Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

The signing automobile manufacturers strongly anticipate that from 2015 onwards, a “ quite significant ” number—a “ few hundred thousand units ” over the initial products’ lifecycles—of fuel cell electric vehicles could be commercialized. Tags: Fuel Cells Hydrogen.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

Toyota has become a new international auto partner for the Germany-based Clean Energy Partnership (CEP). CEP’s activities are supported by the German Government, which is investing around €2 billion (US$2.7 Toyota aims at the commercialization of fuel cell vehicles around 2015. The FCHV-adv hydrogen fuel cell hybrid.

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Hydrogen Toyota Germany Europe 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2010

The fibers manufactured at Moses Lake will be used exclusively for BMW Group’s upcoming electric-powered Megacity Vehicle, a new vehicle for urban mobility set to be launched before 2015 under a BMW sub-brand. These fibers are then processed into light weight carbon fiber fabrics at a second joint venture site in Wackersdorf, Germany.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Global use of biofuels will more than double between 2009 and 2015 – that is the verdict of Hart Energy Publishing’s Global Biofuels Centre (see article ). It predicts 35 per cent growth in the US; 30 per cent growth in Brazil; and substantial increases in areas including the Asia-Pacific region, France, Germany and Argentina.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

Low-input cultivation of perennial plants, e.g. from short-rotation forestry and grasslands, may be an effective source of cellulosic biomass and provide environmental benefits (reduced pollution and lower greenhouse gas emissions). Very few studies include a data quality review according to the requirements of the ISO standards for LCA.

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