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The BMW Group is speeding up the shift towards electromobility and strengthening its global network for production of electrified vehicles. From 2023, BMW Group Plant Leipzig, which has built the iconic BMW i3 electric car since 2013, will produce the successor to the MINI Countryman, with a combustion engine and as a fully-electric variant.

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JANUARY 23, 2014

China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) approved the establishment of a joint venture between the Volvo Group and Dongfeng Motor Group Company Limited. At completion of the transaction, the Volvo Group will significantly strengthen its position in the medium-duty and heavy-duty truck segment.

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MAY 8, 2014

The Volkswagen Group continues to make progress on the way to its goal of becoming the world’s most sustainable automaker, according to its 2014 sustainability report. In the reporting year 2013, average energy consumption per vehicle produced was 2,205 kWh, down 0.4% This report is a business card of our Group. Strategy 2018.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2014

increased its oil sands production 14% in 2013, from 89,736 barrels per day in 2013 to 102,500 bbls/day in 2013. The increase in production from the company’s oil sands operations in 2013 was largely driven by its Christina Lake project. By the end of 2013, Cenovus had rail capacity to transport 10,000 bbls/d of oil.

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

The Volkswagen Group is continuing its restructuring in the aftermath of the diesel engine emissions scandal. The Group Board of Management can focus more closely than previously on overarching issues of the future, safeguard cross-brand synergies and further develop overall strategy. Wolfram Thomas takes charge of Group Production.

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JULY 19, 2016

Also selected as part of the San Diego project were BYD and Transportation Power. As part of the program, EDI will create a series of EV port trucks, and electrifying forklift vehicle accessories. Technology subcontractors are Peloton, GC Green, Greenlining Institute, and carbonBLU. million grant, with the balance being matched via $2.3

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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.

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AUGUST 23, 2013

The assembly plant in Daqing is under construction and the first pre-series cars will be built late 2013 for training purposes. The remaining part will be held by companies within Geely Holding Group. The plant is forecast to be fully operational in 2014. Zhangjiakou will also supply the assembly plant in Daqing.

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AUGUST 26, 2013

UD Trucks, part of the Volvo Group, launched Quester, a new heavy-duty truck range developed specifically for growth markets. However, it had yet to develop products for customers outside Japan, said Joachim Rosenberg, Executive Vice President, Group Trucks Sales & Marketing and JVs, APAC.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2017

The Volkswagen Group and Google will partner on research in the field of quantum computing. As part of this collaboration, a team of specialists from Volkswagen and Google will work together using a Google quantum computer. Volkswagen Group IT wants to make progress in three development areas on the Google quantum computer.

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MARCH 29, 2014

The Volkswagen Group will cooperate more closely with its Chinese joint venture partners SAIC Motor Co. and First Automotive Works (FAW) Group in the field of forward-looking technologies, according to joint declarations signed in Berlin on Friday by Prof. and with Xu Jianyi, Chairman of FAW Group.

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At the BMW Group plant in Leipzig, the 200,000 th BMW i3 model rolled off the production line last week. With the start of production in 2013, the plant in Saxony became a pioneer and centr†e of excellence for sustainable mobility. The BMW i3s (combined power consumption: 14.6 – 14.0

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers (SGL ACF)—a joint venture of SGL Group and the BMW Group ( earlier post )—officially opened its new carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, WA. In order to prepare the large-scale production start of BMW i vehicles in 2013, carbon fiber manufacturing needs to begin now, BMW says.

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AUGUST 11, 2015

As part of its continuous optimization of production processes at its plants, the BMW Group is leveraging the opportunities arising from digitalization (i.e., When it comes to digitalization, the BMW Group focuses on six key areas in production: Context-sensitive assistance systems. Industry 4.0”, earlier post ).

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DECEMBER 12, 2012

The BMW Group and Boeing signed a collaboration agreement to participate in joint research for carbon fiber recycling as well as share carbon fiber manufacturing process simulations and ideas for manufacturing automation. Both the BMW Group and Boeing are pioneering the use of carbon fiber in their products.

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The BMW Group produces the fuel cell systems for the pilot fleet at its in-house competence center for hydrogen in Munich. The BMW Group sources the individual fuel cells from the Toyota Motor Corporation. The two companies have been collaborating on fuel cell drive systems since 2013.

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AUGUST 27, 2016

General Motors is adding 2 million water bottles from Flint, Michigan residents into its Do Your Part water bottle recycling initiative. GM supplier Filtration Services Group involved the N.E.W. Life Center in Flint to make air filter panels from the 9,000 square feet of fleece created since Do Your Part launched in April.

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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

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JULY 15, 2014

The BMW Group and Samsung SDI have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to expand their supply relationship for battery cells for electro-mobility. Samsung SDI will supply the BMW Group with battery cells for the BMW i3, BMW i8 and additional hybrid models over the coming years. from 2012.

