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The 45,000 m² site will begin manufacturing composite automotive components in serial production beginning in mid-2013. The company’s customer base includes nearly all of the well-known automobile manufacturers, primarily from the premium. Benteler-SGL is investing a total of €36 million (US$47 million) in the plant.

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percent stake in SGL Carbon SE, reflecting its strengthening of focus on lightweight construction and the use of carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRP) in automobile manufacture. SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers has built a carbon fiber manufacturing plant together in Moses Lake in Washington State in theUS.

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JANUARY 8, 2014

For the eighth consecutive year, two of Honda’s Ohio automobile manufacturing plants have earned the US. s auto assembly plants in Marysville and East Liberty, Ohio continued efforts to improve energy efficiency in 2013. earned the designation for the second year in a row. metric tons annually. metric tons annually.

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OCTOBER 1, 2014

As one of the first automobile manufacturers permitted to do so, Mercedes-Benz has been testing autonomously driven automobiles on public roads in California since September. Axel Gern, head of autonomous driving at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America, Inc. Earlier post.).

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compliant Gateway ECU (Electronic Control Unit) for Subaru, the automobile manufacturing division of Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. This ECU has now gone into production for Subaru’s new XV Crosstek Hybrid ( earlier post ) from June 2013.

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Percentage of Global R&D Spending by Industry, 2013. The report, supported by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, measures the technological nature of today’s auto industry and compares it to other sectors of the economy often viewed as technologically advanced. Source: IRI 2013, CAR. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers released production data for 2013.' But when it comes to choosing greener cars, the country lags far behind the U.S., with electric and plug-in hybrid vehicle sales lower than those of many individual states, let alone the whole country.

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OCTOBER 10, 2014

Among the top-level findings was that Model year 2013 vehicles achieved an average of 24.1 Fuel economy has now increased in eight of the last nine years; average carbon dioxide emissions are also at a record low of 369 g/mile in model year 2013. MY 2013 adjusted fuel economy is 24.1 l/100 km)—a 0.5 Source: EPA.

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According to figures released by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), in the first eleven months of 2012 Chinese self-developed brands exported 470,000 passenger vehicles in total—with automotive manufacturers on average showing a 30% sales increase over 2011 figures.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

User access to this data proves difficult when they are locked in closed networks controlled by automobile manufacturers. Although there may be economic and intellectual property tradeoffs for the manufacturers, open source design plays an important role in allowing for greater transparency, according to the study.

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therefore , European Association of automobile manufacturers ?ACEA? A Japanese map manufacturer headquartered in Tokyo Zenrin Published statistics show that , By the end of this year 3 month , The number of electric vehicle charging piles in Japan is about 2.92 Wan Gen , Lower than the same period of last year 3.03

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Ballard and Zehe are collaborating with electric bus manufacturer Jiangsu GreenWheel New Energy Electric Vehicle Co. Ballard and Synergy are collaborating with electric bus manufacturer Foshan Feichi Automobile Manufacturing Co. in the city of Rugao in Jiangsu province. in the city of Yunfu in Guangdong province.

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The bill gives the Government of Québec the powers it needs to require car manufacturers to sell a minimum of zero-emission vehicles through a tradable credit system. The target will be calculated by applying a percentage to the total number of light vehicles each manufacturer sells in Québec.

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MAY 28, 2014

In order to optimise fuel efficiency improvements in each vehicle type, automobile manufacturers need the flexibility to choose the most appropriate batteries from a technical and economic perspective. This electrical system is supplied by a 12V lead-based battery. Click to enlarge. Lead-based batteries. Rombat, and Inci Aku).

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According to guidelines issued by the European Union, automobile manufacturers are legally obligated to use a low global warming potential refrigerant in the air-conditioning systems installed in their cars. The risk analyses carried out by the manufacturers of the refrigerant so far have not taken carbonyl fluoride into account.

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Daimler began its partnership with Baidu in 2013, with initial cooperation to develop point of interest (POI) and destination searches. The company has actively expanded its cooperation with Baidu to provide further “Inspired by China, Innovated for China” products and services of the Mercedes-Benz brand for its local customers.

