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Teijin joins AZL Partner Network for Lightweight Production Technology

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Amid the ongoing shift toward connected, autonomous, shared, and electric (CASE) automobiles, automotive companies are transforming their business models to realize more lightweight and multifunctional next-generation vehicles. CSP’s French operation is installing a new sheet molding compound line. of Czech Republic.

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Hyundai Motor targeting 7% of global EV market by 2030; 1.87M BEVs

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Beyond existing BEV production facilities centered in Korea and the Czech Republic, Hyundai plans to expand its BEV manufacturing bases gradually, starting with an Indonesian plant that recently started operation. Five types of standardized motors also will be installed on IMA according to model needs. trillion (US$ 3.6

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Volkswagen Group to add 15 more plants to Industrial Cloud this year

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These include the plants at Brunswick, Emden, Hanover, Ingolstadt, Kassel, Leipzig, Neckarsulm, Salzgitter, Zuffenhausen and Zwickau (all in Germany), Martorell (Spain), Palmela (Portugal), Györ (Hungary), and Mladá Boleslav and Vrchlabi (Czech Republic). Each machine, equipment item and system will be connected manually.

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Research Suggests Renewables Could Generate 40% of Global Power by 2050

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The Czech Republic, meanwhile, is also a major supporter of renewable energy. This would help the Czech Republic fulfil its pledge to increase twofold its renewables-generated electricity (in gross domestic power consumption), which amounted to 4% in 2008.