Sono Motors announces that the first series production of its solar electric vehicle (SEV) Sion will be manufactured at former SAAB plant in Sweden. Today’s release draws the attention to the following: Former manufacturing plant for fossil cars to produce electric vehicles only, Chinese investments for production in Europe, A new start-up company in the […]
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The European Commission published the Fourth Report on the State of the Energy Union. Building on results achieved since the start of the Junker Commission, the report sets out legal rules, as well as political commitments and targets for a cleaner and greener world. With batteries being essential in the context of a decarbonised economy,
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Last week, Germany and Sweden renewed their partnership for innovation and cooperation for a sustainable future and added batteries as one of the key areas to cooperate on. This illustrates: the strategic importance given by governments to the battery field, the value of cooperation as a key success factor, the significance of the European Battery
FREYR AS, a Norwegian Incorporated Company announces its intention to build a 32 GWh battery facility in Mo I Rana, Norway combined with the development of up to a 600 MW onshore wind-park at Sjonfjellet in Rana and Nesna municipalities. European demand for battery cells will exceed 300 GWh by 2025, driven by accelerating electrification
Speedy charging, reduced costs, increased reliability, energy efficiency and portability: these are just a few of the critical areas that have been met with technological inventiveness and sound business sense in solutions submitted by the ten finalists in InnoEnergy‘s global call for start-ups in electrical storage. This inaugural contest was launched in the autumn to
The Nordic EV-Summit 2019 took place last week in Oslo, Norway. Whereas it is acknowledge that we need to ramp up EV production to speed up the energy transition, one can wonder if the industry is able to deliver without causing harm to people or nature. Thore Sekkenes, EBA Programme Director, Industry at InnoEnergy participated
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In a surprising twist to the finals pitching event of the global call for start-ups, InnoEnergy announced two grand prize winners: Battrion and instagrid. 10 winning finalists in InnoEnergy’s global call for the most innovative start-ups in the world of electrical energy storage travelled to Amsterdam and pitched to an expert high-profile jury and an
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After many discussions the German automotive industry has defined the next generation automobile to be a battery car. This is therefore an important milestone that will create the focus European suppliers need to maintain world leading position in car production. Read article on electrive.com
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Joining forces, Volkswagen and Northvolt will be leading the European Battery Union to focus on research aiming at acquiring a broader know-how on battery cell production. This initiative is fully in line with the objectives of the European Battery Alliance: to form industrial alliances along the value chain to create a competitive and green European
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Last Thursday, the first EBA250 Swedish conference took place at IVA Conference Centre in Stockholm to discuss the strategic role of Sweden in the European battery ecosystem. More than 100 representatives from public and private sectors along the battery value chain answered to the joint invitation of InnoEnergy, the Swedish Energy Agency and Business Sweden.
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