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VW reopens Transparent Factory as showcase for electric mobility and digitalization; rebuilding plant for electric and premium models

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The new exhibition is just the first step in an extensive rebuild of the Transparent Factory, which opened in 2001 specifically to manufacture the Phaeton. Volkswagen’s concept four-door Sport Coupé Concept GTE ( earlier post ) plug-in hybrid sports car is also showcased. Volkswagen ceased production of the Phaeton in March.)

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False Starts: The Story of Vehicle-to-Grid Power

Cars That Think

In 2001, a team of engineers at a then-obscure R&D company called AC Propulsion quietly began a groundbreaking experiment. The concept behind V2G had gained traction in the late 1990s after California’s landmark zero-emission-vehicle (ZEV) mandate went into effect and compelled automakers to commercialize electric cars.

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

However, the concept didn’t last for long and the brand died in 1916. While we cannot say exactly how much their input informed individual models, the concept of Volvo’s “Female Customer Reference Group” actually stuck around after being established in the 1980s. The company probably should have known better.

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What Kind of Cars Do Women Actually Want?

The Truth About Cars

However, the concept didn’t last for long and the brand died in 1916. While we cannot say exactly how much their input informed individual models, the concept of Volvo’s “Female Customer Reference Group” actually stuck around after being established in the 1980s. The company probably should have known better.

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Non-intrusive bio-monitoring system anticipates driver fatigue in the vehicle to prevent accidents

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Scheme of the HARKEN concept. The approach is similar in concept to technologies Ford described as part of its release of the S-MAX Concept ( Earlier post.) The approach is similar in concept to technologies Ford described as part of its release of the S-MAX Concept ( Earlier post.) All are invisible to the user.

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High Performance Computing key enabler for accelerating development of high efficiency engines

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Low emission, low temperature engine concepts of the future operate in regimes where combustion is poorly understood. Achievable advances in engine technology can improve the fuel economy of automobiles by over 50% and trucks by over 30%. diesel combustion by reducing temperature”, SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-0655, 2001.).

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How do Chinese language EV makers roll out unutilized merchandise so temporarily?

Baua Electric

The corporate delivered its 100,000th automobile on April nineteenth, and as of June, their cumulative deliveries in China reached 120,581 EVs, in keeping with CarNewsChina knowledge. When Zeekr 001 was once introduced, we concept it was once a comic story, because it was once a rebadged Lynk&Co 0 idea from any other Geely model.

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