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. Employing more than 10% renewable content, the resulting foam product passes all Ford performance requirements for interior components. .

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2022

Aggressive emission and carbon neutrality targets set by regulators worldwide entails a faster transition from traditional automakers to next-gen electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers. Prior to this, Toyota had only a few BEV models manufactured with its Chinese partner GAC Group. —Bakar Sadik Agwan. —Bakar Sadik Agwan.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

In a pre-Christmas media event, Ford president and CEO Mark Fields said while 2014 was a good year for the company, 2015 has the potential to be a “ breakthrough year ”. In moving forward on that, Fields said, Ford will focus on five key areas of innovation: mobility, autonomy, connectivity, customer experience and performance.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The program’s focus is to demonstrate that battery-grade metals can be manufactured from recycled materials at lower cost, lower environmental impact, and with higher domestic US sourced content than conventional virgin sourced metals. USCAR is the collaborative technology company of Ford Motor Company, General Motors, and Stellantis.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Mahindra Group and Ford Motor Company have agreed to explore a strategic alliance designed to leverage the benefits of Ford’s global reach and expertise and Mahindra’s scale in India and successful operating model. Product development. Distribution within India; improving Ford’s reach within India. Electrification.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2014

US Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz today highlighted improvements to the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) Loan Program at the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association (MEMA) Legislative Summit. 5.907 billion to Ford (closed). 1.448 billion to Nissan (closed). 465 million to Tesla (closed).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2020

Joining BMW, Ford and FCA in suspension of production in the US due to COVID-19 ( earlier post ) are: Toyota is temporarily suspending production at all of its automobile and components plants in North America, including Canada, Mexico and the US, through 3 April. Tesla will suspend production at its Fremont plant on 23 March.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

General Motors (GM) has shut down a manufacturing plant in Kansas and laid off the site’s roughly 2,000 workers after the automaker stated plans to do so last week. The news comes as the latest amidst strikes from the United Auto Workers (UAW) union targeting Ford, GM and Stellantis. We have delivered a record offer.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers (AAM) and the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM) sent a letter to US House and Senate Energy and Water Appropriators in support of additional funding to complete research into the impacts of mid-level blends of ethanol. Source: Joint IEPR/TC workshop. Click to enlarge.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 18, 2022

Starting this year, thousands of battery-powered electric drive Volkswagen vehicles capable of both loading and offloading current—bidirectional charging, as industry calls it—have been rolling off production lines in eastern Germany. feet) of torque. There’s still a lack of interoperability,” he says. “So Not so independent.

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Teslarati

JULY 22, 2021

The Biden administration is already assembling a team to invest around $52 billion worth of funding for semiconductor research and manufacturing, awaiting congressional approval. Companies around the globe have been affected by the global chip shortage, including US automakers like Ford, General Motors, and Tesla. .

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2010

Such “ excessive and unpredictable ” pricing policy would affect the competitiveness of manufacturing in Europe, including the automotive industry, according to a statement from ACEA, the European auto industry’s trade association.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2012

In-wheel electric drive startup Protean Electric ( earlier post ) has formed relationships with several leading companies in the global auto industry to accelerate its in-wheel electric drive systems to market in high-volume production. MAHLE Powertrain, an engineering service provider to the global automotive industry.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

Toyota has the worst climate lobbying score of any automaker, and the third-worst 2030 EV production plans, according to InfluenceMap’s annual report on climate lobbying. InfluenceMap routinely ranks automakers and auto industry associations based on how much they lobby to stop climate policy goals.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2020

The United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC ( USABC ), a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR), and a collaborative organization of FCA US LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, has awarded a $919,000 contract to Physical Sciences Inc. PSI) for an active material coating technology assessment.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Some of Tesla’s important accomplishments in 2023 included the launch of the highly anticipated Cybertruck and the redesigned Model 3 “Highland,” as well as the widespread adoption of the automaker’s charging hardware across the North American auto industry.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 24, 2023

BYD, China’s largest electric automaker, isn’t as gung-ho about autonomous vehicles as many other auto industry giants. Rather than employing the tech on China’s roads, BYD feels that advanced automation is best as a manufacturing tool. & [Image: Robert Way via Shutterstock] Become a& TTAC insider.

