Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

More than two-thirds (68%) of lithium-ion battery production planned for Europe is at risk of being delayed, scaled down or cancelled, according to new analysis by the European NGO Transport & Environment. EU battery manufacturing is caught in the crossfire between America and China. Europe must act or risk losing it all.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Volvo LIGHTS is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy and improving public health and the environment – particularly in disadvantaged communities.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2020

—Andrew Lund, chief engineer, Toyota Motor North America Research and Development. An additional 8 trucks will be delivered in 2021 as part of the Zero and Near Zero Emissions Freight Forwarding (ZANZEFF) project sponsored by the state of California. Reducing airborne pollution at the Ports of L.A.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2023

British adventurers Chris and Julie Ramsey will cross 14 countries, through Canada, North, Central and South America to Punta Arenas in Chile before travelling to the edge of the Antarctic continent, then onward to the South Pole.

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JUNE 19, 2020

The first pilot Volvo VNR Electric truck will operate at the Volvo Trucks North America TEC Equipment dealership in Fontana, California. The zero-emission truck will transport local parts between the TEC Equipment dealerships in Fontana and La Mirada. million from CARB as part of California Climate Investments (CCI).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2022

As part of a broader initiative to accelerate the use of sustainable technologies in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES, Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) announced plans to debut Firestone Firehawk race tires made with guayule natural rubber grown and extracted at the company’s guayule R&D facilities in Arizona. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 6, 2014

As vehicle connectivity and advanced assistance systems become a ubiquitous part of driving, researchers at Volkswagen Group’s Electronics Research Laboratory ( ERL ) are working to create a “perfect driving experience” by enabling more intuitive forms of communications between the driver, the car and the external environment.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

The importance of this soared with the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), both of which include eligibility requirements that call for certain proportions of the components that go into EVs and EVSE to be sourced and/or processed in North America or free-trade partner countries.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Volvo Trucks North America announced today that third-party supply chain solutions provider NFI began piloting two Volvo VNR Electric trucks as part of the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project, becoming the third company to deploy its battery-electric trucks.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 7, 2013

Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, announced commercialization of new HYDROCEROL chemical foaming agents (CFAs) that can help automakers cut the weight of many plastic interior car parts without adversely affecting appearance or performance. It means the CFA is not as finicky to implement in a production environment.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2019

Anheuser-Busch, BYD, the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), and ENGIE Services US announced that Anheuser-Busch will be deploying 21 BYD battery electric trucks in their California fleet as part of a state project to showcase economically and environmentally sustainable warehousing and distribution technology.

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MARCH 21, 2022

It features INTELLIGENT PARK PILOT in the EQS from Mercedes-EQ and integration with the smartphone app as part of a holistic demonstration of the future vehicle experience for consumers. Kay Stepper, senior vice president of automated driving and driver assistance for Bosch in North America.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

The electric trucks will be added to DHE’s existing fleet of more than 500 Volvo trucks operating across North America. Freight operator Dependable Highway Express (DHE) has received two Volvo VNR Electric trucks—the first battery-electric Class 8 trucks to join DHE’s fleet. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

Greenlots, a member of the Shell Group and a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging and energy management solutions, has installed charging infrastructure for a fleet of electrified commercial trucks as part of its ongoing partnership with Volvo Trucks. —Peter Voorhoeve, president of Volvo Trucks North America.

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MARCH 8, 2022

The systems will autonomously charge part of the electric yard tractor fleet of SSA Marine at the International Container Terminal at the Port of Oakland. Last year we opened our first office in North America in Portland, Ore. and built a highly skilled technical team to support our US customers closely.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Working with collaborators at the University of Michigan and Toyota Motor North America, the team is sponsored by the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) as part of its Next-Generation Energy Technologies for Connected and Automated On-Road Vehicles (NEXTCAR) program. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Bosch, a longtime leader in powertrain and propulsion technologies, announced that it will also produce fuel cell stacks in its Anderson, South Carolina, facility as part of a more than $200-million investment expected to create at least 350 new jobs by the start of production in 2026. Fuel cell stack production is highly complex.

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MAY 30, 2023

As part of their plans to reach these objectives, the partners launched into operations the dual-fuel straddle carrier, which injects hydrogen into its diesel combustion engine. —Francis De , Regional Head of Sustainability for PSA Europe, Mediterranean and the Americas

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

It can also be deployed across a range of field applications, including corrosive environments. This successful pilot program in North America proved the performance of this unique cement free solution while substantially reducing the CO 2 footprint in the well construction process.

