article thumbnail

Suzuki and Toyota to explore business partnership; environment, safety, and information technology

Green Car Congress

Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) and Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) have agreed to start exploring ideas that are directed towards a business partnership. Toyota and Suzuki will also be open to other companies regarding this collaboration idea, and aims for standardization in the industry.

Suzuki 150
article thumbnail

Study finds high-density, low-rise cities such as Paris may be optimal urban form for reducing life cycle GHG emissions

Green Car Congress

A study by researchers at CU Boulder and Edinburgh Napier University finds that high-density, low-rise environments such as those found in Paris are the optimal urban form when looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over their whole life cycle. There is a growing belief that building taller and denser is better. —Pomponi et al.

Emissions 476
article thumbnail

Delhi startup develops air-purifying motorcycle helmet

Green Car Congress

kg helmet ensures exposure reduction by more than 80% as measured using a controlled environment. The founders of Shellios Technolabs hit upon the idea on realizing the challenges faced by bikers during the air quality crisis that Delhi faces in the winter months.

article thumbnail

Toyota develops storage module for 70 MPa automotive hydrogen tanks; transportation of H2, other applications

Green Car Congress

However, using the same tanks in a variety of types of applications requires meeting different safety standards and adjusting to each environment. Conceptual model of hydrogen tank storage module. For this reason, they are not currently used for a wide range of purposes. This is also connected to the development of this conceptual model.

Hydrogen 457
article thumbnail

Argonne researchers developing multifunctional farm landscapes balancing economy, bioenergy and environment

Green Car Congress

In collaboration with the farming community of the Indian Creek Watershed in central Illinois, researchers from Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) are finding ways to meet three agrarian land management objectives simultaneously: maximizing a farmer’s production; growing feedstock for bioenergy; and protecting the environment.

article thumbnail

Toyota and Suzuki conclude memorandum toward business partnership; environment and safety, IT and mutual supply of products and components

Green Car Congress

Toyota and Suzuki have agreed to start exploring ideas directed toward business partnership on 12 October 2016. Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) have concluded a memorandum on beginning concrete examinations for business partnership.

Suzuki 150
article thumbnail

Nissan using second-life LEAF batteries in factory AGVs

Green Car Congress

Nissan was exploring new ways to reuse its Nissan LEAF batteries, and hit upon the idea of using them in AGVs. Last year, they took this idea to a new level by using repurposed battery modules, instead of new ones, to power AGVs. The first-generation LEAF was fitted with a 24-kilowatt-hour battery pack comprising 48 modules.

Nissan 343