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Nissan cuts CO2 emissions from global corporate activities by 2% in 2013; tracking to 20% by 2016 vs. 2005

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reported reducing CO2 emissions from global corporate activities in fiscal year 2013 while increasing vehicle production by 5.1%. cut in CO 2 during the year puts the company on track to achieve its goal of a 20% reduction by fiscal year 2016, compared to 2005. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Nissan FY 2014 global corporate activities reduce CO2 emissions by 22.6% compared to FY 2005

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made progress in reducing CO 2 emissions and improving sustainability in its global corporate activities in fiscal year 2014 while simultaneously increasing vehicle production and plant energy efficiency. The company achieved a 22.6% Nissan Motor Co.,

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Johnson Controls to Acquire 90% of Lead-Acid JV Delkor Corporation

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signed an agreement to acquire 90% of its existing joint venture with Delkor Corporation, a leading automotive battery manufacturer based in Seoul, South Korea. The Delkor joint venture was part of Johnson Controls’ acquisition of Delphi’s global automotive battery business in 2005. Johnson Controls, Inc.

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Toyota establishing new artificial intelligence R&D company; $1B investment over 5 years

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Toyota Motor Corporation is establishing a new company, Toyota Research Institute Inc. The new company will begin operations in January 2016. He established three startups between 1983 and 2005, and helped found Olin College. TRI), as an R&D enterprise with an initial focus on artificial intelligence and robotics.

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Dominion Energy sets new goal of net zero emissions by 2050 for both power generation, natural gas operations

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Dominion Energy announced a significant expansion of the company's greenhouse gas emissions-reduction goals, establishing a new commitment to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. Dominion currently has cut carbon emissions approximately 50% since 2005 and reduced methane emissions by nearly 25% since 2010. Transportation.

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Ad Astra Rocket Company and Cummins use hydrogen/biogas to power Cummins generator in Costa Rica

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A combined team of engineers and technicians from Ad Astra Rocket Company and Cummins Power Generation have successfully powered a Cummins-built electrical generator using mixtures of hydrogen and biogas. kW renewable energy system being studied for potential commercialization by a combined team from Ad Astra Rocket Company, Cummins Inc.

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Wireless charging company WiTricity scaling up EV charging capability as well as itself

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Peck as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), who most recently served as EVP, CFO and Treasurer of Lojack Corporation. One of the things WiTricity has been doing since the first public disclosure back in 2005 and then the formal formation in 2007 is taking this core of technology of magnetic resonance and applying it into practice.

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