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3D-Printed Electric Car Whipped Up By Canadian Auto Parts Companies

CleanTechnica EVs

Canadian auto parts suppliers are putting their sustainability skills on display with the Project Arrow electric car featuring a 3D-printed chassis.

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Ford experiments with auto part prototypes made from olive tree waste

Teslarati

Ford is experimenting with auto part prototypes made from olive tree scraps. Ford engineers in Cologne started researching the possibilities of using food waste to create auto part prototypes. Their research led to the COMPOlive project, which yielded auto part prototypes that were durable and lighter.

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

Green Car Congress

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. Adding as little as 10% UBQ GHG to a part can immediately transform it into a carbon-neutral product. Polymers typically emit 1.9

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Car parts maker Valeo posts lower first-quarter sales on weak EV demand – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Car parts makers face slowing auto production, leaving suppliers with excess capacity, and are striving to reduce costs, including laying off workers, as Chinese EV makers expand in Europe. We expect that what we were able to get in 2022 and 2023, we will be able to get again in 2024.”

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Luminar to cut nearly 20% jobs as part of restructuring – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Lidar sensors help self-driving cars and driver-assistance systems gain a three-dimensional map of the road, and is considered a key to achieving full autonomy in vehicles. Luminar is also looking to sub-lease some of its facilities in portions or fully, reducing global footprint as part of the restructuring.

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Geely Auto forms new premium electric car company Zeekr; SEA EV architecture

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Geely Auto Group (Geely Auto) officially announced the widely reported formation of Zeekr—a new electric mobility technology and solutions company based in China that will serve growing global demand for premium electric vehicles. Governance structure.

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LTTS wins USD 48 mn deal with European auto parts supplier Forvia – ET Auto

Baua Electric

India’s mid-sized IT services player L&T Technology Services ( LTTS ) has signed an approximately €45 million (around USD 48 million at current exchange rate) contract with European automotive parts manufacturer and supplier Forvia for engineering development activities for its clean mobility division. “As

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