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Audi building 160,000 m2 photovoltaic system for Gy?r, Hungary plant

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Our goal is to have completely CO 2 -neutral plant operation in the future. As part of the joint project with E.ON With the construction of the solar-cell park, we are now taking a further step to achieve this in terms of power supply. —Achim Heinfling, Chairman of the Board of Management of AUDI HUNGARIA Zrt.

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BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

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The future assembly and its production processes will be designed for a new cluster architecture geared towards electric drive trains. It will ramp up for the first time at our future plant in Debrecen, Hungary, before being rolled out across our global production network in stages.

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BMW previews future electric SUV with faster charging, more range

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The BMW Vision Neue Klasse X is an electric SUV that forecasts a model due to start production in Debrecen, Hungary, in 2025. Bidirectional charging to serve as home backup power Bidirectional charging is also part of the Neue Klasse vehicles. “This lowers electricity costs and helps stabilize networks.”

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BMW previews future electric SUV with faster charging, more range

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The BMW Vision Neue Klasse X is an electric SUV that forecasts a model due to start production in Debrecen, Hungary, in 2025. Bidirectional charging to serve as home backup power Bidirectional charging is also part of the Neue Klasse vehicles. “This lowers electricity costs and helps stabilize networks.”

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Rolls-Royce to power Vertical Aerospace’s all-electric eVTOL UAM aircraft

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Around 150 Rolls-Royce engineers based in countries including Hungary, Germany, US and the UK will work with the Vertical Aerospace team on developing the aircraft which is aiming to be one of the world’s first certified eVTOLs.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars invests €1B in new “Full-Flex” car plant in Hungary; Factory 56 applied to full plant

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Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. With an investment of one billion euros, we are building in Hungary the first ‘Full-Flex Plant’ in the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

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BMW Group announces local production of NEUE KLASSE in China from 2026, new gen 6 battery plant

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The virtual ground-breaking for a new assembly site for high-voltage batteries also took place as part of the anniversary celebrations. Rendering of the future high-voltage battery assembly in Shenyang. The high-voltage batteries required for this will likewise be manufactured locally. BBA is investing RMB 10 billion (US$1.4

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