Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 12, 2022
SK On, a global electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, signed a lithium supply deal with Australia’s Lake Resources ( earlier post ), a move that will further strengthen its key battery materials supply chain in response to robust business growth and geopolitical risks. million electric vehicles (EVs). Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
MAY 3, 2023
SK On, a leading electric vehicle (EV) battery manufacturer, signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with US graphite company Westwater Resources (WWR) as part of efforts to strengthen its battery raw material supply chain in North America following the enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 29, 2011
Initiative, the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand has set targets to reduce for the environmental impact of all Volkswagen plants by 25% values by 2018. The program, which is concerned with efficiency improvements in production and the expansion of environmentally aware energy supplies, addresses all employees at the plants.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 20, 2017
Global technology, engineering and advanced manufacturing company Arconic (formerly part of Alcoa before Alcoa split itself last year into two entities—Alcoa focused on the raw aluminum operation and Arconic on products into industries such as automotive) announced a multi-year supply deal with Toyota North America.
Cars That Think
APRIL 18, 2024
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee recently announced that they have set a record for wireless EV charging. As IEEE Spectrum reported in 2018 , WiTricity , headquartered in Watertown, Mass., Their system’s magnetic coils have reached a 100-kilowatt power level.
Cars That Think
DECEMBER 23, 2021
In 2018, a new supercomputer called Summit was installed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory , in Tennessee. But it’s a manageable amount, both in terms of what the grid there can supply and what the electricity bill will be. The efficiency comes from putting more computer hardware in smaller and smaller spaces,” says Whitt.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 20, 2019
The Van Hool plant in Morristown (Tennessee, USA) is expected to start building buses from 2022. In 2018, Yutong built 60,868 buses, including 24,748 new energy buses. BYD profiles itself as a total supplier that also provides, if necessary, the supply and installation of a solar park to generate green energy.
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