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Volkswagen Group of America gains 51 charging stations at IECC Silicon Valley Campus

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Volkswagen Group of America opened a large electric vehicle charge park at the Innovation and Engineering Center California (IECC) – Silicon Valley Campus. The IECC has two branches: Innovation Center California (ICC) and Engineering Center California (ECC).

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Peugeot Applying New 1.6L Diesel With ECCS in 308 CC

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liter 112 bhp (84 kW) diesel engine. liter HDi FAP diesel engine has been designed to meet the requirements of the new Euro 5 emission standards. The new four cylinder engine with a capacity of 1,560 cm 3 and eight valves, has a maximum torque output of 270 N·m (199 lb-ft) at 1,750 rpm, an increase of 12.5%

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Georgia Tech researchers develop aluminum-foil-based anodes for all-solid-state Li-ion batteries

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Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering, is using an aluminum-foil-based anode in a solid-state Li-ion battery to create batteries with higher energy density and greater stability. The new battery system is detailed in an open-access paper in Nature Communications. mA cm −2 ).

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

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The new Innovation and Engineering Center California (IECC) will be the largest Volkswagen vehicle research facility outside Germany, and serve as the heart of an expansion of Volkswagen’s North American engineering resources. Powertrain & Chassis: The Type 20 features a full BEV drivetrain, including a 10 kWh battery, 2.5

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Pierburg introduces air conditioning components specifically for EVs

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In vehicles with a conventional internal combustion engine, the a/c compressor is usually driven via a pulley and the V-belt but in electric vehicles, this mechanism is not available. Pierburg GmbH has developed an electric a/c compressor (eCC) that incorporates the supplier’s many years of experience in the field of mechatronic components.

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Junkyard Find: 1988 Buick Reatta Coupe

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A 1970s desire on the part of Cadillac dealers for a two-seater to compete with the Mercedes-Benz R107 plus fierce intra-GM political battles led to the development of a couple of interesting two-seat designs that hit American roads during the late 1980s. The Reatta's engine was the good old 3.8-liter Same goes for the mangled decklid.

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Self-driving mining truck stable at 90 km/h; clothoid-based model predictive control

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—Bo Wahlberg, professor of control engineering at KTH. Clothoids are used for road design since their curvature vary linearly with the path arc-length. Wahlberg (2015) “Clothoid-based model predictive control for autonomous driving,” Control Conference (ECC), 2015 European, Linz, pp. 2983-2990 doi: 10.1109/ECC.2015.7330991.

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