Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In the long term, the energy density needs for electric aviation far outstrip the goals of current DOE and industry investments, requiring strategic thinking around the best approaches to enable this future. So, the next decade will see a global race to commercialize electric flight, according to the white paper.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

General Motors (GM) and GlobalFoundries (GF) have entered a strategic, long-term agreement establishing a dedicated capacity corridor exclusively for GM’s chip supply. We see our semiconductor requirements more than doubling over the next several years as vehicles become technology platforms.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 11, 2025

By: Mainak Das | Updated on: 12 Jun 2025, 11:55 AM Skoda Auto India claims that it is not facing any disruption owing to the rare earth magnet supply chain crisis. Skoda Auto India claims that it is not facing any disruption owing to the rare earth magnet supply chain crisis.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. Volvo Cars said that as the supply chain constraints continue to slowly ease, production is improving month over month. Supply shortages will remain a constraining factor for Volvo Cars and the auto industry. compared with the same month last year. of total sales.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2012

Plug-in electric vehicles will play a critical role for the global auto industry to cope with issues related to fuel supply and environmental sustainability. China, the largest auto production and consumption market, has explicitly made alternative energy vehicle development a state strategy. Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Stellantis appears to be strengthening its ties in China’s automotive industry. Stellantis recently repurchased €934 million in shares from Chinese auto company Dongfeng as per a pre-existing share repurchase framework. In October, the legacy automaker invested in China-based Leapmotor to expand its global electric vehicle (EV) sales.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2022

The research has been published by the Manufacturing Intelligence division of global technology company Hexagon, whose technology touches 95% of all cars produced every year. —Ignazio Dentici, VP Global eMobility Industry for Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2017

to meet the growing global demand for its next-generation mobile air conditioning (MAC) refrigerant. With this start-up, the plant has become the world’s largest site for producing HFO-1234yf—sold commercially as Solstice yf—a low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerant. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2009

But the most immediate and pervasive risk to the economy is a wholesale collapse of the automotive supply base, Grant Thornton LLP partner Laura Marcero told the Automotive Press Association in Detroit. Grant Thornton LLP is the US member firm of Grant Thornton International Ltd, one of the six global audit, tax and advisory organizations.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

A123 Systems has expanded its business development partnership with IHI Corporation, one of the largest industrial equipment manufacturers in Japan. A123 will license its battery system technology to IHI, which will develop solutions for passenger and commercial electric vehicles in Japan using A123 battery cells.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

The raise comes at a time when capital is scarce, the auto industry is struggling and the global economy is just beginning to rebound. Fisker Automotive earlier last week signed a multi-year supply agreement with A123 Systems for the lithium-ion batteries that will power the Karma. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Teslarati

JULY 22, 2021

The CHIPS Act would establish investments and incentives to support semiconductor manufacturing, research & development, and supply chain security in the United States. Companies around the globe have been affected by the global chip shortage, including US automakers like Ford, General Motors, and Tesla. .

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2020

The COVID-19 has hit the Chinese EV sector hard; CRU, a provider of business intelligence on the global metals, mining and fertilizer industries, believes that weak sales will last at least until early Q2 2020. for the whole Chinese auto industry. EV sales in China dropped 75.2% y/y in February, with a decline of 79.1%

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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., The first center is scheduled to open in Novi, Michigan with China and Europe to follow.

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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. The material can be supplied in coil, sheet or shaped blanks (such as trapezoidal and radials).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, the University of Kentucky (UK) and University of Louisville (U of L) are partnering with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory to establish a national Battery Manufacturing R&D Center to help develop and deploy a domestic supply of advanced battery technologies for vehicle applications.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 18, 2021

This year was filled with challenges for the vast majority of the auto industry. The pandemic continues, supply chain woes haven’t slowed down, and chip shortages are plaguing most automakers globally. Meanwhile, Tesla has battled on — as it always does. Looking ahead, 2022 could continue to present challenges.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

