Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Electric vehicles are one of the most powerful climate solutions today—but also one of the most under-utilized. We can all see that there is growing demand for proof of what is in our batteries and our vehicles. It’s clear that we need to create a circular battery economy in order to build a responsible, electrified future.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Japanese technology company Asahi Kasei will showcase diversified material solutions for safe and compact EV batteries, improved connectivity and lightweighting, as well as circular economy at Fakuma , the world’s leading trade event for industrial plastics processing, from 17 - 21 October 2023 in Friedrichshafen, Germany.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2022

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have conducted a cradle-to-grave life cycle GHG assessment of model year 2020 ICEV, HEV, and BEV sedans, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and pickup trucks in the United States. —first author and Center for Sustainable Systems Research Specialist Max Woody. Woody et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2022

Manufacture of the small-series hydrogen-powered vehicle is taking place in the pilot plant at its Munich Research and Innovation Centre (FIZ). Around 900 people work there in the body shop, assembly, model engineering, concept vehicle construction and additive manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its annual Automotive Trends Report , which shows that model year (MY) 2021 vehicle fuel economy remained at a record high—but flat with MY 2020 fuel economy—while CO 2 emission levels reached a new record low. Estimated real-world fuel economy and CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2021

Within the United States, domestic freight is dominated by heavy vehicles, which handle approximately 81% of the total freight weight and nearly 86% of the total value of freight shipments. Future reductions in petroleum use and carbon emissions will rely heavily upon improved heavy vehicle freight efficiency. —Jason Ortega.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Developing lithium from the Salton Sea in California can help anchor a multi-billion dollar domestic electric vehicle battery supply chain and inject thousands of jobs and billions of dollars into California’s economically disadvantaged Imperial Valley, according to a new report from New Energy Nexus. Source: New Energy Nexus.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

Sanctioning Russian nickel will slow the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and hinder the decarbonization of Western economies, according to GlobalData. Now is a critical time for EV adoption, as advanced economies aim to accelerate the decarbonization process.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

Hankuk Carbon Co Ltd, a manufacturer of advanced composite materials, has formed a strategic joint-partnership with Dymag, a manufacturer of carbon composite wheels, to enable the mass production of high-performance carbon composite wheels for the world’s leading automotive OEMs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

As a result, EVR’s electric motors, are expected to be supplied to vehicle manufacturers in multiple categories from the second half of 2023. Both the RSB Group and EKA Mobility agreements see EVR developing electric motors for Light Commercial Vehicles using its Trapezoidal Stator RFPM (TS-RFPM) topology.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2022

liter, twin-turbo, inline, six-cylinder engine, named Hurricane, that delivers better fuel economy and fewer emissions than larger engines while at the same time generates more horsepower and torque than many competitors’ naturally aspirated V-8 and boosted six-cylinder power plants. Stellantis revealed its new, 3.0-liter, of torque).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2021

Green hydrogen and fuel cells are—across all modes of transport—a great addition to pure battery vehicles. That is why we also support fuel cell technology as well as vehicle and component manufacturers, so as not to miss the boat internationally. —Federal Minister of Economics Peter Altmaier.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2020

million Ingenium engines at its Engine Manufacturing Center in Wolverhampton, UK. The UK manufacturer is now adding a new straight-six diesel to the family. Developed and manufactured in-house in the UK, Jaguar and Land Rover’s all-aluminium Ingenium engine designs are modular, flexible and scalable, with common core technologies.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

C2G emissions are a sum of WTW emissions and emissions associated with vehicle manufacturing. The vehicle manufacturing cycle includes impacts of raw material extraction, vehicle parts production, assembly, as well as its disposal and related materials recycling processes. Source: DOE program record Nº 21003.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2023

It will initially supply the plant in order to test the fuel cells of the Renault Master H2-TECH vehicles marketed by HYVIA as well as the hydrogen refueling stations. As such, our electrolyzer is part of the development of skills that HYVIA brings to the Renault Group Refactory in Flins, dedicated to the circular economy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2022

Toyota will invest $383 million in four of its US manufacturing plants—in Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee—to support the production of four-cylinder engines, including options for hybrid electric vehicles. Toyota customers want vehicles that are fuel-efficient and electrified. 222 million.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Plug Power, a provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, and Nikola Corporation, a developer of zero-emissions transportation and energy supply and infrastructure solutions, have entered a strategic relationship focused on moving the hydrogen economy forward.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2020

