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BMW Group Plant Landshut light metal foundry recertified by Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI)

Green Car Congress

Sourcing aluminum produced using solar power for our in-house component production lowers our CO 2 emissions significantly. The light metal foundry began sourcing aluminum produced using solar power in 2021. Green power is also used to produce it. The BMW Group has a long tradition of responsible use of aluminum.

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Africa’s Electricity-Access Problem Is Worse Than You Think

Cars That Think

We measure access to electricity no better than we do the rate of literacy. Both are easy to define—a population’s share connected to the national grid or to a local source of electricity, and the ability to read and write—but such definitions do not make it possible to get a truly informed verdict. What does 50 kWh/year deliver?

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Wanted: Electric MINI test drivers

Green Cars News

MINI is on the hunt for willing test drivers to drive its electric MINI cars as part of a Government-backed scheme to get electric cars on the roads. A second round of applications will then be invited in 2010, allowing a further twenty drivers to lease an all-electric MINI for a six month period. charging cable.

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