Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Use of the castor oil-based foam will save more than 5,000 barrels of oil for every 300,000 Ford Focus models produced in North America, according to Joel Johnson, vice president, BASF Polyurethane Systems. Over time, Ford plans to incorporate castor oil-based foam solutions across more products in its full-line global portfolio.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2012

In polling 200 C-level executives in the global automotive industry for the 2012 automotive survey, KPMG found that executives in the US and Western Europe expect even less consumer adoption, projecting e-vehicles will only account for 6-10% of global annual auto sales. —Gary Silberg.

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JUNE 9, 2023

General Motors’ (GM) support for Tesla’s North American Charging Standard (NACS) might be trouble for Electrify America. With two out of three of the United States’ top legacy automakers supporting Tesla’s NACS, Electrify America’s position in the EV charging space is precarious at best.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

Rising global vehicle sales and profitability have encouraged automakers to continue to increase vehicle production, providing the global economy with some positive offset to the dampening impact of the recent surge in energy prices, according to the latest Global Auto Report released on Friday by Canada-based Scotia Economics.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2013

Global light vehicle assembly is expected to reach 81 million units in 2013, an increase of 2.3 While the global market is expected to see positive growth overall, there are a number of mixed signals at the regional level. Autofacts forecasts annual global light vehicle assembly to reach 101 million by 2017. North America.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2018

Automobile modular architectures—for example, TNGA of Toyota, and MQB, MLB and MEB of the Volkswagen Group—hav become a major trend in the auto industry. Production based on BMA will be launched in EU, Eastern Europe, Africa, South America, Middle East and Southeast Asia.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2019

Groupe Renault has a strong presence across Europe, Russia, Africa and Middle East, while FCA is uniquely positioned in the high margin segments in North America and is a market leader in Latin America.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The investment positions Aleris to meet anticipated significant growth in North American automotive demand as the industry pursues broader aluminum use for the production of lighter, more fuel-efficient vehicles. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Aleris operates more than 40 production facilities in North America, Europe and Asia.

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JANUARY 8, 2024

Panasonic Automotive already formed relationships with companies in the industry, like Amazon and Fisker. Last year, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America unveiled Virtual SkipGen, a collaboration with Amazon. Panasonic agreed to sell a stake in its automotive unit to Apollo Global Management in November.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2010

General Motors and Pacific Century Motors (PCM), an entity formed by The Tempo Group and E-Town, an affiliate of the Beijing Municipal Government, have reached an agreement for GM to sell GM Global Steering Holdings, LLC, commonly known as Nexteer, to PCM. Nexteer Automotive is a global provider of advanced steering and related technology.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

IHS Automotive forecasts global automotive sales for 2015 to reach 88.6 North America. North America continues to be an impetus to global light vehicle demand levels. IHS Automotive projects regional light vehicle sales volume in North America to hit more than 20 million units in 2015, up 2.5% South America.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2019

ArcelorMittal is adding to its family of advanced high strength steels (AHSS) for the auto industry with the development of Fortiform 980 Extragal (-GI) in North America. —Hassan Ghassemi-Armaki, lead research engineer, Global Research and Development, East Chicago. It will be launched in Europe soon.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

California has shown time and time again that it is a global technological leader and today marks the beginning of a new era for the auto industry. I applaud the efforts of Audi of America and others whose commitment is making this technology a reality.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

the world leader in aluminum rolling and recycling, plans to establish a global network of Customer Solution Centers (CSCs) to accelerate collaborative innovation between Novelis and automakers for the next generation of vehicle design. Novelis Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2017

Auto Industry’s Financial Performance ,” says that fuel economy standards can provide automakers and suppliers the regulatory certainty necessary to stimulate investment in advanced technologies, such as electric vehicles and fuel efficient vehicles, that are necessary for automakers’ long-term financial health. —Alan Baum.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2016

This plant, located in San Luis Potosí, will allow Constellium to respond to increasing demand for lightweight, high-strength aluminium Crash Management Systems and automotive structures for the expanding auto industry in Mexico. The facility is expected to start production in 2018. Constellium generated €5.2

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

GlobalFoundries (GF), a global leader in feature-rich semiconductor manufacturing, and Ford Motor Company announced a strategic collaboration to advance semiconductor manufacturing and technology development within the United States, aiming to boost chip supplies for Ford and the US automotive industry. billion units expected by 2024.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Well I do not accept a future where the jobs and industries of tomorrow take root beyond our borders—and I know you don’t either. It is time for America to lead again. So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

EcoMotors International, a Khosla-funded startup working to commercialize a diesel opoc (opposed-piston, opposed-cylinder) engine ( earlier post ), has named auto industry veteran Donald Runkle as its new CEO. EcoMotors was founded in 2008 by Prof. Don Runkle.

