Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2022

million metric tons of electronic waste in 2019, up more than 21% over five years, according to the United Nations’ most recent assessment. Only about 17% of that e-waste was recycled, and what happens to the rest can be detrimental for both human health and privacy. The world generated a record 53.6 We have so, so, so many devices.

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JANUARY 27, 2022

Bentley Motors will launch five new electric cars from 2025. Moreover, Bentley is investigating using sustainable biofuel in fleet cars, including Bentley’s iconic Heritage Collection. Bentley expects more than 20% of sales this year will come from Bentley’s hybrid cars. Bentley also revealed a £2.5-billion billion (US$3.4-billion)

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Japanese authorities have been pumping that water into a vast array of tanks on-site: currently over a thousand tanks, and adding around one new tank per week. Now, Japanese authorities are preparing to release that water into the Pacific Ocean. Before they do that, they'll treat the water to cleanse it of radioactive contaminants.

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AUGUST 27, 2016

General Motors is adding 2 million water bottles from Flint, Michigan residents into its Do Your Part water bottle recycling initiative. GM Global Manager of Waste Reduction John Bradburn demonstrates the Chevrolet Equinox engine insulation made from used water bottles from several GM facilities. An estimated 1.2

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 9, 2024

But now it says it will rely heavily on hydrogen fuel cells generated from plastic, food, and organic waste to power a whole new generation of EVs, from passenger cars to heavy-duty trucks. Rather than plugging in the vehicle as you would for a battery-electric car, hydrogen fuel cells rely on compressed hydrogen.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 2, 2022

He imagined a shower head that would sense when the person showering moved out from under the stream of water. The shower head would then automatically turn the water off, turning it back on again when the person moved back into range. With such a device, he thought, people could enjoy a long shower without wasting water.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2022

Faulty car windows often go in the recycling bin when the cracked part cannot be fixed. A closed material circuit does not yet exist for damaged car glass. Using an innovative recycling process, the car windows are first broken into small pieces. That plate glass is then turned into a new car window.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin, Monash University (Australia) and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Australia have recently discovered a new, efficient way to extract lithium and other metals and minerals from water. Produced water from shale gas fields in Texas is rich in lithium.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 12, 2024

Volvo Car India has announced the inauguration of a state-of-the-art bodyshop in Mumbai. Operated under the guidance of KIFS Volvo Cars, this modern facility leverages high-end technology and embraces sustainability to deliver unmatched service to customers, the company shared.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2012

Opcon, in collaboration with Wallenius Marine, recently completed the first reference installation of its Waste Heat Recovery technology for ocean-going vessels in a project supported by the Swedish Energy Agency. The Opcon systems generate electricity from low-value waste heat in the vessel’s steam and cooling system. Earlier post.)

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JULY 2, 2021

Waste tires have been used mainly for recovering energy sources; only small proportions of the carbon black contained in these tires are recycled, since mineral ash accounts for around 20% of its content. Around three kilograms of carbon black—also known as industrial soot—are found in a standard car tire. © Fraunhofer IBP.

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AUGUST 19, 2023

Lamborghini unveiled the Lanzador electric concept at Monterey Car Week—a vision of a future purely-electric fourth series production Lamborghini. The series production car based on the fourth model concept will be built in Sant'Agata Bolognese and, to this end, Lamborghini is planning to expand the site and hire additional employees.

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MAY 3, 2023

megawatts (MW) of electricity—enough to power Toyota Logistics Services Center—and will add renewable electricity to the grid, as well as produce roughly 1,400 gallons of water a day that will be used for car-washing operations. The fuel cells will also produce a net 2.3

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Teslarati

APRIL 15, 2022

Just a few weeks since it was formally opened, Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin was faced with its first potential crisis: a water-polluting liquid leak. The substance was fully caught and gathered in a collection tank at Giga Berlin, and it was later pumped out by an approved waste disposal company. “No

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2014

Seven major European research institutes (Fraunhofer, CEA, TNO, VTT, SINTEF, Tecnalia and SP) have joined forces to invest in a joint program (Value from Waste) aimed at tackling the recycling of rare earth metals from waste. The aim is to extract valuable materials from the waste streams. —Odd Løvhaugen. 2012.12.037.

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

Based on this clear decision made as part of its Vorsprung 2030 corporate strategy, Audi is now taking steps to prepare its global facilities for the production of all-electric cars. Production of all-electric cars will gradually start in Neckarsulm, San José Chiapa, and Győr as well. Assembling the Audi e-tron GT at Böllinger Höfe.

