Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

TriboForm Engineering , a spin-out from the University of Twente in The Netherlands, introduced its TriboForm software at Triboforum 2016 , a triennial industry conference. The software is used in the development and production of new automotive parts. We have far-reaching ambitions. —Jan Wiebenga.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2019

This represents one of the highest annual increases the US auto industry has seen since IHS Markit began tracking VIO growth—second only to the 2.3% growth in 2016. For the aftermarket repair industry, however, there is also a positive trend with the oldest light vehicles on the road. million (2.2%) since 2018.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2017

Baidu, the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, announced a new project—named “Apollo”—intended provide an open, complete and reliable software platform for its partners in the automotive and autonomous driving industry to develop their own autonomous driving systems with reference vehicles and hardware platform.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2017

Given the rapid pace of automotive industry innovation, EPA said it believes that there are, and will continue to be, emerging technologies that will be available in the MY2022-2025 time frame that could perform appreciably better at potentially lower cost than the technologies modeled in EPA’s assessment.

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DECEMBER 31, 2023

Some of Tesla’s important accomplishments in 2023 included the launch of the highly anticipated Cybertruck and the redesigned Model 3 “Highland,” as well as the widespread adoption of the automaker’s charging hardware across the North American auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2015

Innovation in motorsport often drives the advancements seen in the consumer auto industry, and we believe this technology, as well as other advanced wireless technologies, has the potential to shape future developments in Dedicated Short Range Communications, Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure communications.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2017

Under the new forecast, EVs will displace 8 million barrels of transport fuel per day and add 5% to global electricity consumption (1,800 TWh by 2040 up from 6TWh in 2016). We see a momentous inflection point for the global auto industry in the second half of the 2020s.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

According to the Alliance, which supported the rulemaking with the proviso of the Midterm Evaluation, the auto industry commissioned a number of studies assessing the MY 2022-205 standards and the EPA processes that it intended to add to the administrative record as part of the collaborative Midterm Evaluation process this year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2018

For the most part, they look, sound and act like a traditional car, but there’s one major difference: their engines run on batteries and not on internal combustion powered by fossil fuels. In fact, from 2014 to 2016, battery prices fell by 50 percent, allowing EVs to gain some traction. Electric Vehicles: Right Now. The solution?

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2016

The Steel Market Development Institute (SMDI)—a business unit of the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI)—has now released its 2016 Steel Industry Technology Roadmap for Automotive. As the auto industry focuses even more on mass reduction, the steel industry continues to develop new steel grades.

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

His third, lithium iron phosphate, is now one of the most popular battery chemistries in the automotive industry. He was part of a team there that developed the world’s first random-access magnetic memory. Twenty-five years later, the battery is gaining momentum in the auto industry as a means of reducing the cost of electric cars.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2014

Tsien and General Motors President Dan Ammann also discussed some of the trends shaping China’s auto industry in the next few years, including: Luxury vehicles are expected to make up at least 10 percent of auto sales by 2020, and GM will add one new Cadillac per year through 2016. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2016

In an open access paper published in the journal Nature Communications , the researchers note that that material is an excellent candidate for producing lighter vehicle parts, and that this newfound understanding may lead to creation of other high strength alloys. (a) Arun Devaraj, Vineet V.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

in 2014 as a result of industrial overcapacity and weakness in the real estate sector. million units, aided with increased auto finance penetration, fast dealership expansion and government vehicle scrappage programs. “The The campaign is expected to have a long-lasting effect on premium parts/vehicle prices in China.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2009

The US auto industry, via the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, is lining up to support a new national, harmonized program to reduce carbon emissions and fuel consumption that President Obama will announce on Tuesday, 19 May.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2016

The proposed consumer settlement was filed in the Northern District of California as part of the multidistrict litigation currently being overseen by Judge Charles M. If approved by the Court, this will be the largest consumer auto industry class action settlement in US history. Vehicle Fix.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 27, 2021

In September 2016, Kapil Shelke’s Tork Motors unveiled its first product, claiming to be India’s first electric motorcycle. The company has since raised money from big players in the Indian auto industry, including Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal, and Ratan Tata, the former Chairman of Tata Sons. Tork Motors.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2015

100 km) three-wheeled vehicle with a target date of 2016, unveiled its engine prototype: a 0.9-liter, We are literally trying to reinvent the auto industry, so why go the conventional route and rework someone else’s engine? Both housing parts can be linked by means of a coupling mechanism, a high pressure hydraulic chamber.

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JANUARY 22, 2024

In 2016, nearly 200 countries ratified the Paris Agreement, an international treaty to reduce emissions and slow global warming. The electricity to charge EVs also has to reduce its GHGs Achieving net-zero emissions means assisting the industries most responsible for environmental impact. How Do Automobiles Contribute to GHG Emissions?

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2014

Starting in 2016, this will be followed by two models developed specially for the Chinese market: These are the Audi A6 ( earlier post ) and a new mid-size limousine from the Volkswagen brand, both plug-in hybrids which are being developed together with the joint venture partners FAW Volkswagen and Shanghai Volkswagen and will be produced locally.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2022

The 2016 ICE F-150 reportedly had about. University of Michigan professor emeritus John Leslie King , who has long studied the auto industry. In this series, we will break down the myriad infrastructure, policy and social challenges involved learned from discussions with numerous industry insiders and industry watchers.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

Andrew Frank is a significant industry dignitary credited as being the “Inventor” (or “Father”) of the modern day Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle. This is especially true in air, sea, and some ground transportation as well as in industrial processes. This industry can be greatly expanded and improved to absorb all fossil material.

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Plug In India

OCTOBER 18, 2021

They think EVs are just a new fad and will go away soon, and they want no part of it. The Tesla Model 3 in 2016 got 400,000 pre-orders in just a week. Chinese auto will play a significant role in the auto industry in the future. The Tesla Cybertruck has more than 1.3 million pre-orders.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

Traceability is becoming a critical function in the EV industry, thanks to the “Buy American” requirements of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and similar provisions in the EU’s new Battery Directive. Sustainability is another issue driving the increasing importance of traceability in our industry.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2016

However, these results are being driven in part by elevated incentive levels, which represent a meaningful risk to the long-term health of the auto industry. Elements in the forecast inlude: The seasonally adjusted annualized rate (SAAR) for retail sales in November 2016 is projected to reach 13.9 in November 2015.

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MARCH 22, 2021

The only exception to this geographical intra-Europe rule was Ukraine, entering the Top 10 in 2016-2018 on the power of grassroots-driven lively market of second-hand EV imports, which seems to have stalled in 2019-2020. Claim to fame: part and parcel of the regulations-driven surge, Portugal went from 4.9% EV share, with ~20k sold.

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