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Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 24, 2020
A large number of components in automobiles are made from plastics; these have to meet exacting safety, heat-resistance and quality requirements. That is why, so far, only petroleum-based materials have been suitable for manufacturing plastic components in automobiles that are subjected to particularly intensive wear.
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 6, 2009
they use all the economic, environmental and social resources considered in a value-creating way. A carmaker creates positive (or negative) Sustainable Value if it earns a higher (or lower) return than its peers with its available economic, environmental and social resources. Click to enlarge. GM achieved a sustainable value of -€9.87
Green Car Congress
JUNE 14, 2022
In the future, Schaeffler will supply beam axles to automobile manufacturers, particularly in North America. Heat is a scarce and valuable resource in electric cars, which do not have the waste heat from internal combustion engines for heating the interior, for example. Axles like these are more than two meters wide.
Baua Electric
APRIL 9, 2024
The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM) collaborated with the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to organise a ‘Circularity Workshop’ on ‘Extended Producer Responsibility Regime: An Innovative Policy Tool for Fostering a Sustainable Circular Economy in the Automotive Industry.’
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 22, 2014
PME= palm oil methyl ester, RME = rapeseed methyl ester, SME = soy methyl ester, WME = waste cooking oil methyl ester, FTD = Fischer-Tropsch diesel, HBD = hydrogenated biodiesel. JAMA cites the poor oxidation stability of high-level biodiesel blends, highlighted in the JATOP findings, in sticking with B5 levels. —JAMA.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 26, 2015
The Energy Commission also approved almost $16 million in research grants to help develop the next generation of energy efficient technologies for commercial and residential buildings; $11 million for projects to convert feedstock and waste into biofuels; and about $900,000 for natural gas innovations. Plug-in electric vehicles.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2012
Some technologies need additional research to become commercially viable, including waste heat recovery devices, electromechanical valve actuation, low-friction lubricants and some lightweight materials. Strong policies are needed to ensure that the full potential of these technologies is achieved over the next 10 to 20 years.
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