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AB Volvo has signed an agreement with the Chinese vehicle manufacturer Dongfeng Motor Group Company Limited (DFG) to acquire 45% of a new subsidiary of DFG, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicles (DFCV), which will include the major part of DFG’s medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles business. and 15.7%, respectively.

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NTN began work on in-wheel motors in 2003, deploying and testing successive iterations on different types of compact, lightweight EVs. According to a report in the Nikkei , in 2019, FSAT plans to manufacture vehicles equipped with in-wheel motors with a range of 450 km (280 miles). NTN’s latest in-wheel motor.

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The vehicles were subject to earlier recalls to address a problem with an electronic component manufactured by TRW that caused some airbags to deploy in the absence of a crash. The recalls will provide vehicle owners with a new remedy after the manufacturers’ original attempts to fix the defects proved ineffective in some vehicles.

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Toyota Motor Sales USA and Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America for systematic, longstanding violations of Clean Air Act emission-related defect reporting requirements, which require manufacturers to report potential defects and recalls affecting vehicle components designed to control emissions.

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Prior to Wilfert, styling at Daimler was considered a part of the engineering process, and nothing more. The W210 E-Class (1994-2003) arrived as a fresh-faced sedan and wagon. The four headlamp look of the W210 was immediately copied by many other manufacturers.

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has achieved zero landfill status at its truck manufacturing operations. Waste generated by the facility, which manufactures all Volvo trucks sold in North America, is now recycled, composted or converted to electricity. NRV began in 2003 by first identifying and evaluating all solid and liquid waste streams within the plant.

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ECOTEC direct”, made its debut in Opel’s Signum and Vectra in 2003, succeeded by the Zafira. Environment initiative: Opel/Vauxhall wants to expand its position as a manufacturer of alternative propulsions. Opel/Vauxhall also wants to reduce the manufacturing complexity of its cars. liter unit with 194kW/264 hp.

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2002 - 2003 Toyota RAV4-EV. In May, Tesla and TMC announced their intent to cooperate on the development of electric vehicles, parts, and production system and engineering support. The first prototype has already been built and is now undergoing testing. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Under the newly established process, the extracted rare earth metals will be supplied from JMC to a battery manufacturer in early March, which will reuse them as negative-electrode materials for nickel-metal hydride batteries for hybrid vehicles. Proceedings of EMC 2003).

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NHTSA issued the advisory in conjunction with the agency’s closing of an investigation into brake-line failures in General Motors trucks and SUVs built in model years 1999 to 2003. The coated steel brake pipes in GM’s vehicles under investigation were similar to materials used by other manufacturers at the time.

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Hodges Former dean of engineering Life Fellow, 85; died 13 November Hodges, who was dean of engineering at the University of California, Berkeley , conducted pioneering research in IC design and semiconductor manufacturing. now part of Siemens ), in Schenectady, where he spent the remainder of his career. for 37 years.

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For the first seven years since its founding in 2003, Tesla was funded entirely with private funds, led by Elon Musk. In 2010, Tesla was awarded a milestone-based loan, requiring matching private capital obtained via public offering, by the DOE as part of the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing (ATVM) program.

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and Nippon Steel Corporation, is part of a project “Technological development of Ironmaking process utilizing ferro coke”. JFE Steel Corporation, one of the world’s leading integrated steel producers, was established through the consolidation of NKK Corporation and Kawasaki Steel Corporation in 2003.

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Most manufacturers of the popular sports utility vehicles (SUVs) are concentrating on improving driving dynamics by using automated transmissions. The first DCT was successfully launched worldwide in 2003. The cluster is designed and manufactured with injection molding technology using an integrated lead frame instead of wires.

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GM is recalling 656 model year 2014 Cadillac ELR vehicles not equipped with adaptive cruise control and manufactured 26 September 2013 through 14 February 2014, and equipped without Adaptive Cruise Control. NHTSA Campaign Number: 14V-144; GM’s number for this recall is 14087.).

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At least three manufacturers—Mercedes-Benz, Van Hool and Wrightbus&mash;will be supplying fuel-cell hybrid vehicles in this project. Daimler will use the Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid as part of its involvement in a large-scale fleet trial in the CHIC project. The fuel-cell bus has a range of around 250 kilometers (155 miles).

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As part of the new midterm plan, titled DFL TRIPLE ONE, more than 20 electric models (zero-emission and series-hybrid e-POWER, earlier post ) will be introduced across all brands with six models in 2018 and 2019 across the Nissan, Venucia and Dongfeng brands. — plans to increase annual sales by 1 million vehicles to 2.6

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reported it sold over 11 million vehicles in 2023 to retain its status as the world’s top car manufacturer. In 2022, Hino Motors , a truck maker that’s also part of the Toyota group, said it had systematically falsified emissions data dating back as far as 2003. Hours after the probe began at Toyota Industries Corp.’s

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ARB noted that Honda has a history of being the first manufacturer to comply with California’s strict emission standards. In 2002, the 2003 Civic Hybrid was the first certified Advanced Technology Partial Zero-Emission Vehicle. (AT —Tom Cackette, ARB’s Deputy Executive Office and head of the mobile source program. Earlier post.).

