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MAY 16, 2013
Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) is ramping up production of the V60 Plug-in Hybrid ( earlier post ) by 90% to meet demand, especially in Holland, Belgium and Italy. All in all, Volvo Cars will produce 7,600 plug-in hybrids in 2013, with a 2014 target of 10,000 units. The two companies have financed the development project jointly.
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APRIL 9, 2012
Chrysler Group LLC, through its Mopar division, will offer in-vehicle wireless charging for portable devices such as smartphones. The company will first make the technology available on the 2013 Dodge Dart that arrives in dealerships in the second quarter of this year. For easy access, a seamlessly integrated power bin, measuring 8.27
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 6, 2012
Toyota’s new 2013 Avalon ( earlier post ) is 110 lbs. (50 When it arrives at dealerships later this year, the 2013 Avalon will be the lightest-weight vehicle in the premium mid-size segment, according to Toyota. As part of each design engineering group’s agreement, mass targets were set for each group. vs. 3,680 lbs.).
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 11, 2015
Ballard Power Systems has entered into a Technology Solutions transaction with Volkswagen Group for an aggregate amount of approximately US$80 million for the transfer of certain automotive-related fuel cell intellectual property (IP) and a two-year extension of an engineering services contract. Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
JUNE 4, 2013
Belcher, who heads up the Biomolecular Materials Group at MIT, combines organic and inorganic materials to create novel electronic materials for a variety of applications, such as solar cells, fuel, environmentally friendly batteries and medical diagnostics. Earlier post.).
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MARCH 24, 2015
Bloomberg reports that the Volkswagen Group will decide by July how to proceed with solid state energy storage technology under development by Quantumscape ( earlier post) , citing Prof. Vanessa Wood, noted that he saw “ great potential ” in solid-state batteries. Progress has been made, ” he said. Progress has been made, ” he said.
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NOVEMBER 8, 2010
Volkswagen AG plans to sell 10,000 electric vehicle in China by 2018, according to Karl-Thomas Neumann, president of Volkswagen Group China, at the EVS conference in Shenzhen. and FAW Group Corp. as early as 2013 and is considering a battery-powered model specifically designed for the nation in 2018, said [Neumann].
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