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Teslarati

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Tesla plans to expand Gigafactory Berlin to double its annual production capacity from 500,000 units to 1 million cars. High tech not only in production – at Giga Berlin we recycle up to 100% of our process water in our state-of-the-art waste water treatment plant.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2016

General Motors is turning its employees’ recycled water bottles into a noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine. Given its drive to zero waste, all of GM’s global facilities recycle their water bottles. Given its drive to zero waste, all of GM’s global facilities recycle their water bottles.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2012

Borla will combine this with its diesel exhaust technology to create a low-cost, novel system that doubles as a device to extract potable water from diesel and other internal combustion exhaust. For the recovery of previously wasted energy from relatively low temperature (. industrial process streams, and solid oxide fuel cells.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2014

The Dearman project is to deliver a production-feasible waste-heat recovery system for urban commercial vehicles, which offers life-cycle CO 2 savings of up to 40%; fuel savings of 25%, with the potential of up to almost 50%; and potential payback in less than three years. Engines Vehicle Systems Waste Heat Recovery' Earlier post. ).

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Waste Engine Land Rover Transportation 246

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2023

million cars from the road each year. Cement provides structural support; functions as a barrier that helps prevent corrosion of the steel casing; and blocks oil, gas, or water from traveling through the annulus (the space between the wellbore and the casing). Cement is also used during well abandonment or intervention operations.

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AUGUST 4, 2016

The new Ford EcoBlue diesel engine production line at Dagenham Engine Plant will reduce water and energy consumption by more than 50%. Water usage per engine will be among the lowest at any Ford manufacturing facility worldwide, delivering an anticipated annual saving of 17.5 The all-new 2.0-liter

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

At the 17 th Supercharging conference this week in Dresden, Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) will launch what it says is the first water-cooled electric supercharger developed for “quasi-continuous” boosting of commercial diesel engines, including those developed for off highway applications. Cobra electric supercharger. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 24, 2022

The filters prevent tire wear particles and other environmentally harmful substances from being washed into sewers and bodies of water along with rainwater. Tire and road wear particles are generated as a result of every car ride. The filters contribute to a continuous improvement of the water quality and relieve rivers and lakes.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2010

A team at the University of Leeds (UK) is investigating hydrogen production from waste tires using a two-stage pyrolysis-gasification reactor and Ni-Mg-Al (1:1:1) catalyst. The generation rate of waste tires is increasing, especially with the continued increase in production of cars and trucks, the authors note.

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JANUARY 10, 2023

Liquids will be neutralised by addition of limestone and disposed into approved waste-water systems. As part of its Dare Forward 2030 strategic plan, Stellantis plans to reach 100% of passenger car BEV sales mix in Europe and 50% passenger car and light-duty truck BEV sales mix in the United States by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Heating energy and water consumption per car are reduced by 20%. Air recirculation also helps to reduce CO₂‑emissions per painted car by 30%, while the cleaning of exhaust air reduces emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by 90%. Five‑percent less waste (paint sludge) is created for each car that is painted.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2023

Only 60 percent of the fuel today is consumed by individual car traffic. When talking about phasing out of combustion engines, it is referred to car engines only. In spite of increasing electric mobility in the transport sector, we will continue to need liquid fuels for a long time. Scheme of the planned process network.

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MAY 27, 2022

The lab has since adapted the process to convert plastic waste into graphene and to extract precious metals from electronic waste. When that new car is old, the foam can be flashed into graphene again. Ford sent us 10 pounds of mixed plastic waste from a vehicle shredding facility. That’s with only 0.1% —James Tour.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 27, 2021

It's become painfully obvious over the past few years just how difficult fully autonomous cars are. The public demo in Amsterdam kicks off tomorrow, and by the end of 2021, the hope is to have two boats in the water.

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JUNE 25, 2013

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. Customers can order a quota of e-gas when they purchase the car. This gives it a total range of some 1,300 kilometers (808 miles).

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Audi has developed two new e-fuels using different waste materials. These combine salt or waste water with waste CO2, sunlight and special genetically modified microorganisms suspended in pipes. The German manufacturer has buddied up with US-based fuels specialist Joule to produce e-ethanol and e-diesel.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

Basic operation of the Opcon Powerbox ORC waste heat recovery system. Opcon, the Sweden-based energy and environmental technology Group, will install an Opcon Powerbox—an Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) waste heat recovery system—on one of Wallenius’ ships. Tags: Ports and Marine Waste Heat Recovery. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 23, 2022

100% of waste at Aston Martin is already successfully diverted from landfill, with a target to eliminate all plastic packaging waste at Aston Martin within three years. strategy also targets the reduction of water consumption by 15%, maximization of sustainable materials and enhancement of biodiversity across all sites.

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MAY 22, 2017

SAIC General Motors Corporation Limited (SAIC-GM), a joint venture between General Motors Company and SAIC Motor, has upgraded its car coating line at its Jinqiao South plant, which opened in 2003. Henkel team with first treated car body after the brownfield conversion. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 31, 2017

South African engineering company Swayana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LanzaTech to collaborate on developing projects for the production of ethanol and higher value products from waste gases in the ferroalloy and titania smelting sectors.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

C using waste heat from a nearby geothermal plant to release the CO 2 molecules. Water from the Hellisheiði power plant then flows through the facility and transports the carbon dioxide roughly 2,000 meters below the surface of the Earth. The water returns to the cycle of the geothermal power plant.

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