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JULY 10, 2018

Hyundai Motor Group and Baidu signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for Internet of Vehicles (IoV), signaling their commitment to strengthening cooperation on next-generation connected car technologies. Last month, Hyundai officially announced that it will take part in Apollo, Baidu’s open autonomous driving program.

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JULY 10, 2018

Hyundai Motor Group and Baidu signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for Internet of Vehicles (IoV), signaling their commitment to strengthening cooperation on next-generation connected car technologies. Last month, Hyundai officially announced that it will take part in Apollo, Baidu’s open autonomous driving program.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2014

China’s Dongfeng Motor Group (DFG) will invest at least €800 (US$1.1 billion) in France-based PSA Peugeot Citroën as part of a €3-billion (US$4.13-billion) Since 2013, China has been PSA Peugeot Citroën’s second largest market, with around 550,000 vehicles sold in 2013 via DPCA, its 50/50 joint-venture with DFG.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2011

SB LiMotive, the 50:50 Li-ion battery joint venture between Robert Bosch and Samsung SDI, will supply Li-ion battery packs to Mahindra & Mahindra for a new hybrid SUV from the Indian company in 2013. By 2013, SB LiMotive will have a manufacturing capacity that is sufficient to produce batteries for some 50,000 electric vehicles.

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MAY 25, 2016

At its Innovation Day event, PSA Group presented its new electrification strategy. PSA Group is consolidating the development of its models on two global modular platforms—CMP and EMP2—allowing it to offer a wide range of internal combustion, electric and plug-in hybrid gasoline models from 2019. Earlier post.).

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MAY 13, 2013

Volvo Car Group is now starting production of the first engine variants in the new, high-efficiency four-cylinder Volvo Engine Architecture (VEA) family. The development and production take place in-house at Volvo Car Group. The new engines will be introduced between 2013 and 2015. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 27, 2013

Continental and the BMW Group are pooling their development capacities to define the long-term prerequisites for series introduction of highly automated driving on European freeways. In January 2013, the two companies signed an agreement to jointly develop an electronic co-pilot for this purpose. Earlier post. ).

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JUNE 9, 2022

Subject-matter experts interested in participating are invited to review the panel architecture and sign up for one or more working groups. It is envisioned that the working groups will hold virtual meetings, twice per month, over the course of the coming year. Register here.

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DECEMBER 12, 2013

General Motors hosted the 2013 GM China Tech Day at the GM China Advanced Technical Center (ATC) in Shanghai from 9-12 December. Parts made from magnesium help reduce vehicle weight, resulting in better fuel economy. Here, engineers can rapidly produce prototypes of parts and at far lower cost than with traditional manufacturing.

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OCTOBER 31, 2014

Philippe Wahl, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of La Poste group, and Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Renault group, signed a new partnership agreement today to pursue and strengthen their cooperation on the search for eco-mobility solutions. The Group is present in over 40 countries on four continents.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Volkswagen Group took the top spot again as the world’s most sustainable automaker in RobecoSAM AG’s 2015 annual review of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI). As in 2013, Volkswagen is thus one of only two automakers to be listed in both DJSI World and DJSI Europe. Volkswagen’s scores. — Prof.

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DECEMBER 5, 2018

The BMW Group Leipzig plant is commissioning 70 more hydrogen-powered tugger trains (indoor tugs). These are used in production to supply the assembly lines with supplier parts. The consortium is supported by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure and its program company, NOW GmbH.

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JANUARY 4, 2021

BYD will co-work with Superpolo, a Colombian bus manufacturer, on the body part of the buses for such order. A joint venture between Colombian business group Fanalca and international public transport operator Transdev used BYD’s integrated E-bus solutions to bid and successfully won the tender. Earlier post.)

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MAY 18, 2011

The BMW Group has selected AeroVironment as the preferred provider of electric vehicle charging equipment, accessories and installation services supporting the introduction of the all-electric BMW ActiveE ( earlier post ).

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JANUARY 7, 2014

The platinum-group metals (PGMs)—osmium, iridium, ruthenium, rhodium, platinum, and palladium—play essential roles in a wide variety of industrial applications. . The research is part of the Materials Genome Initiative launched by President Barack Obama in 2011. —Hart et al. N00014-09-1-0921) and the NSF (Grant No. DMR-0908753).

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DECEMBER 15, 2022

The plan was informed by input from members of the Clean Transportation Program Advisory Committee, the Disadvantaged Communities Advisory Group, the state’s transportation and environmental agencies, the public and a broad range of stakeholders.

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As part of the DLE process, CTR will deploy an ion-exchange process developed by Lilac Solutions , a leading DLE technology group that received $US20 million in funding led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and MIT’s The Engine. CTR’s operations will have a minimal physical footprint and a near-zero carbon footprint.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Chrysler Group LLC has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to a proposed initial public offering of common shares. liter, 4-cylinder Tigershark engine available in the 2013 Dodge Dart GT. Details of the offering—i.e., Transmissions. Axles and Drivelines.

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