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Teslarati

APRIL 26, 2022

The Tesla Model Y came in first place as the best-selling EV in Q1 2022 , followed by the Model 3 in second place and the Ford Mustang Mach-E in third place. The significant gap between Model 3 and Ford Mustang Mach-E sales highlights Tesla’s dominance in the US EV market. As per Automata Corp. Credit: Statista).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2022

Ford will offer a new generation of seven, all-electric, fully-connected passenger vehicles and vans in Europe by 2024. The announcement builds on the recent creation of the Ford Model e business unit focused on the design, production, and distribution of electric and connected vehicles ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2013

USAMP, a collaborative organization of Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors, will work in cooperation with the A/SP on the project to demonstrate the applicability of ICME for the development and deployment of 3GAHSS for passenger vehicle weight reduction. Earlier post.). —Lou Hector Jr., and General Motors Co.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

So it was an incredibly intense effort of planning new chips, writing new firmware, integrating it to the vehicle and testing it in order to maintain production,” Musk wrote. You also have to rewrite the software. Efforts are also seemingly underway to ensure that Tesla’s chip supply is as robust as possible in the near future.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

After delivering just under 500,000 vehicles in 2020, Tesla planned to increase its production and delivery targets toward the one million unit mark but never explicitly implied that it would set that figure as an official goal. Tesla Model 3 production line in Gigafactory 3, Shanghai, China. Credit: Tesla).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2015

Two to three times stronger than any automotive aluminum used in high volumes today, Novelis Advanz 7000-series products can be used to manufacture components such as bumper systems, crash ring components and door intrusion beams. Manufacturers take a large chunk of aluminum and machine out up to 90% to achieve their desired result.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 31, 2022

“This lack of product is really weird,” John Murphy, a Bank of America analyst with a $1,300 price target on Tesla, said. While other companies do, in fact, have new products coming to the market, the expectation is that consumers will go to whatever car is most desirable. Credit: Alwinart/Twitter).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Li-ion manufacturer Boston-Power, Inc., GM ATV was responsible for the development and production of the GM EV-1; his organization also developed and produced the S-10 Electric Truck and developed the GM Precept Hybrid Vehicle, which was part of President Clinton’s Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles (PNGV) program.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 6, 2023

Other automakers, including Ford and GM, have seen massive falls in stock value over the same timeframe. This is despite the near-constant supply shortages that have plagued (and continue to plague) the auto industry, notably in Europe. BMW stock chart by TradingView.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2017

Ford taps Apple for Chief Brand Officer. Ford has hired Musa Tariq as vice president and chief brand officer as part of its expansion to an auto and a mobility company. Tariq, elected a Ford Motor Company officer, begins work 30 January. Good-bye to auto-digital fusion, hello to co-integration.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2011

Fuel efficiency, safety innovation, and vehicle styling will be the three most important product issues influencing automotive consumer purchase decisions over the next five years, indicating a perceived shift in buying priorities, according to the 12 th annual global automotive survey conducted by KPMG LLP.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2013

For McMaster, the project partnership is one of three new partnerships with Chrysler, the federal government and other auto industry leaders worth a combined $24 million. Legislative pressure and socioeconomic forces are compelling the auto industry to deliver unparalleled technological advancement at an unprecedented rate.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2009

Kokam America also made news earlier this week when its newly unveiled joint venture with Dow Chemical and Townsend Ventures LLC—KD Advanced Battery Group LLC (KD)—announced plans to invest $665 million in a new 800,000 square foot battery manufacturing facility in Michigan, and also was awarded $144.6 Earlier post.). Don Nissanka.

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Baua Electric

MAY 15, 2023

Stellantis and LG Power Resolution (LGES) on Would possibly 15 ceased some building of its deliberate electric-vehicle battery manufacturing unit in Windsor, Ont., Effective immediately, all construction related to the battery module production on the Windsor site has stopped,” Stellantis mentioned in a commentary Monday.

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Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 18, 2021

Preparing for the Cultural Shift with Neural Manufacturing. While there is no question that recent moves in the automotive industry, especially by new start-ups and tier 1 firms that are bringing significant innovation to the market, will put pressure on well-established manufacturers to upgrade their consumer experience.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2012

In its “2012 Outlook: US Auto Manufacturers and Suppliers”, Fitch assigns the industry a Positive Rating, expecting the credit profiles of the US OEMs and auto suppliers to generally strengthen in 2012, assuming that global economic conditions do not weaken materially from current trends. than was seen in 2010 and 2011.

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Charged EVs

MAY 31, 2022

BrightDrop offers a fascinating window into the breadth of GM’s EV plans, though even many people in the auto industry know little about it. Just like, say, Ford—which was then in the process of killing Mercury, to leave it with only Ford and Lincoln. The BrightDrop Zevo 600. Photo courtesy of BrightDrop. Why not GMC?

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 17, 2006

This is a major announcement from a major manufacturer. Ford Europe Executive Calls for Increased Momentum Behind CO2 Reduction Ford Motor Co. The scale of the challenge means that it's not enough to introduce two or three new environmental products and leave it at that. Ford is changing. As is the World.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2011

USABC is a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR), the collaborative automotive technology organization of Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company, whose mission is to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research and development.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

For the ADEPT project, the consortium comprises CPT, the European Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (EALABC), Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies, Ford and the University of Nottingham. Vehicle electrification and in particular mild hybridization of a conventional powertrain at 48V is a rapid growth area for the automotive industry.

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