Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

Volkswagen Group executives laid out the basics of the new Group strategy “NEW AUTO – Mobility for Generations to Come”, which will see the Group realign from being a from vehicle manufacturer to a leading, global software-driven mobility provider. Like the MEB today, the SSP will be open to other auto manufacturers.

Manufacturer 435

Manufacturer Auto Fleet Future 435

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2020

Volkswagen has begun conversion of its Emden, Germany plant to support the production of Evs; the first electric cars are to roll off the production line there from 2022. With the conversion of our plant at Emden into a production location for electric vehicles, Volkswagen is forcing the pace of system change.

Conversion 389

Conversion Production All-Electric Germany 389

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2022

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Group (MCHG) will increase the production capacity of natural graphite anode material from 2,000 tons/year to 12,000 tons/year at its Chinese subsidiary Qingdao Anode Kasei and affiliated company Qingdao Lingda Kasei. The production line is scheduled to start operation in the first half of fiscal 2023.

Mitsubishi 319

Mitsubishi Production Europe Mozambique 319

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 4, 2025

BMW has launched a new website that catalogs every model it manufactured between 1928 and 2008. Most cars come listed with photos, production history, relevant features, specifications, and a short description of why it was relevant to BMW. Its suitable for fans of the brand who want to take a trip into the past.

2008 112

2008 BMW Production Automobile 112

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. The new assembly in Munich will be built on the site currently used for engine production. The expansion of electromobility in the production network continues. Sustainability in production.

BMW 396

BMW Engine Production South Africa 396

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2023

Honda celebrated production of the 30-millionth engine built at the company’s Anna Engine Plant in Ohio with the production of the newly refined 2.0-liter While Honda initially indicated production would start in 2026, in April, Honda announced that it will pull forward EV production in Ohio to 2025. Earlier post.)

Honda 305

Honda Engine Ohio Acura 305

Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2022

Toyota Motor Corporation , and Toyota Tsusho Corporation established the Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels (Research Association) to study ways to optimize the process of producing fuel. Specific research areas are as follows: Research on Efficient Ethanol Production Systems.

Automobile 243

Automobile Fuel Japan Companies 243

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

DS Automobiles, a Stellantis brand, has unveiled the E-TENSE PERFORMANCE prototype as a high-performance testbed for coming DS production designs. Since its launch in 2014, DS Automobiles has put electrification at the heart of its strategy. From 2024, every new DS Automobiles design will be only 100% electric.

Automobile 195

Automobile Future Production Cars 195

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2022

a wholly-owned Honda subsidiary in China, announced that Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Aiming to begin production in 2024, the new dedicated EV plant will be built in Wuhan Economic Development Zone in Hubei Province, China, with a lot size of 630,000 square meters, and a basic annual production capacity of 120,000 units.

Honda 326

Honda Building Production Automobile 326

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.

Kits 410

Kits Audi Oil Automobile 410

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

DENSO Corporation and BlackBerry Limite announced the first integrated HMI (Human Machine Interface) digital cockpit system with BlackBerry QNX technology has shipped in the first vehicles by Japanese automotive manufacturer, Subaru. —John Wall, SVP and General Manager of BlackBerry QNX.

Automobile 236

Automobile 2019 Automobile Manufacturer United States 236

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

the parent company of the Tokyo-based specialty chemicals group Toyo Ink Group, has established a new manufacturing subsidiary, LioChem e-Materials LLC, for the production of Lioaccum conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions used in lithium-ion battery (LiB) cathodes. Toyo Ink SC Holdings Co., in Georgia. in Georgia.

Production 273

Production North America Georgia Lithium Ion 273

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 24, 2025

The latest of these are reports that the Dundee Engine Plant in Michigan will be retooled to manufacture the entire HEMI V8 family by August. Originally developed when the Chrysler legacy brands were still being operated under the purview of Daimler-Benz, the HEMI motors saw continued improvements under Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA).