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Daimler separated its truck and car units in 2021 as part of a wider industry trend of spinning off commercial vehicles. 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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Part of the fear surrounding EV battery fires has been how challenging they are to extinguish once they get started. But for the most part, the struggle comes down to applying the tried-and-true solutions to petroleum fuel problems to an electrochemical issue. For cars running on gasoline or diesel fuel, the fire rate was 0.08

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Water scarcity is quickly becoming a critical global issue with significant social and environmental implications and all of us need to be part of the solution. Ford has reported to the CDP on its successful efforts to reduce its carbon footprint since 2003. Tags: Sustainability Vehicle Manufacturers Water.

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Nearly 3,000 cars, trucks and buses equipped with connected Wi-Fi technology to enable vehicles and infrastructure to communicate with each other in real time to help avoid crashes and improve traffic flow will begin traversing Ann Arbor’s streets as part of the year-long safety pilot project. Earlier post.).

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In the 1990s, he became known for his long-running legal battle against Universal Manufacturing Corp. To accommodate our essential laziness, manufacturers invented remote controls, only to be confronted by our ability to immediately lose them. Eventually, they filed for a U.S. patent for the new and improved device.

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Within the decrease a part of the picture, we will be able to additionally realize the inscription “Witness the launch of our next chapter” and the hour “15.06.2023”. It isn’t a weighty awe since this car were given the manufacturing favor from the Chinese language regulator, and its promo capturing periods began in Europe.

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Integration with Smart Grids Smart meters are often part of a larger smart grid infrastructure. Smart Grid Integration Smart meters are often part of a broader smart grid infrastructure. Open standards allow different vendors and manufacturers to create compatible devices and systems that can work together seamlessly.

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Early in September, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced it would consider in a 23-24 October meeting amendments to the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) regulation that would modify the requirements for intermediate volume manufacturers (IVMs) selling into the state to allow them more time to come into the market. Earlier post.).

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She specialized in optimizing the process of making transistors and improving manufacturing yields. “My I also did advanced data analytics to help semiconductor manufacturers improve their fabrication yield.” Through its Fellows Program, Black Opal hires MBA students to work part time and teaches them about investing.

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KORES said that Korean Li-ion manufacturers SK Innovation and LG Chem are also likely to participate in the project. The joint venture will also pave the way for Asia’s fourth-largest economy to take part in a project to develop lithium carbonate in the region, officials said. A Korean consortium including Korea Resources Corp.

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ZEV credits are awarded to manufacturers based primarily on various performance characteristics of the vehicles. Vehicles with longer zero tailpipe emission range earn more credit; in turn, fewer such vehicles are needed to meet a manufacturer’s credit obligation. Background.

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Founded in 2003, Silicon Valley based Tesla Motors is currently the only car manufacturer in the US or Europe manufacturing and selling highway capable electric vehicles in serial production. Here we offer some insight into these newcomers and their potential impact on the future of green motoring. Tesla Motors.

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The EcoSport was originally launched in South America in 2003 and sold 700,000 vehicles in nine years. Ford recently broke ground in Sanand, Gujarat as part of an investment of approximately US$1 billion to build new vehicle manufacturing and engine plants. Ford’s total investment in India to date is approximately US$2 billion.

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The divergence of real-world CO 2 emissions vs. manufacturers’ type-approval (100%) in Europe from various on-road data sources. It is important to clarify that nothing in this analysis suggests that manufacturers have done anything illegal. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge. —“From Laboratory to Road”.

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Since some 36% of diesel is used off-road, such as on farms, by manufacturing, industrial and commercial ventures, and boats, a fuel tax for road use would impose an unfair burden onto these sectors, the government says.). New Zealand is implementing revenue-neutral changes to its road user charges (RUC) system as of 1 August 2012.

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Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead. By the mid-1980s, three quarters of the cars manufactured in Brazil were capable of running on sugarcane-based hydrous ethanol. As used in this section and Sec.

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Demand already supplied by EV manufacturers is from ‘early adopters’ and fleets, and the motivations and behaviour of these buyers are substantially different from the behaviours of the majority of new and used car buyers, in mature and emerging markets alike. Can EVs truly contribute to grid balancing?

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Dyson is a former Series champion (2003) in LMP2. The Green Dream Team was announced by Series President and CEO Scott Atherton at the Race Goes Green conference in Long Beach hosted by SEMA and the Motorsport International Association as part of the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

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