Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 9, 2021
Ford has become the first automaker to use 100% recycled ocean plastics to produce automotive parts. The strength and durability of the nylon material equals that of previously used petroleum-based parts but with a 10% cost savings and requiring less energy to produce.
Green Car Congress
JULY 4, 2020
An important lever for this is the adjustment and realignment of capacity within its global production network. In light of future high investments, especially in electrification and digitalization, we are consistently implementing measures to increase efficiency. The Hambach plant launched operations on October 27, 1997.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 23, 2021
While front-end processing transforms a raw 200mm or 300mm silicon wafer into thousands of dice, each die needs to be packaged to provide a complete IC that can be soldered onto a circuit board to be part of an electronics control unit (ECU). Global Light Vehicle Production Forecast Implications. This represents an 8.3%
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 25, 2020
Global automotive Tier 1 manufacturer Motherson Group is collaborating with Israeli cleantech company UBQ Materials. The companies are joining efforts to implement the carbon-negative UBQ thermoplastic ( earlier post ) into auto parts manufactured by Motherson Group for the automotive industry. Polymers typically emit 1.9
Green Car Congress
MAY 12, 2017
Researchers at Brunel University London are developing a new generation of ultra-light car parts that will reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions. The aim is to perfect incredibly light, thin-walled aluminium die-cast parts for future Jaguar Land Rover vehicles, which could be used for shock absorption, chassis parts or door closures.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 13, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two new proposed federal emissions standards spanning light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for model year 2027 and beyond. The light-duty vehicle category includes passenger cars and light trucks consistent with previous EPA criteria pollutant and GHG rules.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 13, 2023
General Motors plans to invest $632 million in Fort Wayne Assembly to prepare the plant for production of the next-generation internal combustion engine (ICE) full-size light-duty trucks. The announcement brings GM’s US manufacturing and parts distribution facility investment commitments to more than $31.6 billion since 2013.
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