Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2020

The British premium automobile manufacturer MINI is realigning its model range, with a focus on drivetrain technologies, vehicle segments and services of the future. In 2008, MINI was a trailblazer for electromobility in the BMW Group. Electrified vehicles now account for 10% of MINI sales.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

At the Frankfurt Motor Show, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) outlined the industry’s proposal for a pathway to future CO 2 reductions: a 20% CO 2 reduction for passenger cars by 2030, compared to 2021. The European Commission will reveal its proposal on CO 2 targets for cars post-2021 later this year.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2014

EPA obtains the detailed data supporting the report directly from automobile manufacturers; the agency has been collecting and maintaining these data since 1975. The BMW i3 with the range extender posts fuel economy just below Tesla and above the B-Class BEV.). They comprise the most comprehensive database of its kind.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2018

A new study by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) finds that the affordability of electric cars remains a strong deterrent for customers across the EU, along with lack of infrastructure and lack of investment in infrastructure. A natural shift in the market will not happen without addressing these barriers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

BMW is committed to procuring 100% of electricity from renewable sources for its operations and has an interim target to source more than two thirds of its electricity from renewables by 2020. —GM Chairman and CEO Mary Barra. Other automakers in RE100. Tata Motors.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2015

A consortium of 16 automobile manufacturers, automotive suppliers and public partners has launched the Ko-HAF (Kooperatives hochautomatisiertes Fahren, Cooperative Highly Automated Driving) project in Germany. Audi and BMW are also participating in Ko‑HAF in all subject areas within the research initiative.

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Driivz

AUGUST 1, 2023

SAE International (Society of Automotive Engineers) and the European Automobile Manufacturing Association (ACEA) proposed the Combined Charging System (CCS) standard in 2011. North American and European EV manufacturers are the leading drivers of CCS adoption, along with the industry-sponsored, non-profit organization CharIN.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. The BMW i3 uses the BMW eDrive rear-wheel drive powertrain previously found on the BMW ActiveE (but the i3 is significantly lighter). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

CharIN was founded by Audi, BMW, Daimler, Mennekes, Opel, Phoenix Contact, Porsche, TÜV SÜD and Volkswagen to focus on developing and establishing the Combined Charging System (CCS) as the standard for charging battery-powered electric vehicles of all kinds. Earlier post.)

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 9, 2023

The Race Among The Automobile Manufacturers The internal combustion engine (ICE) has powered our cars for over a century and is being gradually replaced by electric vehicles (EVs). Particularly this week, we are going to discuss the companies involved in the race. in 2020 and the trend is not going down.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

Company CEO and founder Henrik Fisker has had a hand in designing the BMW Z8, the Aston Martin DB9 and the V8 Vantage, and the Fisker Karma. Available in seven exterior colors, the sleek front and rear ends have the narrowest of narrow LED lighting treatments, mere slits for most of the design. The usual smooth EV front. Ocean Design.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

Compliance will be determined by comparing a manufacturer’s harmonically averaged fleet fuel economy levels in a model year with a required fuel economy level calculated using the manufacturer’s actual production levels and the targets for each footprint of the vehicles that it produces. mpg US, a 2.0 mpg (320 gCO 2 /mi).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2010

The European automobile manufacturers have agreed to a first phase of joint specifications to connect electrically chargeable vehicles to the electricity grid in a safe and user-friendly way. Japanese and South Korean manufacturers have been closely involved in developing the joint industry recommendations for the European market.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 6, 2023

Limited), headquartered in China, is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles. They supply batteries to various automakers, including Volkswagen, BMW, and Tesla. CATL is known for its innovative battery technologies and has been actively expanding its production capacity.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 18, 2024

In a Saturday campaign speech in Dayton, Ohio, Trump said that over a period of 30 years Mexico has taken away 34% of the automobile manufacturing business in the U.S. BMW Group Plant San Luis Potosí in Mexico Mexico already builds many U.S.-bound -market sale—effectively double the previous tariffs he had seeked to apply.

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