Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2019

The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), Hydrogen Europe and the International Road Transport Union (IRU) are jointly calling on European policy makers to ramp up investments in EU-wide hydrogen refueling infrastructure for fuel cell electric vehicles. —ACEA’s Director General, Eric-Mark Huitema.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Rather than relying on more widely used offsets, such as tree planting, the company has announced that it will radically alter the way the new EV is manufactured. Simply put we produce carbon dioxide while doing almost everything from simple breathing to advanced manufacturing technics produce carbon dioxide. Now the tough part….

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2018

The preparations for exclusively green electricity for a climate-friendly production in Europe are already well advanced. Today, new plants in Europe are already planned with a CO2-neutral energy supply from the start. Today, new plants in Europe are already planned with a CO2-neutral energy supply from the start.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2015

The Mercedes solution thus offers an even lower impact on the climate than R1234yf, while avoiding the in-use issues Daimler identified back in 2012. It is the first automobile manufacturer to award not only development contracts but also to place production orders for CO2 air conditioning systems and their components.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2013

Our objective was to stand firm and not weaken our targets, in order not to hold back innovation in the car industry and EU efforts against climate change. The earlier agreement had capped supercredits at 2.5 grams per year. We accepted a very limited phase-in of one year only, combined with super-credits. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2012

The proposals would amend two existing regulations establishing binding requirements for manufacturers to meet the 2015 mandatory target for cars and the 2017 target for vans. Each European manufacturer will receive an individual annual average target for all its new cars registered in the EU in a given year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Distance to 2015 target by individual manufacturers in 2010 (only manufacturers registering > 100 000 vehicles in Europe). The data also show that almost all manufacturers must reduce emissions to meet 2015 targets under European legislation for new passenger cars, based on average CO 2 emissions for each manufacturer.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

More than 90% of automobile energy consumption and carbon emissions occurs during the use phase, with the mining, production and manufacturing phases accounting for just 10% or less. Compared to a lightweight steel vehicle, the breakeven point is at 27,340 miles (44,000 km). Source: Sujit Das, ORNL. Click to enlarge. —Sujit Das.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Audi has opened its e-gas plant in Werlte, making it the first automobile manufacturer to develop a chain of sustainable energy carriers. Driving with Audi e-gas is climate-neutral, since the CO 2 generated when the vehicle is driven had been bound previously during the production of the e-gas. Audi’s e-gas plant.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

The data are taken from fleet trials and automobile manufacturers as well as websites used by drivers to manage and monitor their own vehicles. For significant ongoing CO 2 eq improvements of PHEVs—and particularly of BEVs—the decarbonization of the electricity system needs to continue, the researchers said.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2009

The number of EU countries with CO2-related car taxation rose to 15 in 2008. The Tax Guide is compiled with the help of the national associations of motor vehicle manufacturers or importers in these countries and describes in detail the taxes that are levied on the sale, registration, ownership and the use of motor vehicles in each country.

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Teslarati

JUNE 22, 2021

Audi will now phase out gas engines by the year 2033, CEO Markus Duesmann announced at the Berlin Climate Conference earlier today. Through our innovative strength, we offer individuals sustainable and carbon-neutral mobility options,” Duesmann said at the Berlin Climate Conference.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2020

I firmly believe the fight against climate change and how we use resources will decide the future of our society—and of the BMW Group. We have made a very clear commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement. As a premium car company, it is our ambition to lead the way in sustainability. For a fleet of around 2.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Geely Auto was the first auto manufacturer in China to conduct research and development into methanol vehicle solutions in 2005, and has since acquired dozens of patents. At the same time, 2 domestic car manufacturers started the development of dedicate methanol models that can burn M85 and M100. Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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Setec Powerr

AUGUST 11, 2022

The Norwegian government’s climate protection goals and related support policies have played a significant role. The European Automobile Manufacturers Association said that European countries need to continue to increase investment in electric vehicle infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2010

Eco-innovations will count for up to 7 grams of manufacturers’ fleet targets. Penalties will be imposed on a sliding scale; manufacturers exceeding their target by more than 3 g/km will pay €95 (US$137) per excess gram per vehicle. Provisions for niche manufacturers (10,000 to 300,000 units) to achieve fleet average reduction of 25%.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

By using these standards, we can better access vehicles manufactured in and for the United Kingdom, a far larger right-hand-drive EV market. New and used vehicle importers, fleet companies, the electricity sector, other supporting industries and consumers need certainty about government climate and transport policy over the long-term.

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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. According to the IEA, this way of creating green hydrogen would avoid the 830 million tonnes of CO2 released annually when the hydrogen is produced using fossil fuels. What exactly is an FCEV?

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Significantly to reduce the CO 2 intensity and water use of its manufacturing operations. When complete, the new paint shop will be the most energy-efficient paint line in Honda’s US automobile production network. Auto body painting can account for upward of 60% of an automobile plant’s total energy use.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2018

PRIME Coalition, a 501(c)(3) public charity funding tech start-ups that fight climate change, closed three new investments: Opus 12 in Berkeley, CA; Mallinda in Denver, CO; and Lilac Solutions in Oakland, CA. Mallinda is developing circularly recyclable composite materials that enable unprecedented manufacturing efficiencies.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Important complementary policies include fuel economy labeling, fuel economy or CO2-adjusted vehicle tax systems (such as “feebates”), and fuel taxes. Lower costs are ultimately passed on to consumers and reduce the overall cost of achieving energy security and climate change goals. Increase international collaboration on fuel economy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2015

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. The CO2-free sorbent can be re-used for many adsorption/desorption cycles. Earlier post.) it can be used as a drop-in fuel.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. There is a mixed picture among European manufacturers.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

At present, 17 of the 27 EU Member States levy CO 2 -related taxes on passenger cars, and 15 governments provide tax incentives for electrically chargeable vehicles, according to the newly published European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) Tax Guide 2010. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Plug-ins Policy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

manufacturing process that, if successful, has the potential to. the use of a new motor design, addition of emerging materials, and the incorporation of advanced manufacturing techniques. advanced manufacturing process that, if successful, has the potential to yield a several-fold reduction in wire costs. widespread deployment.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 19, 2009

Even with CO2 levels well past the safe point of 350ppm and rising ever more dangerously , old school, baggy pants vaudevillian GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz, known throughout the auto biz as “Rhymes with Nutz and Putz&# says, “We can meet the law, but it’s going to take a lot of money.&#. Don’t worry, pal, you soon will.

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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. I got beaten down a number of times."

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Most days, most cars are going to have lots of extra battery capacity,” said Mr. Kempton, noting that on average, American automobiles get driven for just one hour each day. The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. “Families could be making that drive in an emission-free vehicle manufactured in Oregon by Oregonians.&#

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Teslarati

JUNE 18, 2024

It needs to take into account the whole lifecycle from the manufacturing of the products to the product’s end-of-life. We design our manufacturing processes to use less water per vehicle than the industry average, and for the third year in a row, we power our Supercharger network with 100 percent renewable energy.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It was a Manufacturing Failure, as GM NEVER planned to build the car in Volume, so No Economies of Scale were ever achieved. For the Jap multinationals who are actually INVESTING in EV battery manufacturing capacity the numbers they announce are approx 1/10th what GM are asking for. WTF do they need ANOTHER $10.3B

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Wallbox

JANUARY 4, 2021

As a result of the lockdown, automobile production ground to a halt in several leading car manufacturing countries. For instance, in post-lockdown China, major car manufacturers are reporting the same level of showroom traffic in March as in the same month last year. Car manufacturers have already pledged over $2.5

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