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UK automotive manufacturing carbon footprint falls to lowest ever level

SMMT

UK Automotive’s production carbon footprint shrinks to lowest level on record, as CO 2 emissions fall -11.2% The UK automotive industry’s production carbon footprint fell by -11.2% The UK automotive industry’s production carbon footprint fell by -11.2% In 2021 the number of training days per employee increased by 5.6%

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Automotive Chip Shortage Likely to Persist Through 2023 and Beyond

Seeburger

Last year, the automotive industry was still confident that they would overcome the semiconductor crisis in 2022. The PlayStation 5, for which stocks were already low at Christmas 2021, is still suffering shortages. Even leading automotive manufacturers are quoting lead times of 15-18 months for […].

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BMW testing Figure 01 humanoid at South Carolina automotive plant

Robotics Business Review

BMW said its Spartanburg facility is the largest automotive exporter in the U.S., It won a 2021 RBR50 Robotics Innovation Award for the launch of Munich, Germany-based subsidiary IDEALworks, which stands for Industry-Driven Engineering for Autonomous Logistics. and it has assembled more than 6.3 I don’t know.

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Automotive manufacturing alive and well

Manufacturer's Monthly

Prodrive bought Tickford Vehicle Engineering in 2001 and the Australian operation became Prodrive Automotive Technology Australia (PATA) and established Ford Performance Vehicles in a joint venture with Ford Australia. A change in Australian ownership saw Prodrive Automotive Technology Australia become Premcar in 2012.

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Smart Eye Announces 4 New Breakthrough Design Wins for Automotive Interior Sensing AI

i4.0 today

Smart Eye, the leading developer of DMS software for the automotive industry, today announced a breakthrough order from a major Korean car manufacturer. The combination of driver monitoring and cabin monitoring software, known as automotive interior sensing, is the next step in the evolution of in-cabin sensing technologies.

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Robots used in the automotive industry worldwide cross the 1 million mark, says IFR

Automation Mag

The automotive industry has the largest number of robots working in factories around the world, says the International Federation of Robotics (IFR). The automotive industry effectively invented automated manufacturing,” says Marina Bill, president of IFR, in a press statement.

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2021 – A tough year but a low carbon one

SMMT

The UK automotive industry’s production carbon footprint fell by -11.2% in 2021 to reach its lowest level since records began, according to the latest research from SMMT’s 23 rd Sustainability Report , released this week at a reception in Westminster attended by members and policymakers. less than their 2020 equivalents.