Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2013

The Volkswagen Group is building seven new plants in China. The Foshan facility was the first car factory in China to receive a Triple-Star Green Building Award, the highest state award available for environmentally compatible factory design. 88% of the waste and packaging material from the production process is recycled.

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2015 China Production Climate Protection 218

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The waste heat given off during methanation is used as process energy in the adjacent biogas plant, significantly increasing overall efficiency. In return, this plant supplies the highly concentrated CO 2 required as a basic building block for the e-gas. This CO 2 thus serves as a raw material and is not emitted to the atmosphere.

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Gas-Electric Audi Gas Water 296

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. —“Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”.

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Climate Change Water Climate Global 310

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2016

The multi-material space frame is created with 100% robotic Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding, an automobile industry first. The engine build process was benchmarked against the company’s race engineering programs to ensure the highest possible quality and performance standards were achieved. First 100% robotic MIG welding.

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Acura Manufacturer Production Hybrid 150

Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 18, 2022

Fuel cells, like stem cells in medical science, are a new technology in the automobile industry. It aims to produce five million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) of green hydrogen by 2030, as well as build renewable energy capacity in the process. What exactly is an FCEV? It operates in the same way as the electrolysis process.

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Hydrogen Green Cars Gas-Electric 40

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Photo: General Motors See Also: Feds Say the Volt Wont Save GM Well See a Chevrolet Volt in June Design Under Constraint: How to Build a Streamlined, Mass-Produced Electric Car Stumble ShareThis Claiming that GM has 18 models that get 30 mpg or more is a bit of a false dichotomy. Forget the black helicopter conspiracies.

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Volt GM Chevrolet EV1 41