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Electrified car registrations pass 100K units in Europe for 1st time in March; total reg down 3.6%; Model 3 top EV

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Last month, they recorded the lowest monthly market share since September 2000. The biggest drops were posted by Mercedes, Renault, Peugeot, Ford and Land Rover. While it was able to outsell its rivals in the sedan category in February, the smallest Tesla was able to outsell all of its rivals in March, including all body-types.

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Electric motor manufacturer YASA secures $21M growth funding, opens new Oxford production facility

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A range of YASA-powered vehicles will be on display at the event, including cars from Nissan, Jaguar Land Rover and Williams Advanced Engineering. The axial flux enables high power densities to be achieved at relatively low speeds (2000-9000rpm).

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Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. to explore strategic alliance for joint development projects; ŠKODA to lead

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Among them is Jaguar Land Rover, the business comprising the two iconic British brands. In 2000, it became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Group. Tata Motors Limited is India’s largest automobile company, with consolidated revenues of US$41.6 billion in 2015-16. It also has an industrial joint venture with Fiat in India.

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Ricardo Introduces Kinergy Flywheel Energy Storage System; FLYBUS and KinerStor

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The majority of the application, integration, development and test work will be undertaken by Torotrak in partnership with Ricardo, while Optare and Allison—providing, respectively, the test vehicle and an Allison 2000 Series transmission hardware together with control integration support—will also offer their series manufacturing expertise.