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Motherson Group collaborating with UBQ to bring carbon-negative thermoplastics into auto parts

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The companies are joining efforts to implement the carbon-negative UBQ thermoplastic ( earlier post ) into auto parts manufactured by Motherson Group for the automotive industry. By diverting landfill-destined waste, UBQ prevents the emission of methane, groundwater leakage and other environmental harms.

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ABB readies robots to start out actual inkjet auto portray

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The device permits quantity automakers to trade in contrasting roof colours with no need to run a automobile during the paint store a 2nd date. Development or rebuilding paint retail outlets is in most cases one of the dear portions of an auto meeting plant mission. Reger foresees PixelPaint first being impaired on automobile roofs.

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BMW provides an update on waste heat recovery projects; Turbosteamer and the Thermoelectric Generator

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with technologies such as direct fuel injection, variable valve timing, exhaust-driven turbochargers, brake energy regeneration and Auto Start Stop function—about 60% of the generated energy is still lost, half of it being exhaust heat, with the remaining half as heat absorbed by the engine cooling system. Click to enlarge.

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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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A survey of the sustainability performance of 17 of the world’s leading automakers has found a mixed pattern when it comes to the sustainability performance of most of the car manufacturers. Fiat Auto, and to a certain extent Mitsubishi, posted consistently negative Sustainable Value. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Honda to build new plant in Mexico for production of subcompact vehicles, starting in 2014

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HDM), Honda’s production and sales company in Mexico, will build an automobile plant for production of fuel-efficient subcompact vehicles for the Mexican and North American markets. The smallest automobile currently produced by Honda in North America is the compact Honda Civic, which is built at Honda plants in Indiana and Ontario, Canada.

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Larry Burns: Holistic approach required to achieve transformational change of transportation and the automobile; the power of “And”

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Stressing the power of “ and ” rather than “ or ”, he asserted that: The automobile is unsustainable without transformational change. Burns referenced GM’s ENV concept ( earlier post ) which, he said, is 15 times more efficient than an auto and uses 1/10 as many parts. One thing missing this morning was a discussion of the consumer.

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Autoliv expects to satisfy or exceed midterm enlargement goal

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STOCKHOLM — Autoliv expects to satisfy or exceed its medium-term industry enlargement goal era reiterating all of its monetary targets for this 12 months, a past later saying round 8,000 process cuts to avoid wasting prices. In a commentary forward of its U.S. Autoliv ranks Refuse. billion in 2021.

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