Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2021

Dürr has built a high-tech paint shop for Ford in Hermosillo, Mexico, in order to accommodate a new vehicle that Ford will be producing. These are specially designed for painting commercial vehicles. The system allows for paint separation without the use of water or chemicals.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2021

Achates Power was recently awarded a $5-million contract from the US Army to expand the family of opposed-piston engines for military vehicles. The project, awarded in late-2020, builds upon the success of the Advanced Combat Engine (ACE). Earlier post.) —John S. Major, vice president, Achates Power.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2021

Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Corporation have signed a memorandum of understanding with Canada-based Next Hydrogen Corporation, a specialist in water electrolysis technology and a subsidiary of Next Hydrogen Solutions Inc., to bolster their efforts to usher in a global hydrogen society through cost-effective production of clean hydrogen.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 24, 2023

Tesla’s preferred choice for its potentially-upcoming vehicle production plant in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, has one major roadblock if the automaker eventually lands there: water. ” López Obrador also said earlier this week that Tesla could run into issues building in Nuevo Leon as water is scarce in the area. .”

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CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 7, 2022

These solutions - renewable energy, heat pumps, electric vehicles and other electric solutions - are capable of eliminating the majority of global carbon emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2022

BASF will build a commercial-scale battery recycling black mass plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. The site is an ideal location for the build-up of battery recycling activities given the presence of many EV car manufacturers and cell producers in Central Europe. Peter Schuhmacher, President, Catalysts division at BASF.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The Nueces County community has voiced environmental concerns about Tesla’s lithium refining facility, particularly concerning its water supply. Tesla Giga Berlin also sparked water supply concerns from nearby communities in Grunheide. . Water Supply Concerns. Nueces vs. Giga Berlin Water Supply Concerns.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

which has developed its own integrated subcritical-water organic-waste power-generation system (ISOP) system, which decomposes organic substances using subcritical-water-treating technology and ultimately produces green energy products such as biofuels. NYK Line has invested in Japan-based Sustainable Energy Co.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 30, 2011

Ford plans to cut the amount of water used to make each vehicle 30% globally by 2015, compared with the amount of water used per vehicle in 2009. If Ford meets the 30% goal, the amount of water used to make a vehicle will have dropped from 9.5 Reducing water use. m 3 (925 gallons US) in 2015.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

The key input/output/intermediate energy streams are composed of the PV-generated electrical work available for electrolysis, heat output from the heat exchanger and the external work required for water pumping. Within this reactor, photoelectrochemical cells use solar energy to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2022

The MOU encourages cooperation and leadership among the California utilities to build out a regional network of chargers. The California Electric Transportation Coalition and California utilities announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support a California Regional Charging Network.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2022

The project will be realized by water electrolysis which will produce green hydrogen to partially replace the hydrocarbon-based hydrogen production in Yara’s plant, using proton exchange membrane (PEM) technology. The project, which is supported by a NOK 283 million (US$31.5 ITM Power electrolyzer stack used at Porsgrunn, Norway.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Green hydrogen is produced through the electrolysis of water with electricity generated from zero-carbon sources; only oxygen is emitted during the process. Plug Power is expanding its green hydrogen ecosystem to the US west coast with the construction of a new production facility in Fresno County, California.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2013

Ford has reduced the average amount of water used to make each of its vehicles by 8.5% between 2011 and 2012—putting the company more than halfway toward its current goal of using an average of 4 cubic meters per vehicle globally by 2015. billion gallons, or about 62%. billion gallons, or about 62%.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 16, 2024

federal agencies has pooled their funds and wide array of expertise to reinvent the emergency vehicle. And in the aftermath of a natural disaster like a tornado or wildfire, the vehicle, called H2Rescue , can supply electric power and potable water to survivors while acting as a temperature-controlled command center for rescue personnel.

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Teslarati

JUNE 1, 2021

According to the revised application, Tesla Giga Berlin’s water consumption will be far less than anticipated. . According to Tagesspiegel , Tesla’s revised application notes that Giga Berlin’s maximum annual water consumption is estimated to be 1.423 million cubic meters for both Model Y production and its battery cell factory.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Location accuracy is a key requirement for the Connected Vehicle (CV) Pilots as vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technologies are deployed in the field in larger quantities. The NYCDOT CV Pilot team has utilized some innovative yet simple concepts when testing for vehicle location accuracy.

