Green Car Congress

MARCH 18, 2017

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat for a third straight year in 2016 even as the global economy grew, according to the International Energy Agency. In 2016, renewables supplied more than half the global electricity demand growth, with hydro accounting for half of that share.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2023

This novel pathway will provide one more option to address the global need to produce and make SAF available globally and help the aviation industry decarbonize. The Alcohol to Jet Synthetic Paraffinic Kerosene pathway (ATJ-SPK) has been certified in 2016 as meeting international standards for jet fuel.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

According to a new report from Navigant Research ( Market Data: EV Geographic Forecasts ), 2017 sales of PEVs in North America are on track to be 50% greater than in 2016. Part of this slowdown is simply the increase in the year-over-year denominator; another part is the likely phaseout of government subsidies in the first half of the 2020s.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2020

This proposed action would align US standards with the international CO 2 emissions standards adopted by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in 2017, making domestically manufactured aircraft competitive in the global marketplace. These are same types of airplanes covered by the international aircraft CO 2 standard.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2018

The BMW Group thus has become the first international auto maker to obtain the Autonomous Driving road test license in China, marking a big step on its path to Autonomous Driving. This achievement underlines BMW Group’s leading role in the development of autonomous driving in the Chinese automotive industry.

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Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 22, 2024

In 2016, nearly 200 countries ratified the Paris Agreement, an international treaty to reduce emissions and slow global warming. The electricity to charge EVs also has to reduce its GHGs Achieving net-zero emissions means assisting the industries most responsible for environmental impact. aims to achieve net-zero emissions.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2015

Alcoa recently completed the acquisition of RTI International Metals, Inc., Contracts that underpin RTI’s growth include the recently announced contract with Airbus for finished titanium structural supply parts for the new A350-1000 aircraft program. The merger was announced 9 March.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2018

KULR Technology has reached agreement with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to be the exclusive manufacturing and distribution partner for the patented Internal Short Circuit (ISC) device which causes predictable battery cell failures in lithium-ion batteries, making them easier to study and, therefore, safer. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2017

How it is possible for the price of oil to go both up and not up, and what would that mean for the oil industry? In fact, we have been highlighting this threat to the energy industry in articles since 2015, for example here , here , here and here.) Why an oil price spike would be bad for the industry. We will explain.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2016

a subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc., the largest heavy-duty transit bus and motor coach manufacturer and parts distributor in North America, is adding the 2016 Cummins Westport ISL G Near Zero engine ( earlier post ) to its Xcelsior bus family. Flyer of America Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2022

Geely Holding has provided two Geely Auto Emgrand methanol sedans ( earlier post ) and the world’s first M100 heavy truck to Danish partners as part of the long-term trial. The company has launched more than 20 methanol vehicles and obtained more than 256 patents for methanol technologies.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2023

Traceability is becoming a critical function in the EV industry, thanks to the “Buy American” requirements of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), and similar provisions in the EU’s new Battery Directive. Sustainability is another issue driving the increasing importance of traceability in our industry.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2014

One will be a PHEV version of the new Chrysler Town & Country minivan to be introduced in 2016; the second will be a PHEV version of a new full-size crossover vehicle to be introduced in 2017. FCA will launch a PHEV minivan in 2016 to comply with ZEV requirements. Several mild hybrid applications will come to market shortly thereafter.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 30, 2019

Less coal was used to produce heat and electricity but this was offset by higher industrial and transport emissions, the latter increasing for the fourth consecutive year. in 2017 compared with 2016. Emissions from international aviation increased substantially as a result of higher demand and consumption of jet kerosene.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Global infrastructure consulting firm AECOM signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Spanish renewables group Iberdrola, and Italian partners Cinque International and Ancitel Energy and Environment, to upgrade Italy’s historic Apennine diesel railway with hydrogen trains.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. will be exhibited at the 2016 Guangzhou International Auto Parts & Accessories Exhibition to be held in Guangzhou, China later this month. FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru automobiles, will debut its EyeSight driver assist technology in China.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2020

The Viking Energy supply vessel will in the contract period be part of a research project developing, installing and testing long-distance sailing propelled by a carbon-free-ammonia-fueled 2 MW solid-oxide fuel-cell (SOFC) system. A significant part of the project will be the scale up of a 100-kilowatt fuel cell to 2 megawatts.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2022

Through UP.Labs, Porsche secures access to international talents and their know-how. The aim is to further enhance Porsche’s position in the current transformation phase of the automotive industry in the long term. We want to strengthen our existing, broad-based startup ecosystem with an external growth engine. —Lutz Meschke.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2013

Opel is launching three new engine families and 13 new engines between 2012 and 2016, renewing 80% of its engine portfolio. billion) through 2016—is beginning the renewal of its powertrain portfolio now with the introduction of all-new 1.6-liter CDTI also returned the best figures in testing at part-load/2,000 rpm.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2014

