Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Halewood will be Ford’s first electric vehicle component in-house assembly site in Europe with production beginning in 2024. Production capacity is planned to be around 250,000 units a year. Halewood currently builds transmissions for a number of Ford passenger and commercial vehicles and exports 100% of its production.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The actions are intended to align Ford’s product development organization and administrative functions in Europe with a smaller, more focused, and increasingly electric product portfolio. Ford in Europe announced next steps in the transformation of its business.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2020

Eta Bio has been recently established with the purpose to construct, own and operate a full-scale commercial plant for the production of cellulosic ethanol from agricultural residues. In the fall of 2018 Clariant also broke ground for its first-of-its-kind commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol production plant in Podari, Romania.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2023

Lithium hydroxide monohydrate (LiOH⋅H 2 O) is a crucial precursor for the production of lithium-ion battery cathode material. Under the supply agreement, the two companies will cooperate to create a roadmap for achieving net carbon-neutral production of lithium hydroxide by the end of 2030. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2023

In the beginning of 2023, the first production vehicles with the new ZF cubiX software have been rolling on the roads: The Lotus Eletre electric SUV from the Geely Group has been delivered to the first customers since February. Further production start-ups of the innovative ZF software will follow from 2023.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

TECO 2030 ( earlier post ) is aiming to establish Norway’s first large-scale production of fuel cells, optimized to be the heart of hydrogen-powered ships and other heavy-duty installations. This will be the first volume production of fuel cells in Norway and a hub for the Norwegian hydrogen industry. gigawatt, per year.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2022

It is strong demand and, above all, the drop in production in Europe and China that is pushing prices up, while aluminum inventories are historically low. Production mainly dropped because energy prices have risen sharply in 2021. Either they close their smelters or they reduce their production, even if it means producing at a loss.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

The aims and objectives of the project are to optimize various miscanthus value chains, to produce sustainable products with a strong market potential and to develop miscanthus as a sustainable feedstock resource for cultivation on marginal, contaminated and abandoned land.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

Ford Motor Company is doubling the production capacity of its Cologne, Germany, engine plant to produce more than 1,000 units per day of the 1.0-L Ford of Europe has previously announced plans to triple annual production of vehicles equipped with fuel-efficient EcoBoost petrol engines to approximately 480,000 by 2015, from 141,000 in 2011.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2014

eRamp research activities will focus on the rapid introduction of new production technologies and further exploration of chip packaging technologies for power semiconductors. The German project partners will investigate and develop new methods for speeding up the start of the production run. Manufacturing Power Electronics'

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Teslarati

MARCH 14, 2022

Ford, which recently split its electric vehicle and combustion engine businesses into two divisions, is aiming to roll out seven new electric vehicles in Europe by 2024 with an annual production capacity of 600,000 vehicles by 2026. In 2023, Ford will begin production of an all-new passenger EV. Production will begin in 2023.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally launched volume production of Ford’s smallest gasoline engine—the 1.0-liter, The engine also will feature in the Ford C-MAX, and in the new Ford B-MAX, which enters production in 2012. Total electricity demands have been reduced by 66% compared with production of Ford’s 4.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2010

EU biodiesel production increased 16.6% This increase is well below the increases in production in three of the four prior years (35% in. Despite this lower production increase, the EU remains the. Despite this lower production increase, the EU remains the. European biodiesel production capacity is currently.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Ford announced last October that it would be ending production of its once-best-selling Fiesta model to focus on its next-gen EVs. Ford invested around $2 billion to equip the facility for EV production. Ford said it would be made in Craiova, Romania, starting later this year.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2017

The new site in Jawor, comprising an area of around 50 hectares, is the second engine production plant run by Mercedes-Benz Cars outside of Germany. Daimler is investing around €500 million in the new production site for four-cylinder engines for Mercedes-Benz passenger cars; around 500 jobs will be created.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2011

Airbus and TAROM Romanian Air Transport together with a consortium of key stakeholders have established one of Europe’s first projects aiming to establish a sustainable bio-kerosene jet-fuel processing and production capability. Camelina is also indigenous to Romania, and can be readily farmed and harvested by family farmers.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2016

is the most powerful electric vacuum pump in HELLA’s product range. Through creative material selection, proprietary design and improved high-volume production processes, HELLA’s newest pump delivers cost savings of about 20% compared to the company’s previous generation of stand-alone vacuum pumps.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

At the IAA 2010 in Hanover, DAF Trucks, a PACCAR company, presented the 12-tonne LF45 parallel hybrid truck, which will enter production at the end of this year. Depending on the success of the LF Hybrid in these markets, DAF will decide whether to include the vehicle in the standard product range in other countries.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2021

226,000 new jobs are foreseen in EV powertrain production (assuming an EU battery chain), with a net loss of 275,000 jobs (-43% jobs) projected from now until 2040. Western European countries will likely be best placed as strongholds in EV production (+56.2 €bn bn value-add until 2040).