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The collaborative effort in this process led to the establishment of GTR Nº 13 in June 2013. The US voted on 27 June 2013 in favor of establishing GTR Nº 13. In voting yes to establishing the GTR, NHTSA is obligated to “submit the technical Regulation to the process” used in the US to adopt the requirement into our law or regulation.

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The NTSB also determined the operational design of the Tesla’s vehicle automation permitted the car driver’s overreliance on the automation, noting its design allowed prolonged disengagement from the driving task and enabled the driver to use it in ways inconsistent with manufacturer guidance and warnings.

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JUNE 21, 2012

He called for the proposed €80-billion Horizon 2020 budget to be maintained and for the legislation to be finalized not later than mid-2013 to enable timely commencement of the program and in particular the R&I work programs and calls relating to its first active year, 2014.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. Audi’s e-gas plant. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). The Audi e-gas plant, which can convert 6MW of input power, utilizes renewable electricity for electrolysis to produce oxygen and hydrogen.

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MAY 22, 2013

The interim report considers PEV manufacturers, dealers and customers; the charging infrastructure; and the electric grid. Findings and possible Federal roles for overcoming the barriers include: Manufacturers, dealers and customers. Dealerships are independent franchises that are not owned or operated by the automobile manufacturers.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2012

The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has proposed guidelines to encourage automobile manufacturers to limit the distraction risk for in-vehicle electronic devices. Risk odds ratios above 1.00 indicate increasing driving risks while risk odds. ratios below 1.00 indicate protective effects. Source: NHTSA. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 29, 2014

The governors of the 8 states began this latest collaboration with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on 24 October 2013. To date, manufacturers have rolled out more than 2 dozen models in the three ZEV categories. Together they represent about a quarter of the nation’s new car sales. Earlier post.)

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FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The PEV market continues to grow in California with 20 models of full battery-electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid vehicles offered by almost every automobile manufacturer to California consumers.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Significantly to reduce the CO 2 intensity and water use of its manufacturing operations. In 2013, Rossi Honda in Vineland, New Jersey, became the first electric grid-neutral new automobile dealer in America, producing more energy from on-site solar panels than it takes from the public utility grid.​ million dollars.

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In contrast, the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) program adopted by 29 states has varying goals from 10-40 percent renewable energy generation, deployed anywhere from 2013 to 2030. There is no one goal to rally around. None of these have led to a fundamental shift to the industry’s approach to propulsion. Power plant capital costs.

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Why not rely on the order of May 2013, which identifies the vehicles in the fleet, according to their levels of emissions, for the implementation of the traffic restriction project in the capital? European regulations reduced pollutant emissions from diesel vehicles to those of gasoline vehicles. London, Berlin.) —Franco et al.

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for construction of a manufacturing facility in southern California on the Model S electric sedan and a power-train manufacturing facility in Palo Alto, California. Volume production of the Model S is planned to begin in 2012 with a target production capacity of 20,000 vehicles per year by the end of 2013. Earlier post.).

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In June 2013, Audi commissioned a power-to-gas facility in the north German town of Werlte, thus becoming the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy sources. sunfire acquired staxera, a developer and manufacturer of SOFC high-temperature fuel cells sited in Dresden in 2011.) Earlier post.)

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JULY 30, 2013

The production of the i3 marks the first time an automobile manufacturing plant in Germany has installed wind turbines on site to directly power production.) To make sure the BMW i3 can go into production on schedule at the end of 2013, the plant has been producing fibres ever since the end of 2011.

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MAY 31, 2013

Automobile sales alone in China posted a 13% year-over-year gain for April 2013, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. China’s automotive market is now the largest in the world by volume, with some 22 million units produced last year, and expectations of 22-23 million units this year.

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JANUARY 30, 2013

As a rule of thumb, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) expect part failures to occur at less than one per thousand vehicles, so a part failure in a single test is highly worrisome. Automobile manufacturers developed a candidate list of vehicles for testing. A different use for ethanol: High Octane Fuels.

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