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Q3 Roland Berger E-Mobility Index finds stagnant sales, lack of concepts to persuade customers to go electric

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While insufficient battery range is a part of the reason, more importantly there is a lack of specific concepts that can persuade customers to buy an electric car, the report finds. The lack of coherent sales concepts is partly responsible for the weak sales figures. OEMs are not doing enough to win customers over to BEVs and PHEVs.

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A cheap Toyota EV? Not right now, the company says

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Toyota revealed the Urban electric SUV , saying the concept is a “close-to-production” design for the new EV coming this year. Toyota Urban electric SUV concept (Source: Toyota) It will be offered in two battery options. Toyota could miss an opportunity with a brand name built on smaller, more affordable cars.

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Ricardo develops new model-based EV battery control technology; evaluating new cell chemistries

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This can represent a very significant cost element of a typical battery electric vehicle (BEV); manufacturers need to strike a balance between product affordability and available range between recharges. The new cell and BMS are intended to achieve 400Wh/kg cell energy density with practical cycle life and performance metrics.

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Audi provides overview of its 4 distinct EV platforms

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Next, it will introduce the Audi Q4 e-tron SUV and e-tron GT performance sedan, which have already been shown as concept vehicles. Shown as a concept vehicle thus far, the Audi e-tron GT performance sedan shows how sports cars will evolve in the electric era. J1: The performance electric platform.

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Surfing the Metaverse’s Real Estate Boom

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The purpose of a metaverse DAO might seem straightforward: Buying gives you a stake in the metaverse even if you can’t afford a plot—right? Another spin on the concept can be found at MetaOasis DAO (not to be confused with MetaOasis , a separate metaverse project). Mihai Vicol, Newzoo. Well, that depends.

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Pinnacle Engine pre-production prototype opposed piston engine shows about 27% fuel consumption improvement across different scooter cycles compared to conventional engine

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Fuel mass flow comparison shows Pinnacle engine ahead at just about all points in the map. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Engine efficiency, N15. Click to enlarge. This combination of variable compression ratio and our operating mode gets us huge fuel economy wins.

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Argonne white paper outlines battery and R&D requirements for electric aviation

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The paper explores four aircraft concepts: air taxis; 20-passenger commuter aircrafts; 50-passenger regional jets; and 150-passenger, single-aisle 737-class aircraft. For each concept, the paper describes a research area where DOE and NASA could help spur innovation in electric aviation batteries.

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