The Truth About Cars
NOVEMBER 21, 2023
Ford has said it will restart construction on the electric vehicle battery facility it’s building in Marshall, Michigan, after pausing work when the UAW strike kicked off a couple months ago. As stated previously, we have been evaluating BlueOval Battery Park Michigan in Marshall.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 2, 2012
In an address at the 2012 Mackinac Policy Conference, Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford said that “ Michigan must become the Silicon Valley of the mobility revolution ” and outlined key public policy areas to help improve the state’s competitiveness and ensure that the state realizes the full benefit of that impending revolution.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
Tenneco and Gentherm (formerly BSST/Amerigon) are part of a US Department of Energy (DOE) consortium actively developing a thermoelectric generator (TEG) for capturing waste exhaust heat in vehicles and converting it to electrical energy to be used to power electrical systems within the vehicle. Source: Crane (2013).Click Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 29, 2012
Stressing the power of “ and ” rather than “ or ”, he asserted that: The automobile is unsustainable without transformational change. He also called the propensity to “ sit around debating ” which drive technology or energy source is better than all the rest as “premature and presumptuous ”. There is a transformation opportunity surfacing.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
Ford Motor Company and its joint venture Changan Ford Mazda Automobile (CFMA), opened a new assembly plant, CFMA Chongqing Assembly 2 or CQ2. With two assembly plants and engine and transmission plants already operating, Chongqing is now the largest global manufacturing location for Ford outside southeast Michigan.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 3, 2009
EPA alleges that for calendar years 2003 through 2008 BP failed to manage and treat benzene waste from the facility as required by the national emission standards for hazardous air pollutants. The facility’s 2008 report showed that benzene waste was almost 16 times the amount allowed. These are preliminary findings of violations.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 5, 2014
Fuel produced from the pilot plant has been fleet-tested in a blend formulation in several standard configuration automobiles. USDA has awarded conditional commitments for other plants in Florida, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina and Oregon. The Cool Planet process is widely tunable in the produced biochar/fuel ratio. Earlier post.).
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