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MAY 20, 2022

Its hybrid electric and hydrogen powertrain aims to reduce downtime related to energy recharging while reducing the carbon footprint, including the battery. Renault Scénic Vision is zero emission in production and in use with a 75% smaller carbon footprint than a conventional battery electric vehicle.

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MAY 20, 2013

MIT scientists demonstrated two approaches for growing CNTs on carbon fiber without degrading the fiber strength. Researchers at MIT have demonstrated two approaches for producing carbon fibers coated in carbon nanotubes without degrading the underlying fiber’s strength. Credit: ACS, Steiner et al.

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JANUARY 12, 2015

Ford and DowAksa are accelerating joint research to develop high-volume manufacturing techniques for automotive-grade carbon fiber, aiming to make vehicles lighter for greater fuel efficiency, performance and capability. Ford and Dow Chemical began working together in 2012 to develop low-cost, high-volume carbon fiber composites.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2011

European Precursor GmbH (EPG), a joint venture between SGL Group and Lenzing Group, received a €1.5-million million) grant from the Bavaria FIT program under the Bavarian undersecretary of the state of Katja Hessel to fund the development of a novel carbon-fiber precursor with revised properties. million (US$2.1-million)

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APRIL 6, 2010

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers LLC, the joint venture between SGL Group and BMW Group ( earlier post ), will build a carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, WA. In the next step, the facility in Moses Lake will convert the polyacrylic fibers into the actual carbon fibers.

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DECEMBER 20, 2011

signed a definitive agreement to form a joint venture to manufacture and commercialize carbon fiber and derivatives. The joint venture will develop and globally market a broad range of products and technical service support in the rapidly expanding carbon-fiber based composites industry.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

SGL Group and BMW Group have formed a 51:49 joint venture to manufacture carbon fibers and fabrics for the automotive industry. The joint venture will be operated through two companies, one based in North America (SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers LLC), and the other in Germany (SGL Automotive Fibers GmbH & Co KG).

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Carbon Fiber BMW Carbon Mitsubishi 186

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FEBRUARY 20, 2021

Groupe Renault and Faurecia will collaborate on hydrogen storage systems for hydrogen-powered light commercial vehicles. —Gilles le Borgne, Executive Vice-President Engineering Groupe Renault. Starting at the end of 2021, Faurecia will supply hydrogen storage systems for a first fleet of light commercial vehicles.

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OCTOBER 20, 2016

SGL Group, a leading manufacturer of carbon-based products and materials, will sell its graphite electrode (GE) business to Showa Denko (Japan). Jürgen Köhler, CEO of SGL Group.

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OCTOBER 10, 2021

The US Department of Energy announced Stage 1 winners of the Conductivity-enhanced materials for Affordable, Breakthrough Leapfrog Electric and thermal applications ( CABLE ) Conductor Manufacturing Prize. The 10 teams selected in Stage 1 of this $4.5-million,

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Manufacturer Carbon Fiber Carbon Affordable 320

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APRIL 6, 2021

Friend Family Distinguished Professor of Engineering, have been exploring the use of low-cost materials to create rechargeable batteries that will make energy storage more affordable. The group previously demonstrated the potential of zinc-anode batteries. A paper on the work is published in Nature Energy.

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Battery Batteries Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion 454

Revenge of the Electric Car

APRIL 12, 2010

BMW MegaCity Urban Electric Car To Be Built of Carbon Fiber. First, the raw feedstock to make carbon fibers–just call it a “polacrylonitrile-based precursor&# –is made in Japan by a joint venture between SGL and Mitsubishi Rayon and flown to the U.S. April 7th, 2010. By John Voelcker Senior Editor.

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Carbon Fiber BMW Carbon Mitsubishi 133

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AUGUST 9, 2017

SGL Carbon Holdings BV, a subsidiary of SGL Carbon SE, signed the sale and purchase agreement to sell SGL Group’s cathodes, furnace linings, and carbon electrodes (CFL/CE) business to funds advised by Triton. The SGL Group is a leading manufacturer worldwide of products and materials made from carbon.

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Carbon Carbon Fiber Lithium Ion Wind 170

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OCTOBER 17, 2013

A composite blend of carbon fibers and polymer resin is being developed that can store and charge more energy faster than conventional batteries can. Volvo Car Group—the only automaker participating in a 3.5-year Volvo Car Group—the only automaker participating in a 3.5-year Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 21, 2013

SGL Group and Samsung established a strategic partnership for carbon fiber composite materials with the foundation of a marketing & sales joint venture. The joint venture partners, Samsung Petrochemical and SGL Group, will each hold a 50% share.

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OCTOBER 20, 2020

At the BMW Group plant in Leipzig, the 200,000 th BMW i3 model rolled off the production line last week. The BMW i3 was the BMW Group’s first purely electrically powered large-scale serial model and also the company’s first vehicle with a passenger cell made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP). kWh/100 km).

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BMW Carbon Fiber Wind Lithium Ion 418

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OCTOBER 20, 2012

Carbon-based products and materials company SGL Group has completed the acquisition of the Portuguese acrylic fiber company Fisipe—Fibras Sintéticas de Portugal S.A. Following the conclusion of the compulsory offer and squeeze-out, SGL Group now holds 100% of the shares in Fisipe.

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Carbon Fiber Companies Portugal Carbon 218

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JUNE 19, 2021

The BMW Group is beginning to test near-standard vehicles with a hydrogen fuel cell drive train in everyday conditions on European roads. The recently launched testing program will pave the way for the BMW Group to present a small-series model with this sustainable drive technology, developed on the basis of the BMW X5, in late 2022.

