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MARCH 15, 2018

and Ube Industries, Ltd. have agreed jointly to develop lithium-ion batteries for use in automobiles. Lithium-ion batteries offer a promising alternative to conventional lead-acid car batteries, as environmental regulations in some regions restrict the use of lead and engineers aim to reduce vehicle weight for improved fuel economy.

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Mazda Li-ion Lithium Ion Industrial 170

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JANUARY 8, 2014

Percentage of Global R&D Spending by Industry, 2013. A newly-released report by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) concludes that the automotive industry is not only “high-tech,” it is frequently a leader in technological developments and applications. Click to enlarge. —Center for Automotive Research.

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Industrial Industry Auto Industry Cars 246

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JANUARY 23, 2023

Carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) are highly attractive for various industries in demanding application fields due to their unique balance of rigidity, mechanical strength and light weight. This results in high-quality, inexpensive continuous carbon fiber that can be recycled perpetually, contributing to circular economy.

Carbon Fiber 273

Carbon Fiber Carbon Auto Automobile 273

Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

Guruprasad Mudlapur, President- India, Bosch Group, and Managing Director, Bosch Limited Edited excerpts: Q: After two consecutive years of swift growth in the auto component industry’s performance, what is your outlook for 2024? The automotive industry is in transition.

India 52

India Auto Industrial Industry 52

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

To reduce natural resource usage and its trucks’ environmental impact, Renault Trucks (part of the Volvo Group) is taking steps to transition its industrial operations to a circular-economy approach. At this new industrial facility located in Vénissieux, the brand’s trucks will be dismantled , and their parts reused.

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Parts Automobile Economy Manufacturer 273

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MAY 13, 2023

Aluminum, the report says, is caught in the middle of the clean energy transition—it is a crucial component enabling economy-wide decarbonization, but at the same time is one of the highest emitting industrial materials. The SAFE “ Legislative Analysis for the U.S.

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Production Tax Credit Tax Electric 225

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

A large number of components in automobiles are made from plastics; these have to meet exacting safety, heat-resistance and quality requirements. That is why, so far, only petroleum-based materials have been suitable for manufacturing plastic components in automobiles that are subjected to particularly intensive wear.

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Kits Audi Oil Automobile 410

Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Govt aims to expand ethanol industry & EV sales penetration . The government highlighted the flex-fuel vehicles will play an important role to decarbonize the transport sector by making it more sustainable for the environment, economy, and ecology. Read further to know more about EV sales penetration. .

Industrial 59

Industrial Industry Sale Pollution 59

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The 12 th Five-year Plan for China’s auto industry reportedly will make developing new-energy vehicles the top priority. China is targeting annual new-energy automobile sales of 1 million units by 2015, according to the China Association for Automobile Manufacturers. People’s Daily.

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Auto Industry Industrial Industry China 218

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JULY 14, 2022

HTWO, as a fuel cell system-based hydrogen business brand of Hyundai Motor Group, was first released in December 2020 with Hyundai’s strong commitment to hydrogen economy. Hyundai fuel cell system. (1). Fuel Cell Stack.

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Hydrogen Hyundai Fuel Europe 435

Baua Electric

APRIL 9, 2024

The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) collaborated with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to organise a ‘Circularity Workshop’ on ‘Extended Producer Responsibility Regime: An Innovative Policy Tool for Fostering a Sustainable Circular Economy in the Automotive Industry.’

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Pollution Economy Waste India 40

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FEBRUARY 23, 2023

The SAFE Center for Strategic Industrial Materials (C-SIM) released the first report in a series of policy papers regarding the various issues impacting domestic primary aluminum production: The US Aluminum Industry’s Energy Problem and Energy Solution.

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UAE Energy Production Russia 259

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

The investment also marks a strengthening and deepening of the existing industrial and commercial partnership between PSA and DFG, China’s second largest carmaker. DFG’s investment through the two successive capital increases, for a total amount of €800 million, would accompany the deepening of this historic industrial partnership.

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Industrial Industry Motor Motors 236

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JULY 9, 2012

China’s State Council has published a plan to develop the domestic energy-saving and new energy vehicle industry, which includes battery-electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid vehicles and fuel cell vehicles. 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. —Energy-saving and new energy vehicle plan. L/100km (40 mpg US) or less.

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Auto Industry Industrial Industry 2015 334

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MARCH 16, 2022

As part of this, the 70 MPa resin high-pressure hydrogen tank developed for—and certified for—automobiles is now being requested for other applications in railways, shipping, and port cargo handling, as well as for FC generators. Conceptual model of hydrogen tank storage module.

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Hydrogen Toyota Transportation Automobile 457

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MAY 4, 2020

New data shows that motor vehicles generate more than €440 billion in taxation per year for national governments in the major EU markets plus the UK, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) reports. This just goes to show the sheer scale of the importance of the automobile industry to Europe.

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Motor Motors Motoring Market 284

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MARCH 4, 2021

by Lewis Black, CEO of Almonty Industries. and global economies with businesses and manufacturers having to close doors and furlough employees, the global trade markets plummeted to an 11-year low of 41.5% Editor’s Note: The principal business of Toronto, Canada-based Almonty Industries Inc.

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Supplies Global South Korea Production 380

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The EU must continue to allow the use of lead-based batteries in vehicles as they are essential for the needs of future generations of European cars, according to the automotive and automotive battery industries in Europe. Its more than 40 members represent more than 90% of the automotive and industrial battery industry in Europe.

Nickel Metal Hydride 186

Nickel Metal Hydride Industrial Industry Batteries 186

Get Electric Vehicle

MARCH 21, 2024

According to US software company Salesforce, 95% of all new automobiles sold will be connected vehicles, and vehicles will become more and more software-driven by 2030. CAM Ensures The Safety of Pedestrians By recognizing and reacting to pedestrians, connected automobiles may be able to lower the number of collisions.

