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Ford turns paint fumes into fuel

Jun 20th 2006 4:21PM - 0 Comments

While BMW is powering its Spartanburg S.C. paint shop with recycled methane gas, Ford Motor Co. has developed a fumes-to-fuel system which allows conversion of the volatile organic compounds (VOC's) given off by paint fumes into fuel that generates ...

Corvette plant's old paint recycled for power

Dec 23rd 2008 5:16PM - 2 Comments

Q. What do the Tennessee Valley Authority, General Motors and Waste Management have in common? A. A Corvette plant in Kentucky. Thanks to the "From Vettes to Watts" program, dried paint solids from the overspray (made from airborne paint that is ...

Toyota looks to green its painting process

Jul 19th 2008 2:08PM - 3 Comments

There's more than one way to paint a car. We've featured models with cans and brushes, the option of going sans paint entirely and we've even seen electricity generated from leftover paint fumes. Of course, automakers strive for the highest paint ...

New Mazda paint system reduces VOC and CO2 emissions

Jun 16th 2009 10:09AM - 2 Comments

In the ongoing effort to reduce the environmental impact of building cars, automakers are re-evaluating their paint systems (see here). Mazda has introduced a new water-based system at its Ujina Plant No.1 that slashes volatile organic compound ...

Citron may offer the option not having a paint job

Sep 25th 2007 2:11PM - 8 Comments

There were lots of flashy cars at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. Citroën C-Cactus concept was not the prettiest but it was well thought out with ideas that may soon go into production. The designer of the C-Cactus, Gilles Vidal, says "we wanted ...

Power your car with paint

Mar 12th 2008 11:13AM - 5 Comments

Need electricity to power your future PHEV or electric car but don't want more coal or nuclear power plants to add to our pollution problems or maybe drain the country's water resources? It seems with each impending disaster our past and present ...

Gallery: Ford U-Haul eco-paint

BMW paint shop goes green

Jun 6th 2006 9:43AM - 0 Comments

BMW's Spartanburg paint shop is now being powered with recycled methane gas generated by a nearby landfill. The move leads to a reduction in area emissions of carbon dioxide by 17,000 tons, and heat recovery equivalent to the amount of energy needed ...

Gallery: 2008 Honda F1 paint job

VIDEO: Chrysler turning paint overspray solids into electricity

Feb 29th 2008 3:08PM - 1 Comment

One of the inevitable results of painting the body of a new vehicle is overspray. Ensuring that the entire body is painted means some of the paint will miss. All modern paint shops use waterborne paints so the paint that falls doesn't land on the ...

Nissan announces its love for green paint ... sort of

Sep 19th 2008 5:43PM - 1 Comment

All right, so Nissan isn't planning on painting more of its cars in a green hue, but they are reducing the overall environmental impact of their painting process. The new technology will cut down paint waste, use less space, reduce carbon emissions ...

CARB: Black paint is OK (always was)

Mar 29th 2009 8:08PM - 11 Comments

OK, so the reality was never as simple as the headlines made it sound. While the simplest way to explain what the California Air Resources Board was trying to do was that they were going to ban black cars, the reality (as we explained in our ...

Ford opens new paint shop at Ohio van plant

May 31st 2007 7:21PM - 2 Comments

Ford has opened up their newest paint shop at their Avon Lake Ohio assembly plant. The plant near Cleveland builds the big Econoline vans and the new paint shop coincides with the start of production for the updated 2008 version of the big vans. The ...

Ford and U-Haul's eco-paint trucks now on the road

Dec 26th 2007 9:11AM - 2 Comments

Remember Ford's eco-paint process? A fleet of over 200 Ford E-Series trucks are entering use at U-Haul rental agencies across the U.S. this week. You can identify them thanks to the large "eco-friendly decals" on the sides. So, what is this ...

VW's EcoConcpet painting process wins PACE Award

Apr 20th 2007 9:44AM - 2 Comments

VW's Otmar Hauck, Microsoft's Patty Dilger, DuPont Automotive's Marty McQuade (L-R) Volkswagen this week won an award at the 13th Annual Automotive News PACE Awards for the EcoConcept paint process. Since 1998, VW, working with DuPont Automotive ...

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