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MAY 9, 2009

The programme is expected to last until 2012 and will involve around 50 electric vehicles. Despite the commitment it is expected that the introduction of green cars involve slow progress.

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“We are convinced at Michelin that airless is the future technology that is necessary for many reasons,” Cyrille Roget, the company’s director of scientific and technical communications, said to Green Car Reports at a recent event that emphasized sustainability and EVs.

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OCTOBER 11, 2011

Celanese Corporation, developer of a hydrocarbons-to-ethanol production process derived from its acetyl technology ( earlier post ) announced plans in June to enter the industrial ethanol market in China by revamping the market entry strategy to allow the company to enter 6-12 months sooner than originally planned. Earlier post.).

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Fuji Heavy Industries (FHI) has issued a press release, according to Green Car Congress , announcing that 2009 rather than 2010 will see the sales of the first 100 electric Subarus in Japan.

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JANUARY 24, 2013

At the Geneva Motor Show in 2012, we stated specific, ambitious targets for our products, production and the group. Clean cars from a clean factory and an attitude to the environment that aims to change the way of people’s thinking. At the Geneva show in 2012, Prof. We have adopted the most comprehensive approach possible.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 5, 2009

Initial production of all model lines will see a capacity to produce a massive 300,000 vehicles, while creating more than 5,000 jobs, taking Alabama to the fore of green car production. Alabama Governor Bob Riley welcomed the plans: “It didn’t take long for Alabama to become a leader in the automotive industry.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2012

Rémi Bastien, Renault’s Senior Vice President of Research, Advanced Studies and Materials and 2012 Chairman of EUCAR, set out the association’s recommendations on Horizon 2020 to an audience of MEPs (Members of European Parliament) and stakeholders at a seminar in the European Parliament on 20 June.

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AUGUST 9, 2012

The UK’s largest business-to-business low carbon vehicle event is to return this September with the promise of more than 50 of the industry’s leading personalities set to take to the stand. Minister for Industry, Mark Prisk and Professor Dame Julia King will be among the speakers at the LCV2012 event at Millbrook Proving Ground in [.].

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 4, 2012

Where we stand: January, 2012 The second largest automotive company in the US and fifth largest in the world, Ford has not been slow to join the green car race. Having been the innovator in large scale manufacturing of cars and large scale management of an industrial workforce, it is now looking to bring that [.].

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

DaimlerChrysler, for example, predicted the industry would be selling 100,000 fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) by 2004. In 2007 GM spokesman Scott Fosgard told the Seattle Post-Intelligencer that by 2012 there will be about 10,000 hydrogen vehicles on the market from a variety of companies. I don't think so.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In 2011, Achates CEO Dave Johnson told Green Car Congress : If you think about Rolf Reitz from the University of Wisconsin, and his reactivity controlled compression ignition [RCCI, earlier post ], basically the industry has looked at the academic studies around dual fuel and said, really cool.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

A brand new electric vehicle is on its way – this time from the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), the largest automaker in China. The company has selected A123Systems to develop its lithium-ion battery packs for a 2012 model year electric passenger car with A123 to use its nanophosphate cells to create a customised battery [.].

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Green Cars News

JUNE 5, 2010

Renault’s brand new Tangier plant, which is set to start up in early 2012 with annual capacity of 170,000 vehicles, is expected to establish new standards in low environmental impact. The plant will enjoy CO2 emission reductions of 98 per cent – the equivalent of around 135,000 tons a year with no industrial waste water to [.].

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MAY 9, 2010

The strategy should therefore help European industry lead the world in deploying alternative propulsion technologies. The global trend towards sustainable transport shows that the European automotive industry can only remain competitive by leading in green technologies. Standardization.

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AUGUST 5, 2012

The fuel cell industry is about to reach its critical period, according to the Fuel Cells Annual Report 2012 from Pike Research. The research specialist suggests that the industry will reach $15.7billion by 2017 and thanks to a leap in orders during the first quarter of 2012 it is on track to surpass the billion [.].

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Green Cars News

MARCH 5, 2012

Tuesday 6 March, 2012. The Green Piece Column. The 82nd Geneva Motor Show opens today for two days of press previews (March 6 and 7, 2012) before opening to the rest of the auto industry and the general public for two weeks (March 8-18, 2012). As the doors open for the first big European motor [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 16, 2012

This week the Vauxhall Ampera has had a clean run of awards, taking home a handful of accolades, including prizes from the Scottish Car of the Year awards, British Insurance Security awards and 2012 GreenFleet awards.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

The scrappage scheme has put the car industry on track to meet the EU target of 130g/km of CO2 by 2012. That’s the verdict of Clean Green Cars , which launched an investigation that found that average new car CO2 fell by 5.5 km and Audi, which has cut its emissions by 9.6 per cent to 158.2g/km.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 18, 2012

With a subsidy scheme on electric vehicles reaching its conclusion in India, there has been a 75 per cent drop in sales of electric cars (such as India’s first electric car, the Reva, pictured) and other battery powered vehicles in the country. The slump has occurred since April 2012 with many key industry players now [.].

