Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2021

The Swappable Battery Consortium for Electric Motorcycles has reached an agreement to standardize swappable batteries and replacement systems, allowing battery sharing and paving the way for increased adoption of electric motorcycles in Japan. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., Suzuki Motor Corporation and Yamaha Motor Co.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2022

The US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has finalized new Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards for MY 2024-2026. The new standards require an industry-wide fleet average of approximately 49 mpg for passenger cars and light trucks in model year 2026. Passenger Cars.

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JUNE 3, 2023

TEPCO HD) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have developed a stationary storage battery system (1 MW output, 3 MWh capacity) that combines TEPCO’s operating technology and safety standards for stationary storage batteries and Toyota’s system technology for electrified vehicle storage batteries.

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Driivz

JULY 13, 2022

The technology powering the EV charging industry has evolved so much over the last few years. As EVs become a natural part of the transportation ecosystem, we are witnessing a shift toward the standardization of chargers and the introduction of new industry protocols for interoperability. OCPP – Open Charge Point Protocol .

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Blink Charging

MARCH 6, 2024

We’re witnessing a growing trend of women taking on active roles in the EV industry. They are committed to fostering greater representation of women and people of color in the EV industry, striving to create a more diverse and equitable industry for all. For instance, ChargerHelp!

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 4, 2017

Mazda Motor Corporation, PSA Group, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. FHI) and Suzuki Motor Corporation are the first automaker members of the consortium. Adopting the open source platform gives automakers and suppliers a uniform standard with which to integrate apps. Harman and QNX have signed Letters of Intent to join.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Decarbonizing hydrogen supply is critical to initiate uptake in these new sectors, and an industry-standard emissions measurement and verification process is key to providing the market transparency that facilitates new supply agreements. —Paula Gant, Ph.D., President and CEO of GTI Energy.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 12, 2022

But to encourage consumer acceptance, developing industry-wide safety guidelines is key. That’s why the IEEE Standards Association (IEEE SA) worked with the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society to form a committee and a working group to develop ADS standards. What are the intended benefits of IEEE P2846 to the industry?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ Suiso Frontier , the world’s first liquefied hydrogen carrier, has left Japan to pick up its first hydrogen cargo in Australia. IMO) standards, in early December. A return to Japan is expected around late February.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2018

Penske Truck Leasing has joined the Charging Interface Initiative ( CharIN ), a worldwide industry alliance focused on promoting Combined Charging System (CCS) as the global standard for charging electric vehicles (EVs) of all types. Penske Truck Leasing is the first in its industry to join the CharIN organization.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced the completion of the Midterm Evaluation (MTE) process for the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for cars and light trucks for model years 2022-2025, and his final determination that the current standards are not appropriate and should be revised.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2023

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) officially launched China’s first methanol-to-hydrogen and hydrogen refueling service station in Dalian, China. China produces the most methanol in the world, accounting for 60% of the global total. Sinopec Fuel Oil Sales Co.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2014

Leviton has introduced an industry-first 40A Electric Vehicle Charge Connector Assembly: the Evr-Green 400 Charging Station. kW of power, the connector assembly also complies with the Society of Automotive Engineers J1772 recommended standards. Rated to 40 amps of current or 9.7 Rated to 40 amps of current or 9.7

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2017

DENSO Corporation, Ericsson, Intel Corporation, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation (NTT), NTT DOCOMO, INC., and Toyota Motor Corporation have initiated the formation of the Automotive Edge Computing Consortium. The ECC aims to build a cooperative platform for the edge computing industry.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2017

The law firm of Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP is forming an autonomous vehicle industry group, which includes a cross-disciplinary team of attorneys practicing in the firm’s Corporate, Intellectual Property and Litigation departments.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2021

Sakuú Corporation (previously KeraCel Inc.), The battery has been designed to use current industry standard cathode materials and can support even higher voltage cathodes in the future that could yield up to 25% more energy. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Automakers already rely on MIPI Alliance’s industry-standard interfaces to enable a wide variety of applications, including collision mitigation and avoidance, infotainment and navigation. Just as mobile handset manufacturers benefited from the standardization that MIPI Alliance has provided, automotive OEMs would similarly benefit.

