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DeepDrive to unveil new central drive unit at IAA Mobility

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The optimized design significantly reduces the need for magnets (-50% compared to the competition) and iron (-80% compared to the competition) and underlines the company‘s commitment to resource-efficient innovations. The DeepDrive drive unit minimizes material consumption. Gearbox ratio for the CSD 450 can be varied in a range from 6.4:1

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Silica-based cathode enables long-life Li-S batteries

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The possibility of successfully using the unconventional silica could spark a paradigm shift in rechargeable battery designs, the researchers said. Silica, a low-cost metal oxide, is actually non-conducting. However, silica is highly polar and attracts other polar molecules such as LiPS.

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Electric motor company YASA enters innovation agreement with global automotive manufacturer for hybrids and EVs

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YASA’s innovative axial-flux electric motor and controller designs offer best-in-class power and torque densities and are suited to both hybrid and pure electric vehicle applications. The novel design is enabled by using powdered iron materials that enable complex magnetic parts to be manufactured easily. Earlier post.).

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Tata Motors launches $10,000 electric hatch; deliveries of Tiago.ev start in January

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Lakh (US$10,000) (All India – Ex-showroom), for the first 10,000 customers (of which 2000 will be reserved for the current owners of Nexon EV and Tigor EV). is based on the Ziptron technology—Tata Motors’ in-house developed globally competitive high voltage architecture designed for unique Indian driving and weather conditions.

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China team reports high-rate, high-capacity, long lifecycle Li-sulfur cell using nitrogen-doped graphene cathode material

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The cells also exhibited an ultralong cycle life exceeding 2000 cycles and an extremely low capacity-decay rate (0.028% per cycle)—among the best performance demonstrated so far for Li/S cells, according to the researchers. The achieved best performance for earlier nitrogen-doped graphene-S nanocomposites was about 671 mA h g ?

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Designing the First Apple Macintosh: The Engineers’ Story

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make a low-cost “appliance”-type computer that would be as easy to use as a toaster. This article was first published as “Design case history: Apple’s Macintosh.” Jobs contributed relatively little to the technical design of the Macintosh, but he had a clear vision of the product from the beginning. However, Mr.

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Kia surprisingly tops Hyundai in market value with affordable EVs rolling out

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The Hyundai Motor Group was formed in 2000 after buying out Kia. The new low-cost EVs were revealed during Kia’s first EV day in October. It features a bold design with Kia’s “Opposites United” theme. In 2003, the first Hyundai Genesis arrived, and in 2015, the luxury brand became a standalone marque.

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