Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
The ranking of the 17 manufacturers based on the Sustainable Value Margin. BMW Group expressed an interest into how its efficiency gains documented in these regional assessments would translate into an evaluation of its sustainability performance relative to major automobile manufacturers worldwide. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 22, 2014
PME= palm oil methyl ester, RME = rapeseed methyl ester, SME = soy methyl ester, WME = waste cooking oil methyl ester, FTD = Fischer-Tropsch diesel, HBD = hydrogenated biodiesel. JAMA cites the poor oxidation stability of high-level biodiesel blends, highlighted in the JATOP findings, in sticking with B5 levels.
Get Electric Vehicle
DECEMBER 3, 2021
For instance, to produce 1 ton of REE, 75 tons of acid waste (that isn’t always handled in the right way) and 1 ton of radioactive residues are also made, according to the Chinese Society of Rare Earths. Because investors aren’t inquiring, manufacturers aren’t telling, or aren’t even aware of the situation.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
The Energy Commission also approved almost $16 million in research grants to help develop the next generation of energy efficient technologies for commercial and residential buildings; $11 million for projects to convert feedstock and waste into biofuels; and about $900,000 for natural gas innovations. Plug-in electric vehicles.
Green Cars News
OCTOBER 30, 2009
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. Asian carmakers are still outperforming their Euorpean and American counterparts in environmental sustainability, a new report finds.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
Use of a higher efficiency paint-curing process, a new waterborne two-component primer material and “dry-booth” paint overspray technology will eliminate water used to capture paint particulates, which is one of the few remaining landfill waste streams in the manufacturing process. from a high of 755 kg/auto in FY11. kg/auto in FY14.
Baua Electric
JUNE 5, 2023
Demanding situations supplying vital elements for automobile manufacturing, equivalent to cobalt, lithium and nickel, have change into a significant barrier to production — and lots of automakers are getting ingenious to mitigate those shortages.
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