Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

We want to continue to grow and will significantly increase our production capacities in the coming years. This year alone, Mercedes-Benz is managing 18 vehicle ramp-ups at eight locations worldwide, among them the start of production of the new C-Class sedan on four continents. billion) this year. billion) this year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2021

Haldor Topsoe is determined to take a leading position in the green hydrogen space, and has established a focused green hydrogen organization to accelerate its business. Topsoe offers an end-to-end portfolio within green hydrogen production by electrolysis and the associated downstream production of ammonia, methanol, and e-fuels.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 19, 2024

European automotive supplier Forvia reported higher organic sales for the first-quarter on Thursday driven by strong North America, and said new awards from Chinese carmakers had boosted quarterly orders. organically. Estimated worldwide automotive production dropped to 21.20 even as car production grew by 4.3%.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, and the National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia, have developed a new concept for an aluminum battery delivering twice the energy density as previous versions, made of abundant materials, and with the potential to reduce production costs and environmental impact. 2019.07.033.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2021

Kia EV6 ( earlier post )has achieved product carbon footprint certification and ‘ Carbon Measured ’ label from the global climate change and sustainability consultancy the Carbon Trust, becoming the first Korean vehicle manufacturer to achieve the certificate. The EV6 is the first model to be launched under this new strategy.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

Five organizations representing their metal industries —The Copper Mark, the International Lead Association (ILA), the International Zinc Association (IZA), the Nickel Institute and the Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI)—have released the Joint Due Diligence Standard for Copper, Lead, Nickel and Zinc.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2017

The concept tire—which combines the functions of wheel and tire—is airless, connected, rechargeable, customizable and organic, is both a wheel and a tire. Organic tire. Vision is made with an organic core that can be reused and recharged. components, thus limiting the use of petroleum-based products.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2019

Daimler Trucks is establishing the Autonomous Technology Group as a global organization for automated driving, bringing together its worldwide expertise and activities, as of 1 June. In commercial trucking, level 4 is the logical next step after level 2 to increase safety as well as efficiency and productivity.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

SEAT will invest €3 billion in the conversion of its Martorell plant for the production of small EVs. SEAT has designed a strategic plan that includes five main pillars: people and organization, electrification and product, production end to end (E2E), digitalization and sustainability. million square meters.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2018

Ford Motor Company has created Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, a new organization charged with accelerating Ford’s autonomous vehicles (AV) business to capitalize on market opportunities. Hau Thai-Tang, executive vice president, Product Development and Purchasing, will now report directly to Hackett.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2023

Member States of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), meeting at the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 80) earlier this month, adopted the 2023 IMO Strategy on Reduction of GHG Emissions from Ships. The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) addresses environmental issues under IMO’s remit.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2020

The team optimized the production system by varying different parameters, such as radiance, inorganic carbon level, and periodicity of medium renewal. These figures represent a 2-time enhancement in the duration of ethylene production; a 2.2-fold fold increase in the production yield; and a 3.5-fold —Vajravel et al.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2020

Evonik has now developed a novel anion exchange membrane (AEM), which should contribute to the breakthrough of electrolytic production of hydrogen. CHANNEL stands for Cost-efficient Hydrogen production unit based on ANionN exchange membrane Electrolysis.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2023

Ahead of the Paris Air Show held in Le Bourget, TotalEnergies is doubling production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) at Grandpuits, bringing the site’s annual production capacity to 285,000 tons—almost double the capacity announced in 2020. and also e-fuel synthetic fuels for aviation.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2021

The research array furthers the design and development of a system for offshore cultivation of tropical seaweeds to support large-scale production of biomass for biofuels and other valuable bioproducts. Puerto Rico has stable warm temperatures and ample sunlight year-round, as well as a wide range of exposure to prevailing winds and waves.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2021

In an effort to decarbonize transportation and reduce aviation emissions, Congress is considering new legislation to establish a tax credit to promote and develop robust domestic SAF production. We recognize the importance of decarbonizing the aviation sector with low carbon liquid fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2023

In doing so, Leclanché completely dispenses the use of the highly toxic organic solvents (NMP) that are otherwise common in the production process. Leclanché is the first company to implement the environmentally friendly process in the production of Li-ion cells. No organic solvents are used in the technically simpler process.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Viral Genetics’ majority-owned subsidiary, VG Energy, has contracted with Eno Research Chemicals & Custom Synthesis Group for production of its LipidMax lipid enhancement compound, in sufficient capacity to meet demand from commercial and research end-users worldwide. Earlier post.). VG Energy’s Chief Scientist, Dr. M.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2018

Secondary organic aerosol (SOA) is a major component of fine particulate matter—which causes adverse health effects—even in urban environments; vehicles may be a dominant source of SOA in urban areas, although there is still an ongoing debate over SOA formation from on-road sources. —Zhao et al. —Zhao et al.