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APRIL 22, 2016

21 ] Electric fuel and biofuels will become even cleaner in the future [ 22 ] as our electric power generation transitions to more renewable energy and our biofuel industry transitions to advanced biofuels made from cellulosic waste materials, algae, etc. [ 21 ] Cleaner Cars from Cradle to Grave - Union of Concerned Scientists, Nov 2015. [

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MARCH 5, 2012

German carmaker Audi has outlined its plans to dominate the electric mobility sector as part of five key innovation areas that will shape the future of the industry. Speaking at the Annual Press Conference 2012, Rupert Stadler, who works as the chairman for the board of management at Audi, highlighted the areas of: design; connected [.].

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Wireless electric vehicle charging is coming toLondon– in what is a UK and industry-leading initiative. Qualcomm Incorporated, which recently acquired HaloIPT, will collaborate with the UK Government and Transport for London to deliver the trial which is expected to start in early 2012 and will involve as many as 50 electric vehicles.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JUNE 1, 2010

Government Aims to Create Strong Domestic Industry but Generous Rebates Risk a Backlash as Rich-Poor Divide Grows. Electric-car producers in China, such as Shenzhen-based BYD Co., for instance, plans to start test-marketing an all-electric compact car called the Leaf in China next year, after the model is launched in Japan, the U.S.

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JULY 3, 2009

The decision follows President Obama’s landmark agreement to adopt federal emission standards for the model years 2012-2016. From 2012 onwards, the new national standards would be deemed to reflect the state standards and the auto industry would dismiss its legal challenges.

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Green Cars News

JANUARY 24, 2011

Japan is expected to further its environmental push after the Nikkei revealed the government will adopt energy efficiency standards for industrial motors as early as fiscal 2012. The standards will apply to a range of products expected to include pumps, home appliances and air conditioners.

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Already a winner of two major industry awards; the International Van of the Year 2012 and [.]. Printer Patrick Chard is the first owner of one of the battery-powered van, after he picked up the keys from Milton Keynes dealership, Marshall Renault.

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Green Cars News

MAY 15, 2012

Tuesday 15 May 2012. The Green Piece Column. Let’s get this straight from the very start; there is nothing green about making cars. But a new [.].

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Though only $878million of lithium-ion batteries are expected to be sold next year, by 2015 the industry could be worth nearly $8billion a year. That’s the verdict of a new report from Pike Research, which predicts a rapidly growing global market for electric vehicles – and particularly plug-in hybrid and battery electric cars.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

Tuesday, 28 February 2012. The Green Piece Column. To make things tougher, the car industry is a lot like a rainforest; where massive trees obscure the light to the forest floor reducing [.]. Setting up an automotive firm is never an easy task, it takes a huge amount of capital just to develop your first product.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 10, 2012

Tuesday 10 April, 2012. The Green Piece Column. Nissan’s first fully electric car, the LEAF, recently celebrated its first year in the UK (see story). A year after the groundbreaking car launched, we look back at how the car has been a game-changer, not just for its Japanese car maker, but for the car industry [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Thanks to collaboration with Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd and Aisin Takaoka Company Ltd, the super strength steel will debut in the new Mazda CX-5 crossover SUV – which will be launched globally in early 2012. Mazda has become the first automaker to successfully develop vehicle components with 1,800 MPa ultra-high tensile steel.

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Green Cars News

JULY 6, 2009

The automotive lithium-ion battery joint venture formed between Daimler AG and Evonik Industries last year, known as Deutsche Accumotive GmbH & Co. It is hoped that the lithium-ion battery systems will start to appear in Mercedes vehicles beginning in 2012. KG Evonik Lithium-ion batteries Smart car.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 2, 2009

It is hoped that by featuring lower structural costs its North American region may break even at a US total industry volume of around 10million vehicles. It hopes to have around 14 hybrid models in production by 2012 and will have 65 per cent of its vehicles as alternative-fuel capable by 2014.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 23, 2009

It is also hoped that it will provide a platform for the regeneration of the car industry, as well as a showcase and test bed for its innovative technologies. At the same time as UK-HyNet, a UK Hydrogen Roadmap is being created with a strategic plan for the emerging industry.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 25, 2009

We must do better - that’s the verdict from both the Toyota Motor Corp and the Nissan Motor Co as they bid to recover from the worst industry downturn in a generation. It argues that pure electric cars will require a breakthrough in battery performance and it does not see it in the near future.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 30, 2009

He said that New Zealand does not have a domestic vehicle manufacturing industry and imports a large number of used vehicles so the proposal would have been difficult and costly to carry out. It is believed that the extra costs would have been passed on to motorists and could have resulted in costs up to $1,500 when buying a large car.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2012

Tuesday 7 February, 2012. The Green Piece Column.

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