Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2019

Teijin Limited announced that its Sereebo carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) has been selected by General Motors (GM) for use in select pickup box applications. This is the first use of CFRTP for structural parts in a high-volume production vehicle. 2019 GMC Sierra Denali CarbonPro Edition. billion by 2030.

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Teslarati

APRIL 18, 2024

Hyundai Motor Group plans to develop materials that enhance the performance of electric vehicles. Hyundai plans to proactively use new materials in its future mobility products, including its future electric vehicle designs. Hyundai Motor of America shared reported that its EV sales grew 100%.

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Hyundai Carbon Fiber Georgia Polymer 116

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 6, 2023

Fisker recently presented four future electric vehicles, as well as technology and sustainability visions, to an audience of investors, analysts, employees, and the media at an event in Huntington Beach, California. Q2 2023 was Fisker’s first quarter with automotive sales revenue. First vehicles delivered achieved a 7.5%

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Alaska Fisker Carbon Fiber Convert 354

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2022

Earlier this year, JM announced a refreshed strategy, with an ambition to be the market leader in performance components for fuel cells and electrolyzers, targeting more than £200 million sales in hydrogen technologies by end of 2024/25. The investment will safeguard highly skilled manufacturing jobs in the UK.

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Hydrogen Building Fuel Carbon Fiber 210

Baua Electric

JANUARY 8, 2024

During the debut of the Helix last fall, we learned that US sales would begin in early January. Source: Pivotal Helix eVTOL goes on sale ahead of summer deliveries Beginning today, interested US customers can order their own personal Helix eVTOL from Pivotal, starting at $190,000 (before taxes, delivery, and other fees).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2023

The GMC HUMMER EV EarthCruiser upfit by EarthCruiser features: A carbon fiber EarthCruiser house fully integrated into the chassis of the GMC HUMMER EV Pickup. The EarthCruiser upfit is not covered by the GM New Vehicle Limited Warranty and GM is not responsible for independent-supplier alterations.

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Teslarati

MARCH 21, 2024

A new Tesla Model 3 Performance vehicle has been spotted in Florida, popping up ahead of its launch later this year. Since the confirmation, we have spotted some new features in early vehicle builds, including bucket seats, a carbon fiber dash , and potentially a Ludicrous mode based on badging.

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Florida Tesla Carbon Fiber Carbon 137

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2022

IDTechEx’s latest master electric vehicle report “ Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042 ” finds 35.7 million electric vehicles (EV) were sold in 2021 and predicts this will rise to more than 74 million by 2030. Source: IDTechEx - “Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2022-2042”.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 5, 2024

Capitalizing on the booming vehicle market in India, French auto component maker Plastic Omnium expects to double its turnover from the Indian market to 400 million euros over the next five years. However, Favre sees a big opportunity for growth in India with the surging vehicle sales. billion euros.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

The BMW Group will showcase five electric vehicles at the 2017 Los Angeles Auto Show including the North American premieres of the BMW i Vision Dynamics, MINI Electric Concept, BMW i3s, and a World Premiere vehicle that will be shown during the BMW Group press conference on Wednesday, 29 November. of total BMW Group sales in the US.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

For 2021, Toyota has fully rebooted the Mirai, originally offered in 2016, as a premium rear-wheel drive sports-luxury fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) with striking design, cutting-edge technology, more engaging driving performance and a significantly longer EPA-estimated range rating.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 31, 2023

We’ve known the Dodge Charger, Challenger, and Chrysler 300 were on borrowed time, taking the range of V8-powered variants with them, and now the automaker has announced that the last of its Hellcat-carrying vehicles is going away: The Ram 1500 TRX is headed for the door after the 2024 model year, though the standard truck will remain on sale.&

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Carbon Fiber Production Dodge MPH 105

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 20, 2017

As a result, Toray Group’s net sales of materials for automotive applications grew about 10% a year in the period from fiscal year 2014 to 2016 compared with about 2% annual growth for the number of global automobile production, achieving about five times the growth of automobile production.　.

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Europe Carbon Fiber Automobile Vehicles 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2018

Toyota projects that global sales of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) will increase significantly after 2020 to at least 30,000 per year from today’s 3,000. Manufacturing both components at scale is critical to achieving lower system costs and wider availability for further growth and sales of FCEVs. Expanding sales.

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Hydrogen Toyota 2020 Production 321

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

recently was awarded $999,990 for a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) from the US Department of Energy to develop ultra-lightweight hydrogen fuel tanks using carbon nanotube (CNT) reinforcement. Applied Nanotech has developed CNT reinforced polymers for fiber composites for a wide range of applications.

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Hydrogen Carbon Fiber Fuel Polymer 387

Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2018

says that the push toward alternative-fuel vehicles—battery electric vehicles, hybrids, plug-in hybrids and fuel-cell vehicles—poses a credit challenge for multiple sectors in Japan, with the large auto sector and sectors such as steel and refining most affected. Moody’s Japan K.K.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2015

At the Geneva motor show, Toyota announced that it would begin sales of the new Mirai fuel cell vehicle ( earlier post ) in Europe by September. Sales of the FCV began in Japan last December. A Blind Spot Monitor uses radar to detect vehicles in adjacent lanes and helps rear view confirmation when changing lanes.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Audi is adding a new member to its A3 family: the A3 Sportback 30 g-tron natural gas vehicle. Sales in Germany and other European countries begin in fall 2020 at a base price of €30,705.88. They are made of fiber-composite materials and, in keeping with Audi’s lightweight construction philosophy, each weighs just 26 kilograms (57.3

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2013

According to ABI Research, the number of full electric vehicles (EVs) shipping yearly worldwide will increase from 150,000 in 2013 to 2.36 million in 2020, representing a CAGR of 48%. It also describes the role of EVs in the future IoT. The study is part of the Intelligent Transportation Systems Research Service.

