Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

Toyota will stage the world debut of the FT-Bh concept, an ultra-lightweight, full hybrid city car study, designed to achieve low emissions within an economically viable production framework, at the Geneva Motor Show.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2014

At CeBit, he expanded a bit on the IT side of the concept: The two ground-breaking inventions, the automobile and the computer, are moving closer together. The fact that the car is more and more becoming a mobile computer would have revolutionary consequences for future operation, he noted.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Nissan’s latest approach to engine development has raised the bar to world-leading levels, accelerating past the current auto industry average range of 40% thermal efficiency, making it possible to even further reduce vehicle CO 2 emissions. The STARC concept.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 3, 2022

Prior to the rise of Tesla, conventional wisdom held that it would be practically impossible for a startup company to challenge the behemoths of Big Auto. When economics professors explained the concept of barriers to entry, the auto industry was usually example #1.

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 12, 2019

At the pace of the auto industry, and its five or six year cycles, it’s overdue. Last week Fiat revealed an all-electric Concept Centoventi, which envisioned a future EV that would offer a lot. Are you ready for a new generation of the Fiat 500e electric car?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2017

At the Tokyo Motor Show, Mazda is introducing the KAI CONCEPT compact hatchback ( earlier post ), powered by the next-generation SKYACTIV-X spark-controlled compression-ignition (SPCCI) gasoline engine ( earlier post ), SKYACTIV-Vehicle Architecture and a more mature expression of the KODO design language. Earlier post.). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2023

This marks the start of one of the biggest industrial decarbonization projects worldwide, which at one stroke will avoid more than 3.5 million tons of directly reduced iron and can be seamlessly integrated into the existing steel mill due to its innovative concept. million metric tons of CO 2 per year in the future.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

With the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show less than two weeks away the German auto industry is starting to really crank out the concept cars. Latest in the onslaught of new German metal is the Audi A2 concept. If you think the name sounds familiar then you aren't wrong. It was never sold in the U.S.

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Teslarati

APRIL 25, 2023

With the popularity of electric vehicles continuously rising, legacy automakers like Honda are reevaluating their place in the general auto industry. Honda’s Electric Vehicle Lineup The Japanese automaker seems certain about the future of the global auto industry and appears ready to act on its beliefs.

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Green Car Reports

APRIL 27, 2011

The history of the auto industry is littered with the carcasses of the cars and companies that didn't make it. But many concepts, development vehicles, one-offs, and other technology experiments preceded that first Prius. Modern hybrid-electric vehicles were first commercialized by Toyota, with its 1997 Prius (sold in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Schaeffler will increase the facility’s round-the-clock output capacity to 800,000 products a year by 2023, and has further plans to expand its annual output of finished products for premium partners in the auto industry to 1.8 million between 2026 and 2029.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

China-based technology company LeEco and Aston Martin have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) towards the creation of a partnership that will develop a production version of the Aston Martin RapidE electric vehicle concept—a fully electric version of the Rapide S four-door sports sedan. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

APRIL 27, 2023

Besides Tesla’s evident impact on the auto industry switching to electric vehicles, its other significant contribution is to automotive design. Ford has patented a new gullwing door design, which likely takes a little inspiration from the Tesla Model X.

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Clean Fleet Report

AUGUST 1, 2023

This targets a market the EV industry has been trying to hit for some time. But, there’s still a considerable sub-section of the auto industry market that doesn’t care. This highlights a huge opportunity for other manufacturers in the auto industry.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 23, 2024

The auto industry is electrifying, and all new cars will be electric in the relatively near future. And yet, the auto industry – which is responsible for more pollution than any other sector, at least in rich countries – still lobbies to worsen emissions reduction targets, even when those targets were already pushed back to begin with.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The facilities will be led by teams of industry-leading researchers, designers and engineers located in close proximity to automakers’ manufacturing sites in North America, China and Europe. As the facilities come online, cross-regional teams will be in place to ramp up product development in critical stages for the auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

We don’t expect output figures in the auto industry to return to pre-crisis levels for at least two to three years. We will not be losing any technology segments through this but will adapt our site concept and consolidate capabilities.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2019

Jingju is a key component of a DiDi-BAIC strategic partnership formed in a growing alliance between DiDi and auto-industry players. DiDi started partnership programs with automakers and fleet operators in 2016, and launched the DiDi Auto Alliance, an industry-chain partnership network in April 2018.