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Connect Connected Economy Automobile 40

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MARCH 25, 2021

With marine environmental regulations tightening worldwide, in December last year the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry formulated its “Green Growth Strategy towards 2050 Carbon Neutrality”. The system was installed into Yanmar’s EX38A FC pleasure boat for field testing.

Hydrogen 284

Hydrogen Fuel Mariner Japan 284

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group, Hyundai Glovis, the Liberian Registry, the Korean Register and their partners have successfully developed the world’s first Large Size and commercially viable liquified hydrogen carrier. This ship design is the world’s first large size liquefied hydrogen carrier. HMD advanced the basic design of the ship.

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Hydrogen Hyundai Mariner Economy 186

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APRIL 27, 2022

This collaboration is supported by the renovation and decarbonization program for indispensable semiconductors of Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. Semiconductors are becoming increasingly important in the automotive industry as mobility technologies evolve, including automated driving and electrification.

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Power Powered Japan Corporation 150

CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 27, 2022

The automobile assembly and motor vehicle component manufacturing industry is a critical pillar of the South African economy. Before the Covid19 pandemic, South Africa’s assembly plants produced 610,854 vehicles in 2018, all of which were internal combustion engine vehicles. 58% of these vehicles were for the export market.

South Africa 93

South Africa Africa 2018 Automobile 93

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OCTOBER 6, 2014

Steel can easily deliver the weight savings required to meet federally mandated fuel economy targets for most vehicles, according to a new 300-page analysis by the steel-industry information service World Steel Dynamics : “AutoBody Warfare: Aluminum Attack.”

2018 218

2018 F-150 Industrial Industry 218

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AUGUST 16, 2017

BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye signed a memorandum of understanding with the intention for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) to be the first automaker to join them in developing a world-leading, state-of-the-art autonomous driving platform for global deployment. Earlier post.) —FCA Chief Executive Officer Sergio Marchionne.

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Chrysler Automobile BMW Global 150

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NOVEMBER 12, 2021

The electrochemical conversion of ammonia to dinitrogen in a direct ammonia fuel cell (DAFC) is a necessary technology for the realization of a nitrogen economy. During World War II, it was used in automobiles, and scientists today are considering ways to burn it in engines as a replacement for gasoline, particularly in the maritime industry.

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Energy Wisconsin Hydrogen Gas-Electric 418

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JANUARY 17, 2023

Europe is dependent on imports of these minerals, where China completely dominates the market, a factor which increases the vulnerability of European industry. We need to strengthen industrial value chains in Europe and create real opportunities for the electrification of our societies. —Jan Moström.

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Europe Russia Industrial Industry 259

Green Car Reports

JANUARY 19, 2015

Sergio Marchionne, CEO of newly merged Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, is not a man to mince words. While carmakers can meet fuel-economy requirements for 2025, he said last week, he slammed government efforts to boost plug-in electric cars. The industry will find the most cost-effective way to meet efficiency goals, he said.

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Chrysler Industrial Industry MPG 60

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MARCH 20, 2020

Joining BMW, Ford and FCA in suspension of production in the US due to COVID-19 ( earlier post ) are: Toyota is temporarily suspending production at all of its automobile and components plants in North America, including Canada, Mexico and the US, through 3 April. jobs supported in the US economy for every job at GM.

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Auto North America Honda GM 199

CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 27, 2021

By Charles Morris Automobiles and advertising are symbiotic industries. The auto industry dropped over 14 billion bucks on ads in the US in 2018, a spend second only to that of the (much more fragmented) retail industry. Originally posted on EVANNEX.

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Auto Industry 2018 Automobile Industrial 144

Teslarati

MAY 13, 2024

This was true for Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck (Greens) and the East Brandenburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IHK), both of whom shared their thoughts with German media. No one can have an interest in Germany without automobile production. And Tesla also builds cars like that,” Minister Habeck said.

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Tesla Automobile Germany Future 101

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APRIL 17, 2021

While an increased demand for travel has led to increasing CO 2 emissions since 1990, improvements in average new vehicle fuel economy since 2005 has slowed the rate of increase of CO 2 emissions. The number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by light-duty vehicles (i.e.,

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2005 2019 EPA Climate Change 418

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Among the objectives of the project is delivering a 5% fuel economy improvement by direct conversion of engine waste heat to useful electric power for light-duty vehicle application. For light duty passenger vehicles, the fuel economy improvement must be measured over the US06 cycle.

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Fuel Economy Waste Economy Fuel 218

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DECEMBER 13, 2022

—Rebecca Rydzewski, research manager of economic and industry insights for Cox Automotive. The high share of luxury sales helps to push the overall industry ATP higher. US auto dealers indicate that their negative view of the market is influenced by the economy, higher interest rates and low inventory. in October.

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Price Vehicles Dealers Land Rover 210

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JULY 16, 2019

AEV’s Modular Vehicle System will serve as the foundation for a standard for next-generation vehicles that satisfy the Well-to-Wheel Zero Emission goal established by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI).

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Transportation Future Japan Automobile 170

CleanTechnica EVs

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

The shortage of semiconductor chips required for advanced technologies will soon turn into a surplus, reversing the semiconductor shortage that has afflicted the automotive industry for the majority of the previous two years. It’s ironic that the very […].

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Automobile Industrial Industry Vehicles 72

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JULY 4, 2020

In addition, the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic on the economy are creating new framework conditions in the market and in this context we are optimizing our global production network. Furthermore, the company does not expect the devaluation to have any impact on the Free Cash Flow of its industrial business.

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Mercedes Global Sale Parts 307