Automoto Network

As depletable resources, metallic raw materials are needed for many future technologies, including electromobility. The high-tech metals indium and germanium, cobalt, lithium, and rare earths are on the 2020 list of critical raw materials for the EU. This list of economically critical raw materials with a high supply risk is intended to help in the […] July 12, 2022 at 05:30AM

Logistics in an automotive plant is a highly complex task. Countless parts and materials need to be in the right place “just in time” in order not to let production come to a standstill and to produce the vehicles according to individual customer requirements. Where workers used to stand with paper and pen at the […] March 03, 2022 at 05:30AM

Ford and Volvo will join battery recycling startup Redwood Materials in developing processes, starting in California, to collect end-of-life batteries from electric and hybrid vehicles and recover the materials for use in new batteries, the companies said Thursday. Redwood Materials, co-founded by former Tesla executive JB Straubel, formed an earlier partnership last fall with Ford […] February 22, 2022 at 07:00AM

Stuttgart.  From the manufacture of the raw materials and the production of the vehicle through to driving operation and then recycling at the end of a vehicle’s life, the life cycle assessment (LCA) undertaken by Mercedes-Benz examines all environment-related aspects of a vehicle model. Independent assessors audit this extensive documentation. As the first model based […] January 28, 2022 at 05:30AM