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AUGUST 1, 2019

Continental technologies such as ABS, radar and redundant brake system are being used in series production for robo-taxis for first time. This year, Continental’s technology for driverless vehicles will be in production for the first time in French company EasyMile’s EZ10 autonomous shuttle.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2016

US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Abigail Hopper released the final plan to guide future energy development for the Nation’s Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) for 2017-2022. The vast majority of US offshore oil production occurs in the Gulf of Mexico. —Secretary Jewell.

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JULY 2, 2021

These light-duty EVs fill the gap between full-sized trucks and small utility carts for low-speed logistics and cargo services in campus and urban environments. Beginning operations in 2017 and re-named in 2019, the Karma Innovation and Customization Center (KICC) is California-based Karma Automotive’s production hub.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2014

Super Cruise, GM’s semi-automated driving technology, will come to market in a new 2017 Cadillac vehicle. It will warn drivers and can supplement active safety features, such as forward collision warning, already available on many production cars. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

A new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) finds that, taken together with public transport, walking and cycling for short city journeys provide the greatest benefits for both human health and the environment in urban areas. If it replaces a motorcycle or a car trip, the environment and health effects are positive.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2018

General Motors will build production versions of its Cruise AV ( earlier post ) at its Orion Township assembly plant in Michigan. Roof module production has already begun and production of the fourth generation Cruise AV is expected to begin in 2019. GM will invest more than $100 million to upgrade both facilities.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2017

Policy is needed because many of these benefits are conditional, and the stakes are high because of the amount of land involved: In the United States alone, projected biomass needs require 33 to 40 Mha of productive land or >50 Mha of marginal land, whereas total US crop production currently uses 124 Mha. —Robertson et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2020

The new center brings together production of prototype and series parts under one roof, along with research into new 3D printing technologies, and associate training for the global rollout of toolless production. BMW AG Board Member for Production. Another 50 systems are in operation at production sites around the world.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

A network of computers processes the information, generating a real-time map of moving and stationary objects in the environment. Based on its analysis of potential technical faults, Volvo Cars designed a complete production-viable autonomous driving system. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2020

Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) released a new report “ Legal Grounds: Law and Policy Options to Facilitate a Phase-Out of Fossil Fuel Production in California.”. The report analyzes steps California leaders could pursue on state- and privately-owned lands to achieve this reduction.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Enterprise Services business will help National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) accelerate the setup of its global electric vehicle production. To support production, HPE will deploy proprietary and proven solution templates, based on the company’s experience establishing car production plants around the globe.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

The world’s 100 largest emitting publicly traded companies, for example, account for around a quarter of global greenhouse emissions (including emissions from the use of their products by customers). The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol aims to phase out the use and production of hydrofluorocarbons.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Bio-Hybrid GmbH , a company belonging to the Schaeffler Group, will present the near-production Bio-Hybrid ( earlier post )—a new, modern form of personal urban mobility and means of transportation—at CES 2019. At the end of 2017, we established Schaeffler Bio-Hybrid GmbH. This vision is now turning into reality.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

While tires remain one of the most recycled products in the US, end-of-life markets are not keeping pace with the annual generation of scrap tires, according to a new report released by the US Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA). This not only protects our health and the environment - it drives innovation and jobs.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2017

The project, called the Development of Integrated Screening, Cultivar Optimization, and Validation Research (DISCOVR), is funded by the Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and has created an integrated screening platform for the rapid discovery of high-productivity strains for resilient, year-round outdoor cultivation via crop rotation.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

With the pickup, Mercedes-Benz Vans will also expand its product range with a fourth model series. The pickup will be launched in late 2017 in Europe under the name Mercedes-Benz X-Class. The pickup will be manufactured in a production cooperation with the Renault-Nissan Alliance.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

A number of factors are pushing Saudi Arabia to raise its crude-oil production capacity, but the wide range of potential outcomes suggests that such an increase is a risky strategy for the kingdom and the global environment, according to a new article by an expert from Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy.

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MAY 23, 2013

billion) modernization project for its Antwerp production facilities, Total’s largest European refining and petrochemical platform. Intended primarily to convert heavy fuel oil into desulfurized diesel and ultra low sulfur heating oil, the planned complex responds to the shift in demand toward products with a lower environmental impact.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Air pollution is costing African countries billions in gross domestic product and can be correlated to a devastating loss in the intellectual development of Africa’s children, the researchers found. million people worldwide in 2017, the paper notes. billion in Ethiopia, or 1.16% of the nation’s gross domestic product; $1.6

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JANUARY 11, 2019

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), proved reserves of US crude oil and natural gas reached record highs in 2017, topping previous records at 39.2 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in 2017, beating the 2014 record of 388.8 EIA also notes that shale gas made up 66 percent of total proved reserves of natural gas in 2017.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

billion barrels of oil to date, but in 2017, recoverable reserves increased six-fold in previously ignored shallow Cretaceous formations—Nanushuk and Torok—which total an estimated 5 billion barrels. New production in the short-term will largely come from ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Oil Search, the IHS Markit report said.

