Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The BMW Group is systematically pursuing its goal of significantly reducing CO 2 emissions at their source in the supply chain. The BMW Group has now reached an agreement to this effect with the Swedish startup H2 Green Steel (H2GS), which uses hydrogen and only green power from renewable energies for steel production. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Production. The Chinese plant in Dadong also began producing the BMW iX3 this year. —Milan Nedeljkovi?,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Through its venture capital fund BMW i Ventures, the BMW Group has taken a stake in Colorado-based Jetti Resources. BMW’s goal is to foster responsible and resource-conserving copper extraction to address rising demand in a more sustainable way. The technology is already being deployed to great success at industrial scale.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

The BMW Group intends to source aluminum with significantly reduced CO 2 emissions from Rio Tinto’s hydro-powered operations in Canada starting in 2024 and has signed a memorandum of understanding to this effect. The BMW Group intends to become one of the first customers to use this technology in standard production.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2017

The system’s electric power and water consumption were each cut by. The first EcoCFlex unit for cleaning and deburring engine components went into service at the BMW Group in 2005. parameter closely monitored by the BMW Group—the first-generation systems are no longer up. Water consumption in particular was too.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2023

The BMW Group launched its new test site for fully automated development and test drives in Sokolov (Czechia), the Future Mobility Development Center (FMDC). As the first development location of its kind in central Europe, the FMDC, in which BMW Group invested €300 million, will play a key role in the company’s future mobility development.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

BMW i Ventures announced a lead investment in the Series B financing round of actnano , a company that has developed a next-generation nanocoating that offers protection for electronics across the automotive and consumer electronics markets. —Kasper Sage, managing partner at BMW i Ventures.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2020

BMW i Ventures has invested in Prometheus Fuels ( earlier post ), a company removing CO 2 from the air and turning it into zero-net carbon gasoline that it will sell at gas stations, at a price that competes with fossil fuels, starting as early as this year. —Greg Smithies, Partner, BMW i Ventures.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2021

The BMW Group has launched an initiative to protect the deep seas in cooperation with the WWF Germany. Mining in water thousands of meters deep could have destructive effects on vulnerable deep-sea ecosystems and lead to loss of biodiversity and species extinction. The procurement of raw materials requires particular care.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The BMW i7, BMW’s newest EV offering, dominates its gas counterpart alongside other BMW Group luxury EVs. BMW is defined by its luxury offerings. Its headlining brand, BMW, has dominated the global premium car market for years , and with its newest EV offerings, it looks like it is doing the same.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2017

The BMW Group is supplying lithium-ion batteries from its Dingolfing plant to German company Torqeedo. kWh BMW i3 pack offered by Torqeedo has a usable capacity of 30.5 This successful transfer of the latest automotive technology to the water is testament to the value of the integrated approach that underpins BMW i.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2022

With its access to energy, industrial water and the broad production know-how in the region, Kvarnsveden is an optimal site for a gigafactory. We are thrilled to be able to open a new chapter in Borlänge’s history as a global industrial hub. —Peter Carlsson, Co-Founder and CEO of Northvolt.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2021

which designs, engineers, manufactures, sells, and services a comprehensive line of lift trucks and aftermarket parts marketed globally primarily under the Hyster and Yale brand names. accommodates all standard Caterpillar, Bobcat or John Deere attachments and is submersible in up to four feet of water. The DANNAR 4.00

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Prometheus’ fuel production process starts with direct air capture of CO 2 , which is then moved to an electrochemical stack where the carbon is combined with hydrogen molecules from water to create long-chain alcohols. Maersk joins a team of investors which includes BMW i Ventures and Metaplanet.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2022

The strategic group of investors consists of automotive venture capital from BMW i Ventures, Volvo Cars Tech Fund and Porsche Ventures—alongside Airbus Ventures, Generali, and existing investors—collectively adding new competencies to help fuel Bcomp’s growth. Starting with the iFE.20

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Russia-based RUSAL, a global aluminum producer, opened the first phase of its low-carbon aluminum production plant, Taishet Aluminum Smelter (TaAZ), in Taishet, Siberia. of global production of aluminum and 6.5% In 2020, RUSAL accounted for about 5.8% of alumina production; 44% of RUSAL’s production accounts for value-added products.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2014

Automakers took the top four slots in the 50 Best Global Green Brands list for 2014, published by Fortune magazine in conjunction with the consulting firm Deloitte and Interbrand. This year’s nominees were drawn from Interbrand’s annual Best Global Brands report, which ranks the world’s 100 most valuable brands. Operations. Volkswagen.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2016

BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) opened a new engine plant with a light metal foundry in Shenyang today. The new location will produce the latest generation of the BMW TwinPower Turbo three and four-cylinder gasoline engines and forms part of the BBA production network based in Shenyang in Northeastern China.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

