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Volkswagen unveils updated Golf; Millerized engines, semi-automated driving, digital cockpit and gesture control

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In addition to some design enhancements, the new Golf features new engines (including the Millerized 1.5L inch screen it forms a conceptual and visual entity with the Active Info Display (digital instrument panel), which is also new to the Golf. With its 9.2-inch By 2020, the full line-up will be renewed. Trailer Assist.

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What is NEMA 3R? Understanding Your EV Charger Enclosure

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The electrical engineering and manufacturing industries have numerous standards options for electrical enclosures. Many engineers and designers find that the NEMA 3 enclosure series achieves a good balance among these factors. info@setec-power.com The post What is NEMA 3R? But what exactly is NEMA 3R?

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BMW M introduces its first high-performance car with electrified drive system: BMW XM PHEV

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The BMW XM is equipped with a plug-in hybrid system comprising a V8 gasoline engine and electric motor that delivers combined fuel consumption of 1.6 – 1.5 It is underpinned by a newly developed, classically high-revving V8 engine with M TwinPower Turbo technology.

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Ford hired former Tesla, Apple exec to create next-generation vehicle technology and services

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Doug is one of the world’s most respected engineering and product design leaders and has been a driving force behind breakthrough products across auto, tech, and mobility, including at Apple, Tesla, and Segway,” Farley noted. For more info, read the Ford+ Presentation below! The Teslarati team would appreciate hearing from you.

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Two Companies Working Towards Full-Scale Liberty Lifter X-Plane

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But excitingly, two major aerospace companies have now signed on with their own designs for Liberty Lifter , meaning that a new full-scale X-Plane may actually happen in the near future. The two teams have taken distinctly different design approaches that will enable us to explore a relatively large design space during Phase 1.”

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Toyota Technical Center opens Silicon Valley office

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The Toyota Technical Center (TTC), a division of Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., TTC will co-locate with the Toyota Info Technology Center (ITC) in its Mountain View, Calif., Established in 1977 and headquartered in Michigan, TTC has R&D facilities in Ann Arbor, Saline, Plymouth and Livonia.

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Tesla community comes together to fulfill terminally ill Cybertruck fan’s wish

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I tried to get secret info, but Steven was very informative yet vague,” the Wisconsin-based Tesla fan wrote. And in 2018, similar efforts by the EV community helped a Tesla superfan who was diagnosed with stage 4 colon cancer get a meet-and-greet with Tesla Design Chief Franz von Holzhausen. Such a cool guy. He knows Tom Zhu!

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