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EUCAR calls for targeted support for automotive initiatives in €80B Horizon 2020 program; targeting €5B budget

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Rémi Bastien, Renault’s Senior Vice President of Research, Advanced Studies and Materials and 2012 Chairman of EUCAR, set out the association’s recommendations on Horizon 2020 to an audience of MEPs (Members of European Parliament) and stakeholders at a seminar in the European Parliament on 20 June.

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Axion supplying PbC batteries to Norfolk Southern for all-battery switcher and working on line-haul hybrid locomotives; micro-hybrid and stationary expansion

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That last feature—the ability to self-regulate in large-string configurations—is especially valuable in the NS-999 application, Granville told Green Car Congress. Axion has been working with BMW since 2009, and is currently in vehicle testing. Hay Railroad Engineering Seminar, UIUC). —Tom Granville.

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