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Innovation News Network

JULY 22, 2022

Researchers from the Chemnitz University of Technology analyse performance-limiting mechanisms to reduce power loss in organic solar cells. However, their production is […]. The post Improving energy output by understanding power loss in organic solar cells appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2018

The study, led by researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health (CCCEH), organized the available scientific evidence on the effects of air pollution on children’s health. A paper on their work is published in journal Environmental Research.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The Suppliers Partnership for the Environment (SP) and the Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) have published a new guidance document, “ Measuring Recycled Content of Automotive Products.”. Source: “ Measuring Recycled Content of Automotive Products ”. Simplified process flow.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Shell Offshore, a subsidiary of Shell plc, has started production at the Shell-operated Vito floating production facility in the US Gulf of Mexico (GoM). Shell reached an FID on Whale in 2021 and is currently scheduled to begin production in 2024. Shell is the leading operator in the US Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas production.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

which has developed its own integrated subcritical-water organic-waste power-generation system (ISOP) system, which decomposes organic substances using subcritical-water-treating technology and ultimately produces green energy products such as biofuels. NYK Line has invested in Japan-based Sustainable Energy Co.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2023

Higher crude prices and continued optimization improvements have driven the first upward revision to the S&P Global Commodity Insights 10-year oil sands production outlook in more than half a decade. The new forecast, produced by the S&P Global Commodity Insights Oil Sands Dialogue , expects Canadian oil sands production to reach 3.7

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2021

As part of the joint work, the parties plan to evaluate the technical and commercial aspects of a potential project for the production of environmentally friendly hydrogen for Metalloinvest factories located in Belgorod and Kursk regions. —Evgeny Pakermanov, President of Rusatom Overseas JSC. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2014

General Motors is restructuring its Global Vehicle Engineering organization to form two new organizations—Global Product Integrity and Global Vehicle Components and Subsystems—to improve cross-system integration, deliver more consistent performance across vehicle programs and address functional safety and compliance in its vehicles.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

More than one in three health care organizations around the world reported ransomware attacks last year, according to a survey of IT professionals by security company Sophos. The new season features experts from around the world who discuss measures that can help organizations minimize and even prevent attacks.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Companies and organizations need access to technologies that can enhance efficiencies, productivity, and competitive advantage. How organizations benefit from developing standards The need is evidenced in the membership gains at the IEEE Standards Association.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The goal of the Energy for Sustainability program is to support fundamental engineering research that will enable innovative processes for the sustainable production of electricity and fuels, and for energy storage. The focus of this funding opportunity ( PD-17-7644 ) is on electrochemical energy systems and organic photovoltaics.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2021

Colonial Pipeline is the largest refined products pipeline in the US, transporting more than 100 million gallons of fuel daily to meet the energy needs of consumers from Houston, Texas to the New York Harbor. This underscores the threat that ransomware poses to organizations regardless of size or sector.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2023

The Department of Energy announced $14 million in funding ( DE-FOA-0002946 ) to support and to optimize the production of affordable biofuels and biochemicals while significantly reducing carbon emissions. R&D on microbial conversion of renewable resources into chemical products, with an emphasis on processes with commercialization potential.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2023

billion) through 2028 to boost production of copper foil for EV batteries, the company said. It operates a production base in Korea and Malaysia, and possesses South Korea’s top production capacity of 60,000 tons (as of the end of 2022) among domestic copper film companies. In March, Lotte completed the 2.7-trillion

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Electrek

MARCH 1, 2024

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) developer Volocopter announced its latest milestone today, sharing it has received a Production Organization Approval (POA) extension from the German government, enabling it to expand its production facilities and commence serial production of its VoloCity eVTOL air taxis.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2021

The company plans to keep its own water consumption to a minimum and stop using drinking water in vehicle production in the future. In the long term, Audi plans to implement closed water cycles at all production locations. Water is also essential in automotive production, for example in the paint shop or for leak tests.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award some $118 million in funding for 17 projects to accelerate the production of sustainable biofuels. Topic Area 1: Pre-Pilot Scale-Up of Integrated Biorefineries Algenesis Corporation, “Pre-Pilot Scale Production of Algae-based Jet Fuel and Polyurethane Monomers”, $4,987,974.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2012

Eight biofuel industry organizations have formed the Biofuels Producers Coordinating Council to advocate jointly for a US-wide policy for increased energy security through domestic biofuel production. Since adoption of the Renewable Fuel Standard, US production of biofuels has tripled.

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