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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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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. The BMW Group has reduced resource consumption and CO 2 emissions in vehicle production by 50% since 2006. This architecture will be in use from the middle of the decade.

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Schaeffler introducing 4in1 electric axles for EVs

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Heat is a scarce and valuable resource in electric cars, which do not have the waste heat from internal combustion engines for heating the interior, for example. In September 2021, production started at its plant in Szombathely, Hungary. The company is therefore entering a new market segment for electric axle drives.

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V4 countries form G4 Centre of Excellence for joint R&D in Generation-4 nuclear reactors

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Husinec, Czech Republic; MTA EK, Budapest, Hungary; NCBJ, ?wierk, The V4 is an alliance of four Central European states—Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. wierk, Poland; and VUJE, a.s., non-proliferation dur to adequate advanced recycling processes. non-proliferation dur to adequate advanced recycling processes.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In Kecskemét (Hungary), a second plant under construction will be CO 2 -neutral. The production hall uses renewable energy and reduces water consumption and waste significantly. This includes optimized resource consumption through the most efficient use of energy and heat. The plant will start operating in 2019.

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European Research Project Searching for More Efficient and Cost-Effective Enzymes for Cellulosic Biofuel Production

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However, the starting materials, wheat straw, bran and spruce, are found in abundance throughout Europe as waste materials, so it is hoped that the DISCO project will lead to full scale-plants producing biofuels across the continent. Budapest Muszaki Es Gazdasagtudomanyi Egyetem (Hungary). Wageningen Universiteit (Netherlands).

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EU-Funded Project Targets Sustainable Production of Ethyl Levulinate from Biomass as Diesel Miscibile Biofuel

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An EU-funded research project is seeking to develop new technologies that will enable the sustainable production of diesel miscible biofuels (DMB) from cellulosic biomass wastes in Europe and Latin America. Ethyl levulinate (EL) is a novel diesel miscible biofuel (DMB) produced by esterifying ethanol with levulinic acid. million (US$5.5

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BMW outlines iFACTORY production strategy; transformation to e-mobility; Plant Debrecen first CO2-free plant

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The BMW iFACTORY is not a one-off showpiece but an approach we will implement at all our plants in the future —from our 100-year-old home plant in Munich to our forthcoming plant in Debrecen, Hungary. Wherever possible, production materials and resources will be reused. —Milan Nedeljkovi?.

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