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2020 Carbon Fiber Sale Grid 240

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2016

2015 also saw the world’s first fuel cell vehicles for sale. Hydrogen Materials—Advanced Research Consortium (HyMARC) –this consortium aims to address unsolved scientific challenges in the development of viable solid-state materials for storage of hydrogen onboard vehicles.

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Industrial Industry Fuel Carbon Fiber 253

Green Car Congress

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. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2014

The BMW Group has operated a local sales company in Mexico since 1994 and sold a total of 13,992 vehicles in the country in 2013. Motorcycle sales for the same period reached 2,064 units (+16.6%). A further $200 million will be invested to expand the joint venture carbon fiber plant in Moses Lake, Washington.

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Mexico BMW 2019 Building 210

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2019

The module is made from carbon fiber sheet molded compound (SMC), glass fiber SMC and unidirectional glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFRP) to offer both high strength and low weight.

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Light Carbon Fiber Michigan 2019 191

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2013

Advanced driver technologies, including a five-position Drive Mode Selector that tailors 12 vehicle attributes to the fit the driver’s environment. The 2014 Corvette Stingray coupe goes on sale in the third quarter of 2013. The greater torsional rigidity of the frame reduces unwanted noise and improves ride and handling.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 22, 2013

If you're a fan of electric cars, there's a fair chance BMW's i3 urban electric car is one of the vehicles you're most looking forward to in 2013. When it goes on sale in the fourth quarter of 2013, it's set to be one of the most advanced vehicles on the road--not least for its lightweight carbon-fiber reinforced plastic chassis.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2016

Aluminum components, including the hood and brake calipers, help keep vehicle weight in check. Additional weight savings come from a Toyota-made lightweight carbon-fiber rear hatch. The system can also reverse the vehicle into a perpendicular space and automatically steer it out of a parallel space.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2015

Although China still lags behind other leading automotive nations in terms of the share of xEVs in total vehicle sales, in 2014 it became the second-biggest global market for xEVs in absolute terms. Sales of xEVs doubled in China in Q1 2015 from Q1 2014. Overall rankings. Korea is in third place behind Japan and France.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

It also featured large air intakes at the bottom and carbon fiber side skirts, adding to the sedan’s sporty design. BYD Yangwang specs leaked ahead of launch According to information released by China’s MIIT earlier this month in its latest NEV’s exempt from the vehicle purchase tax catalog, BYD is gearing up to launch the Yangwang U7.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2011

Turbo ecoFLEX natural gas version has been fitted with gas tanks made of composite material including carbon fiber. The vehicle uses 4.7 In the case of 100% biogas propulsion, the carbon foot print is almost zero. The extended CNG range of the seven-seat vehicle represents an improvement of around 25% on its predecessor.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 10, 2024

After overtaking Tesla as the global EV sales leader in the last three months of 2023, BYD continues to expand. Including plug-in hybrids, or “new energy vehicles,” as BYD calls them, the company sold over 3 million vehicles. It also featured large air intakes and carbon fiber side skirts. But it won’t be cheap.

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BYD Carbon Fiber SUV Cheap 52

Clean Fleet Report

JULY 4, 2023

The C63 AMG offers Mercedes Benz carbon fiber inserts, genuine sport seats, multifunctional steering wheels, illuminated door sills, not to mention fascinating AMG rims, which have become a staple offering in this class of cars. Then again, there is no need to wait until these cars go on sale in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 14, 2015

He said that more than 12 new performance vehicles would be introduced through 2020. The stunning Ford GT—which received the EyesOn Design Award at NAIAS for best production vehicle—serves as a technology showcase for top EcoBoost engine performance, aerodynamics and lightweight carbon fiber construction.

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Shelby Ford F-150 Carbon Fiber 150

The Truth About Cars

JUNE 12, 2023

Over the last couple of decades, the Nissan Altima has become the butt of countless online jokes and is now generally considered the most wretchedly disposable of US-market motor vehicles. The unrelated Nissan Prairie was given Stanza Wagon badges here, while Violet-based Stanzas remained on sale here through the 1989 model year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2020

Globally, by 2025, Audi is aiming to have 30 electrified models on sale, with 20 of those vehicles fully electric. In the US, Audi has already introduced five production models: the Audi Q5 TFSI e, A7 TFSI e and A8 TFSI e plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV) as well as the e-tron all-electric SUV and upcoming e-tron Sportback.

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Audi SUV Concept All-Electric 300

Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

As the sales page explains, “The body and hull are molded from carbon fiber. For those that want to take a risk on an Arosa, the Maryland-based company Vonmercier is taking US $1,000 deposits towards a 2024 vehicle, which they claim will be ready within four months of payment.

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Mariner Carbon Fiber Maryland MPH 52

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Also, due to the separator’s superior resistance to oxidation, it enables high capacity and energy density for liquid-electrolyte cylindrical LIBs used in products including PCs and vehicles. Teijin’s sales target for its separator business is ¥20 billion (US$260 million) by the year 2020. to sell both separators. billion (US$10.6

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Li-ion Commercial South Korea Carbon Fiber 231

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2009

Toyota’s targeted cost reductions in fuel cell vehicles. In a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda said that the company plans to begin mass production of electric vehicles in the US in 2012, followed by US production of fuel cell vehicles in 2015. Source: Toyota.

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