During 2014, the global plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) industry is poised to grow by 86% and will surpass more than 346,000 new vehicles sold, according to a new white paper—“ Electric Vehicles: 10 Predictions for 2014 ”—published by Navigant Research. More mainstream models will come from Kia, Mahindra, Škoda, and Volkswagen.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Ford has become the first US automaker to join the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance ( IRMA ), marking an expansion of the company’s commitment to safeguard human rights, communities where such work is done, and the broader environment.The BMW Group is also an IRMA member.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2012

Tendril, provider of a cloud-based energy management platform, and the BMW Group Technology Office USA are partnering to build out a demonstration smart energy home in Mountain View, Calif. to prepare for the roll-out and integration of the new BMW ActiveE electric vehicle (EV).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2022

BMW’s iFACTORY production strategy defines the future orientation of plants and production technologies at the BMW Group and meets the challenges of the transformation to e-mobility. With our BMW iFACTORY, we are leading the way and setting new standards in flexibility, efficiency, sustainability and digitalization.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

BMW and Toyota are consistent leaders in sustainable value. The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., Findings of the report include: Toyota and the BMW Group are industry leaders. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Veloz members include: Automakers, including GM, BMW Group, Honda, Nissan, Kia, Subaru, Daimler, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and Ford. Electricity providers, including Pacific Gas and Electric, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Sacramento Municipal Utility District.

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Electric Vehicles India

DECEMBER 8, 2021

million units representing 26% of new sales in the global automotive market. According to the Centre for Energy Finance at Council on Energy, Environment and Water at Centre for Energy Finance (CEEW-CEF) until September, electric two-wheeler sales stood at 58,264 units and three-wheelers at 59,808 units.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 23, 2024

Automakers are fiercely lobbying governments to water down already-compromised emissions rules, but doing so will only lead to their doom as market entrants that are serious about EVs will continue ramping them anyway. The auto industry is electrifying, and all new cars will be electric in the relatively near future.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Volkswagen’s worldwide conservation program is called Think Blue and it’s a global call to sustainable ecological action on our blue planet. BMW, the only other automaker on that top 20 list, is fourth, with 70,883,601 kWh at its Greer, SC manufacturing facility. 2012 baseline. 2018 target. 1,253 kWh/car. 1,018 kWh/car. CO 2.393 t/car.319

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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

APRIL 19, 2016

At the 2015 CES, Toyota announced royalty-free use of approximately 5,680 fuel-cell-related patents held globally, including critical technologies developed for the Mirai fuel cell vehicle. For the stack, Toyota: Reduced the thickness of the electrolyte membrane, promoting the diffusion of the water in the air system. Earlier post.)

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JUNE 5, 2023

The fossil fuels are highly significant in the global economy. Global warming due to the emission of gases (Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, etc.) are a few negative impacts of global warming. Many established automotive giants such as Volkswagen, BMW, etc. You can guess it easily.

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Clean Fleet Report

MAY 13, 2021

LiveWire motorcycles are not really Harleys, the thought goes, although they will share engineering, production facilities, a supply chain and global logistics. Perhaps the first electric sub-brand was BMW’s i series, which included the i3 hatchback and i8 plug-in hybrid sports coupe. The LiveWire at launch was a Harley.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2012

BMW Twin Turbo V8, and is expected to deliver more power and comparable torque. The LT1 is a sweetheart of a power plant and drivers will feel its tremendous torque and power at every notch on the tachometer —Sam Winegarden, vice president, Global Powertrain Engineering. Power density. Click to enlarge. 2014 LT1 6.2L

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

The system will start production in 2019 on a global platform from a European vehicle manufacturer. The new module integrates a water-cooled electric motor and inverter with a single speed eAxle reduction gearbox. GKN Driveline has developed a new, complete electric drive system for plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2014

Europe is the world’s fastest growing hybrid market; sales increased by 34% in 2013, with the region accounting for 12% of total global hybrid sales. A 4-cylinder, 1.33-liter liter gasoline engine and 1.4-liter liter diesel complete the range. Yaris and the European hybrid market. liter Prius engine and also 17 kg (37.5 lbs) lighter.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Aside from a box lunch, a couple of bottles of water and two absolutely delicious chocolate chip cookies, GCC received no compensation, expense reimbursement or branded merchandise from GM to attend the event. Chevrolet is a global value leader. Establishing four core brands. It also offers better fuel economy than the M5.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Professor Figge from Queen’s University Management School said: “Economic crisis, energy crisis, climate crisis and recent global developments have affected the automobile industry like few other sectors. There is a mixed picture among European manufacturers. GM achieved a sustainable value of minus €9.87 billion from 1999 to 2007.

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JUNE 8, 2021

While Tesla’s fast chargers (with 120 kW) can charge batteries to 80%capacity in half an hour, the BMW i3 or Nissan Leaf can take up to 4 or 8 hours to completely charge, respectively. That energy must be transformed into hydrogen, maybe by passing it through water, to power an FCEV (the electrolysis process). Nissan Leaf.

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