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Tesla to present Elon Musk’s Master Plan Part 3 during Investor Day

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“Master Plan 3, the path to a fully sustainable energy future for Earth will be presented on March 1. Master Plan 3, the path to a fully sustainable energy future for Earth will be presented on March 1. The post Tesla to present Elon Musk’s Master Plan Part 3 during Investor Day appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Volkswagen’s main plant in Wolfsburg wins the Automotive Lean Production Award for the first time

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Volkswagen’s main plant in Wolfsburg has won the Automotive Lean Production Award for the first time. Series production at Wolfsburg began in 1945; since then, more than 45 million vehicles have rolled off its lines. Wolfsburg must be a model plant in our brand’s worldwide production system.

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Audi to compete with hybrid drive at Le Mans for the first time; prototype to be presented at end of February

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Audi racked up its first win for a TFSI engine in 2001 and for a diesel-powered car (the Audi R10 TDI) in 2006. As before, we still, however, see potential with the conventional drive – just as our colleagues do in production development. The new Audi sports prototype with hybrid drive will be presented at the end of February.

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Mercedes-Benz Trucks puts partially automated driving into series production with new heavy-duty Actros

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Mercedes-Benz Trucks unveiled the new Actros truck, featuring Active Drive Assist, with which Mercedes-Benz Trucks puts partially automated driving into series production. Since the launch of Active Brake Assist 1 in 2006, nearly 230,000 trucks from Mercedes-Benz have been sold with the emergency braking assistant on board.

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Daimler starts production of FUSO eCanter in Europe; first series all-electric light-duty truck

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Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation (MFTBC) has started production of the all‑electric light-duty truck Fuso eCanter in Tramagal, Portugal. Only the electric-powertrain specific components will be installed in specific boxes along the production line. Production of the eCanter in Japan started on 7 July. Earlier post.)

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New Daimler compact car plant begins production at BBAC in China

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Mercedes-Benz’ new compact car plant in China, housed at the company’s local production joint venture Beijing Benz Automotive Corporation (BBAC), has begun production with the German car maker’s first locally build compact car: the GLA. Built from scratch in less than 3 years and stretching at present across about 1.5

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Infiniti introducing production-ready variable compression ratio engine at Paris Motor Show

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Infiniti will introduce a production-ready variable compression ratio engine VC-T (Variable Compression-Turbocharged) at the 2016 Paris Motor Show (Mondial de l’Automobile) in September. 2006) Click to enlarge. Infiniti said that the new four-cylinder turbocharged gasoline VC-T engine has been in development for more than 20 years.

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