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OCTOBER 20, 2022

This project will expand Anovion’s existing manufacturing capacity in Sanborn, NY—notably the only qualified US source of battery-grade synthetic graphite commercially shipping product today. NOVONIX Anode Materials LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NOVONIX Limited, was formed in 2017.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

In Dresden, DLR will focus on product virtualization in the aircraft manufacturing sector. The entire aircraft life cycle—from development and production, through operation and ultimately decommissioning—is undergoing drastic transformations, as all areas are gradually being digitalized. million (US $9.8

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

The California Air Resources Board released GHG emissions data for 2018 showing that emissions remain below 1990 levels but are effectively flat compared to 2017, while the economy grew by 4.3%. million metric tons in 2017. million metric tons between 2017 and 2018, the first such decline since 2013. tons per person to 10.7

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

South African engineering company Swayana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LanzaTech to collaborate on developing projects for the production of ethanol and higher value products from waste gases in the ferroalloy and titania smelting sectors. In all cases, however, the production of ferroalloys is energy-intensive.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Life-cycle-analysis relative to current graphite production and recycling methods indicate that flash recycling can significantly reduce the total energy consumption and greenhouse gas emission while turning anode recycling into an economically advantageous process.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2016

The funding, made available through the Automotive Supplier Innovation Program ( ASIP ), will support the development and production of electric vehicle battery material in Nano One’s pilot plant. The facility will simulate full-scale production of lithium-ion cathode materials and showcase Nano One’s patented processing technology.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2011

Stationary fuel cell revenue by market sector, world markets: 2011-2017. million units annually by 2017. Commercial and industrial users are taking an increased interest in such fuel cells, driven by developments in the public policy environment as well as concerns over grid stability and volatility in energy prices.

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APRIL 25, 2021

That’s me on January 16, 2017, with my brand new Chevy Bolt EV Premier edition in my garage at home. Last week, as part of the little known and unadvertised “Bolt Buyback” program GM quietly created in response to the recall of all their 2017- 2019 Bolts, Chevy paid $37,900 to buy this car back from us. Let me tell you about it.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2017

BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye announced that a fleet of approximately 40 autonomous BMW vehicles will be on the roads by the second half of 2017, demonstrating the significant advancements made by the three companies towards fully autonomous driving. Earlier post.) Click to enlarge.

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MAY 12, 2011

Similar to past EIS practice, NHTSA plans to analyze environmental impacts related to fuel and energy use, emissions including GHGs and their effects on temperature and climate change, air quality, natural resources, and the human environment.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

ADEME, France’s Environment and Energy Management Agency, carried out a study with IFP Energies nouvelles (IFPEN) on the dynamics of lithium supply and demand, based on different scenarios for the electrification of the global car fleet by 2050. Source: USGS, 2017).

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Cars That Think

JUNE 28, 2023

“People were really interested in clean air and clean water, so I decided there would always be interest in the environment,” Crawford says. You study many areas in civil engineering, including structures, soils, transportation, and the environment,” she says. She died in 2017.

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JUNE 5, 2024

The platform is updated monthly and contains archival data back to 2017. Federal Highway Administration,” says Lavanya Sayam , senior manager of data analytics alliances and programs for IEEE Global Products and Marketing. IEEE is diversifying its line of products beyond its traditional fields of electrical engineering, Sayam adds. “We

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JANUARY 4, 2017

Solaria Labs , an innovation incubator established in 2015 by Liberty Mutual Insurance, is introducing an open API developer portal that combines public data with proprietary insurance knowledge, helping to inform future products and apps for customers. This information can help with safe routing technology. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2018

the Teijin Group’s fiber and products converting company, agreed to acquire J.H. It posted consolidated sales of more than €69 million in the fiscal year ending 31 December 2017. Through the acquisition of Ziegler, Teijin Frontier will improve its automotive interior materials’ production and sales capabilities in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2020

Based on this unprecedented environment, we are evaluating all appropriate steps to significantly reduce capital and operating expenses in the near term. Woods said that ExxonMobil has faced numerous market downturns throughout its long history and has experience operating in a sustained low-price environment.

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