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Porsche launches two new cogen plants running on biogas in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen

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Porsche has launched two new cogeneration plants in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen to enhance its environmentally friendly energy mix and close the remaining gap to CO 2 neutral production of the fully electric Taycan in Zuffenhausen. —Albrecht Reimold, Member of the Executive Board for Production and Logistics at Porsche.

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€7M German project to develop processes and demand scenarios for the mass production of synthetic fuels; “Refineries for Future”

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—Professor Nicolaus Dahmen from KIT’s Institute of Catalysis Research and Technology (IKFT) and head of REF4FU The REF4FU project is therefore aimed at developing, testing, and standardizing 100% renewable fuels for all transport sectors, including water and air traffic. Scheme of the planned process network.

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Volkswagen Group says environmental impact per produced vehicle down 37% from 2010

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—Oliver Blume, Member of the Board of Management of the Volkswagen Group and Chairman of the Board of Porsche AG. Generated waste. From 2010 to the end of 2019, the environmental impact per produced vehicle is expected to drop by more than 37%. —Oliver Blume. Solvent use.

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

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The authors note that other leading manufacturers including Porsche, KIA or Chinese manufacturers are still not producing sufficient sustainability performance data.). The ranking of the 17 manufacturers based on the Sustainable Value Margin. Click to enlarge.

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Japanese carmakers still ‘most sustainable’

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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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Is Elon Musk Back In “Production Hell” With Tesla’s 4680 Battery?

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Each jelly-roll cell packs in more active battery material, and less wasted space in metal casing. One Springpower invention , described by Musk and Baglino at Battery Day, uses recirculation to skip the step of treating contaminated water in cathode production—up to 4,000 gallons of effluent for every ton of cathode material.

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Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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To ignore this potential is wasteful and foolish. Furthermore, even the older version PHEV can recharge at a slow rate using local solar, wind, water-derived or other net zero CO 2 fuel. It is wasteful and destructive to be burning this versatile molecule; we must stop. For an extended discussion see Appendix C).

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