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Baua Electric

MARCH 5, 2024

Series production will start in Romania and Mexico in 2025; in this context, Forvia Hella will also bring the NCAP-relevant safety function “Child Presence Detection” based on ultra-wideband technology onto the streets for the first time. .

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2014

The steel-based technology and capital goods group voestalpine’s 17 th production site in the United States began operation , manufacturing ultra-high strength body-in-white components for premium car manufacturers in Cartersville, Georgia. This completes the first phase of the Group’s internationalization program in the automotive sector.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2016

Daimler AG plans to invest approximately €500 million (US$576 million) in a new production facility in Poland. With the new facility in Jawor, we want to start the second engine production of Mercedes-Benz Cars outside Germany. The powertrain production compound is managed by the lead plant in Untertürkheim.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Model S Plaid and Long Range trim levels have been reserved for deliveries in the United States for the majority of its production life, while deliveries in China and Europe have been placed on the back burner for some time. They will leave the Port of Baltimore on December 10 and will arrive in Zeebrugge on December 21.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2011

The service is the product of the IN-TIME (Intelligent and efficient travel management for European cities) project, funded with €2.9 The novel system will be piloted in six European cities: Brno (Czech Republic), Bucharest (Romania), Florence (Italy), Munich (Germany), Oslo (Norway) and Vienna. million (US$3.95

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2022

In keeping with this strategic shift of business, OMV will reduce its oil and gas production by around 20% by 2030 and will completely cease oil and gas production for energy use by 2050. Growth is also set to be achieved by diversifying the portfolio towards adjacent products and new product groups.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2013

For a typical production line, MQL can save more than 280,000 gallons (1 million liters) of water per year, Ford says. litre EcoBoost production in Cologne will use a total volume of 235,000 liters of coolant, compared to 1.25 million liters used in similar high volume production processes. Craiova Engine Plant (Romania).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2013

Enabling the 3-Wet high-solids solvent-borne paint formulation technology is a combination of process and product developed by Ford and its suppliers. The only current location with 3-Wet capability in Europe is Craiova Assembly Plant, Craiova, Romania. Together, they have created a system that saves 20-25% of process time.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2016

The Common Module Family and cross-production continue to reduce costs, while the development of technologies including autonomous drive and vehicle connectivity is expected to generate major savings moving forward. Cross-production. The cross-production of vehicles will continue to be a major driver of manufacturing synergies.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2018

The European Commission is taking the UK to court—along with Germany, France, Italy, Romania, and Hungary—over its long-standing failure to meet EU limits for nitrogen dioxide (NO?). From farming to cleaning solvents there are a large range of other day to day practices, processes and products that produce harmful emissions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

This acquisition further substantiates the implementation of Enel’s strategy to deliver, innovative customer-focused products and services to the market, such as smart charging, integration between electric vehicles and distributed generation resources, as well as grid balancing and V2G services.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2013

Production of the four-cylinder 1.5-liter liter EcoBoost—the fifth member of the EcoBoost family—will commence initially at Ford’s facility in Craiova, Romania, later this month. Other manufacturing locations will be announced in the future.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

The report highlights the shift in the product strategy of the automotive companies from building discrete products to cognitive AI Systems. Of all locations, the Bay Area Silicon Valley is at pole position with 27 new R&D centers of auto companies and more than 50% of all auto start-up investments.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2009

Ford is rolling out its 3-Wet paint technology in its paint shops in India, Romania, Mexico and China. The 3-Wet paint technology is a combination of process and product that has allowed Ford to restructure its paint shops on a global scale. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2022

The announcement builds on the recent creation of the Ford Model e business unit focused on the design, production, and distribution of electric and connected vehicles ( earlier post ). Starting in 2023, Ford will begin production of an all-new electric passenger. million vehicles over a six-year timeframe.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 14, 2022

The IEEE Romania Section offered a webinar that focused on the sustainability of engineering education and the role IEEE plays in supporting student training. It included a discussion on online and offline education, how to train future engineers, and ways to attract young people to study engineering.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2011

is a leading supplier of product industrialization and process development systems used in the design and manufacturing of special machine and automatic assembly lines. Tecnomatic is headquartered in Italy with offices in India, Shanghai, Brazil, and Romania. Tecnomatic S.p.A.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2010

The European Commission says cereal production in 2010 will be close to the average recorded since 2005. The report also says that even though the EU’s cereal harvest should reach average levels this year, extreme hot and dry conditions will have a huge impact on winter crop production in Russia.

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