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BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

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The company is investing in production equipment for highly integrated e-drives and high-voltage batteries at the Competence Center for E-Drive Production in Dingolfing. The Leipzig and Regensburg locations are also currently setting up equipment for production of battery modules and high-voltage batteries from 2021.

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Continental and SK Innovation move forward on automotive Li-ion battery joint venture

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Moving forward on their Heads of Agreement signed earlier this year at the Detroit Auto Show ( earlier post ) Korea-based SK Innovation and the international automotive supplier Continental signed an agreement to found a jointly managed company to develop, to produce and to market automotive Li-ion battery systems.

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BASF and GAC R&D Center co-develop 3 electric concept cars; debut at Auto Guangzhou 2018

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BASF and the Research and Development Center of Guangzhou Automobile Group Co. BASF’s solutions span holistic air cleaning solutions to seat fabrics, as well as materials used to build the body panels and battery pack of the electric vehicles. —Zhang Fan, Vice President, GAC R&D Center.

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Toyota and Tsinghua University extend joint research agreement for 5 years

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Tsinghua University and TMC have been conducting joint research in four fields—environmental science, energy, automobile safety technologies and materials science—since the establishment of the center in March 2006. Batteries, thermoelectric materials, solid-state electrolytes, magnets.

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China BAK to Supply Li-ion Batteries for Electric Bus Project in China

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China BAK Battery, Inc., one of the largest lithium-ion battery cell manufacturers as measured by production output, has begun to execute a contract with Jilin Hi-tech Electric Vehicle Co., Ltd, an affiliated company of First Automobile Group Co., China BAK Battery, Inc., Xiangqian Li, CEO of China BAK. Earlier post.).

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BYD Han & Tang form reached one millionth supply milestone

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This marked the start of BYD’s fresh power automobile advance. In keeping with BYD’s Blade battery, DM-i hybrid, and DM-p hybrid applied sciences, the Han public has 3 powertrain programs: EV, DM-i, and DM-p. After in 2006, it advanced its first lithium iron phosphate battery known as F3e, however didn’t have a lot luck.

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New Audi CEO setting up Artemis project for accelerated development of vehicles; highly efficient EV

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Two months after taking office as the new CEO at Audi, Markus Duesmann is establishing a unit for the accelerated development of additional automobile models. Under his leadership, the first Formula 1 engine with a speed range of up to 20,000 rpm was created in 2006.

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