Thanks to the “Buy American” requirements of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and similar provisions in the EU’s new Battery Directive, traceability is becoming a critical function in the EV industry. Traceability is a topic we’re beginning to hear a lot about in the EV industry.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Fields said that Ford’s investments in products, people, plants and technology, combined with industry growth, are not only delivering a year of growth in terms of revenue, pricing power, operating margins and profitability in 2014, but are setting the stage for growth in and beyond 2015. That’s a tremendous amount of growth. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2021

Ford is working with its international nonprofit and grantmaking partners to support and promote a pilot program that will empower women working in the copper and cobalt supply chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). —Sue Slaughter, purchasing material cost and supply chain sustainability director.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Automotive and industrial supplier Schaeffler has opened a new production facility at its Szombathely location in the west of Hungary. The goal is sustainable mobility, and we are determined to make real progress in that direction as a key technology partner for our customers by leveraging our global network of production facilities.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Tesla China’s Global Vice President Grace Tao recently visited the China EV100 to discuss key issues about developing the auto market. Tesla Giga Shanghai has also localized more than 90% of its supply chain. Recently, Elon Musk briefly mentioned the supply chain challenges Tesla still faces today.

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 30, 2025

Alix Partners reached out to 3,200 executives 1,000 of which were based in North America and 320 of which stemmed from the auto industry to create the report. For the automotive industry, the report notes that many markets are in a period of high volatility.

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Teslarati

APRIL 4, 2022

More broadly, we’ve seen Tesla execute incredibly well in a challenging supply chain environment as well,” he added. Rosner also pointed out that Tesla’s year-over-year growth was notable, given that the global auto industry is down on a year-over-year basis.

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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. Unlike the state of things in mid 2021—when crimps in the semiconductor supply chain cropped up in big ways—supply and demand have become much less of a mismatch. In March of 2023, the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2009

CLEPA (the European umbrella membership organization representing the interests of the global automotive supply industry) and EUCAR (the European Council for Automotive R&D from the major European passenger car and commercial vehicle manufacturers) jointly prepared the document. Funding will be spread over four years. €1

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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

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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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Nissan is also planning to have 4 EVs on the market, including the Nissan LEAF, and says it will take global leadership in supplying batteries for electric drive. On behalf of the Alliance, Nissan will lead the development of an all-new fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) together with strategic partner, Daimler.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2022

During the first quarter, the number of cars sold increased gradually to a total of 148,295 cars as the supply chain constraints affecting Volvo Cars and the auto industry continued to slowly ease. of all Volvo cars sold globally during the month. compared with the same month last year. of total sales.

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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. Thanks to our recovery plan, we will double this nation’s supply of renewable energy in the next three years. New plug-in hybrids roll off our assembly lines, but they will run on batteries made in Korea.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

This new partnership allows us to secure supply, to take advantage of economies of scale, and to provide our customers with superior battery technology. On top of that we can help to ensure that Europe remains at the heart of the auto industry even in an electric era.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Musk also noted that he believes the global chip shortage issue is a “short term” problem and not one that would be true for the long term. “Because demand will remain high and supply will remain constrained, we expect this shortage to last through 2022 and into 2023,” O’Donnell noted.

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Electrek

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Despite lingering supply chain bottlenecks disrupting the global auto industry, the BMW Group achieved record revenue in Q3 as sales and demand for its electric vehicles continue propelling the German luxury automaker forward.

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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. Besides reducing imports, the industry also looks to make India an export hub for advanced auto components. lakh crore in FY22.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 4, 2024

After two consecutive years of swift growth in the auto industry’s performance, what is your outlook for 2024? 2024 is likely to see the industry stabilize and return to normal. 2024 is likely to see the industry stabilize and return to normal. 2024 is certainly promising, although with its own challenges.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 24, 2024

percent against the global average of 2.9 And the automobile industry in India is a significant contributor to the country’s economy. Some companies are also implementing in-house training workshops which facilitate employees to remain abreast with recent technological developments and trends in their respective industries.

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