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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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Audi taps Mertens from Volvo to lead technical development

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Peter Mertens, previously Senior Vice President Research & Development at Volvo Car Corporation in Göteborg, Sweden, as the new Board of Management Member for Technical Development at Audi. This was followed by responsibility for the compact cars of General Motors Europe in 2004 and for all compact cars of General Motors worldwide in 2005.

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Junkyard Find: 1964 Mercury Montclair Four-Door Hardtop Marauder

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The Montclair and Park Lane names disappeared after 1968 (the Monterey name survived through 1974, then was revived for the Mercurized Ford Freestar in 2004). It was brought back to life on the 2003-2004 Marauder , a version of the Grand Marquis powered by the Lincoln Mark VIII 's DOHC engine.

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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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Europe Mandates Automatic Emergency Braking

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Formal requirements came long afterwards—in Europe in 2004 and in the United States in 2012. Every year we do a report on mortality rates; the safest are still Sweden, the Netherlands—and I was going to say the United Kingdom, but my country has left the EU. America has done very little ,” says Curtis.

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Dacia Broadens Fuel Efficient and Low Emission Offerings With LPG and E85 Engines, new 1.2L Gasoline Unit

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E85 delivers WTW emissions of 130g CO 2 /km running on sugar beet/wheat-based E85 fuel as produced in France, and 60g CO 2 /km with sugarcane-based E85 fuel as available in Sweden, according to Dacia. Renault has been manufacturing and commercializing Flex Fuel engines running with E100 ethanol since 2004. The Sandero 1.6

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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, The Scandinavian Model: Strings of TODs, Urban Land, May, 2004, p. Dr. Luca Guala, Systemica. Professor Sebastian Thrun, Stanford University.

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