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BMW Brilliance Automotive opens battery factory in Shenyang; 3rd battery factory in BMW Group production network

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The modular design of the high-voltage batteries also forms the basis for a wide variety of electric drive variants. The Shenyang location, with its Dadong and Tiexi automotive plants and engine plant with light-metal foundry, plays an important role in the BMW Group’s global production network. Shenyang production facility.

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The Cheesy Charm of the Clapper

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This 1980s earworm of a jingle touted a gadget to turn your lights, your TV, or any other electrical device on or off with the clap of your hands. In 1985, Peter Liljequist and Kou Chen filed a Canadian patent for an acoustic switch for turning lights and other appliances on and off. The Clapper!” 5,493,618 ) is a chatty marvel. “In

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Remembering Roberto Saracco, President of EIT Digital

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There he led network management research and helped design Italy’s first electronic exchange and data network. In 2003 he was promoted to director of long-term research at the lab, focusing on technology’s evolution and its potential impact. Saracco also contributed to standardizing the company’s telecommunications management network.

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Volkswagen outlines a range of near-term technologies for reducing fuel consumption and emissions; stop-start 2.0, 10-speed DSG

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Volkswagen AG has set the goal of becoming the world’s most sustainable carmaker by the year 2018. VW’s “Strategy 2018”, earlier post.) system does not just deactivate the engine when the car is stationary at a red light; it already deactivates the engine at speeds below 7 km/h (4.4 Mild hybrid: stop-start 2.0 The start-stop 2.0

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The New Supersonic Boom

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They're preparing prototypes for flight and they've got designs for full-blown airliners capable of carrying scores of passengers. Shortly afterward, the federal government issued a contract to Boeing, which had prevailed over Lockheed and others in a design competition, to develop such a plane. supersonic airliner.

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Studying Climate Change with an Ice Radar Drone

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This data has come in large part from ICESat , launched in 2003, and its successor, ICESat-2 , launched in 2018. Peregrine is a modified UAV carrying a miniaturized ice-penetrating radar that we designed around a software-defined radio. Eliza Dawson In 2018, IceSat-2 launched, heralding the end of Operation IceBridge.

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BYD Atto3 launch event notes | Key takeaways

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BYD entered the Lithium-Ion battery business in 1996 They enter the passenger car market in 2003 Warren Buffet acquires a stake in BYD in 2008 In 2011, BYD's electric bus fleet is put in operation. In 2018, BYD holds the Worldwide Developers Conference, the first developers conference in the automotive industry's 132-year history.

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