Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

As a strong indication of its growing presence in North America, Mahindra Automotive North America (MANA) has opened a new North American HQ and manufacturing operation in the Detroit area—the first such new OEM facility in Southeast Michigan in more than 25 years.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Hyundai Motor North America (HMNA) and Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc., The new safety facility is a first of its kind by an OEM in North America that is dedicated to field safety. The new safety facility is a first of its kind by an OEM in North America that is dedicated to field safety.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2021

Ford announced a new global battery center of excellence—called Ford Ion Park—to accelerate research and development of battery and battery cell technology, including future battery manufacturing. In North America, the Ford Mustang Mach-E already has found early sales success. This 200,000 sq.-ft.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

The heart of GM’s strategy is a modular propulsion system and a highly flexible, third-generation global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries. Motors designed in-house will support front-wheel drive, rear-wheel drive, all-wheel drive and performance all-wheel drive applications. Photo by Steve Fecht for General Motors).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Plug Power, a provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, and Nikola Corporation, a developer of zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, have entered a strategic relationship focused on moving the hydrogen economy forward.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2023

Effenco’s Hybrid Electric solution eliminates the need to run engines when trucks are stationary. The SuperBattery technology also enables vehicle design optimization and ensures no thermal runaways occur. As a first step, the plan is to implement in New York City and Paris before being made available globally.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2023

This is the first commercial contract for a grid-scale SMR in North America. The BWRX-300 is a 300 MWe water-cooled, natural circulation Small Modular Reactor (SMR) with passive safety systems that leverages the design and licensing basis of GEH’s US NRC-certified ESBWR.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded Hyundai America Technical Center $4.95 The project is part of Hyundai’s advanced engine technology strategy and is planned to be used in future production vehicles as both stand-alone (engine only) and hybrid (PHEV, MHEV) configurations.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America (MBRDNA) is opening a lab in Seattle, the organization’s sixth. Mercedes-Benz' global network of Research and Development facilities is kept continuously up-to-date, with 25 locations in 11 countries.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2021

Aemetis awarded an engineering services contract to Worley for the Aemetis ‘Carbon Zero’ renewable jet and diesel plant in Riverbank, California. The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2013

liter engine with Valvematic technology; improved aerodynamics; and low rolling resistance tires. l/100km) due to to the new Valvematic engine combined with a newly developed Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). liter, all-aluminum four-cylinder engines. The 2014 Corolla offers two 1.8-liter, The base 1.8-liter

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

liter EcoBoost (direct injection plus turbocharging) engine. liter EcoBoost is a quiet, smooth-running engine that develops roughly the same output as a 1.6-liter liter EcoBoost is a quiet, smooth-running engine that develops roughly the same output as a 1.6-liter The smallest engine available in its class, Ford’s 1.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2022

kWh/100 km (53-kWh battery with 2WD, 18-inch tires), IONIQ 6 will be one of the most energy-efficient electric vehicles (EV) on the market when it goes on sale later this year in select markets in Europe and next year in North America. With WLTP-rated energy consumption as low as 13.9 The vehicle’s drag coefficient of 0.21

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2022

LMC will retain a presence in Lordstown, Ohio along with engineering and technical centers, as well as corporate staff, in Farmington Hills, Mich. The new joint venture will be called MIH EV Design LLC and will be 55% owned by Foxconn and 45% by LMC. and Irvine, Calif.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2021

has awarded an engineering services contract to Worley for the Aemetis “Carbon Zero” renewable jet and diesel plant in Riverbank, California. The Aemetis Carbon Zero renewable jet and diesel project is designed to hydrotreat renewable oils with hydrogen from orchard and forest wood waste. Aemetis, Inc.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2010

Ford will introduce nine new or upgraded engines and six new transmissions in North America this year as part of a five-year effort to overhaul its entire global powertrain portfolio. One of the advanced and fuel-efficient North American powertrains will be the 2012 Ford Focus’ all-new normally aspirated 2.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2021

China-based DESTEN, an ultra-fast charging battery pack and solution provider, has developed an ultra-fast charging solution alongside a DESTEN-designed and -engineered electric car which can charge from 0% to 80% state of charge in 4 minutes and 40 seconds. With UN 38.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2021

The integration provides an expanded global presence with 16 facilities in North America, Asia and Europe to serve the global customer base with a robust manufacturing footprint producing over 100 million components and assemblies annually. The world automotive market is going through a period of fundamental change.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

The fully redesigned model will be rolled out to global markets starting from North America in early 2019. The all-new Mazda3 adopts Mazda’s new Skyactiv-Vehicle Architecture, designed to enable people to make the most of their natural sense of balance. is the diesel engine offering for the new Mazda3.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

is partnering with Colorado-based Lightning Systems, a global developer of zero-emission drivetrains. Plug Power provides the world’s largest service and support network of certified fuel-cell service technicians deployed throughout North America. Plug Power Inc.

