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Audi opens power-to-gas facility in Werlte/Emsland; e-gas from water, green electricity and CO2

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Water and oxygen are the only by-products. Audi notes that its e-gas project transcends the needs of the automobile industry and shows how large amounts of green electricity can be stored efficiently and independently of location by transforming it into methane gas and storing it in the natural gas network.

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Honda develops new paint technology that shortens painting process; to be introduced at Yorii Plant in July 2013

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Paint)” process, a highly-functional painting technology that eliminates a middle coating process from a commonly used 4-coat/3-bake auto body painting process to realize a 3-coat/2-bake water-based painting process. Moreover, in addition to the Honda S.E.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Population Growth: The world population is expected to grow to 8.4

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CATL-SC officially launches operation of phase 1 of $4.7B Yibin traction battery production project

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The rich water resources in Yibin can also satisfy the company’s carbon-emission reduction requirements in manufacturing, eventually helping to achieve carbon-neutrality throughout the life cycle of traction batteries. —Liu Zhongbo, secretary of the Yibin Municipal Party Committee.

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Toshiba launches 20Ah-HP SCiB rechargeable Li-ion battery; high energy and high power

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For example, depending on the customer's system, water cooling can be simplified to forced air cooling, and forced air cooling simplified to natural cooling. Toshiba expects to see the new cell deployed in automobiles, industrial equipment, and storage battery systems.

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Volkswagen Group to invest more than €9.8 billion in China by 2015; efficient products and production

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The seven new plants will set new standards for sustainable automobile production. The new paint shops which are planned alone will use 70% less energy and 90% less water as a result of the introduction of highly innovative dry paint mist separation processes.

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LichtBlick begins installing home combined heat and power plants powered by VW 2.0L EcoBlue gas engine

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The heat which is generated will be stored and will be available for local space heating and hot water supplies. Partnership with LichtBlick is in line with our component strategy, which is to develop future-oriented business areas closely related to the automobile industry. The successful launch in Hamburg is a major milestone.