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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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The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., they use all the economic, environmental and social resources considered in a value-creating way. The ranking of the 17 manufacturers based on the Sustainable Value Margin. Click to enlarge.

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12th Five-Year Plan for Chinas auto industry to make new-energy vehicles priority

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China is targeting annual new-energy automobile sales of 1 million units by 2015, according to the China Association for Automobile Manufacturers. The first draft of the 12 th Five-year Plan for China's automobile industry has already been formulated and the formal plan is scheduled to be released at the end of 2010.

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Study shows 99% of used lead-based vehicle batteries in the EU are collected and recycled

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The study was commissioned by EUROBAT, representing Europe’s automotive battery industry; the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA); the automobile manufacturers’ associations of Japan (JAMA) and South Korea (KAMA); and the International Lead Association (ILA).

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Oil companies “break the circle”! Total Energy to build tens of thousands of charging piles in China

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In 2020, Total Energy acquired the largest electric vehicle charging company in London and has mastered many local charging pile resources. Behind the popularity of charging piles in the oil circle, the transportation industry is undergoing a major change unseen in a century. who moved the oil cheese. the only way.

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Potsdam/TUB/BMW report says cap-and-trade instrument for road transport fuels combined with vehicle efficiency metrics is the most promising policy approach to reduce transport GHG

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The study CITIES indicates how the energy sector, in addition to the innovations of the automobile industry, can contribute to sustainable mobility. Going forward, the CO 2 emissions will no longer be determined by the automobile alone, but to a large degree by the upstream energy chain. —Professor Edenhofer. Creutzig, F.,

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Two largest US automotive trade associations merge: Alliance for Automotive Innovation

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Global Automakers and The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers—the two largest automotive industry trade associations in the US—merged to form a new association leveraging the expansive history of both organizations while creating a single, unified industry voice.

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

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A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. Sustainable value includes not just the use of economic capital but also environmental and social resources. billion from 1999 to 2007.

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