Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2011

and Daimler AG are forming a joint venture in Esslingen, Germany, for manufacturing and marketing of Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics (CFRP) automobile parts. The partners plan to start supplying the mass-produced CFRP parts utilizing SCRTM for Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicles to be launched in 2012.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 4, 2023

Mercedes-AMG C63 S Prices Set in Germany German Automaker’s High-performance Sedan Goes for €115,000; station wagon adds €1,600 (~$125,000 & $1,750); a Year Away from Stateside Arrival This article may contain affiliate links. Now, prices have been released for Germany. Are those Mercedes Tuning Parts?

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Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 12, 2010

BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. First, the raw feedstock to make carbon fibers–just call it a “polacrylonitrile-based precursor&# –is made in Japan by a joint venture between SGL and Mitsubishi Rayon and flown to the U.S. –> Germany x 3. April 7th, 2010.

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Carbon Fiber BMW Carbon Mitsubishi 133

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2010

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers LLC, the joint venture between SGL Group and BMW Group ( earlier post ), will build a carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, WA. In the next step, the facility in Moses Lake will convert the polyacrylic fibers into the actual carbon fibers.

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Carbon Fiber BMW Carbon Building 220

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2023

Fisker Ronin is an all-electric four-door convertible GT sports car—a true five-seat GT with a carbon fiber hard-top convertible, four butterfly doors, a high-tech luxury interior, and futuristic exterior design. An integrated battery pack powers Ronin to a targeted 600-plus mile range.

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Alaska Fisker Carbon Fiber Convert 354

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The BMW i3 was the BMW Group’s first purely electrically powered large-scale serial model and also the company’s first vehicle with a passenger cell made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). The Life module made of CFRP is part of a vehicle architecture specific to BMW i and designed for electric mobility from the outset.

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BMW Carbon Fiber Wind Lithium Ion 418

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2016

Following the closing of the transaction, approximately 900 employees and six production sites in Germany, Austria, Spain, USA, and Malaysia will be transferred from SGL Group to their new owner.

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Carbon Fiber Carbon Malaysia Austria 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Sales in Germany and other European countries begin in fall 2020 at a base price of €30,705.88. They are made of fiber-composite materials and, in keeping with Audi’s lightweight construction philosophy, each weighs just 26 kilograms (57.3 There are currently some 850 CNG gas stations in Germany. The A3 Sportback 30 g-tron 1.5

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Audi Gas Gas-Electric Gasoline-Electric 504

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2018

The company’s capabilities include Class A body panels, structural and underbody components using a variety of materials and processes, including sheet molding compound (SMC), carbon fiber SMC, pre-preg compression molding (PCM), direct long fiber thermoplastic (D-LFT) and glass mat thermoplastic (GMT).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2013

Germany-based Evonik Industries and Austria-based SECAR Technologie GmbH have established a joint venture, LiteCon Advanced Composite Products, to mass-produce fiber-reinforced composite components for the automotive and aviation industries.

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Industrial Industry Carbon Fiber Austria 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2017

Toray Industries will open Automotive Center Europe (AMCEU) in August 2018 near Munich, Germany, as part of strengthening of R&D function related to the Green Innovation (GR) Business in Europe.

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Europe Carbon Fiber Automobile Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2012

BMW will invest €125 million (US$154 million) in its plants in Dingolfing and Landshut (Germany) to produce components for the BMW i model electric-drive vehicles. Dingolfing and Landshut will contribute major powertrain, chassis and body parts. Earlier post.)

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BMW Carbon Fiber 2014 Electric 262

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The pressure plate, which delivers hydrogen and oxygen to the fuel cell stack, is made from cast plastic parts and light-alloy castings, also from the Landshut plant. The hydrogen needed to supply the fuel cell is stored in two 700-bar tanks made of carbon-fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP).

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BMW Hydrogen Fleet Lithium Ion 259

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Other enhancements include a roll bar, rear wing and rear hatch made of carbon fiber, a front splitter, sports seats from the BMW M4 GTS, 4-point belt, a roof-mounted signal light system, BMW M carbon ceramic brakes and a sports chassis. l/100 km; combined energy consumption: 14.3 l/100 km; combined energy consumption: 15.4

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Chile BMW Charging Carbon Fiber 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2018

The energy control stations at BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut are stepping up their activities in the balancing-power market in Germany. The combined heat and power station at BMW Group Plant Dingolfing is part of the BMW Power Pool and supports the compensation of frequency fluctuations in the grid. Source: neon.

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Grid BMW Power Powered 191

Baua Electric

MARCH 5, 2024

China, the US and Germany are the group’s biggest markets in terms of turnover. For the exterior parts business, the company recently launched the plastic tailgate, which allows carmakers to have lighter cars. Turnover would double in the next five years,” Laurent Favre, Plastic Omnium’s chief executive officer, said today.

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India Sale Carbon Fiber Alternative Fuels 52

Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2019

Thanks to emission-free driving, electric vehicles can compensate for a large part of the additional CO 2 emissions in the production phase. All Mercedes-Benz plants in Germany will therefore switch to CO 2 -neutral energy supply, e.g. wind power and hydropower, by 2022. The battery provides additional power for brisk acceleration.