Michigan 113

Michigan Engine Production Chrysler 113

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2018

To prepare for this growth, the company unveiled plans for two major new facilities: a brand-new building near its original automobile factory for expanding fuel cell (FC) stack mass production, and a new line in an existing plant to manufacture high-pressure hydrogen tanks. Expanding sales.

Hydrogen 321

Hydrogen 2020 Toyota Fuel 321

Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2019

BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) has become the first automobile manufacturer to enable full 5G wireless coverage at all its plants. This means that networked machines and systems can exchange data in real time, for instance, and align themselves even better with the production process. Full 5G coverage, transfer rate of 1 Gbps.

BMW 278

BMW China Production Automobile Manufacturer 278

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2021

Archer, a manufacturer of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) have entered into a definitive agreement to enable Archer to benefit from access to FCA’s low-cost supply chain, advanced composite material capabilities, and engineering and design experience. trillion by 2040.

Production 243

Production Chrysler Available Today Low Cost 243

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2019

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS in Dresden have developed a new battery cell production process that coats the electrodes of the energy storage cells with a dry film instead of liquid chemicals. Manufacturers can eliminate toxic and expensive solvents and save energy costs during drying.

Low Cost 339

Low Cost Production Energy Storage Polymer 339

Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2022

a wholly-owned Honda subsidiary in China, a{announced} that GAC Honda Automobile Co., GAC Honda’s dedicated EV production plant will be newly constructed on a 400,000 m 2 lot within the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., 240,000.

Honda 259

Honda Production Automobile China 259

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2020

LG Chem will invest about 65 billion KRW (US$ 53 million) by Q1 of next year to expand the production of carbon nanotubes (CNT) by 1,200 tons at its Yeosu plant in Korea. Once the expansion is made, LG Chem will have a total production capacity of 1,700 tons.

Carbon 337

Carbon Lithium Ion Production Batteries 337

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group (HMG) entered into an agreement with the State of Georgia to build its first dedicated full electric vehicle and battery manufacturing facilities in the US. The new EV plant and battery manufacturing facilities represent an investment of approximately US$5.54

Georgia 435

Georgia Hyundai Building Motors 435

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2020

The CMA platform, co-developed by Volvo Cars and Zhejiang Geely Holding (Geely), is an example of the joint development, production and procurement achieved since Geely’s acquisition of Volvo Cars on 2 August 2010. Geely Automobile, controlled by Zhejiang Geely Holding, also produce vehicles on the CMA platform. billion (US$1.6

Volvo 410

Volvo Vehicles Recharge Cars 410

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Fujitsu Limited and Toyota Systems Corporation launched a new automobile production instruction system at Toyota Motor Corporation’s Tsutsumi plant leveraging Fujitsu’s Quantum-Inspired Digital Annealer technology.

Automobile 150

Automobile Toyota Production Japan 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Toyocolor, the colorants and functional materials arm of the specialty chemicals company Toyo Ink Group of Japan, announced that the company’s Lioaccum conductive carbon nanotube (CNT) dispersions ( earlier post ) have been selected by the world’s largest battery manufacturer CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., in Guangdong, China.

Carbon 457

Carbon Li-ion Japan Batteries 457

Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2022

With its proven fuel cell technology utilized in Hyundai FCEVs, HTWO is expanding the provision of fuel cell technology to other automobile OEMs and non-automobile sectors to make hydrogen available for everything. Hyundai fuel cell system. (1). Fuel Cell Stack. 2) Fuel Processing System.

Hydrogen 435

Hydrogen Hyundai Fuel Europe 435

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2021

The platform, comprising hardware and software services, will be available to all automobile players in Thailand looking to accelerate their production and sales of EVs in Thailand and elsewhere in the ASEAN region. PTT is a Thai state-owned oil and gas company and the largest publicly listed conglomerate in Thailand.

