Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Global automotive Tier 1 manufacturer Motherson Group is collaborating with Israeli cleantech company UBQ Materials. The companies are joining efforts to implement the carbon-negative UBQ thermoplastic ( earlier post ) into auto parts manufactured by Motherson Group for the automotive industry. Every ton of UBQ produced prevents 11.7

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2020

The technology is used in the plating process for forming copper, nickel, and other metal coatings on substrates in the process of manufacturing electronic parts. and Kanematsu Corporation to manufacture and sell, and therefore expand the use of, new plating machines based on this new technology.

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Toyota Waste Corporation Manufacturer 269

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2013

Describing its product goals and tracking progress toward its 2020 manufacturing priorities in its 2012 Sustainability Report , General Motors reaffirmed its commitment to further reduce the energy used and the environmental impacts of building and operating an automobile. Manufacturing energy use and emissions. MWh/vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

a China-based developer, manufacturer and distributor of alcohol-based automobile fuels and civil-use fuels, including methanol, ethanol, and blended fuels, plans to build a second waste conversion facility, this one based in Harbin, China, that will convert municipal waste, construction waste, plant waste and sewage sludge into alcohol-based fuel.

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Waste Building Fuel Conversion 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The combustion engines with four, six, eight and 12 cylinders produced there will be manufactured at the company’s locations in Steyr in Austria and Hams Hall in the UK going forward. Plant Regensburg will also start manufacturing the new BMW X1 in 2022, which will be available both with an combustion engine and a fully-electric drive train.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

BMW’s press shop in Dingolfing—the largest of the BMW Group worldwide—is the first in which all aluminum sheet waste is separated and recycled to make it reusable for industry. When producing components in the press shop, there is always a waste of sheet metal. The BMW Group has invested around €6.5 automotive plant.

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BMW Waste Supplies Dealers 324

Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2012

Stratasys, a maker of additive manufacturing machines for prototyping and producing plastic parts, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are partnering to develop fused deposition modeling (FDM) additive manufacturing for production use. The company holds 380 granted or pending additive manufacturing patents globally.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Ghost gear comprises nearly 10% of all sea-based plastic waste, entangling fish, sharks, dolphins, seals, sea turtles and birds. For more than two decades, Ford has used recycled plastics not collected from oceans to produce various parts for automobiles.

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Parts Ford Mariner Escape 434

Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2017

This new concept will help the European automobile industry to reach the next objective of 50g CO 2 /km emissions and to stay within legislation on particle and nitrogen oxide emissions on hybrid vehicles. —Jean-Marc Zaccardi, researcher at IFP Energies nouvelles and coordinator of the project.

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Gasoline Engine Manufacturer France 170

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

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2019

Water is necessary in the entire manufacturing process of an automobile—in the paint shop, for example. Audi has set itself the target of reducing the environmental factors of energy, CO 2 emissions, fresh water, waste and volatile organic compounds by 35% per car produced by 2025 compared with reference year 2010.

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Water Audi Automobile Supplies 246

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2011

These laws have resulted in the lowering of vehicles’ weight through the replacement of heavy materials in certain systems with lighter alternatives, as the weight of the automobile has a direct bearing on its fuel efficiency. These laws.also challenge OEMs to find innovative solutions to comply with them and still stay profitable.

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2017 Automobile Market Polymer 210

Baua Electric

JUNE 12, 2023

Because it prepares for its unused merchandise, manufacturing facility engineers may also introduce a slew of producing ways for the 2026 EVs. Their function is to halve the choice of manufacturing processes, halve the volume of plant funding and halve the volume of manufacturing manage had to arrange for unused nameplates.

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Toyota Miles Batteries Battery 52

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2016

Acura’s Performance Manufacturing Center (PMC) will begin series production of the next-generation Acura NSX hybrid supercar ( earlier post ) in late April, with customer deliveries to commence thereafter. The multi-material space frame is created with 100% robotic Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding, an automobile industry first.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 12, 2023

Because it prepares for its fresh merchandise, manufacturing unit engineers may even introduce a slew of producing tactics for the 2026 EVs. Their purpose is to halve the selection of manufacturing processes, halve the quantity of plant funding and halve the quantity of manufacturing govern had to arrange for fresh nameplates.

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Toyota Batteries Battery Automobile 52

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

At every price point and with multiple powertrains, we can put more people in cleaner automobiles across North America to have the greatest near-term impact on total carbon emissions. Manufacturing is a component of GHG emissions. —Gill Pratt, chief scientist of Toyota Motor Corporation and CEO of Toyota Research Institute.

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PHEV Toyota North America America 305

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2022

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. billion will go to 9 projects in the component manufacturing segment of the supply chain. The awardees are: Component Manufacturing (Anode).

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Manufacturer Parts Batteries Battery 435

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2022

billion to 21 projects to expand domestic manufacturing of batteries for electric vehicles (EVs) and the electrical grid and for materials and components currently imported from other countries. billion will go to 9 projects in the component manufacturing segment of the supply chain. The awardees are: Component Manufacturing (Anode).

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Manufacturer Parts Batteries Battery 370

Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2014

The Audi Group has calculated its corporate carbon footprint and is the first premium automobile manufacturer to be certified according to the international standard ISO 14064. Audi made a detailed assessment of emissions in all automobile lifecycle phases; experts of DEKRA Certification GmbH and DEKRA Certification Inc.

