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Michelin doesn’t want you to buy as many EV tires

Baua Electric

It’s made with recycled steel, recycled carbon black from end-of-life tires, with silica from pulverized rice husks, as well as some natural resins and oils—including from orange peel for higher efficiency. Even the lighter oil can be used to create resins used in the tires.

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[PRESS RELEASE] Emissions Reduction Plan: Electric Vehicles will drive a low emissions future

Drive Electric

Drive Electric Chair Mark Gilbert says, “If you watch the global automotive market – we’ve been seeing for some time that EV technology will replace petrol and diesel cars. Globally, more than $400 billion has been invested in the EV sector in the last decade. THE EMISSIONS REDUCTION PLAN SUPPORTS WIDESPREAD ADOPTION OF EVs.

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

Green Car Congress

The authors note that other leading manufacturers including Porsche, KIA or Chinese manufacturers are still not producing sufficient sustainability performance data.). Economic crisis, energy crisis, climate crisis and recent global developments have affected the automobile industry like few other sectors. billion from 1999 to 2007.

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

Green Cars News

Disappointingly, the report also found that leading manufacturers including Porsche, KIA and some Chinese manufacturers are still not producing sufficient sustainability performance data. FIAT Auto consistently falls behind throughout the entire review period.

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As An EV Maker, What Does It Take to Win the EV Race?

Get Electric Vehicle

Author: Alwin Antony We know for a fact that there is a race going on in the electrification of automobiles globally. This entails reducing carbon emissions, conserving natural resources, and minimising environmental impact throughout the entire vehicle lifecycle. Now moving on to the next critical factor. #5

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Auto Racing Test Drives Its Own EV Future

Cars That Think

Formula E , the FIA’s offshoot of the global spectacle that is Formula 1 , has gone from awkward baby steps to sprint-level speed in just eight years. Björn Föerster, Porsche A remorseless stopwatch comparison of Formula E—the current state-of-the-art in racing EVs—vs. F1 doesn’t flatter the battery brigade.

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Gallium Nitride and Silicon Carbide Fight for Green Tech Domination

Cars That Think

In just two decades, the share of the global lighting market held by gallium-nitride-based light-emitting diodes has gone from zero to more than 50 percent, according to a study by the International Energy Agency. Each wafer contains hundreds of state-of-the-art power transistors Peter Adams This revolution is nowhere near done.

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