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Hydrogen Mercedes Power Powered 274

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2012

Stratasys, a maker of additive manufacturing machines for prototyping and producing plastic parts, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are partnering to develop fused deposition modeling (FDM) additive manufacturing for production use. Two materials, one to make the part, and one to support it, enter the extrusion head.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2015

European launch markets in 2015 will be the UK, Denmark and Germany; more markets will be added in 2017. Initial price is €66,000 (US$73,735) + VAT (Germany). Sales of the FCV began in Japan last December. Toyota said that it is expecting annual volume of 50-100 cars/year in 2015 and 2016. Toyota Mirai at Geneva 2015. Click to enlarge.

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Toyota Europe Fuel Sale 150

Teslarati

OCTOBER 19, 2022

And in 2021, the company debuted the iX5 Hydrogen fuel cell concept car at the International Motor Show in Germany. Zipse, for his part, highlighted that the ability to supply fuel cells from carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic tanks gives hydrogen a significant advantage over electric power , which requires a vast charging network.

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BMW Hydrogen Electric Cars Carbon Fiber 59

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

Cell production is a key part of battery manufacture, accounting for the highest proportion of added value, notes the SGL Group, which not only supplies the electromobility sector with lightweight solutions based on carbon fiber composites but is also a major producer of graphite and carbon anode materials for lithium-ion batteries.

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Lithium Ion Carbon Fiber Germany Energy Storage 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2011

To advance the symbiosis between electromobility and lightweight construction, engineers from the Fraunhofer Institute Germany are developing manufacturing concepts that have the goal of gradually replace individual components in the vehicle with more lightweight ones—but without affecting stability of the safety of the passenger.

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Batteries Battery Production Carbon Fiber 273

Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2013

During a media event in Wolfsburg, Germany, Volkswagen provided a medium dive into details of its two-seater XL1 Super Efficient Vehicle diesel plug-in hybrid ( earlier post ) as well as some driving time on local roads and highways. The battery comprises 60 25Ah cells, with a carbon-fiber case. inches thick. inches thick.

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Plug-in Diesel Plug Hybrid 324

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2010

Components made of fiber-reinforced straps are bonded with an infrared laser. Researchers at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft in Germany have developed a process that crafts and bonds fiber-reinforced composites with lasers. And ultimately, the parts still had to be glued together. Click to enlarge.

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Mariner Carbon Fiber Carbon Germany 170

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2012

Their processing capability does not yet meet the required industrial production rates, particularly in the automobile industry, in part due to the number of units to be produced, environmental standards, and so on. Fiber-reinforced composites have been developed in close collaboration with fiber producers (carbon fiber, glass fiber, etc.);

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Companies Netherlands Carbon Fiber Industrial 225

Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2009

The new engine is designed to stay on wing 30% longer, while using 30% fewer parts, greatly reducing maintenance. GE introduced composite fan blades in the 1980s as part of the open-rotor fan system on its GE36 engine. Fewer stages equates to fewer parts). Compressor : The core is the heart of the turbofan. Earlier post.)

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Engine Fuel Carbon Fiber Belgium 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2015

In order to prepare for the FCEV market, there have been three main areas where hydrogen infrastructure has started to roll out: Europe (Germany, France, UK and Scandinavia), the US (mainly in California) and in Japan. In terms of cost, Freese noted, most of the expensive parts are not entirely unique to fuel cells. Earlier post.).

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Congress Commercial Fuel Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

The innovative combustion process features a shortened compression stroke and a long power stroke as well as an increased compression ratio that has been specially designed for part load operation—by far the most common operating mode. The third glass fiber layer helps to visualize any external effects.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The combustion engine and electric motor, battery pack, power electronics, chassis components, and structural and crash functions are all arranged within the aluminum Drive module, while the central element of the Life module is the i8’s CFRP (carbon fiber reinforced plastic) passenger cell.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2021

SCoPEx’s gondola , an aluminum and carbon-fiber frame that holds an array of hardware. Before I put a lot of sophisticated instrumentation on an airborne platform, I want to know that that airborne platform works,” Keutsch said over videoconference from his native Germany, where he was on sabbatical. What’s unique is.

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Ozone Solar Climate Change Climate 120

Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2013

With its new architecture, use of carbon fiber reinforced plastic, and premium mobility service offerings, the “ i3 marks the beginning of a new mobility age ,” said Dr. Reithofer. The production of the i3 marks the first time an automobile manufacturing plant in Germany has installed wind turbines on site to directly power production.)

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

In Neuberg, Germany, Audi presented the Group’s first all-electric race car: the Audi e-tron FE04 for the Formula E series. In Formula E, the teams and manufacturers are allowed to develop the powertrain consisting of the motor, transmission, parts of the suspension and the respective software.

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Audi All-Electric Automobile Manufacturer 2018 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012

The Golf Mk7 is extremely fuel efficient, equipped as standard with the Stop/Start system and brake energy recovery mode and yet—to take Germany as an example—at a base price of €16,975 not a cent more than its predecessor’s entry level model. The new City Emergency Braking function is part of Front Assist. —Prof.

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MPG Fuel CO2 Light 252

Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2014

Series production of Volkswagen’s e-Golf began five months ago in March at Volkswagen’s plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. The e-Golf is currently on sale in Germany, and will be launched late this year or early next year in the US, initially in the ZEV (zero emission vehicle regulation) states (i.e., Here I can see all the parts together.

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Batteries Battery MPH All-Electric 356

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The Q7 PHEV will arrive in dealerships in Germany in 2016, and will likely come to the US, although perhaps with a gasoline-engine variant. Alternatively they can serve as buffers for renewables such as wind and solar power—whether as part of the grid or as home installations. Audi e-tron quattro concept SUV. Earlier post.)

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