Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Seeking to slash CO 2 emissions from its North American manufacturing operations, Honda has entered into long-term virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) for renewable wind and solar power that will cover more than 60% of the electricity that Honda uses in North America.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Tata Motors Limited, India’s largest automobile manufacturer, has confirmed its long term commitment to advanced research and development in the UK through the participation of its subsidiary, Tata Motors European Technical Centre (TMETC), in the UK’s National Automotive Innovation Campus (NAIC). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Hachigo said that Honda will will position plug-in hybrids at the core of electrification in the future and will introduce an all-new plug-in hybrid model in North America by 2018. At the same time, it will introduce a new approach to automobile manufacturing which requires consideration of electrification beyond the concept of a “platform.”.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2015

National Electric Vehicle Sweden AB (NEVS)—the rebirthed Saab—and Dongfeng Motor Corporation (Dongfeng) have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to achieve global industrial synergies. Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM) is the third biggest Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

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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 12, 2013

The Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), along with major automakers, safety advocates and transportation officials from across the country, are urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to protect the 5.9 GHz should be the ultimate outcome. — Letter to the FCC.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Industry stakeholders said that in addition to reducing dependence on China, localisation programmes will help expand India’s share in the global trade of advanced auto components going ahead. lakh crore in the two years to FY22, with suppliers shipping out components even to mature markets in North America, Europe and Asia.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2017

Tata cars, buses and trucks are being marketed in several countries in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, South America, Australia, CIS and Russia. ŠKODA traces its history back to 1905, with the production of automobiles by Laurin & Klement Co. Global ŠKODA sales reached 1.3 million cars in 2016.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2018

Only three North America-focused studies exist as of 2017. This includes comparisons between the EV global leader Norway, an intermediate adopter (Sweden), and the less developed EV markets of Finland, Iceland and Denmark. —de Rubens et al. Among their findings: Out of the total 126 dealership visits conducted, only 8.8%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2018

The Rüsselsheim Engineering Center will take on the global responsibility for the development of the next-generation of high-efficiency gasoline engines for all Groupe PSA brands (Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Opel and Vauxhall). Rüsselsheim already had global responsibility for engine development when we were still part of GM.

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DECEMBER 16, 2022

Judging from the customs data for the first eight months of this year, the contribution rate of my country’s new energy vehicle exports to the growth of automobile exports reached 26.7%, becoming a new bright spot in the foreign trade of the automobile industry. Demand for charging piles soars. of the total export volume.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

This new renewable energy goal, along with the pursuit of electrified vehicles and efficient manufacturing, is part of the company’s overall approach to strengthening its business, improving communities and addressing climate change. —Amy Davidsen, North America executive director at The Climate Group. Tata Motors.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2016

The NPRM seeks to expand the standard’s performance requirements beyond post-crash conditions by adopting the electrical safety requirements during normal vehicle operation that are specified in United Nations Global Technical Regulations (GTR) Nº 13. NHTSA is now proposing to amend FMVSS No. —NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 16, 2011

Thirty-nine public and private sector organizations have already joined the EVSP initiative, including: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers Association of Global Automakers ATIS Audi AG Better Place California Public Utilities Commission Con Edison Corning Inc.

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Electric Vehicles India

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

6) EV Tech Expo (12-14 September 2023, North America) The event is held for 2 days. 7) The Battery Show (14-16 September 2023, North America) The event will run for two days. The goal is to make the planet a sustainable, inspiring, creative, and potential transportation system.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2016

CARB then requested an explanation from Volkswagen Group of America (VW GoA). On 14 November 2014, Winterkorn received another memo that reported, amongst other things, on several then current product defect cases and referred to a cost framework of approximately €20 million for the diesel issue in North America.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2009

Ford Motor Company is investing $550 million to transform its Michigan Assembly Plant into a flexible manufacturing complex that will build Ford’s next-generation Focus global small car along with a new battery-electric version of the Focus for the North American market. Mark Fields, Ford president of The Americas. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2012

Ford is introducing a family of four new global SUVs in China, which the company unveiled at 2012 Auto China in Beijing: the new Ford EcoSport ( earlier post ), offered with the 1.0L These new SUVs are part of Ford’s planned introduction of 15 global vehicles to China by mid-decade. Cutaway of the 1.0L Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc (JAMA), a nonprofit industry association comprising fourteen manufacturers of passenger cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles in Japan, recently issued position statements on and recommended specifications for bioethanol and biodiesel (fatty acid methyl ester, FAME).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 6, 2024

This is versus the much-in-vogue electric, which is being demanded by the government to reduce the fuel import bill and by environmentalists due to the challenges of global warming. That number is higher for the global hybrid specialist Toyota Urban Cruiser Hyryder — a third of these sold are hybrids. percent in the 11 months of 2023.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

intends to set up an advanced prelithiation and lithium anode manufacturing facility to accelerate the transition to next-generation lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and enable the development of a robust US battery component supply chain. ICL-IP America Inc. ICL-IP America Inc. Applied Materials, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2022

intends to set up an advanced prelithiation and lithium anode manufacturing facility to accelerate the transition to next-generation lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries and enable the development of a robust US battery component supply chain. ICL-IP America Inc. ICL-IP America Inc. Applied Materials, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2010

US-based electric vehicle provider ZAP and China auto manufacturer Zhejiang Jonway Automobile Co. have entered a commercial agreement to produce electric sport utility vehicles (SUVs), cars and other electric vehicles in China for domestic and global distribution.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Two new reports—one on technology, the other on policy— released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) outline pathways to improve the fuel efficiency of combustion-engined road vehicles by 50% by the middle of the century, saving as much as four-fifths of current annual global oil consumption.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

Brazil, the largest and most populous country in South America, was importing 80% of its oil and 40% of its foreign exchange was used to pay for that imported oil. Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 20, 2009

Throw in the on-going global financial crisis and it’s no surprise that some members of the Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) had considered scrapping this year’s Tokyo Motor Show altogether. In Tokyo itself, car ownership stands at under 0.5 per household – less than half of the national average.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Honda has announced several initiatives under its new “Green Path” approach to reducing the total life-cycle environmental impact of its products and operations in North America. Source: Honda North America. Significantly to reduce the CO 2 intensity and water use of its manufacturing operations. Credit: Honda North America.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Earlier this month, Green Star Products along with its International Consortium partner Global Green Cars had publicly tested its full electric vehicle version at tracks in Utah and Kentucky. Global Green Cars is a U.S. billion to electric vehicle development.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

To be clear, said Sandra Novak, Audi Regulatory Engineer who now works on the e-fuels projects out of the Volkswagen Group of America office in Auburn Hills, MI, Audi itself is not in the partner companies’ labs; Audi is, however, “ pushing the companies in the right direction ”—i.e, Global Bioenergies: e-gasoline.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 19, 2009

Maybe Bob the Putz should just stick to his “Global Warming is a Big Fat Hoax&# routine which made him comedy famous all around the world. And if that doesn’t tickle your funny bone, well then, you just don’t understand how comedy has changed today along with the rest of America.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2015

Millions of new cars sold in middle and low income countries fail to meet the UN’s basic safety standards for front and side impacts, according to international automotive safety watchdog Global NCAP (New Car Assessment Program). —Global NCAP Chairman Max Mosley. This is entirely unacceptable.

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