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Abandoned History: America's 1970s Convertible Controversy, Who's to Blame?

The Truth About Cars

Automotive safety was newly in the public eye, after Ralph Nader’s book Unsafe at Any Speed arrived in 1965 to skewer the domestic automobile industry. The Detroit automakers were of course against such testing, and claimed, alongside the Automobile Manufacturers Association, that testing both sides of the roof was “unnecessary.”

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Innovative water treatment at Audi Ingolstadt saves up to 500,000 cubic meters of fresh water a year; heading to ZLD

Green Car Congress

Audi has put a new service-water supply center into operation at the Ingolstadt site. In this way, Audi will saves up to 500,000 cubic meters of fresh water each year. The heart of the service-water supply center is a membrane bioreactor (MBR). The heart of the service-water supply center is a membrane bioreactor (MBR).

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Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

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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 waste heat given off during methanation is used as process energy in the adjacent biogas plant, significantly increasing overall efficiency.

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Honda launches new “Green Path” initiatives for manufacturing and operations; new $210M paint line at Marysville with new 4C2B process

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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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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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Economic crisis, energy crisis, climate crisis and recent global developments have affected the automobile industry like few other sectors. Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing (2009). The ranking of the 17 manufacturers based on the Sustainable Value Margin. Click to enlarge. GM achieved a sustainable value of -€9.87

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Ford Bronco Sport first to feature parts made of 100% recycled ocean plastic

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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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Cellulosic nanocrystals from biomass waste for thermoplastics for automotive applications

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These include greater resistance to damage from heat, spilled gasoline, water, and oxygen. With automobile manufacturers already testing nano-cellulose-reinforced plastics with promising results, he predicted they would be used within two years.

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