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Volkswagen Group expands US ERL to become IECC; Type 20 BEV concept

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The future of the Volkswagen Group will be defined by our success in developing new technology that is designed to meet our customers’ needs. It grew from just three employees when it was founded in 1998, to more than 180 engineers, social scientists, researchers and product designers.

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Toyota and industry partners to form consortium for network and computing infrastructure of automotive big data

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The consortium will: Focus on increasing network capacity to accommodate automotive big data in a reasonable fashion between vehicles and the cloud by means of edge computing and more efficient network design. The ECC aims to build a cooperative platform for the edge computing industry. In November 2016, Huawei Technologies Co.,

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Study identifies main culprit behind lithium metal battery failure; counters conventional wisdom

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Inactive lithium is also made up of another component: lithium ions, which are the building blocks of the SEI layer. For example, in an electrolyte specially designed by Meng’s collaborators at General Motors, lithium deposits as dense, column-shaped chunks.

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Renesas introduces new microcontrollers for sensor fusion, gateway and chassis system applications

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The new chips are designed for sensor fusion, gateway, and advanced chassis system applications that will enable the types of advanced systems envisioned in the car of the future. Error check and correct (ECC) functionality detects and corrects data errors affecting memory, such as flash memory, and the internal buses.

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