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Teslarati

JUNE 4, 2021

Tesla has officially submitted amended application documents to build electric vehicle battery cells at its German production plant, Giga Berlin. The changes were primarily due to the addition of the plan to produce electric vehicle battery cells on-site. Tesla hat geänderten Antrag u.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2022

The new press will produce steel panels for the MINI plant in Oxford at twice the rate of the old equipment which it replaces, with the steel blanks and finished panels handled by a new fleet of Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs). New automated steel pressing facility at Swindon plant. The pressure which the new press can apply is 2,500 tonnes.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

BYD claims one can float on water for a full 30 minutes. Plus the company says it is so tightly sealed that it can float in water for a good 30 minutes , despite its hefty 3.5-tonne Last December, the automaker said it would build a factory in Hungary for the European market, with an initial capacity of 200,000 units a year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2018

Dürr is building a paint shop in Mexico for the BMW Group that meets the requirements for connected Industry 4.0 San Luis Potosí will build the BMW brand’s best-selling model series, the BMW 3 Series Sedan. Responsible use of water resources is a particular sustainability goal in San Luis Potosí. production.

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Teslarati

APRIL 16, 2023

Tesla Gigafactory Mexico is expected to take longer to build because the company is working on a new production line for its $25k compact car. Governor Samuel García Sepúlveda recently announced that Tesla Gigafactory Mexico would take around 12 to 15 months to build–longer than it took Tesla China to build Giga Shanghai.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2021

China-based battery maker CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd) and its subsidiary Shenzhen Dynanonic signed an agreement with Jiang’an county government (located in south-west China’s Sichuan province) to build a lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode materials plant with a production capacity of 80 tpy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

With the increase in battery-powered electric vehicles (BEVs, HEVs and PHEVs) on the road, statistically the risk potential for an accident or technical defect of the inherently safe battery systems also increases. The Achilles’ heel of a battery is the separator, Rosenbauer notes; the separator has only limited temperature resistance.

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Teslarati

MARCH 6, 2023

Tesla is aiming to start construction on its new factory in Mexico later this month as it is already awaiting final permits and could start building its first vehicles at the plant as soon as early 2024, officials said. I think by next year, in 2024, there will be the first autos.”

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Electric Vehicles India

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Toyota to build battery factory for electric vehicles creates 1,750 jobs . Toyota announced that it is planning to build a battery factory to support electric vehicles production in North Carolina. million battery packs for its upcoming lineup of electric vehicles. kWh capacity and is water-cooled.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2018

Dürr is building a fully automatic paint shop for a Anhui Jianghuai Automobile (JAC) plant in China. The vehicles will be given a modern two-tone color design in the fully automatic Dürr paint shop.The integration of numerous digital@DÜRR solutions turns the paint shop into a Smart Factory with extensive use of data.

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Cars That Think

JULY 14, 2022

This spurred Julie Angus to cofound the startup Open Ocean Robotics to design, build, and operate oceangoing uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) drones. The company designs and builds the drone’s hull, deck, and circuit boards. I can also imagine having aerial drones or underwater vehicles as part of our data-collection services.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

But according to a new report from CoBank, another major challenge that is often overlooked is the monumental impact these vehicles will have on the data center market. And considering that it has taken over $2 trillion to build 2.1ZBs of storage capacity, is there a (data center) business case to support mass adoption of self-driving EVs?

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Honda has identified four core domains for the utilization of its fuel cell system: fuel cell vehicles (FCEV), commercial vehicles, stationary power stations and construction machinery. Commercial vehicles. Through these initiatives, Honda will work to build partnerships with companies involved in this new area.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2018

EU-funded researchers have developed an innovative climate control system (CCS) that extends the range of electric vehicles while enhancing passenger comfort. At present a substantial amount of energy is required to run the CCS within electric vehicles, creating a major drain on the battery and limiting the range of the car.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2021

U-M’s Ford Motor Company Robotics Building is a four-story, $75-million, 134,000-square-foot complex situated on the north campus. The fourth floor houses Ford’s first robotics and mobility research lab on a university campus, as well as 100 Ford researchers—including autonomous vehicle researchers—and engineers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

More than 500 additional employees will work there, producing next-generation batteries for fully-electric vehicles. The plant is designed to be highly flexible, ensuring only minor adjustments are needed in the body shop and assembly to incorporate the new vehicle architecture. The new assembly center spans an area of 85,000 m 2.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2022

Mercedes-Benz has been awarded a far-reaching contract for road monitoring through vehicle data by the Netherlands’ Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management (Min I&W). The raw material for this is anonymized data from car-to-X or other systems from intelligent, connected Mercedes-Benz vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2022

The company’s latest EV First Responder Training program will focus primarily on personnel in fire services, providing instruction and sharing of best practices on how to most effectively support emergency situations involving electric vehicles, such as the Chevrolet Bolt EV and Bolt EUV, GMC HUMMER EV Pickup and Cadillac LYRIQ.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

From 2022, new homes and buildings, such as supermarkets and workplaces, as well as buildings undergoing major renovations, will be required to install electric power under new legislation announced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson on 22 November Car charging pile. ” Electric vehicle sales surge. .”

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2015

million Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) ( DE-FOA-0001285 ) for a new technical track under the US-China Clean Energy Research Center ( CERC ) that addresses water-related aspects of energy production and use. It builds on the contents of The Water-Energy Nexus: Challenge and Opportunities, which DOE issued in June 2014.

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