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Audi and partners piloting project to turn faulty car glass into new windowpanes for the Audi Q4 e-tron

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This Volkswagen subsidiary organizes the disposal of parts that are no longer needed from Volkswagen AG workshops. In the next recycling step after the glass recyclate has been processed and all possible waste materials have been removed, Saint-Gobain Glass turns it into plate glass in Herzogenrath, Germany.

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Volvo Car India unveils new bodyshop in Mumbai | Autocar Professional

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Equipped with advanced crash repair and body measurement systems, the workshop ensures precise evaluations and streamlined repairs for various Volvo car models and body structures. It also implements effective waste water management and water conservation practices, reflecting Volvo’s commitment to eco-friendly operations.

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SEAT aims to reduce its environmental footprint by 50% by 2025

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By the end of 2016, the company had already improved its five major environmental indicators (energy and water consumption, as well as the generation of waste, volatile compounds and CO 2 ) by 33.6%. less waste and 16.2% Energy and water consumption have been reduced by 21.7% In addition, the company has generated 41.4%

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Tesla formally wins final environmental approval to open Gigafactory Berlin

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The facility also includes battery cell production, an operational wastewater treatment plant, a fire brigade equipment house, a high-bay warehouse, as well as laboratories and workshops,” the press release read. . These are highlighted by the mammoth size of its approval documents, which comprise over 23,700 pages in 66 files.

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Renault 2010 Environment Workshop, Part 1: Combustion Engine Technology and Product Plans

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Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. When the engine starts from cold, the valve is closed and prevents water from circulating around the combustion chambers. This causes the engine to warm up more quickly.

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Interim assessment finds Volkswagen’s “Think Blue. Factory.” program reduced resource consumption by average 24.3% since 2011

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The Volkswagen foundry in Hanover uses waste heat from the cooling system in various applications such as heating offices in winter or to heat up drinking water. The Emden, Polkowice, Hanover, Kassel and Pune plants are focusing on energy recovery.

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Refugees are up-cycling their discarded life jackets and dinghies

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Lesvos Solidarity is a non-profit organisation that not only provides medical support and shelter, but also hosts workshops for refugees in which they up-cycle things such as life jackets and dinghies that pile up on the shores of Lesvos and tell the story of their harrowing journeys across the Aegean sea from Turkey. “