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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., The report, which covers the period between 1999 and 2007, applies the Sustainable Value approach developed by Prof. billion from 1999 to 2007. Click to enlarge.

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Toyota researchers show superior performance for tin anode for Mg-ion batteries with conventional electrolytes

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batteries) as stand-alone or tandem energy sources is slowly revolutionizing the face of the automobile industry. However, while batteries are a cleaner alternative to fossil fuels, concerns over their long range performance in automobiles have hampered their widespread use. doi: 10.1039/C2CC34673G. Mitelman, M. Levi and D.

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3M Forms Strategic Relationship with Amperex Technologies for NMC Li-Ion Cathode Materials

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They have improved thermal stability and up to six times less cobalt for reduced price volatility when compared to the industry standard lithium cobalt oxide. In 2007, the US Department of Energy awarded 3M up to $1.14 million (total DOE/industry cost share: $ 2.28 Earlier post.)

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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Deforestation: Wood products contributed $100 billion per year to the global economy from 2003 to 2007 and the value of non-wood forest products, mostly food, was estimated at about US$18.5 Sector analysis: Automobiles. billion in 2005. The three nexuses are linked by climate change.

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

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A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. billion from 1999 to 2007. The survey attempts to close this gap.”. GM achieved a sustainable value of minus €9.87

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Story of TESLA Motors: Beginning, Fight, Survival, and Success

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Would it be wrong if I said that the history of the automobile industry has been divided into two parts, before Tesla and after Tesla , some might argue that I understand? Eberhard stepped down as CEO of Tesla in 2007 but stayed on the company’s advisory board. Story Of Tesla, Inc. Fights For The Leadership.

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NRC report finds Federal analysis to set LD CAFE and GHG standards generally of high quality; some technologies and issues should be re-examined

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Under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, NHTSA does not have the statutory authority for setting CAFE standards for more than five years at a time—i.e., The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards require that vehicles offered for sale in the US attain an average fuel economy of 40.3 to 41 mpg by 2021 and 48.7

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