Magna Exteriors, an operating unit of Magna International, has been awarded new business to supply painted automotive body panels made from carbon fiber composite material for two 2016 model-year vehicles. This effort followed the successful collaboration between Magna and Zoltek to develop CFS-Z carbon fiber sheet molding compound.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

The system will be piloted on board a Royal Caribbean International vessel. In October 2016, Royal Caribbean announced that its newest class of ships would be powered by LNG and would likely introduce the use of fuel cell technology. ABB will deliver the first fuel cell system to provide an energy source for a luxury cruise ship.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 23, 2017

The most significant developments over the course of 2016 at a glance: The percentage of people who say they use carsharing one or more times per week increased from 16 to 19 percent. percent over the year 2016. The percentage of those surveyed who use carsharing services several times a day jumped by 60 percent.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Furthermore, Siemens tested a new blade design with a completely revised and improved internal cooling geometry manufactured using the AM technology. Siemens acquired a majority stake (85%) in Materials Solutions in August 2016. The blades were installed in a Siemens SGT-400 industrial gas turbine with a capacity of 13 megawatts (MW).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

—Glen Peters, a Research Director at the CICERO Center for International Climate Research. to 3.2%], primarily due to an increase in international aviation, but oil use remains below 2019 levels and have not fully recovered from the COVID19 pandemic in 2020. parts per million, 51% above its pre-industrial level.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

the 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions company, will preview demonstrations of next-generation manufacturing technologies at IMTS 2016 (International Manufacturing Technology Show, 12-17 September) as part of its SHAPING WHAT’S NEXT vision for manufacturing. Stratasys Ltd., Stratasys Infinite-Build 3D Demonstrator.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

An internationally renowned aeronautics engineer, Dr. Shin will lead the company into a new era of developing smart mobility products within the aviation industry. Urban Air Mobility may become an important part of the integrated mobility solution for ever-increasing traffic problems in mega cities around the world.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

In May 2016, OPM and Hexcel announced an initial strategic investment from Hexcel of $15 million. OPM Aerospace & Industrial utilizes Hexcel carbon fiber in the production of OPM’S 3D printed OXFAB–ESD advanced thermoplastic structural parts for its aerospace, satellite & defense programs. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2014

million investment will position the company to further capture growing demand for advanced jet engine parts. building expansion will be located at the Thermatech plant in Whitehall where it produces thermal coated parts that enable engines to run at higher temperatures, boosting engine efficiencies. The 7,700 sq.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 15, 2022

BYD has been part of these processes, focusing on innovation and bringing to Chile the technology that will help build a sustainable ecosystem in the country. A goal of the national and international call was to increase the production of lithium in Chile to meet the growing global demand from electromobility.

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EV Connect

MARCH 8, 2021

The demand for EVs certainly exists, but that is only one part of the equation. According to industry statistics, the European Union had 224,538 fully functional public charging stations, as of the end of 2020. A project began in 2016 to build stations all up and down the Queensland coastline. Get in touch today.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

FP GreenFleet, the clean transportation manufacturing, sales and service division of First Priority Global, will serve as a vehicle builder for EDI customers requiring volume builds, beginning with initial production orders in the latter part of 2016.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

The NO 2 can then be easily converted into nitric acid, a multi-billion dollar industry with uses including agricultural fertilizer for crops; rocket propellant and nylon. The internal empty spaces in MOFs can be vast for their size; one gram of material can have a surface area equivalent to a soccer field.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

The light metal foundry also works with shaping sand cores, among other methods, to manufacture cast parts. It meets the standards of the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI), an international non-profit organisation supported by environmental and industrial associations, NGOs, aluminum producers and processing companies.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 24, 2016

On the eve of the 2016 Beijing International Automobile Exhibition, Toyota announced that it will launch plug-in hybrid versions of the Corolla and Levin—two mass-market models, both of which have conventional hybrid variants—in China during 2018. Click to enlarge. and Sinogy Toyota Automotive Energy System Co.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

AvtoVAZ, the largest automaker based in Russia, a part of Rostec Corporation, introduced three new LADA concept cars at the Moscow International Motor Show 2014. Production is scheduled to start in 2016 in Togliatti. Eight holding companies operate in the defense-industry complex and five of them are involved in civil sectors.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

In 2016, Germany launched a 3-year study of oxymethylene ethers (OME) as clean diesel fuels with €800,000 (US$894,000). Now, researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) as part of a separate project—the xME-Diesel project—have tested how OMEs behave in engines and have developed an optimized combustion process.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2016

ContiTech has supplied the entire engine mounting system for the 2016 Chevrolet Malibu. We were able to replace all the internal components with much lighter polyamide versions. Only one steel component has been retained, and the crash-relevant parts are still made of aluminum because of the limited installation space.

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