Commercial electric vehicle manufacturer Lightning Systems is lowering the prices of its 2021 battery and fuel cell electric vehicles by 10 to 50% for Class 3 to Class 8 vehicles. In-cab display enhancements in all vehicles. Faster DC fast charging systems. —Tim Reeser, CEO of Lightning Systems.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. billion BlueOvalSK Battery Park—creating 5,000 jobs. Ford Blue Oval City.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The proceeds of the bond will be used to fund the design, development and manufacturing of fully electric cars in line with the company’s recently established Green Finance Framework. The financial community has a critical role to play in supporting sustainable development, including the transition to a low carbon economy.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2023

The BMW Group is heading up a new project that explores the circular economy in automotive manufacturing. The company is working with representatives from the recycling industry, commodity processors and academia to work on ways of improving the quality of secondary raw materials obtained from recycling end-of-life vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

One of the first results of that collaboration has been installing and commissioning the first 50 kW charging station for electric vehicles with an energy storage system based on Irizar e-mobility second-life batteries. It provides a second life to electric bus batteries and promotes sustainability and the circular economy.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Octillion will open a local battery factory inside FNM’s facility to lower manufacturing and logistics costs. FNM was founded in 1942 and was the first truck manufacturer in Brazil. Octillion is a turnkey battery supplier for the transportation market providing its customers with a bridge from design to manufacturing.

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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

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Mated with a responsive new transmission, the 2022 Rogue delivers improved power, best-in-class gasoline-engine fuel economy, most standard torque of any gasoline engine in its class and a more thrilling driving experience. —Steve Marsh, senior vice president, Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management, Nissan North America.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2020

BloombergNEF has issued a research note highlighting some of the likely effects of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak over the next year on the transition to a clean economy: including renewable power, energy storage, electric vehicles, heating, cooling and the circular economy. Chart: BloombergNEF.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Extending vehicle life and usage is at the heart of the Stellantis Circular Economy Business Unit, which is leading the initiative in collaboration with the Commercial Vehicle Business Unit and the Stellantis Ventures Studio. —Alison Jones, Stellantis Senior Vice President, Circular Economy Business Unit.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Around 20% of supply chain CO 2 emissions for a mid-sized fully-electric vehicle are attributable to steel— which comes in third, after battery cells and aluminum. This manufacturing process has significant potential for CO 2 savings, compared to coal-based steel production in a blast furnace.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2022

The road transport sector could still reach net-zero emissions by 2050 through electrification, but urgent action would be required from policymakers and industry participants, according to research company BloombergNEF’s (BNEF) latest annual Long-Term Electric Vehicle Outlook (EVO). million sold in 2021 to 21 million in 2025.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Further, the aluminum top hat can meet or exceed performance criteria while using the same package space as steel, offering an opportunity for weight savings that translates into improved fuel economy and lower emissions on an internal combustion engine vehicle, or greater performance and range or reduced battery size for electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2021

The Volkswagen Group Components plant in Braunschweig is significantly expanding its production of battery systems for the latest electric vehicle generation. SEAT Mii electric, ŠKODA Citigoe iV and as well as for hybrid vehicles such as the Volkswagen Golf GTE. Highly automated: manufacturing of the battery systems for the ID.3

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group will collaborate with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly to research and develop an advanced fuel for an ultra lean-burn, spark-ignition engine that aims to lower the overall carbon dioxide emissions of a vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2021

After several years of development, Bosch is now starting volume production of silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors to supply automotive manufacturers worldwide. In the future, an increasing number of production vehicles will feature these chips. Compared with today’s 6-inch wafers, this will deliver sizeable economies of scale.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2021

Global demand for critical minerals is increasing to support the transition to a low emissions global economy. The critical minerals list is a result of collaboration with other federal departments, exploration, mining and manufacturing industries, and extensive consultation with the provinces and territories over a period of five months.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2021

Rio Tinto and InoBat, a European battery technology and manufacturing company, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to accelerate the establishment of a “cradle-to-cradle” battery manufacturing and recycling value chain in Serbia.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 15, 2022

The agreement was signed as part of the strategic alliance between Volkswagen and Ford, which includes e-mobility, commercial vehicles and autonomous driving. Designed as an open vehicle platform, the MEB (Modular Electric Toolkit) allows car manufacturers to electrify their portfolio quickly and cost-effectively.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2023

The demand for domestically produced and sustainably sourced battery metals has grown at a near insatiable rate over recent years, as the domestic manufacturing capacity of lithium-ion batteries has grown exponentially from less than 50 GWh/year to now more than 700 GWh/year of operational and announced capacity.

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