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BMW Group begins production of small-series hydrogen-powered iX5

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The BMW Group is commencing production of its BMW iX5 Hydrogen model. Manufacture of the small-series hydrogen-powered vehicle is taking place in the pilot plant at its Munich Research and Innovation Centre (FIZ). —Frank Weber, Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Development.

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Bosch starts volume production of its fuel-cell power module; Nikola pilot customer

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Bosch has now begun volume production of its Fuel-Cell Power Module (FCPM) at its Stuttgart-Feuerbach location. Manufacturing the Fuel Cell Power Module in the Feuerbach plant. Production of the fuel-cell power module is not only starting in Feuerbach, but also in Chongqing, China.

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Constellation starts production at 1MW demo-scale nuclear-powered hydrogen facility

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Hydrogen production has commenced at the US’ first 1 MW demonstration-scale, nuclear-powered hydrogen production facility at Constellation’s Nine Mile Point Nuclear Plant in Oswego, New York. This accomplishment tangibly demonstrates that our nation’s existing reactor fleet can produce clean hydrogen today.

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Topsoe to build world’s largest SOEC electrolyzer production facility; 500 MW scalable to 5 GW; focusing on Power-to-X

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Topsoe intends to construct the world’s largest and most advanced industrial-scale electrolyzer production plant. Topsoe’s ambition is to accelerate rapidly the adoption of green solutions—in particular within Power-to-X. —Roeland Baan, CEO at Topsoe.

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STMicroelectronics releases new high-power SiC power modules; increased EV performance and range

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STMicroelectronics has released high-power modules for electric vehicles that boost performance and driving range. ST’s new silicon-carbide (SiC) power modules have been selected for Hyundai’s E-GMP electric-vehicle platform shared by KIA EV6 and several models. ACEPACK DRIVE SiC-based power module.

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NuScale, Shell and partners to assess hydrogen production using SMR

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NuScale Power, along with Shell Global Solutions (Shell) and industry participants will develop and assess a concept for an economically optimized Integrated Energy System (IES) for hydrogen production using electricity and process heat from a NuScale VOYGR small modular reactor (SMR) power plant.

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Bentley ending production of iconic W12 engine with the most powerful version ever

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Bentley will cease production of its 12-cylinder gasoline engine in April 2024, by which time more than 100,000 examples of the iconic W12 will have been handcrafted in the company’s Dream Factory in Crewe, England. Development work has concluded recently on the most powerful version of the W12 ever created.

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