Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2010

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers LLC, the joint venture between SGL Group and BMW Group ( earlier post ), will build a carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, WA. These fibers are then processed into light weight carbon fiber fabrics at a second joint venture site in Wackersdorf, Germany. —Robert Koehler, CEO SGL Group.

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Carbon Fiber BMW Carbon Building 220

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2009

BMW has selected SB LiMotive—the 50:50 joint venture between Bosch and Samsung SDI ( earlier post )—as a supplier for Li-ion batteries for the upcoming Megacity vehicle, an electric city vehicle planned for the first half of the next decade ( earlier post ). Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery). Earlier post.).

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Li-ion BMW Mini E Batteries 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

A new report from Frost & Sullivan, Implementation Roadmap of CO 2 Tax Banding in European Countries and Impact Analysis on Powertrain and Green Technology Adoption , finds that about 80% of the European vehicle sales is expected to be in the less than 150 g/km CO 2 emission band by 2015. g/km—in model year 2016. Earlier post.)

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2015 Downsizing CO2 Sale 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Toyota has become a new international auto partner for the Germany-based Clean Energy Partnership (CEP). Toyota will contribute five of its zero-emissions FCHV-adv hydrogen fuel cell vehicles ( earlier post ) to the program in Germany by 2011. Toyota aims at the commercialization of fuel cell vehicles around 2015.

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Hydrogen Toyota Germany Europe 199

Green Cars News

AUGUST 3, 2009

SB LiMotive, the joint venture between Bosch and Samsung SDI, has been selected to supply lithium-ion batteries for the upcoming Megacity vehicle - an electric city vehicle from BMW. The company hopes to produce a battery pack for around €350 by 2015 - that’s around two thirds of the current cost.

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Lithium Ion BMW Mini E Batteries 36

Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. Germany / 165 / 169 / 19. BMW / 12 / 154. Tags: Green credentials drivers ETA Europe green credentials. VW Passat). Netherlands / 158 / 165 / 15. Austria / 158 / 163 / 16. Great Britain / 158 / 165 / 16. Latvia / 181 / 183.

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