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Corporation Audi Carbon Waste 191

Baua Electric

JUNE 12, 2023

STOCKHOLM — Autoliv expects to satisfy or exceed its medium-term industry enlargement goal era reiterating all of its monetary targets for this 12 months, a past later saying round 8,000 process cuts to avoid wasting prices. In a commentary forward of its U.S.

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Waste Automobile International Europe 52

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2013

The plant manufactures automatic transmissions, gears and four-wheel-drive systems, including the next-generation Earth Dreams transmission technology. Globally, Honda has established voluntary goals to reduce the environmental impact of its products and manufacturing operations by 2020. Honda Transmission Mfg. of America, Inc.

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Wind Ohio Honda North America 239

Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2016

Toho Tenax Europe GmbH (TTE), the German subsidiary of Toho Tenax, itself the core company of the Teijin Group’s carbon fibers and composites business, has developed an integrated production system for carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) that enables manufactured composite parts to be optimized for required shapes and properties.

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Carbon Fiber Production Carbon Waste 150

Baua Electric

APRIL 28, 2024

The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme initiated by the government in March 2020, aims to significantly enhance domestic manufacturing capabilities across various industries. It aims to promote import substitution besides generating employment opportunities.

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India Manufacturer Batteries Battery 52

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

million automobiles. This included the more than 1.3 million tons of tin plate steel—the equivalent of 21 billion steel cans, which were recycled at a rate of 72%, the highest among packaging materials. More than 16.3 million tons of automotive scrap were recycled at a rate of 92.5% in 2012—the equivalent of 11.5 Source: SRI.

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2012 Industrial Industry Automobile 239

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2023

HMGICS will demonstrate various new manufacturing technologies for enhancement of quality, logistics and management automation and others. The company will apply the smart manufacturing platform to factories dedicated to EVs. HMGMA will adopt more than 75% of the new technologies demonstrated at HMGICS.

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Hyundai Motor Motors Motoring 284

Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2012

has established a “Green Dealer” program for its independently-owned Honda and Acura automobile dealers in the United States. The required 10% energy reduction is in line with the US EPA’s Energy Star Award / National Automobile Dealers Association program. American Honda Motor Co, Inc.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Even with EV subsidies helping to knock off a few grand, that’s remains a lot of money to spend on an automobile that’s the size of a Mitsubishi Mirage. The manufacturer recently confirmed with Top Gear that it’s planning to stop taking orders on the Honda e this year.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The e-gas project marks a transition toward alternative forms of energy for automobiles. The CO 2 used in Audi’s e-gas plant is a waste product from a nearby biogas plant, operated by energy provider EWE. As owner, Audi is constructing the plant in cooperation with equipment manufacturer SolarFuel GmbH.

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Clean Fleet Report

DECEMBER 13, 2022

This calls for routine interior cleaning , including washing and vacuuming, as well as making sure that all surfaces are clear of clutter and waste. The types of automobiles that can be used on a ridesharing platform are subject to certain criteria set by each individual firm. You’ll thank yourself for the foresight.

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Vehicles Clean Cleaning Automobile Manufacturer 85

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2018

There was a $1-billion initial public offering by NIO, a $585-million Series C venture capital round by Guangzhou Xiaopeng Motors and a $294-million pre-IPO round by Zhejiang Dianka Automobile. We’re seeing more companies raising funds as they look to make the jump from concept cars to high-volume manufacturing. billion.

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Clean Cleaning Companies South Africa 259

Baua Electric

JANUARY 24, 2024

The consequence is that we are losing manufacturing products in Italy that we could manufacture. We already wasted nine months of production, of additional production in Mirafiori,” the plant in Turin, Italy, which produces the Fiat 500e. For comparison, the German government has spent a total of €9.5 million electric vehicles.

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The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Ford’s battery manufacturing is supposed to be done by licensing technology from China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co (CATL) and the issue has raised questions about national security and whether or not subsequent Ford products would be eligible for federal tax credits that are now tied to regional content requirements.

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Michigan Ford Batteries Battery 106

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The trend toward recommending or requiring higher-octane fuel continues to rise as manufacturers work toward meeting stringent CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards. —Megan McKernan, manager of the Automobile Club of Southern California’s Automotive Research Center. Last year, nearly 1.5

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Baua Electric

MAY 31, 2023

OTTAWA — A do business in to avoid wasting a $5-billion electrical automobile battery plant in Windsor is inching nearer, Business Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne stated Wednesday. “We’re getting closer to the end of the negotiation.”

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Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 12, 2021

“We are going to make it compulsory for all vehicle manufacturers to make flex-fuel engines that can run on more than one fuel to reduce pollution,” said Mr Gadkari. The Minister also cited examples of Brazil, Canada, and the USA, where most automobile companies manufacture flex-fuel engines. EV sales penetration .

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Industrial Industry Sale Pollution 59

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2010

Plastic body color film is slowly gaining traction with automotive manufacturers due to its ease of application and reduction of waste and emissions associated with traditional paint processes. Plastic body color film starts as a thick plastic sheet of color that is applied by thermoforming to an existing automobile part.

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Emissions Chrysler Waste Automobile 220

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2011

Ten of 14 Honda manufacturing plants in North America are now operating with zero waste to landfill, while the remaining four plants are functioning with “virtually zero” waste to landfill. Zero waste to landfills is a key target in Honda’s “Green Factory” initiative in North America.

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