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Leclanché receives China certification for LTO battery

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Switzerland-based Leclanché SA has received certifications recognizing its LTO battery cell’s compliance with China’s latest standards, a pre-requisite to providing battery solutions to power electric vehicles in China. Growth is supported by the current pipeline of awarded and expected projects which stands at over 450 MWh.

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Swiss team concludes that particulate filters should be mandatory for GDI engines

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The Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI), Bern University of Applied Sciences, the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, several industrial partners and Empa were all involved. The other vehicles were all built between 2010 (VW Golf, Euro 4) and 2016 (Citroën C4, Euro 6b).

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Volkswagen confirms EA288 diesel engines designed for EU5 and EU6 not affected by defeat device software

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Consequently, new vehicles of the Volkswagen Group offered within the European Union with those engines comply with legal requirements and environmental standards. Volkswagen Group had earlier confirmed that new EU6-compliant vehicles offered within the European Union fulfill all legal requirements and environmental standards.

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u-blox introduces automotive-grade qualified positioning and connectivity modules

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Switzerland-based u-blox, a provider of wireless and positioning modules and chips, has expanded its product offering with automotive-qualified product variants added to their range of positioning and cellular wireless connectivity modules. Samples are available in August and full production will commence in September 2016.

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Empa recommends buying diesel vehicles only if Euro 6d-TEMP or Euro 6d

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On 1 September 2017, new emissions regulations for passenger vehicles come into force in the EU and Switzerland. At the end of 2016 around 3.1 million with diesel engines were registered in Switzerland. In the second stage, emission standard Euro 6d, the factor for the deviation between road and lab limits will fall to 1.5.

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NVIDIA deep learning software platform gets trio of big updates

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delivers accelerated training of deep neural networks, like University of Oxford’s VGG and Microsoft’s ResNet, which won the 2016 ImageNet challenge. The Tesla P100 for PCIe is available in a standard PCIe form factor and is compatible with today's GPU-accelerated servers.

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Renault boosts range of ZOE EV to 400 km with new 41 kWh pack option

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The ranges are for ZOEs equipped with either the 75- or 90-horsepower version of the standard R75/90 motor, previously known as the R240 ( earlier post ). The standard ZOE battery has a capacity of 22 kWh, with a corresponding range of 240 km NEDC (149 miles) and estimated real-world range of 170 km (106 miles). Smartphone app.

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