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BMW Hydrogen Production Carbon Fiber 482

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JULY 1, 2022

For the BMW Group Plant Leipzig, the farewell to the BMW i3 is linked to the start of a new chapter in electric mobility. At the same time, the BMW Group Plant Leipzig becomes the first location in the company’s global production network where BMW and MINI models are manufactured together. kWh/100 km according to WLTP, 13.1 - 14.0

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Wearable devices, like nearly every other piece of tech, need energy. Fortunately, though, at wearables’ modest power budgets, energy is effectively everywhere. And today, technology is maturing to the point that meaningful amounts of these energy giveaways can be harvested to liberate wearables from ever needing a battery.

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AUGUST 18, 2021

Jürgen Guldner, head of BMW Group Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology and Vehicle Projects. With the right conditions, hydrogen fuel cell technology has the potential to become another pillar in the BMW Group’s drive train portfolio for local CO 2-free mobility. With this, we are forging new paths for sustainable driving pleasure.

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BMW Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Store 418

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JUNE 29, 2018

The energy control stations at BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut are stepping up their activities in the balancing-power market in Germany. Together with other highly-flexible controllable systems in the BMW Group production network, they will contribute to the stability of the public grid outside of the plant.

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DECEMBER 1, 2016

Carbon specialist SGL Group is a development partner in the European joint development project INSPIRE (Integration of Novel Stack Components for Performance, Improved DuRability and LowEr Cost), which has been funded with a €7-million (US$7.4-million) Earlier post.).

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JUNE 27, 2019

Saudi Aramco and its affiliates signed 12 agreements with major South Korean companies to reinforce relationships with South Korea, expand international operations, and support the region’s energy security with the expansion of Arabian crude oil supply to Asian markets. The Hyundai Motor Group. Earlier post.). GS Holdings.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

The BMW Group presented the first BMW iX5 Hydrogen vehicles in a pilot fleet that will go into service this year. The fleet of less than 100 vehicles will then be employed internationally for demonstration and trial purposes for various target groups. The BMW Group sources the individual fuel cells from the Toyota Motor Corporation.

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO 2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.) The carbon nanofibers build up on the steel electrode, where they can be removed, Licht says.

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JUNE 9, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $15.8 Selected projects will leverage national lab consortia launched under DOE’s Energy Materials Network (EMN) this past year ( earlier post ), in support of DOE’s materials research and advanced manufacturing priorities. GreenWay Energy, LLC. Proton Energy Systems.

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Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Fuel Low Cost 170

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JANUARY 31, 2022

This prevents fire-causing short circuits, but also in theory it enables solid-state batteries to have higher energy density. Current battery electrodes are a mixture of active material, carbon, and the liquid electrolyte. Credit: Zane Grady/The Randall Group. But there’s also a lot of problems in making solid-state batteries.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Automobili Lamborghini, a member of the Volkswagen Group, unveiled its new design concept for a future Lamborghini electric super sports car: the “Lamborghini of the Terzo Millennio”, developed in collaboration with two MIT laboratories. Mircea Dinca, Department of Chemistry and the Mechanosynthesis Group, led by Prof.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2020

The BMW iX is the first model based on a new, modular, scalable architecture on which the future of the BMW Group will be built. This is reflected in areas of the car such as its optimized aerodynamics, intelligent lightweight Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic design as well as extensive use of natural and recycled materials.

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BMW Future Carbon Fiber Electric 321

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MARCH 26, 2014

Volvo Car Group and engineering company Flybrid Automotive, part of the Torotrak Group, have been conducting UK tests of lightweight Flybrid flywheel KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System) technology. —Derek Crabb, Vice President Powertrain Engineering at Volvo Car Group. Rear-axle KERS unit. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 12, 2017

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $19.4 million to 22 new cost-shared projects to accelerate the research of advanced battery, lightweight materials, engine emission control technologies, and energy efficient mobility systems (EEMS). Organization. Description. University of Maryland: College Park. University of Pittsburgh.

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Carbon Fiber Li-ion Mercedes GM 150

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FEBRUARY 25, 2016

The US Department of Energy launched the Energy Materials Network ( EMN ), a new National Laboratory-led initiative. Each EMN consortium will bring together National Labs, industry, and academia to focus on specific classes of materials aligned with industry’s most pressing challenges related to materials for clean energy technologies.

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OCTOBER 6, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Department (DOE) released a new report showing continued momentum and growth in the fuel cell industry. Applicants to the Energy Department’s Fuel Cell Technologies Office’s fiscal year 2017 funding opportunity will collaborate with national lab consortia stemming from the EMN initiative.

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JUNE 3, 2013

Gerd Wingefeld, a Member of the Board of Management of SGL Group. As from 2015, the new development production line will be used for research into processes and new materials for the manufacture of large prismatic lithium-ion cells for electromobility and storage of energy from photovoltaic plants.

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APRIL 25, 2013

If the energy in the flywheel is combined with the combustion engine’s full capacity, it will give the car an extra 80 horsepower. The experimental system, known as Flywheel KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery System), is fitted to the rear axle. The flywheel’s stored energy is sufficient to power the car for short periods.

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JUNE 21, 2016

Consortium members include fuel cell component suppliers, academic institutions and the BMW Group. FCH JU is a, EU-funded public-private partnership supporting research, technological development and demonstration (RTD) activities in fuel cell and hydrogen energy technologies in Europe. DANA Holding Corp. DANA Holding Corp.

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