GM employees Al Hildreth, global energy manager, left; Erin Lawrence, associate energy engineer; and Brian Wilger, senior environmental engineer, explored the L’Oreal factory. (Photo: GM) What do a car factory and a cosmetics factory have in common? More than you might expect. General Motors Co. and L’Oreal USA temporarily swapped energy management teams earlier this… Continue reading GM swaps factories with L’Oreal on energy-savings quest
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US military is looking for security holes in autonomous driving
The US Department of Defense wants to close the security holes in their own vehicles. To one security risk In the military vehicles to avoid looking at the Light Armored Vehicles (LAV) for vulnerabilities in networking and control. US cyber defense. Source: meritalk Thus, one is currently looking for incident defense systems that should protect… Continue reading US military is looking for security holes in autonomous driving
Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi joins DiDi Chuxing in DiDi Auto Alliance
World’s leading automotive alliance joins DiDi to pursue new mobility solutions in China Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, the world’s leading automotive alliance, today announced it is one of the partners of DiDi Auto Alliance (the D-Alliance), which was formed by DiDi Chuxing (‘DiDi’), the top Chinese mobile transportation platform. The DiDi Auto Alliance is an intelligent ride-sharing alliance… Continue reading Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi joins DiDi Chuxing in DiDi Auto Alliance
KDB, GM set to sign initial funding deal for U.S. carmaker’s Korean unit this week
By Choi Kyong-ae SEOUL, April 24 (Yonhap) — General Motors Corp. and the state-run Korea Development Bank, the two biggest shareholders of GM Korea Co., are set to sign an initial funding agreement this week to help GM’s Korean unit stay afloat, the two companies said Tuesday. The KDB is expected to sign a preliminary… Continue reading KDB, GM set to sign initial funding deal for U.S. carmaker’s Korean unit this week
No improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars in 2017
Image © Mason Jones on Unsplash According to provisional data, the average CO2 emissions of a new car sold in the EU rose by 0.4 g/km last year to 118.5g/km. Since 2010, when monitoring started under current EU legislation, official emissions have decreased by 22 g CO2/km (16 %). Further improvements need to be achieved by manufacturers… Continue reading No improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars in 2017
CO2 passengers cars v15 (elastic data viewer)
This website has limited functionality with javascript off. Please make sure javascript is enabled in your browser. Link to external data file Elastic table viewer that allows to slice and download the CO2 passengers cars data from 2017 The link address is: http://co2cars.apps.eea.europa.eu Permalinks Go to Source
Monitoring of CO2 emissions from passenger cars – Regulation (EC) No 443/2009
European data Monitoring of CO2 emissions from passenger cars – Data 2017 – Provisional data [+] Show table definition (records: 494123) Field name Field Definition Data type Primary key ID Identification number integer Yes MS Member state varchar(2) No Mp Manufacturer pooling varchar(50) No VFN Vehicle family identification number varchar(25) No Mh Manufacturer name… Continue reading Monitoring of CO2 emissions from passenger cars – Regulation (EC) No 443/2009
Coventry-built electric taxis to start taking fares across the city
GM Recognizes Top Suppliers for Performance, Quality and Innovation
General Motors recognized its most innovative partners at its 26th Supplier of the Year awards ceremony on April 20 in Orlando, Florida. Recipients of the Supplier of the Year award include 125 suppliers from 17 countries, with 16 first-time winners, as well as eleven companies who earned GM’s Innovation Award, Overdrive Award and Customer of… Continue reading GM Recognizes Top Suppliers for Performance, Quality and Innovation
Brits’ dependence on commercial vehicles revealed as new research shows 9 in 10 would be worse off without them
Almost 9 in 10 (88%) British consumers say reduced or restricted services from CV-driven services would significantly affect their quality of life. New survey shows extent of British people’s reliance on CVs for their day-to-day lives, with 46% recognising they benefitted in some form in the last 24 hours. Rubbish collection, online deliveries and sending… Continue reading Brits’ dependence on commercial vehicles revealed as new research shows 9 in 10 would be worse off without them