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Ford is the first automaker to join the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition—a nonprofit organization of leading electronics companies dedicated to improving social, environmental and ethical conditions in their global supply chains. The organization comprises more than 110 electronics companies representing 17 sectors.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 10, 2023

What is the digital afterlife industry? T oday, a “digital afterlife industry” is already making it possible to create reconstructions of dead people based on the data they’ve left behind. Although it’s notable that Big Tech has made a foray into the field, most of the activity isn’t coming from big corporate players.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2018

IEEE signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the American Center for Mobility (ACM) ( earlier post ), a global center for testing and validation, product development, education and standards work for connected and autonomous vehicles and other technologies. —John Maddox, American Center for Mobility President & CEO.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2017

The ASTM International Board of Directors approved the launch of a new technical committee dedicated to developing standards for the growing field of recovered carbon black (rCB). As always, we’re honored to be chosen as the standards development organization for the world’s leading experts in yet another exciting and innovative industry.”.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2022

Launched in 2015, ResponsibleSteel sets global standards for sustainability performance and promotes the certification of steel chain companies through a network of independent certification bodies. ArcelorMittal has played a fundamental role in the establishment of this global multi-stakeholder standard and certification program.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Major factors driving this growth include declining battery costs leading to more affordable EVs, expanded charging infrastructure, government incentives and standards, and corporate sustainability initiatives. It also proposed multi-pollutant emissions standards for light-duty and medium-duty vehicles for model years 2027 and later.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2015

In a policy update, the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) reports that Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) and Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) have finalized new proposed fuel economy standards for light- and medium-duty commercial vehicles with gross vehicle weights less than 3.5

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JUNE 14, 2022

The Corporation will transform its fleet to non-emitting transportation, with commitments to reach a 50% electric fleet by 2030 and 100% by 2040. C above pre-industrial levels. The facility is the largest industrial project in Canada with the Zero Carbon Building Standard designation. The target is built to meet the 1.5

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The Truth About Cars

JUNE 15, 2023

It’s the regulators' assertion that companies are obligated to enforce federal standards while suggesting that the state law poses safety concerns. It’s no secret that various industries attempting to hoard customer data and redefine what constitutes ownership have created a groundswell of consumer resentment.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has released recommended steel industry greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions calculation guidelines to provide consistent and comprehensive data across the industry on GHG emissions from steel production, with a focus on product-level disclosures and corporate-level reporting.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Intelligent Energy and the Suzuki Motor Corporation have created a joint venture company called SMILE FC System Corporation to develop and manufacture air-cooled fuel cell systems for a range of industry sectors. Under the terms of the contract, both companies will take a 50% stake in the joint venture. —Osamu Honda.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2022

Volvo Cars is the first car maker to sign up to the SteelZero initiative , which aims to increase demand for fossil-free steel and accelerate a transition to carbon neutrality in the global steel industry. ResponsibleSteel -certified steel, or equivalent. Globally, steel production is responsible for around 7% of all greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2012

Chemrec signed a cooperation agreement with China Tianchen Engineering Corporation, TCC, to provide an integrated offering of Chemrec plants on a global lump-sum turn-key basis and co-market the Chemrec black liquor gasification technology—a route to second-generation biofuels or green power.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Volvo Car Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the members of the CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium regarding implementation of shared technology for communication between cars in 2016. The consortium is also pushing for global harmonization of Car-2-Car Communication Standards.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2014

Participating members aligned with “The Automotive Industry Guiding Principles to Enhance Sustainability Performance in the Supply Chain” include BMW Group; Chrysler Group LLC.; People and the environment are the automotive industry’s most important resources. Daimler; Fiat S.p.A.; —Guiding Principles.

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Cars That Think

MAY 18, 2024

Simply put, standardization slowly fixed this. One of the best examples of a bedrock standard is the peripheral component interconnect, or PCI, which came about in the early 1990s and appeared in some of the decade’s earliest consumer machines three decades ago this year. Who’s responsible for spearheading this standard?

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Switching from the automotive standards to the trading scheme could save as much as €63 billion, says the study’s lead author Sergey Paltsev, deputy director at MIT’s Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change and senior research scientist at the MIT Energy Initiative. —Sergey Paltsev.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2021

SHV Energy and UGI International, a subsidiary of UGI Corporation, leading distributors of off-grid energy, intend to launch a joint venture to advance the production and use of Renewable Dimethyl Ether (rDME), a low-carbon sustainable liquid gas, to accelerate renewable solutions for the LPG industry.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2023

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation signed a multilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with 17 industry-leading companies, including Hyundai Motor Group affiliates and software development companies, to form the Hyundai Motor Group Model-Based Development (MBD) Consortium.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2023

Robert Bosch Venture Capital, the corporate venture capital entity of the Bosch Group, completed an investment in China-based automotive middleware company AutoCore.ai. Established in 2018, AutoCore.ai has rapidly developed into an aspiring supplier of high-performance automotive middleware.

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