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MAY 25, 2012

Search engine giant Google is looking for partners within in the auto industry to help launch one of the most significant applications of artificial technology over the next several years, the self-driving car. —Allen Taub, former GM VP, Global R&D. Twenty percent of the food consumed in America is eaten in cars.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Volkswagen and Microsoft are also working together on first lighthouse projects for connected vehicle services, and progress has been made in the set-up of Volkswagen’s new Development Center in North America. Digital technology is rapidly changing every aspect of the auto industry—from the manufacturing process to the car itself.

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MARCH 2, 2011

USABC is a subsidiary of the United States Council for Automotive Research LLC (USCAR), the collaborative automotive technology organization of Chrysler Group LLC, Ford Motor Company and General Motors Company, whose mission is to further strengthen the technology base of the domestic auto industry through cooperative research and development.

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AUGUST 5, 2009

Industry officials expect that this $2.4 billion in cost-share from the award winners, will result directly in the creation tens of thousands of manufacturing jobs in the US battery and auto industries. Saft America, Inc. Toda America, Inc. $35. Magna E-Car Systems of America, Inc. $40. Brownstown, MI.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2010

The Worldwide Fuel Charter (WWFC), originally drafted in 1998, details quality specifications for fuels recommended by the world auto industry. Together with three other industry associations from America and Europe, JAMA drafted up the WWFC specifications as well as the ‘WWFC Bio-fuels Guidelines’.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Divergent 3D, a manufacturing technology company focused on the automotive sector, has entered into a global development partnership with engineering research and development (ER&D) firm Altran. The partnership comes shortly following Divergent 3D’s signing a strategic partnership letter of intent with top-ten global automaker PSA Group.

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Plugs and Cars

JULY 13, 2007

Big time neo-Con Frank Gaffney and Arnold supporter actor Rob Lowe took their advocacy for plug-in hybrids to Massachusetts liberal Democrat Ed Markey's House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming yesterday. Detroit and it's Congressional defenders are again suggesting that what's good for America will kill Big Auto.

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The country’s tech, automotive, and manufacturing industries have become juggernauts in their respective sectors, and the Chinese auto industry has solidified itself as a global force. China had long been a sort of a sleeping giant in the world economy, though it hasn’t been so sleepy over the last few decades.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

billion facility in Ohio is Honda’s first battery plant in North America, built in conjunction with LG. “We are excited to embark on this partnership with Honda, a leader in the global auto industry with a reputation for quality and reliability,” said Robert H. Lee, CEO of the Honda/LG joint venture.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2018

China-based Didi Chuxing, the world’s leading one-stop mobile transportation platform, and Booking Holdings, a global leader in online accommodations and travel e-commerce, have entered into a strategic partnership. Booking Holdings has invested US$500 million in DiDi, recognizing DiDi as a leader in the mobile transportation industry.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 28, 2023

One looming artifact of the pandemic that remains in 2023—the global chip shortage —has gratefully begun to recede. As Spectrum reported in the months since this story originally posted, the broken supply chains caused by the chip shortage have practically rewired whole segments of the tech industry.

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JULY 22, 2021

Companies around the globe have been affected by the global chip shortage, including US automakers like Ford, General Motors, and Tesla. . “We need to incentivize the manufacturing of chips in America and so we are very focused on putting the pieces in place so that can happen,” said US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo.

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MARCH 22, 2024

Renault CEO Luca de Meo released a 19-page open letter to Europe describing an auto European plan to protect against the ‘onslaught of electric vehicles (EV)’ coming from China.” Meo stated that the center of the global automotive market has gravitated toward Asia. to boost investments in North America.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2017

This request by the Alliance echoes a similar, earlier request by Global Automakers, the trade association representing the US divisions of 12 international automakers (Aston Martin, Ferrari, Honda, Hyundai, Isuzu, Kia, Maserati, McLaren, Nissan, Subaru, Suzuki and Toyota). Earlier post.). Background.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Ford also signed a non-binding contract with GlobalFoundries, a global leader in feature-rich semiconductor chip manufacturing. automotive industry behind Tesla. The auto industry will produce roughly 7.7 The shortage will cost the industry around $210 billion in revenue.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

The plans, updated in the context of a worsening sales outlook for the entire auto industry, outline a need for up to an additional $16.6 Following the steep decline in US industry sales in December 2008 and January 2009, GM responded by further lowering its forecast for 2009 US industry sales to 10.5 million units (57.5

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

“World over, the industry is building resilient supply chains by reducing overdependence on any particular country or geography,” said Shradha Suri Marwah, president of ACMA. Exports of auto parts from the country, in fact, increased by nearly one-third to INR 1.42

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OCTOBER 25, 2021

Just months after declaring bankruptcy, American car rental giant Hertz Global Holdings Inc. As the leading car rental company, we now offer the largest electric vehicle (EV) rental fleet in North America. has placed an order for 100,000 Tesla Model 3 as part of its initiative to transform its fleet into sustainable vehicles.

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