Thailand 334

Thailand Building Automobile Gas-Electric 334

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2021

The parties intend that the joint venture will establish a new battery manufacturing facility that will help power Stellantis’ goal of realizing more than 40% of its sales in the US composed of electrified vehicles by 2030.

Li-ion 305

Li-ion America Batteries Battery 305

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2022

AVTOVAZ manufactures cars for two brands: LADA and Renault. The LADA products are in the B, B+, SUV and LCV segments and comprise five model families: Vesta, XRAY, Largus, Granta and Niva. AVTOVAZ Group is part of the Dacia-LADA business unit with the Group Renault structure.

Russia 432

Russia Ukraine Dealers Automobile 432

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2022

In cooperation with a premium OEM, the Düsseldorf-based technology group has now presented this product in a prototype testbed vehicle. Further development work with other leading automobile manufacturers is already underway. Rheinmetall has developed a new glass fiber suspension spring.

Automobile Manufacturer 448

Automobile Manufacturer Installation Automobile Germany 448

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Mass production will start in 2019 in Nidec’s new dedicated 66,000 m 2 factory in the Pinghu Economic Development Zone near Shanghai. Although the traction motor system will be launched in the Chinese market first, Nidec plans to make the product available to European automobile manufacturers as well in the near future.

Motor 309

Motor Motors Motoring Poland 309

Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2020

Enovix replaces electrode winding in a standard pouch lithium-ion battery production process with proprietary laser patterning and high-speed stacking tools to increase line MWh capacity by 30%. —Harrold Rust, Enovix co-founder and CEO. Enovix has also signed new agreements with two additional portable electronics companies.

Lithium Ion 416

Lithium Ion Market Automobile Manufacturer Batteries 416

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2021

AUDI AG is the first automobile maker to be awarded the Chain of Custody certificate of the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI). The common aim of the stakeholders is to make aluminum production as sustainable as possible and to achieve greater transparency in the aluminum sector.

Audi 243

Audi Manufacturer Automobile Cars 243

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 15, 2020

This highly anticipated vehicle will be the first automobile in the world to incorporate this grade of steel, which is made at AM/NS Calvert in Alabama. —Michael Lizak, ArcelorMittal global technology coordinator for Ford at Automotive Product Applications R&D.

Ford 418

Ford Alabama Chicago Grant 418

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2021

As the first of the 10 models, the mass-production model based on the Honda SUV e:prototype is scheduled to go on sale in spring 2022. Including hybrid-electric vehicles, it will strive to electrify 100% of its automobile unit sales in Japan by 2030. The company plans to introduce 10 Honda-brand EV models within five years.

Honda 400

Honda America Sale North America 400

Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2020

Toyota Motor and five Chinese OEMs—China FAW Corporation Limited (FAW); Dongfeng Motor Corporation (DFM); Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., GAC Group); Beijing Automotive Group Co., BAIC Group); and Beijing SinoHytec Co., — signed a joint venture agreement for the establishment of United Fuel Cell System R&D (Beijing) Co.,

Chinese 405

Chinese Commercial China Toyota 405

Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2023

This paradox requires equivalent supply and demand-side policies to simultaneously reduce power and transportation sector emissions and emissions of aluminum production, the report says. DPA supports the domestic production of strategic materials, including aluminum, used in large-capacity batteries used in EVs and military systems.

Production 225

Production Tax Credit Electric Electrical 225

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2021

The first phase of the traction battery production project of Sichuan Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited (CATL-SC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of CATL, is now in operation. Featuring higher efficiency, the Yibin production base will deliver supporting services to OEM partners not only in China, but also around the world.

Production 221

Production Batteries Battery Automobile Industry 221

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2020

Teijin has joined the AZL Partner Network for Lightweight Production Technology , a cross-industry network for joint business development and technology development organized by service and engineering provider AZL Aachen GmbH and involving nine institutes and some 80 companies in the field of lightweight production.

Czech Republic 221

Czech Republic Production Carbon Fiber Portugal 221