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Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 16, 2017

Why might all the electric-car concepts at last week's Frankfurt auto show be a sign of desperation? What news out of China could scramble the future of the global auto industry? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, September 15, 2017.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

Cadillac included the Converj concept car at the 2009 North American International Auto Show. Cadillac needs as much excitement in its portfolio as possible, so I think it’s a good strategy for them,” said Rebecca Lindland, director of auto industry research at IHS Global Insight in Lexington, Mass. Earlier post.)

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Teslarati

MAY 11, 2023

As mentioned above, this added revenue source, a very new concept to the auto industry as a whole, is the jet fuel that Wood believes will propel Tesla’s stock to the astronomical ~$2,400 price target in the near future.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 6, 2012

Next week's Detroit Auto Show promises to be the busiest and most influential in several years. With the auto industry continuing to recover slowly from its 2008 meltdown and Chinese sales rising, both U.S. and overseas automakers will launch new models and show off gleaming concept cars. The largest.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Since a concept version was unveiled at the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show, all eyes have been on Audi's electric crossover to be the auto-industry establishment's first true rival to the Tesla Model X. But another luxury brand could beat Audi to the punch.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2013

The facility will allow Ford to collaborate with battery cell manufacturers, suppliers, university researchers and startups to test new battery concepts on a small scale that could be replicated for full production. This is sorely needed, and no one else in the auto industry has anything like it. —Ted Miller.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 13, 2023

And the auto industry had to respond to policy issues. Energy shortages in the late 1970s and 1980s led to the auto industry going from big energy-draining automobiles to smaller, more fuel-efficient vehicles. Consumer demand drove new technologies for cars. Cruise control was developed.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2009

ALTe already has Gen 1 proof-of-concept systems running in a Crown Vic taxi equipped with a 20 kWh Li-ion battery pack. In the Crown Victoria, the proof of concept powertrain conversion systems improve fuel economy from 80%-200% from the base 4.6L 20 kWh pack in the proof-of-concept Crown Vic conversion. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

auto industry, buyers have been slower to catch on to the concept. After years of slow sales around a decade ago, Toyota has now sold over 4 million hybrids. And Honda recently passed its first million. But in the home of the U.S. According to the Detroit Free Press, research by Edmunds shows.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 13, 2015

The great thing about the Detroit Auto Show is that it brings so many global auto industry executives together under one roof.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Once the technology was studied for Ford’s supercar concept, the team realized there were real-world applications for the new hybrid glass. Originally introduced in America by Henry Ford, the technology has been used in the auto industry for nearly a century. Click to enlarge. —Paul Linden. Earlier post.)

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 1, 2021

The auto industry is not known as a second career for comedy writers. Jeep made real news with a new EV concept. Lexus revealed a concept electric crossover, the LF-Z, that looks ready to kick that division down the EV pathway. Genesis introduced an all-electric grand tourer concept that also appears ready to produce.

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EV Central

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Polestar boss Thomas Ingenlath with the Precept concept, which is heading for production as the Polestar 5. The government will issue a discussion paper on emissions strategy for auto industry comment and response this month. Among those recently quoted warning caution are BMW and tier one auto supplier Bosch.

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 26, 2023

This agreement sets us on a new path to make things right at Ford, at the Big Three, and across the auto industry. While increased worker pay may encourage automakers to continue offshoring jobs, there’s not a survey in history showing Americans actually support the concept. We’ll see how things play out for Ford.

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Cars That Think

JULY 13, 2023

Stanley Whittingham , who created the lithium-ion concept, and Akira Yoshino , who developed the anode chemistry that was used in Sony’s first lithium-ion battery. Twenty-five years later, the battery is gaining momentum in the auto industry as a means of reducing the cost of electric cars. Stanley Whittingham.

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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.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

“It’s really about the level of dedication companies have to the auto industry,” he stated. “This is a just-in-time industry, so a lot of facilities have limited capacity for storing inventory,” You stated. “Maybe there’s some warehousing you can do off-site, but that costs money to do.”

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2016

Plasma oxidation can be used to produce all grades of carbon fiber from low-end industrial to high-end aerospace grades. Paulauskas developed the scientific concept for the plasma oxidation method eight years ago and worked with RMX Technologies to develop prototypes and demonstrate the technology at the lab scale. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

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.

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