Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2023

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation are reorganizing their joint research and development (R&D) organization to be able to respond flexibly to the rapidly changing global automotive industry, advance the transition to electrification and accelerate the development of Software Defined Vehicles (SDVs).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Mazda Motor Corporation announced that cumulative production of the Mazda3 (known as Mazda Axela in Japan) reached four million units on 22 January 2014—ten years and seven months after production of the first-generation model commenced in June 2003. No other Mazda model has reached the milestone as quickly.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2017

SAIC General Motors Corporation Limited (SAIC-GM), a joint venture between General Motors Company and SAIC Motor, has upgraded its car coating line at its Jinqiao South plant, which opened in 2003. The plant used to employ a traditional zinc phosphating pretreatment process to handle 300,000 units of passenger vehicles annually.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2014

JDC) and INPEX Corporation (INPEX) have concluded a contract to support Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation’s (JOGMEC’s) medium and long-term offshore production test of methane hydrate. Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., JAPEX), Japan Drilling Co., Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 30, 2023

Their stated plan involved merging Hino and Fuso into a publicly-traded holding company with equal investments from both Toyota and Daimler Truck Holding AG. Hino fell into trouble in March 2022 with the revelation it had been falsifying emissions and fuel economy data dating as far as 2003.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2012

DENSO Corporation, in collaboration with Tongji University (Shanghai), will begin testing vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technology—collectively, V2X—on public roads in Taicang, Jiangsu Province, China on 15 March. DENSO has been globally researching and developing V2X technology since 2003.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

has received $20 million in fresh investment capital from ITOCHU Corporation, a long-term strategic partner of and current investor in Ener1. ITOCHU, which began its strategic relationship with Ener1 in 2003, purchased 3.2 Large-format lithium-ion battery maker Ener1, Inc. million shares of common stock from Ener1 at a price of $6.18

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2018

Findings presented in a new working paper by a team at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) suggest that the new generation of supersonic aircraft currently in development by three US-based companies (e.g, earlier post ) are unlikely to comply with existing international environmental standards for subsonic aircraft.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2021

In 2018 the company spun off from the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. By training its AI to understand the correlations between certain types of tumors and the effectiveness of certain drugs, Grady says, the company hopes to be able to predict treatment regimens for patients. Siemens Corporate Technology , in Princeton, N.J.,

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced that global cumulative sales of its hybrid vehicles—passenger car and commercial—topped the 4-million unit mark as of 30 April. The company reached the 3-million mark with its hybrids in February 2011. Cumulative worldwide sales of TMC hybrids. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Cumulative worldwide sales of Toyota Motor Corporation hybrids reached 10.05 The Toyota Hybrid System (THS), which was incorporated in the first generation Prius, evolved into THS II in 2003, and was thereafter rolled out in a wide range of Toyota vehicles. million units as of 31 January, scooting past the 10-million unit mark.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2011

Japan’s neighbor makes an attractive export base, with low electricity costs, a weak currency, and a top effective corporate tax of 24%, compared with about 40% in Japan. The companies reportedly will form two joint ventures: In petrochemicals, the JX Holdings Inc. unit will form a 50-50 venture with SK Global Chemical Co.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Over the next 12 months, the companies will work together to develop a framework on all phases of the program, including engineering, certification and production. Aerion Corporation was formed in 2003 to introduce a new era of practical and efficient supersonic flight.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

interest, Chevron Corporation, through its subsidiary Union Oil Company of California, has a 15.6% Chevron Corporation announced the Moccasin discovery in the Lower Tertiary play on Keathley Canyon block 736. also with a 43.75% interest, and the co-owner is Samson Offshore Company with 12.5% BP maintains a 60.5%

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2010

THINK and ITOCHU Corporation announced an expanded partnership for marketing and distribution of the THINK City electric vehicle (EV) and EV drive system in Asia. The two companies have been in a cooperative relationship since 2009, through a number of demonstration projects in association with Ener1, Inc. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2009

The project involves more than a dozen major partners, including Mazda Motor Corporation and the Japanese industrial trading giant Itochu Corporation. Charles Gassenheimer, Chairman and CEO of EnerDel parent company Ener1, Inc. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

US-based lithium-ion battery producer EnerDel is partnering with the real estate arm of Japan’s industrial trading giant, ITOCHU Corporation, to develop and produce the advanced battery systems for a residential smart grid energy storage project to be installed in a major apartment building near Tokyo. since 2003. Earlier post.).

