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New Ricardo 48V electric motor aims to boost power and cut costs of hybrids; up to 50% increase in power density; ECOCHAMPS

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Results of this work are expected to be published and presented at the IEEE ECCE at Portland, Oregon in September 2018. This marks the start of a series of presentations being made on the results of the ECOCHAMPS project in China, Japan, USA, EU, India and the UK.

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Daimler Trucks to invest €500M in highly automated trucks; stepping away from platooning, shooting for L4 automation

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The main location is Daimler Trucks & Buses new Automated Truck Research & Development Center in Portland, Oregon. The center’s experts are dedicated to all aspects of developing, testing and validating automated vehicles.

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Dipping Into the World’s Most Stunning Hot Springs

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Himachal Pradesh, India Each day at 7 a.m. Greta Rybus is a photojournalist based near Portland, Maine. When the tide rises, people climb a little ladder over the ledge of black rock, with the sea still surging below them, shivering in the wind, wrapping themselves in towels and wringing water from their hair. and 7 p.m.,

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Daimler Trucks launches E-Mobility Group; single global electric architecture

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EMG is globally structured, with employees working cross functional in various locations throughout the company’s worldwide development network—in Portland (US), Stuttgart (Germany) and Kawasaki (Japan). In Brazil, India and Japan the company also holds a leading position.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania. Ted Kulongoski arrived to test-drive an electric car and urge the company to import through the port of Portland. operations are small - about 20 people work in a sales and marketing outpost in Elk Grove Village, Ill.,

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Electric Car Makers: Oregon Wants You - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. April 10, 2009 11:51 am Link The electric car is only part of the story in Portland. — Larry 4. — jerryd 7.

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