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Preh acquires power electronics company ePower from Kongsberg Automotive

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ePower currently employs 20 people and has two development centers in Gothenburg and Mullsjö in Sweden. In addition, the high-tech specialist draws on a proven network of around 50 engineering consultants, who both operate out of Sweden and India. At Preh, ePower will become part of the e-mobility business within Preh Sweden AB.

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Change in magnesium alloy microstructure changes corrosion resistance and improves potential for transportation applications

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Changing the microstructure in magnesium alloys improves their corrosion resistance, and so improves the possibilities for the transport sector to use these materials to decrease the weight of vehicles, according to work done by Mohsen Esmaily, researcher in Atmospheric Corrosion at Chalmers University in Sweden.

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First drive: Volvo XC90 T8 Drive-E Twin Engine PHEV sets a high bar for full-size luxury SUV plug-ins in US

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Combining Volvo’s new design language, advanced safety and in-car connectivity technologies, and the new strategic Drive-E powertrains, the XC90 is the first product based on Volvo’s new strategic Scalable Product Architecture (SPA). Volvo Car Corporation was founded in Sweden in 1927. Click to enlarge. Background. Earlier post.).

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The Long View from SAE 2009 World Congress

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Winner of the 2004 Dale Prize for Excellence in Urban Planning. Cervero believes Stockholm, Sweden and Curitiba, Brazil are two good examples of the TOD principle. Cervero, Transit-Oriented Corridors, sidebar in The Transportation/Land Use Connection, T. Cervero, The Scandinavian Model: Strings of TODs, Urban Land, May, 2004, p.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. But Fukui said he saw no significant value in researching plug-in hybrid models, which can be recharged by connecting to a power plug. Daimler/Mercedes Took over Daimler/Chrysler Sprinter PHEV program.

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