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Plugs and Cars

AUGUST 8, 2011

Put in service during California's Zero Emission Mandate between 1997 and 2003 when about 6000 EVs roamed the streets, these charge stations have continued supplying power to the RAV4 EVs and other electric vehicles saved by Plug In America when it was known as DontCrush.com, a struggle chronicled in the film Who Killed the Electric Car.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 29, 2009

Wagoner, 56, was named president and CEO in 2000, and assumed the role of chairman in 2003. Kent Kresa, chairman emeritus, Northrop Grumman Corporation, has been named interim non-executive chairman of the board of directors. Kresa became a GM director in 2003. GM is a great company with a storied history.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

The US House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has issued a subpoena for “all documents relating to Toyota motor vehicle safety and Toyota’s handling of alleged motor vehicle defects and related litigation” in the possession of Dimitrios Biller, who served as the National Managing Counsel for Toyota’s American operation from 2003-2007.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 29, 2023

Having worked for car dealerships, manufacturers, an auction house, and an auto finance company, I’m convinced there is no other industry that attracts& such a diverse cast of characters. I also worked with senior executives& of well-respected automobile companies who were total sleazebags. & These are their stories.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2012

The Smarter Energy Research Institute is a new collaboration between corporate research and the energy and utilities industry to transform leading energy companies through the use of predictive analytics, system optimization and advanced computation to deliver better services to their customers.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

The opportunity to build up such an important company with a powertrain pioneer like Peter Hofbauer, and backed by a visionary like Vinod Khosla, was just too good to pass up. At Volkswagen, he spent nine years as head of Advanced Propulsion System Research, followed by nine years as head of Worldwide Powertrain Development.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

In a new study, KPMG International has identified 10 “megaforces” that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades. The report calculated that if companies had to pay for the full environmental costs of their production, they would lose 41 cents for every US$1 in earnings on average. Source: KPMG.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2009

The Dow Chemical Company announced the transfer to Dow of collective assets from HPL (High Power Lithium). Kokam America, a Lee’s Summit, Missouri-based corporation formed in October 2005, has supplied battery sustainment to the US Department of Defense with advanced battery products developed, designed and patented by Kokam Co.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

After a liquidation of the company in 2002, Hambitzer revived fortu in the summer of 2003. The company has identified several potential market areas, including vehicle, battery back-up systems for cell phone transmitters, power-generation plants and niche recreational vehicles. Resources. Zinck et al.

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Blink Charging

JUNE 23, 2023

Electric vehicles support your corporate sustainability When employees say that they want their employer to have a sustainability plan, they’re serious. In Deloitte’s Global 2022 Gen Z and Millennial Survey , Gen Z (born 1995-2003) and Millennials (born 1983-1994) ranked climate change in their top concerns after the cost of living.

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Blink Charging

JUNE 23, 2023

Electric vehicles support your corporate sustainability When employees say that they want their employer to have a sustainability plan, they’re serious. In Deloitte’s Global 2022 Gen Z and Millennial Survey , Gen Z (born 1995-2003) and Millennials (born 1983-1994) ranked climate change in their top concerns after the cost of living.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 12, 2021

One project he approved in 2003 was the US $500 million joint program between DARPA and the Air Force to develop the Falcon. THE PRIVATE SECTOR At Lockheed Martin, Walker is responsible for the company's technology strategy, global research, mission development, and emerging operations technologies. That's basically the mission.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 16, 2021

Despite strong support from the FAA, the airline industry, and aerospace companies, the U.S. That continued until 2003, when British Airways and Air France retired their fleets, together amounting to just 12 aircraft. The company expects commercial flights of the larger plane, which it calls Overture, to begin in 2029.

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Plugs and Cars

APRIL 2, 2008

But this is a government regulatory agency cohabitating with a group dominated by the regulated corporations, including auto manufacturers, energy providers, and fuel cell technology companies.

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Electric Auto Association

JANUARY 5, 2023

When Straubel—also known for his 1984 Porsche 944 EV conversion—left Tesla, he founded Redwood Materials , a leading lithium battery recycling company in Carson City, Nevada. Chapter member Ian Wright cofounded Tesla then later founded Wrightspeed, a company that built large hybrid trucks in San Jose. After that, the word spread fast.”

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Cars That Think

APRIL 30, 2023

That mission came from Bob Kahn, then at Bolt Beranek and Newman (BBN) , the company contracted by the U.S. The birth of MCI Mail Cerf joined MCI as vice president of engineering to build what the company was calling a digital post office. “We And then they set about breaking the network by overloading it with artificial traffic.

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Plugs and Cars

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Oil companies shut out of electric markets are exploring biofuels and hydrogen as potential markets they could control. Academics awash in government and corporate grants analyse and research biofuels and hydrogen. That which they don't kill (EVs in 2003) they hope to delay (FCVs in 2008). Proven, ready to market.

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Green Cars News

MAY 30, 2009

However, a very different point of view has been put forward at TheSunNews.com where a writer has actually blamed green technology for the companies’ problems. Part of the blame he believes lies with the Bush administration’s mandate for Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards to take cars from 27.5mpg to 35mpg by 2020.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 11, 2009

A growing number of North American cities are looking to leverage car share benefits by allowing high-rise condo developers to reduce their underground parking requirements if they commit to on-site spaces for commercial or non-profit car share companies.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 12, 2024

The e:FCEV advances Honda’s emissions goals as the company marches to 100-percent zero emission vehicles (battery electric or fuel cell electric) by 2040. For all operations, the company aims to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. Carbon neutrality for all Honda products and corporate activities by 2050. Two (or is it three?)

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