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2020 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid offers up to 52 mpg combined; Solar Roof System

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At the Chicago Auto Show, Hyundai introduced its new 2020 Sonata Hybrid, featuring up to 686 miles of driving range and an EPA-estimated 52 mpg combined fuel economy rating on the Blue trim. The connected car team at Hyundai continues to improve Blue Link’s services, and the 2020 Sonata Hybrid received many system enhancements.

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Osaka researchers find formate dehydrogenase reduces CO2 directly to formic acid

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Their work, published in a paper in the RSC’s New Journal of Chemistry , points to a catalyst in developing and designing an artificial photosynthesis system that efficiently converts carbon dioxide into organic molecules. Until now, it was not known which of these three forms is reduced and converted into formic acid.

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Volkswagen begins production of ID.3 EV in Dresden; 2nd ID.3 site, 4th for MEB

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3 and modern event formats, up to the handover of electric vehicles. At Dresden we are already converting the fourth Volkswagen site to the new ID. At the end of 2020, the Chinese sites in Anting and Foshan also started production of MEB vehicles. Volkswagen is continuing to pursue its electric offensive. family and the MEB.

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Study concludes advanced biofuel could meet more than 50% of Indias demand for transport gasoline by 2020

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every year till 2020. billion on importing gasoline by 2020. The Bloomberg study “Next-generation Ethanol: What’s in it for India’s commissioned by Novozymes was presented at event organized under the aegis of the Danish Embassy in India in cooperation with India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

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Toyota Rumored to Debut Performance Automatic Transmission for GR Models Next Month

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News of the GR Yaris getting an automatic has been swirling since the vehicle came out in 2020 and Toyota started talking about building a novel “GR-DAT” for performance models earlier this year. Unlike a standard automatic transmission, Toyota’s GR-DAT units are supposed to minimize slippage of the torque converter.

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TU Wien researchers develop neural hardware for image recognition in nanoseconds

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Usually, visual information is captured by a frame-based camera, converted into a digital format and processed afterwards using a machine-learning algorithm such as an artificial neural network (ANN). From fracture mechanics to particle detection—in many research areas, short events are investigated. —Thomas Mueller.

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VW Showcases Golf Blue-e-motion at Berlin E-Mobility Event

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NEMP is a German government initiative to develop Germany into a leading market for electric mobility, with about 1 million electric vehicles on its streets by 2020. Angela Merkel. Representing the core of the integral drive are the electric motor together with a transmission and differential. The entire unit is relatively light and compact.

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