-generation automotive steel sheets to be supplied to the Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA), Hyundai’s plant in Montgomery Alabama, and Kia’s plant in West Point, Georgia. The two groups also agreed to collaborate in the field of battery materials. POSCO produces lithium hydroxide and cathode and anode active materials for EVs at its domestic and overseas sites. The collaboration is ex...

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13.93kg/vehicle in 2020 to 10.57kg/vehicle in 2021. In addition, the Tianjin North China Base continued to strengthen the capacity of its energy and environmental protection system, and carried out a series of environmental protection performance improvement works such as the replacement to low VOC raw materials, the replacement of China-5 compliant transport vehicles, and the upgrading of access control system. On February 21, FAW-Volkswagen Aut...

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