Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2017

In the post-war era, it was the Volkswagen Beetle that initially shaped the automobile industry. The 25 millionth Volkswagen Golf left the assembly line in Wolfsburg in 2002, by 2013 the number had already risen to 30 million. All in all, 21.5 The Volkswagen Golf topped the Beetle record.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2012

The German Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS) and several industrial companies signed a joint Letter of Intent to expand the network of hydrogen filling stations in Germany from 15 to 50. Mobility using hydrogen is already being extensively and successfully tested for everyday use.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

The analysis examines how these global forces may impact business and industry; calculates the environmental costs to business; and calls for business and policymakers to work more closely to mitigate future business risk and act on opportunities. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge. billion in 2005.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2009

3M will become a strategic supplier of NMC cathode materials to ATL and will work jointly with ATL to develop new cathode, anode and electrolyte materials for the lithium-ion battery industry. million (total DOE/industry cost share: $ 2.28 million (total DOE/industry cost share: $ 2.28 Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., Findings of the report include: Toyota and the BMW Group are industry leaders. In other words, the authors note, these companies use these resources more efficiently than their industry peers.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

I had surmised this in my 2002 car design thesis [link] even before anyone was talking about plug in series hybrids. The big deal was that the oil industry saw real competition and persuaded GM to abandon the project and crush them all like cans. JUST TRYING TO MILK and Suck as much from the fall of the Auto industry as possible.

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