Whether it’s electric vehicles and EV infrastructure, lightweight engineering, autonomous driving and digitalization, logistics or hydrogen as fuel: Mobility and transportation will change more in the next 20 years than it did in the previous 130. Our video looks at how this change will take place in Germany, and how YOUR business can profit from it.
German industry organization BDEW says that the number of electric vehicles charging points rose to more than 80,500 in 2022, an annual increase of 35 percent. Meanwhile, the capacity of charging stations in Germany jumped by more than 40 percent from 1.7 to nearly 2.5 gigawatts.
Finland’s Fortum , one of Europe’s five largest energy companies, has received permission from authorities to start operations at its new lithium-ion battery recycling facility in Kirchardt. The company founded its German subsidiary in the southwestern town in the fall of last year.
There are now roughly the same number of bicycles as people in Germany, and e-bikes may overtake conventional bicycles in terms of new production and sales. Those are two of the main insights of the German bicycle industry organization ZIV’s annual report on the sector.
American electric carmaker Tesla wants to double the capacity of its production facility in Grünheide near the German capital Berlin. The company has applied for construction permits at the gigafactory with the aim of enabling it to produce up to one million vehicles a year.
The Cabot Corporation has announced plans to set up a new technology center in the western German city of Münster. The facility will be used to speed up the development of applications the American company’s line of battery materials.
It’s a sign of the times in the small northwestern German city of Meppen. Automobile distributor and servicer Lueg is partnering with the Deppe group to found a lithium battery recycling company, Re.Lion.Bat Circular.
Online retail colossus Amazon has opened its fourth German research and development center in Germany in the city of Tübingen. The center will work closely with local universities and research institutions.
The world market leader Safran Helicopter Engines is setting up shop in Norderstedt in the Segeberg district.
The assembly lines are rolling in the southwestern German town of Kirchardt, as Finnish company Valmet Automotive’s factory for high voltage systems for EVs and plug-in hybrids goes operational.
