article thumbnail

Ford cuts global water use 8.5% per vehicle from 2011 to 2012; total usage down 62% since 2000

Green Car Congress

between 2011 and 2012—putting the company more than halfway toward its current goal of using an average of 4 cubic meters per vehicle globally by 2015. Ford voluntarily launched its Global Water Management Initiative in 2000, putting in place ways to manage water conservation, quality and reuse of storm and process water.

2000 244
article thumbnail

MAN propane-fueled ME-LGIP to power Chinese VLGC

Green Car Congress

Jiangnan Shipyard, owned by China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC), has ordered an LPG (liquefied propane gas)-burning MAN B&W 6G60ME-LGIP engine in connection with the building of an 86,000-m 3 VLGC (Very Large Gas Carrier) for Tianjin Southwest Maritime (TSM), the Chinese shipping company. LGIP engine. LGIP research engine.

Chinese 317
article thumbnail

EIB awards €17M to QEV to advance zero emissions transport in developing countries

Green Car Congress

QEV is a Spanish technology and engineering company that develops and manufactures electric drive components for Formula-E race cars, and electric drivetrain assemblies (‘e-kits’) for minibuses. In the Philippines, QEV recently equipped 10 new GET electric minibuses and converted numerous Jeepneys to use its fully-electric technology.

article thumbnail

Rivian CEO teases R1T’s flood wading abilities in new video

Teslarati

Our engineers going for a quick dip! In countries like the Philippines or China, floods are a yearly experience, and drivers must be prepared to escape before floodwaters seep into their homes, offices, etc. The video Scaringe shared gave people a close look at how the R1T would handle flooded ares.

article thumbnail

Study: Atmospheric Engineering with Aerosols Could Reduce Effectiveness of Certain Kinds of Solar Power

Green Car Congress

The atmospheric engineering scheme of using sunlight-scattering stratospheric aerosols to combat global warming could reduce the effectiveness of certain kinds of solar power generation systems using parabolic or other concentrating optics. In the past, the increased aerosols resulting from the 1991 eruption of Mt.

Solar 150
article thumbnail

Ricardo study predicts that BRIC automotive markets will be eclipsed by the “Rising-15”

Green Car Congress

A study by Ricardo Strategic Consulting has concluded that while sluggish automotive demand in Europe, Japan and North America will be balanced by the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) markets through 2020, thereafter the ‘Rising-15’ nations become the engine for profitable growth—assuming political stability.

Market 210
article thumbnail

This Startup Is Using AI to Help Keep Store Shelves Stocked

Cars That Think

The startup, headquartered in San Francisco, won this year’s CCU (Compania Cervecerias Unidas) Chile’s Innpacta Global Open Innovation Challenge. Wisy currently has 16 employees, who work in Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, the Philippines, and the United States. IEEE Senior Member Min Chen is Wisy's cofounder and CEO. Nicolo Sertorio.

Store 135