Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Japan’s auto industry must succeed in building passenger vehicles. To this end, manufacturers must participate in auto-racing to test their vehicles’ durability and performance and display their utmost performance. —Kiichiro Toyoda, Founder of Toyota Motor Corporation (March, 1952).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2021

To develop the questions, they worked in close collaboration with leaders in the auto industry. Lithium-ion batteries enabled the earliest EVs and they remain the most common power supply for the latest models coming off assembly lines. —Wang et al. Wang, Eric Kazyak, Neil P. 2021.04.001.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Stellantis appears to be strengthening its ties in China’s automotive industry. Stellantis recently repurchased €934 million in shares from Chinese auto company Dongfeng as per a pre-existing share repurchase framework. The post Stellantis strengthens ties with China’s auto industry appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Honda is teaming up with ANA (All Nippon Airways) at the request of HySUT (The Research Association of Hydrogen Supply/Utilization Technology) to offer the FCX Clarity fuel cell vehicle as a limo service to passengers on international flights at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport from 5 September 2011.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

General Motors (GM) and GlobalFoundries (GF) have entered a strategic, long-term agreement establishing a dedicated capacity corridor exclusively for GM’s chip supply. We see our semiconductor requirements more than doubling over the next several years as vehicles become technology platforms.

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Electrek

JUNE 28, 2021

Tesla has signed a new long-term battery cell agreement with CATL, China’s biggest battery manufacturer, amid the race to secure a large battery supply in the auto industry. more… The post Tesla signs new battery cell agreement with CATL in race to secure large battery supply appeared first on Electrek.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

In the long term, the energy density needs for electric aviation far outstrip the goals of current DOE and industry investments, requiring strategic thinking around the best approaches to enable this future. The targets for aviation are still preliminary, and more analysis is needed to ascertain the targets.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2022

Broadly, the investments announced focus on the development of production facilities, technology, EV batteries, new product and securing future raw material supply (primarily semiconductors and battery materials). Automakers need to be tech-efficient to combat technology rivals invading the auto industry.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 8, 2023

The concept of vehicles being intelligent devices is relatively new, and it has largely come as a result of Tesla’s contributions to the auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2009

But the most immediate and pervasive risk to the economy is a wholesale collapse of the automotive supply base, Grant Thornton LLP partner Laura Marcero told the Automotive Press Association in Detroit. Meanwhile, adding further downside pressure is that banks in many cases are working to reduce their exposure to the auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 29, 2021

China has the most comprehensive system of demand- and supply-side policies and has extended its consumer incentives and is implementing stronger EV regulations. Great promotional events and bold aspirational statements by the domestic auto industry can’t mask the facts. This is a huge missed opportunity. —Nic Lutsey.

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CN EV Post

JANUARY 3, 2023

"I am very confident that in the near future, China supply chain and the auto industry will return to normal," Li said. The post NIO's William Li expects China's auto industry chain to stabilize by March or April appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2023

and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) announced the creation of SiliconAuto, a 50/50 joint venture dedicated to designing and selling a family of state-of-the-art semiconductors to supply the automotive industry, including Stellantis, starting in 2026. Stellantis N.V. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This is sorely needed, and no one else in the auto industry has anything like it. Ford and other potential industrial partners have both a defined short-term need as well as the longer term research need for energy storage materials and systems. —Ted Miller, Ford’s manager of battery research. This way, we all win.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2012

Plug-in electric vehicles will play a critical role for the global auto industry to cope with issues related to fuel supply and environmental sustainability. China, the largest auto production and consumption market, has explicitly made alternative energy vehicle development a state strategy. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2022

Volvo Cars said that as the supply chain constraints continue to slowly ease, production is improving month over month. Supply shortages will remain a constraining factor for Volvo Cars and the auto industry. Supply shortages will remain a constraining factor for Volvo Cars and the auto industry.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

The head of mobility for Bosch warns the world needs an alternative to lithium-ion batteries in order to avoid a supply disruption.

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Teslarati

JULY 22, 2021

The CHIPS Act would establish investments and incentives to support semiconductor manufacturing, research & development, and supply chain security in the United States. The Tesla Model S Plaid’s initial production was delayed due to chip supply shortages. “I am engaging almost daily with industry.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2010

According to some auto industry estimates, electric vehicle (EV) batteries that can no longer charge to approximately 80% of their original capacity may be candidates for replacement. Duke Energy will provide engineering design support for battery installations, as well as supply test sites and personnel.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2021

While the domestic manufacturing capacities of electric vehicles and of lithium-ion battery cells have grown rapidly in the US in recent years, unfortunately the domestic production capacities of the battery metals that supply these operations have not kept pace.

