Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
Ford and BASF have teamed up to develop a sustainable, plant-sourced castor oil-based foam product for the 2012 Ford Focus instrument panel. The new castor oil-based foam is significantly more durable than the previously used material, with a 36% better tensile strength (a measure of the foam’s ability to hold its shape over time and use).
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2020
The magnitude of gasoline demand decline will be much greater than the impact of the 2008 recession and could be further protracted depending on how effective social distancing measures are at controlling the spread of the COVID-19 virus. during the global recession in 2008/2009. IHS Markit forecasts 2020 US auto sales to be 14.4
Green Car Congress
MARCH 17, 2010
The study offers two main insights on the nature of clean energy jobs in the automobile sector: First, the paper documents that saving oil will directly create good jobs by driving demand for specific additional manufactured components. By 2020, the US job gain relative to 2008 could be as little as 49,000 or more than 150,000.
Green Car Congress
MAY 29, 2009
Ford presented a paper on PTWA at the SAE 2008 World Congress. Improved oil and fuel economy. Ford researchers began collaborating with Flame-Spray Industries and other suppliers in the 1990s to transfer this efficient, lightweight aerospace technology to a low-cost, high-volume application suitable for the auto industry.
Revenge of the Electric Car
NOVEMBER 18, 2008
Friday November 14th, 2008 - GM Training Center - Burbank, CA. General Motors compounded their financial woes by destroying the EV1 and continued to work with the oil companies to gouge the public. The Honorable Nate Holden, former California State Senator and L.A. It’s a dishonest act on the part of General Motors.” said Holden.
Plug In Partners
JANUARY 26, 2006
Editorial Trying to Find the Road Ahead Published: January 24, 2006 W ith its bonds downgraded to junk and its market share on the ropes, Detroit's auto industry almost looks to be in a free fall. At Detroit's auto show, it unveiled a Chinese car that Geely plans to upgrade and sell in the United States in 2008.
Wallbox
JUNE 30, 2021
Norway has long been a major producer of oil and gas, and remains the biggest oil producer in Western Europe, as well as, the third-largest exporter of natural gas in the world. Initially, Oslo had been at the heart of testing new infrastructure, and in 2008 it launched the first municipal EV charging system.
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