Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 22, 2012
Benteler-SGL GmbH, a joint venture between Benteler Automobiltechnik GmbH and SGL Group, has inaugurated its new production facility in Ort im Innkreis, Austria. The 45,000 m² site will begin manufacturing composite automotive components in serial production beginning in mid-2013. blades, doors and visible carbon components.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 18, 2011
percent stake in SGL Carbon SE, reflecting its strengthening of focus on lightweight construction and the use of carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) in automobile manufacture. The BMW Group and the SGL Group already operate a joint venture, SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers (B Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 31, 2016
A US Department of Energy (DOE) program designed to spur the use of high performance supercomputers to advance US manufacturing has funded 13 new industry projects for a total of $3.8 Harper International Corp. Partners range from small to large companies, industry consortiums and institutes.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 1, 2013
When the A3 Sportback g-tron is powered by Audi e-gas, no more CO 2 is released than was chemically input in its production beforehand, creating a closed loop. With the e-gas project, Audi is the first automobile manufacturer to develop an entire chain of sustainable energy carriers. lb) less than its conventional counterpart.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 23, 2015
We expect that the technological progress resulting from the fierce competitive pressure exerted by four automobile manufacturers that are now involved will significantly improve lap times this season—while concurrently reducing fuel consumption. The rules harbor so much potential that there is room for future developments.
Green Car Congress
JULY 30, 2013
The production version of the i3. 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. EVs in general currently have a larger carbon burden in the production phase than conventional vehicles (e.g.,
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 28, 2017
You can immediately tell this by looking at the new carbon housing of the powertrain. Audi is the first German automobile manufacturer to race in Formula E. Unique to Formula E are the profiled all-weather specification tires from Audi’s long-term partner Michelin which have a close reference to the production versions.
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