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JUNE 9, 2022

liter, direct and port fueled injection, inline 4-cylinder gasoline engine commonly used in the Camry line of vehicles. The “Dynamic Force Engine” achieves one of the world’s best thermal efficiencies of 40% in gasoline powered vehicles according to Toyota. The Toyota 2.5L

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2010

Ford will begin applying start-stop technology—currently used in Ford hybrids and some Ford cars in Europe—in conventional cars, crossovers and SUVs in North America in 2012. The fuel-saving system eventually will be offered in all of Ford’s global markets. Ford is the leading domestic producer of start-stop systems.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2018

The Rüsselsheim Engineering Center will take on the global responsibility for the development of the next-generation of high-efficiency gasoline engines for all Groupe PSA brands (Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles, Opel and Vauxhall). —Opel’s Managing Director Engineering, Christian Müller. Restraint systems.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2013

By 2022, total global annual sales for light duty stop-start vehicles (SSVs) will exceed 55 million, accounting for 54.3% sold in North America will have the stop-start feature, Navigant projects. The rate of adoption in North America will be growing steadily, according to Navigant’s report, with 29.0%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Honda continued the expansion of its manufacturing operations in North America with the production start of the redesigned 2015 Honda Fit at a new, automobile plant of Honda de Mexico, S.A. The start-up of the Celaya Plant increases Honda’s annual automobile production capacity in North America to approximately 1.92

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2010

The Ford C-MAX in North America will offer a 1.6-liter liter I-4 EcoBoost engine; Ford earlier this year indicated that the 1.6-liter Approximately one-third of Ford’s US engine volume is I-4, as customers opt for more fuel economy and lower emissions. A global Ford design, the 1.6-liter Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Global market scope – including North America, Europe, China, and India. The Fisker and Foxconn partnership brings together two global leaders in innovation that will join forces to unlock the potential of the electric vehicle industry. Foxconn to manufacture the vehicle at projected annual volumes of more than 250,000.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2014

The automotive turbocharging industry will generate $12 billion in revenue by equipping 49 million vehicles with turbochargers annually by 2019, according to Honeywell Turbo Technologies’ 2014 Global Turbo Forecast. In addition to improving fuel efficiency, downsized turbocharged engines also reduce harmful exhaust emissions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Volvo Autonomous Solutions and Aurora revealed a prototype of Volvo Trucks’ flagship, long-haul VNL model, integrated with the Aurora Driver technology, representing an important step towards launching fully autonomous Class 8 trucks commercially in North America.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Volkswagen plans to connect its production facilities in Chattanooga (TN), Puebla and Silao (Mexico) with the global Industrial Cloud initiative from the Volkswagen Group and Amazon Web Services (AWS). The three Volkswagen locations in North America are expected to be connected by the end of the year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2013

EcoBoost engine. liter EcoBoost engine into its lineup. The new engine will be first introduced in China in the all-new Ford Mondeo, making its public debut later this month at Auto Shanghai 2013 ( earlier post ), with applications following in the Fusion sedan in North America this year, and later the new Mondeo in Europe.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2013

This year’s event showcased developments in advanced manufacturing processes, user-friendly automotive technologies and advanced vehicle designs at the ATC. Among the areas of emphasis were: GM’s Global Battery Systems Lab in Shanghai is one of GM’s three key battery testing facilities worldwide.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2020

General Motors and Honda have agreed to develop jointly two all-new electric vehicles for Honda, based on GM’s highly flexible global EV platform powered by proprietary Ultium batteries. The exteriors and interiors of the new EVs will be exclusively designed by Honda, and the platform will be engineered to support Honda’s driving character.

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Electric Auto Association

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Meet the 17 members from across North America who have been nominated for the 2022 National Electric Auto Association (EAA) Board, and will be voted on by members in early November. I've also designed and led some of the first equity-centered EV projects which have gone on to inform numerous other equity-centered efforts.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2015

To mark the 10 th anniversary of the foundation of GM Powertrain Europe Turin, GM President Dan Ammann visited the engineering site and announced plans to strengthen the collaboration with the Politecnico di Torino, further expanding the engineering development center. liter diesel engine starting from the second half of 2015.

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JANUARY 10, 2024

Space Hub Concept - Photo credit: Honda Honda announced the upcoming launch of the Honda 0 Series, a new electric vehicle (EV) series set for release in North America in 2026, with subsequent introductions planned for other global markets. These models highlight Honda's approach to EV design and technology.

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JANUARY 19, 2022

liter turbocharged, four-cylinder engine and TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic transmission for maximum efficiency and capability. The Jeep Grand Cherokee 4xe is scheduled to arrive in North America early this year and in global markets later in 2022. liter, Pentastar V-6, gasoline engine.

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