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JUNE 21, 2011

Toshiba will support Ford with a new inverter production line at its plant in Mie Prefecture, Japan, which has experience in manufacturing for automotive applications.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2010

The consortium, which includes battery cell manufacturers, auto parts companies and trading firms, aims to develop and mass-produce electric cars using technology developed by SIM-Drive. SIM-Drive does not intend to manufacture vehicles; rather, it will transfer developed technology, and know-how to collaborative research companies.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2014

The study was commissioned by EUROBAT, representing Europe’s automotive battery industry; the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA); the automobile manufacturers’ associations of Japan (JAMA) and South Korea (KAMA); and the International Lead Association (ILA).

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Green Cars News

JULY 14, 2009

However, now you can add some a new word to the list - ‘dangerous’ That’s the verdict from some users, particularly the vision impaired, who have branded Japan’s near silent hybrid cars as a threat. Tags: Green cars Hybrid cars Latest news japan noise noise from hybrid cars vision impaired groups.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

For several years, the automobile industry has grappled with a straightforward question: Is it possible to produce a powerful, efficient, and mass-producible synchronous motor that contains no rare-earth elements at all? However, many experts in magnetics are doubtful.

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JULY 23, 2015

The study found that activities of international car manufacturers in the field of electrified vehicle concepts (XEV) worldwide increased significantly for the first time from 2006 and especially from 2009 onwards. Degree of electrification by vehicle manufacturers. Click to enlarge. This area should also receive additional support.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2009

3M will become a strategic supplier of NMC cathode materials to ATL and will work jointly with ATL to develop new cathode, anode and electrolyte materials for the lithium-ion battery industry. million (total DOE/industry cost share: $ 2.28 million (total DOE/industry cost share: $ 2.28 Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2011

Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited’s (DTTL) Global Manufacturing Industry group conducted a global survey to explore consumer adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). Japan has the smallest percentage of consumers in the potential first movers segment with only 4%. —Craig Giffi, DTTL Global Automotive Sector Leader.

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Get Electric Vehicle

APRIL 18, 2022

Fuel cells, like stem cells in medical science, are a new technology in the automobile industry. Hydrogen has a long history of working with industry. Since the beginning of the nineteenth century, this gas has been utilized to power automobiles, airships, and spacecraft.  What exactly is an FCEV?

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

A new report released by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute ( UMTRI ) analyzes critical choices faced by automakers and finds that broad, deep, fast change is necessary for success in the context of the worst financial crisis in the history of the domestic automobile industry. Rob Kleinbaum. Fuel Economy.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2023

One of the most vexing social challenges confronting the transition to EVs at scale is dealing with the effects that governmental EV transition policies will have on millions of jobs across a wide swath of industries. President Biden says his EV policies will result in “one million new jobs in the American automobile industry.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Instead, engineers have applied an innovative new technology called “ablation” casting, an all-new material application and a world-first in the automobile industry. 100% of the aluminum space frame components are joined by Robotic Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding, the first time to be applied in a mass-produced automobile on this scale.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

2010 Prius designed to be manufactured with NiMH or Lithium batteries. However," he continued, "If carmakers decide not to take advantage of this offer, AFS Trinity intends to raise the funds to begin modifying existing hybrids or manufacture its own 150 mpg SUVs and, eventually, 250 mpg sedans. By partnering with these two industries.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2010

The German Automobile Industry Association is working together with automotive manufacturers on uniform cell standards, Audi said. At the same time the air must flow as uniformly as possible and not swirl too soon; and the battery must be neither too large nor too heavy. Audi engineers participate in working groups.

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Cars That Think

JUNE 21, 2022

It’s one of the great stories of corporate intrigue: General Motors in the US and Sumitomo in Japan independently conceived the technology, and then worked in secret, racing to commercialize the technology, and without even being aware of the other’s efforts. You both came up with independent means of manufacturing.

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