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EV Specifications

JUNE 20, 2023

Stellantis and Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn) announced the creation of SiliconAuto, a 50/50 joint venture dedicated to designing and selling a family of state-of-the-art semiconductors to supply the automotive industry, including Stellantis, starting in 2026.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2009

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, the University of Kentucky (UK) and University of Louisville (U of L) are partnering with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory to establish a national Battery Manufacturing R&D Center to help develop and deploy a domestic supply of advanced battery technologies for vehicle applications.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2022

Our research reflects a welcome recognition by the auto industry that sustainability involves more than merely reducing road emissions, revealing an understanding of the whole-lifecycle manufacturing and material impact of vehicles. —Ignazio Dentici, VP Global eMobility Industry for Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2010

The raise comes at a time when capital is scarce, the auto industry is struggling and the global economy is just beginning to rebound. Fisker Automotive earlier last week signed a multi-year supply agreement with A123 Systems for the lithium-ion batteries that will power the Karma. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2020

The auto industry is poorly prepared for such supply chain shocks because many operations run on a ‘just-in-time’ basis, with very limited numbers of stockpiled parts. Automakers and suppliers must prepare for lower sales, lower profits and disrupted supply chains throughout the coming year. —Mike Vousden.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The facilities will be led by teams of industry-leading researchers, designers and engineers located in close proximity to automakers’ manufacturing sites in North America, China and Europe. As the facilities come online, cross-regional teams will be in place to ramp up product development in critical stages for the auto industry.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2020

The COVID-19 has hit the Chinese EV sector hard; CRU, a provider of business intelligence on the global metals, mining and fertilizer industries, believes that weak sales will last at least until early Q2 2020. for the whole Chinese auto industry. EV sales in China dropped 75.2% y/y in February, with a decline of 79.1%

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

A123 Systems has expanded its business development partnership with IHI Corporation, one of the largest industrial equipment manufacturers in Japan. A123 will license its battery system technology to IHI, which will develop solutions for passenger and commercial electric vehicles in Japan using A123 battery cells.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2019

For the former, the main-chamber mixture is pushed into the pre-chamber by compression stroke through the tiny holes; and for the latter, additional fueling is supplied to the pre-chamber to facilitate leaner operation of the main combustion chamber. Both passive and active pre-chambers are being considered. —Li Qiao.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2017

Solstice yf was developed to meet the needs of the automotive industry to replace R-134a, the most widely used auto refrigerant. R-134a is a hydrofluorocarbon (HFC), which many governments and industries have been looking at phasing out since the early 2000s. Solstice yf has a GWP of less than 1—lower than CO 2 and 99.9%

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Starting out from traditional valve train systems for internal combustion engines, around ten years ago we started developing and industrializing new products for electric powertrains. thyssenkrupp is one of the leading suppliers and engineering partners to the international auto industry.

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Teslarati

APRIL 4, 2022

More broadly, we’ve seen Tesla execute incredibly well in a challenging supply chain environment as well,” he added. Rosner also pointed out that Tesla’s year-over-year growth was notable, given that the global auto industry is down on a year-over-year basis.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 17, 2024

The partnership comes as the European auto industry readies for a “battery passport” that will trace the content and carbon footprint of EV cells sold in Europe. Circulor CEO Douglas Johnson-Poensgen said the company was currently talking to companies up and down the EV battery cell supply chain.

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Electrek

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

The automaker is apparently getting ahead of current supply chain issues plaguing the auto industry. According to a new analysis from Wedbush, Tesla (TSLA) is expected to reach 1.3 million deliveries in 2022. more… The post Tesla (TSLA) is expected to reach 1.3 million deliveries in 2022 appeared first on Electrek.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 18, 2021

This year was filled with challenges for the vast majority of the auto industry. The pandemic continues, supply chain woes haven’t slowed down, and chip shortages are plaguing most automakers globally. Meanwhile, Tesla has battled on — as it always does. Looking ahead, 2022 could continue to present challenges.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2012

However, currently all of these are tied to a simple 12V on-board power supply. The car of today has to step-up from a simple 12 Volt on-board power supply to 42V or a proposed 48V power-net, in order to support all new systems and applications for enhanced performance, thereby demanding a massive investment across the entire ecosystem.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

The investment positions Aleris to meet anticipated significant growth in North American automotive demand as the industry pursues broader aluminum use for the production of lighter, more fuel-efficient vehicles. The material can be supplied in coil, sheet or shaped blanks (such as trapezoidal and radials).

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