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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

Green Car Congress

A survey of the sustainability performance of 17 of the world’s leading automakers has found a mixed pattern when it comes to the sustainability performance of most of the car manufacturers. The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e.,

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LGES & Honda battery plant in Ohio starts construction on $3.5 billion facility

Teslarati

The facility will produce pouch-type lithium-ion battery cells to exclusively supply to Honda. The cells will go to Honda’s automobile manufacturing plans producing electric vehicles for the North American market. The battery plant will start producing cells by 2025 with an annual production capacity of approximately 40GWh.

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Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

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Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. In return, this plant supplies the highly concentrated CO 2 required as a basic building block for the e-gas. Audi’s e-gas plant. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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China realizes charging piles, complete vehicles and accessories to go overseas

Setec Powerr

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. of the total export volume.

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“Energiewende” in a tank; Audi e-fuels targeting carbon-neutral driving with synthetic fuels from renewables, H2O and CO2; Swiss policy test case

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In June 2013, Audi commissioned a power-to-gas facility in the north German town of Werlte, thus becoming the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy sources. Customers can order a supply of Audi e-gas when purchasing their g-tron. Audi is the exclusive partner in the automotive industry.

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New Audi A8 debuting Level 3 autonomous AI traffic jam pilot; parking and remote garage pilots; zFAS controller

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The signals that the traffic jam pilot needs for highly automated driving are supplied by the central driver assistance controller (zFAS). In this instance the Audi virtual cockpit supplies abstract representations that symbolize the motion and surroundings of the new A8. With the traffic jam pilot active, the driver can relax.

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Trump promises 100% tariff on Mexico-built Chinese cars—EV or not

Baua Electric

In a Saturday campaign speech in Dayton, Ohio, Trump said that over a period of 30 years Mexico has taken away 34% of the automobile manufacturing business in the U.S. Earlier this month three Senate Democrats from car-manufacturing states warned of “artificially low-priced Chinese EVs flooding the U.S.

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