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12/11/2023

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16/06/2023

Is Industry 5.0 really a worthwhile investment for manufacturers?

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16/06/2023

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22/03/2023

The production of Li-ion batteries of an average electric car produces 16,000 kg (16 metric tons) of CO2. An average ICE engine car releases one ton of CO2 in about 2,500 miles of driving (~4,024 kilometres).

That suggests, during the production of Li-ion batteries, the CO2 released in the atmosphere is equivalent to driving an ICE car for about 40,000 miles (~64,374 kilometres).

The production of Li-ion batteries also consumes vast amounts of water, releases chemicals into water sources and causes soil pollution too. Cobalt is mostly sourced from Democratic Republic of Congo and their neighbouring countries, though many global firms ban sourcing from DRC due to persistent child rights abuse.

With this information, do you think Electric Cars are the ONLY elixir (alternative to ICE) for the global automotive industry?

Source: https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/how-much-co2-emitted-manufacturing-batteries

Please Note: The views shared by the author are for the sole purpose of an intellectual discussion.

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It depends exactly where and how the battery is made—but when it comes to clean technologies like electric cars and solar power, even the dirtiest batteries emit less CO2 than using no battery at all.

22/03/2023

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01/03/2023

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Did you know that manufacturers can provide mass customisation of products at low costs and short production cycles using collaborative robots and responsive supply chains?

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28/10/2022

and should jointly define an & standards framework – boost production and sale of small . Euro NCAP JATO Dynamics VSEC

Politische Entscheidungsträger und die Automobilindustrie sollten gemeinsam einen Rahmen für Sicherheit und Normen für Elektrofahrzeuge festlegen, um die Produktion und den Verkauf von kleinen Elektroautos anzukurbeln.

Forbes: I have good news and bad news for Europeans eager to join the electric car revolution, but who can’t afford the huge prices.

The good news: Europeans aren't likely to buy many of these weird, pricey little urban vehicles showcased at the Paris Car Show. The bad news: there's a gap at the bottom of the European market for electric cars. If not filled by Europeans, Chinese automakers are poised to strike.

(In a recent report, auto industry consultants JATO Dynamics said the average price of a new battery-only electric vehicle in Europe was €55,821 after tax ($55,000) in the first half of 2022).

For electric cars to become truly ubiquitous in Europe the mass market requires a small, utilitarian and safe vehicle with about 75 miles of range, 65 mph top speed, 2+2 seats for the school run, local commuting and shopping, priced at the equivalent of say $10,000 after tax. “Safe” can be defined as conforming to the European NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) standards which all new cars and SUVs must meet. Most of these weird urban runabouts have to meet less demanding standards.

Small urban vehicles at the show included the Aixam e-coupe, Renault Mobilize Duo, City Transformer, Silence SO4, XEV Yoyo, E-Go Mobile and Microlino.

I asked Felipe Munoz, global automotive analyst at JATO Dynamics, if these little vehicles will succeed in the European mass market beyond the student fringe?

“No. They don’t offer what a regular car does: versatility. Yes, they are good for commuting small distances in your neighbourhood, but you can’t use them for anything else. They are neither a proper car, safer and versatile, nor a scooter, which is easier to drive and park,” Munoz said.

EU CO2 regulations have forced conventional manufacturers to move away from small, unprofitable ICE cars. By 2025 the sale of all new ICE cars will be banned. The regulations were designed to allow European manufacturers to make big, profitable electric cars, but there is little incentive to make small electric ones to fill the gap. As things stand, car buyers at the basic level will find themselves excluded.

“I can’t imagine a democratic society where there is no freedom of mobility because it’s only for wealthy people and all the others will use public transport,” Tavares said in a speech a couple of years ago.

Europeans eager to buy electric cars and who are priced out of an expensive market are unlikely to buy many of the weird-looking urban vehicles showcased at the Paris Car Show. There is a big gap at the bottom of this market which China is poised to attack.

24/10/2022

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20/10/2022

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Bloomberg: is tapping an unexpected source of energy to heat its homes: cold water extracted from deep in the Baltic Sea.

The Finnish capital is joining Europe’s rush to find new sources of energy and reduce its reliance on imported fossil fuels with a new, carbon-neutral heating system. The city’s power company, Helen Oy, will partner with Spanish builder Acciona SA and local infrastructure company YIT Oyj to construct a tunnel for extracting water deep from the seabed, where it stays at a constant temperature. By processing the water through underground heat pumps, the system could generate enough heat to serve as much as 40% of the Finnish capital.

Currently, most homes in Helsinki are warmed via a district heating system that relies heavily on coal and natural gas to produce both power and heat. In 2021, fossil fuels accounted for more than 75% of the city’s district heat production. The seawater project is set to be a key step in the utility’s transition to renewable energy in order to meet Helsinki’s goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2030 — a challenge for a cold-climate city with a large heating demand. Helen will use nuclear and renewable power for the electricity to run the system’s heat pumps; the company is already tapping waste heat from data centers and an ice-skating rink as additional sources of warmth.

The €400 million ($390 million) effort is in a development phase slated to take two years; the infrastructure will then take another five years to complete before the 500-megawatt plant is ready for use. While several smaller cities rely on similar combinations of seawater and heat pumps, including Juneau, Alaska, and Drammen, Norway, the Helsinki system would become the world’s largest such facility, according to Fernando Vara, who leads tunnels and railways business development for Acciona.

During the summer, the heat pumps can also be used to harvest energy from cold seawater to supply citywide district cooling. The plant is “a very powerful project” that could potentially be further expanded, said Acciona’s Vara, adding that he thinks there could be a time “when the whole city will be heated up using this water.”

To transition from fossil fuels, the Finnish capital is looking to tap into a very abundant resource: icy water from deep in the Baltic Sea.