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Europe’s leading battery and HEV event confirms new home in Hanover

Following huge success at the inaugural event, The Battery Show and Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo Europe moves to Hanover in 2018.

HanoverFor an event that serves the entire battery and electric & hybrid supply chain, Hanover is the perfect host, a city where the automotive industry plays a crucial role in the state’s economy, with 30% of employment in Lower Saxony from this sector. A large proportion of this is attributed to automotive suppliers Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge (VW) and Continental AG, vehicle system manufacturers WABCO, construction machinery manufacturers Komatsu Hanomag and battery factory Johnson Controls, as well as many more automobile production facilities across the state.

Development of future-oriented mobility is of vital importance to the region, a place that is thriving with opportunity for the emobility industry. This is supported by the federal government who have invested 38m Euro in the region of Lower Saxony over the last five…

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