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Plug in America

APRIL 24, 2024

In Bob’s words, this would bring “good medicine” to these communities and, in turn, the Nation and the World, or “Turtle Island,” as it is often referred to by Indigenous people in North America. Thus, the Upper Midwest Inter-Tribal EV Charging Community Network (UMITEVCCN) was born. million in funding for the UMITEVCCN.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

The system helps designers see not just individual parts, but how existing and future equipment could interact in a real environment. Some early examples have shown that the system was able to identify pinch points between machinery and parts that weren’t previously visible. Once you see an idea in AR, you really believe it.

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AUGUST 6, 2021

—Paul Thomas, executive vice president of Mobility Solutions, Americas for Bosch. Finding parking in urban environments can account for as much as 30% of vehicle traffic and emissions. The project will examine the technical, operational and financial feasibility of such technologies as part of the vehicle rental process.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2020

Volvo Trucks introduced its all-electric Volvo VNR regional distribution demonstrators in February as part of the Volvo LIGHTS Innovation Showcase held in California, with commercial production to begin later in 2020. ABB has currently sold more than 13,000 DC fast chargers across more than 80 countries worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2020

Both initiatives form part of the climate action plan that Volvo Cars revealed this year. This is one example of our commitment to reducing our impact on the environment through meaningful, concrete steps. On another route, from Ghent to a second depot in Austria, emissions were cut by almost half since switching to rail transports.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Sales of the VNR Electric in North America will begin in 2020. —Peter Voorhoeve, president of Volvo Trucks North America. —Johan Agebrand, Volvo Trucks North America director of product marketing.

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DECEMBER 13, 2013

A major part of the company’s Blueprint for Sustainability, the expansion of Auto Start-Stop comes as the 1.0-liter By making Auto Start-Stop available on more vehicles, we are working to be part of the solution to environmental sustainability with effective, fuel-saving technologies.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

verdeX production also uses less water, partly by capturing all storm water at the facility, utilizing it in production and returning it to the environment. BRS is the only steel mill in North America to combine an electric arc furnace (EAF) with a Ruhrstahl Heraeus (RH) degasser for cleaner, more formable steels.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

We worked with GM to get this part ready for the Cadillac XT4. —Stevan Zivanovic, President Pierburg North America. This allows the system to function in a corrosive environment. Tough injection molded PA 6 and 6/6 provide parts consolidation and hold dimensional tolerances on key parts to 0.002 in./0.05

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2019

New Flyer of America Inc. New Flyer is currently delivering 25 Xcelsior CHARGE H2 fuel cell-electric buses to three transit agencies as part of California Climate Investments (CCI). and New Flyer Industries Canada ULC, subsidiaries of NFI Group Inc. (“NFI”),

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2020

It is the world’s first cooled charging cable system that allows continuous charging at 500 Amperes even in high-temperature environments. HUBER+SUHNER is an important supplier of Electrify America; its HPC systems are currently installed across the States, and the company is also part of EV roll out initiatives across Europe.

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Plug in America

MARCH 20, 2024

Plug In America is thrilled to highlight one of our newest certified PlugStar dealer – Beas Auto Sales. Knowing that EVs help the environment, I wanted our dealership to contribute to that positive change. Electric vehicles are a big part of that belief. Selling electric vehicles is a big part of this. Absolutely!

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

New Flyer of America Inc., the largest transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, has commissioned the Xcelsior CHARGE Bus Simulator at New Flyer of America’s Vehicle Innovation Center (VIC), an innovation lab dedicated to advancing bus technology.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2021

Glovis America, a logistics service provider, will be the fleet operator of these trucks. Macquarie’s Specialized and Asset Finance business, part of its Commodities and Global Markets division, will finance the trucks through a lease to the operator. 12-month pilot program with fleet partner to operate two XCIENT Fuel Cell.

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MAY 14, 2015

Today additive manufacturing uses alloys and powders that have not been developed for these processes and so are not optimized for this environment. Five dedicated AM development centers have been established in North America and Europe each clearly focused on progressing specific additive processes and technologies.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Webasto first entered the electric vehicle market in 2014 with the high voltage heater, as part of its strategic plan to serve its OEM customers as they moved more decisively into the e-mobility space. —Mark Denny, president and CEO of Webasto Customized Solutions in North America. Earlier post.). Webasto modular battery system.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2015

EPA defines an AECD as “ any element of design that senses temperature, motive speed, engine RPM, transmission gear, or any other parameter for the purpose of activating, modulating, delaying, or deactivating the operation of any part of the emission-control system. ”. Volkswagen Group has a deep commitment to preserving our environment.

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JANUARY 21, 2021

Bridgestone Corporation announced results of its four-year collaboration with genomic big data solutions company NRGene to advance the commercialization of guayule, an alternative to natural rubber, as part of the effort to diversify its sources of raw materials. —William Niaura, director, Innovation, Bridgestone Americas.

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