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the Bosch is the world's largest supplier to the automotive industry. The Powercell is a company in Gothenburg, sweden, with 30 employees. It was formed through a spin-off from the volvo Group in 2008.

the Focus is on the development and manufacture of bränslecellsstackar for stationary and mobile applications.

fuel Cells fed with hydrogen and oxygen provides the electricity to power electric vehicles.

a Bit simplified and a little rude - you can say it's all about electric 2.0. A battery-powered electric vehicle requires large and heavy batteries that must be charged with the cord in the hours. A vätgasdriven electric car is refuelled in a few minutes.

means the joint development of bränslecellsstacken S3 and a license that gives Bosch the right to manufacture and sell the S3 for use in passenger cars, trucks and buses.

Bosch pay Powercell equivalent to 530 million dollars in a one-off fee for the license plus a royalty for each product sold. The agreement is a huge success for the Powercell. The shares rushed about the decision and reached an all-time high.

Bosch expects to start manufacturing and launch of the updated S3 by the year 2022.

for example, Toyota is a great potential in fuel cells, particularly in heavy vehicles. Bosch expects that about 20 percent of the elfordonen year 2030 has fuel cells.

Sweden may thus, two companies with and elektrifierar the transport sector. Fuel cells in the west, and batteries in the north. In Skellefteå preparing Northvolt a jätteanläggning, which when fully developed may a battericellkapacitet of 32 GWh, the equivalent of several hundred thousand electric cars.

what if we also get off on the production of biogas, ethanol, HVO and methanol. Then we ask if even for avgasbilarna – and to break once and for all, the dependency on oil.

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