Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

It’s also in line with what is expected of other industry sectors, as well as the EU Climate and Energy Framework and the global Paris agreement. In our opinion, this conditionality principle links Europe’s long-term climate objectives to the reality of the market. This is a steep reduction.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

BMW dedicated a portion of its recent Innovation Days 2009 event to the topic of Intelligent Heat management as a mechanism for reducing fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. BMW engineers are working on largely avoiding cold start conditions through intelligent heat management and significantly shortening the warm-up period.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2019

With zero tailpipe emissions, they help reduce CO2 from road transport while improving air quality for European citizens. Fuel cell vehicles can contribute positively to the overall decarboniZation agenda of the EU. In addition, incentive schemes for renewable and low-carbon hydrogen mobility are much needed to make it affordable.

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EV Central

AUGUST 4, 2022

Produced in partnership with BMW. BMW says it can, and does. The climate challenges facing our planet are no longer somebody else’s problem. The BMW Group, which includes BMW , MINI , Rolls-Royce and BMW Motorrad is embracing this challenge and opportunity utterly. The plush interior of the BMW iX1.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2023

BMW Group Plant Dingolfing will use heat produced from regional biomass and its own waste wood to meet about 50% of its process hot water requirements from 2025 onwards. This will save BMW Group Plant Dingolfing around 20,000 tonnes of CO 2 per year, compared to using conventional fossil energies.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Our objective was to stand firm and not weaken our targets, in order not to hold back innovation in the car industry and EU efforts against climate change. The earlier agreement had capped supercredits at 2.5 grams per year. We accepted a very limited phase-in of one year only, combined with super-credits. Earlier post.).

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Setec Powerr

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Norwegian government’s climate protection goals and related support policies have played a significant role. European car companies such as Volkswagen, BMW, and Daimler have set electrification targets and launched several new pure electric models. Auto companies have accelerated the pace of electrification of their products.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 16, 2021

Volvo Cars and Volkswagen are the only major carmakers ready to switch to electric in line with Europe’s net zero climate target, according to new analysis by Transport & Environment (T&E).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

Premium manufacturers such as Daimler and BMW are likely to use a combination of electric vehicles, hybridization, and downsizing to achieve their 2015 CO 2 emission target of 130 g/km, while volume manufacturers will use a mix of green technologies such as GDI, VVT and start-stop systems.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2013

The announcement follows press reports from the Geneva Motor Show that Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen would pursue CO 2 (R744) as the refrigerant for MACs instead of R-1234yf (developed by Honeywell and DuPont). BMW and Volkswagen followed suit. With its GWP of 1, it is also the refrigerant that has the least impact on climate.

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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. billion, in comparison with BMW, which having used all the resources considered necessary to create value doubled its sustainable value to €2.8

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Push EVs

JANUARY 3, 2023

BMW i3 fell from 13th to 55th. Since the most dramatic recent (and out-of-the-blue) change on November 8th, the current situation is that there are no longer any “carrot” incentives (the “climate bonus”) for newly ordered plugin vehicles (neither PHEV nor BEV). Renault Megane up from 33rd to 16th.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 15, 2021

The reveals of the Canoo pickup and Kia EV6 have heads turning and yet another automaker, BMW-owned Mini this time announced plans that it would only produce battery-electric vehicles from 2030. BMW CEO Officer Oliver Zipse is set to announce the plan alongside its annual report on March 17, the person said.

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