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The licensed technology could be applied to convert heat into electricity in a number of waste heat recovery applications, including automobile exhaust and high-temperature industrial processes such as ceramic and glass processing plants. Currently there are no commercially available products that use this NASA-developed technology.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2020

UBQ is a patented material converted from 100% unsorted household waste, containing food leftovers, mixed plastics, paper, cardboard, packaging materials and diapers. kg of CO 2 -e per kilogram during their production process. Adding as little as 10% UBQ GHG to a part can immediately transform it into a carbon-neutral product.

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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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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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JULY 1, 2020

Large amounts of plating solution must also be used because the complete substrates have to be immersed in the baths, which means that large amounts of plating solution must also be discarded (wasted) after use.

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JUNE 14, 2022

In the future, Schaeffler will supply beam axles to automobile manufacturers, particularly in North America. Heat is a scarce and valuable resource in electric cars, which do not have the waste heat from internal combustion engines for heating the interior, for example.

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AUGUST 12, 2011

HDM), Honda’s production and sales company in Mexico, will build an automobile plant for production of fuel-efficient subcompact vehicles for the Mexican and North American markets. The new plant in Mexico will increase Honda’s automobile production capacity in North America from the current 1.63

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APRIL 19, 2013

billion (US$15 billion) in the country by 2015; investments in highly efficient products and resource-conserving production will account for more than two thirds of this figure. Annual production capacity is set to grow from the present figure of 2.6 The Volkswagen Group is building seven new plants in China.

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

End products from the plant will be hydrogen and synthetic methane (Audi e-gas), to be used as fuel for vehicles such as the new Audi A3 Sportback TCNG. The e-gas project marks a transition toward alternative forms of energy for automobiles. —Reiner Mangold, Head of Sustainable Product Development at Audi AG.

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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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MARCH 22, 2019

Water is necessary in the entire manufacturing process of an automobile—in the paint shop, for example. Thanks to this innovative wastewater treatment system, we are reducing the fresh-water requirements of production at the Ingolstadt plant by a third. At the same time, we are avoiding approximately 40 percent of wastewater.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Stressing the power of “ and ” rather than “ or ”, he asserted that: The automobile is unsustainable without transformational change. quadrillion Btu (quads) of natural gas in 2025 for the US to get off of OPEC oil for transportation, Burns said—an amount that is 22% more than current production. Hypothetically, it would take 5.9

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Due to the fuel’s high hydrogen content, a CNG automobile emits approximately 20% less carbon dioxide than a comparable gasoline model. More than half of them sell biomethane produced entirely from waste, and this number is increasing. Audi sources the CO 2 from an adjacent biogas plant that recycles agricultural waste.

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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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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. We believe the fastest way to lower greenhouse gases in the transportation sector is to offer drivers lower carbon choices that meet their needs.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2009

Economic crisis, energy crisis, climate crisis and recent global developments have affected the automobile industry like few other sectors. This shows that the production process itself bears considerable room for improvement in terms of sustainability performance. Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing (2009).

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MARCH 25, 2024

The Tesla employee highlighted that Giga Berlin recycles almost all of its dirty water from car production. We actually have one of the most efficient automobile factories in the world here in terms of water consumption,” Riederer stated. By doing this, Tesla is able to use far less water than originally planned. “We

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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. Production. This is the layering process itself. manufacturing. Stratasys Inc.

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JUNE 12, 2023

The unused ways will come with the worth of giga casting, which removes the numerous portions and brackets by way of necessarily casting the automobile’s back and front as two immense modules. “This is overwhelmingly faster,” Yoshio Nakamura, deputy leading of worldwide manufacturing, informed Automobile Information.

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DECEMBER 29, 2011

This applies especially to energy consumption, waste volumes, airborne emissions, water consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Sustainable, efficient production is a clear competitive advantage. portfolio including key measures in the area of vehicle production. —Prof. is an addition to the Volkswagen “Think Blue.”

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JUNE 12, 2023

. “This is overwhelmingly faster,” Yoshio Nakamura, deputy leading of worldwide manufacturing, instructed Automobile Information. The method will give a boost to production potency by way of 20 according to cent, he mentioned. “The concept is to eliminate waste and unnecessary work.”

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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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Drive Electric

APRIL 4, 2023

In New Zealand, the Ministry for the Environment and the New Zealand Automobile Associatio n are working together to ensure that old EV batteries are handled in an environmentally responsible way. The programme’s foundation is built on the concept of a circular economy , which seeks to avoid the linear “take-to-waste” model.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

million automobiles. Other rates, including appliance and construction products are based on industry estimates of retail and scrap collections, including the more than 2.7 By 1993, SRI’s focus had expanded beyond just steel cans to promoting and sustaining the recycling of all steel products. More than 16.3 Source: SRI.

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MARCH 28, 2024

Other areas in automotive that require workwear include after-sales workshops for mechanics, added Roy before continuing, “In India, the automobile industry accounts for 3–5% of the company’s total revenue.” Besides reducing emissions, recycling also keeps plastic bottles out of oceans and landfills.

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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. Some of that could be blamed on the pandemic having limited both production and sales. The region saw 4,000 copies sold in its debut year of 2020.

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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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MAY 22, 2023

DETROIT — Ford Motor expects gross sales and benefit margins from its inner combustion engine automobiles to develop for a minimum of the later two years ahead of the industrywide transition to electrical automobiles begins to reduce that industry. CFO John Lawler stated it’s on corporate leaders to reach effects.

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APRIL 18, 2017

The production version will come in 2019 as Audi’s second battery-electric offering, following the introduction of the production version of the Audi e-tron SUV ( earlier post ) in 2018. With a modular design, the battery is in principle also suitable for other automobile concepts. miles) (NEDC). miles) in the NEDC.

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OCTOBER 25, 2016

One of the possible applications of the material is in automobiles to utilize waste heat emitted from engines, the research team suggested. Previous work by the research team had investigated Mg 2 Si-based systems as suitable thermoelectric materials for the effective utilization of automotive waste heat.

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JANUARY 25, 2013

Globally, Honda has established voluntary goals to reduce the environmental impact of its products and manufacturing operations by 2020. This includes a 30% reduction in CO 2 emissions from Honda products, and significant CO 2 reductions from the company’s plants and other operations, compared with year 2000 levels.

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APRIL 9, 2020

Fuel cells, especially polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEMFC), are already used in hydrogen-powered automobiles. However, the pyrometallurgical recycling of fuel cells produces highly toxic fluorine compounds from the fluorinated nafion membrane, which means that a large-format conversion requires very complex waste gas purification.

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MAY 15, 2009

Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC (HMIN) began production of the natural gas-powered 2009 Civic GX at its plant in Greensburg, Indiana. Honda Manufacturing of Indiana began Civic GX production just seven months after starting mass production of the 4-cylinder Honda Civic sedan at its new plant in Greensburg, Indiana.

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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. Water and oxygen are the only by-products. The efficient use of energy flows is the top priority in the production sequence of the plant. Audi’s e-gas plant. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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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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JUNE 21, 2023

The key parts of the company’s strategy include introducing a next-generation modular architecture for EVs, strengthening EV production capacity, battery development capabilities and future businesses. Production. The proportion of global EV production is set to increase from 8% this year to 34% in 2030. New EV platform.

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MARCH 31, 2014

The company’s process also produces a biochar-based product called CoolTerra that has the capability of making the fuel “carbon negative,” reversing the consequences of CO 2 build-up from fossil fuels, the company says. The company broke ground on its first biofuel production facility in Alexandria, Louisiana, on 26 February 2014.

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