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Autonomous vehicle tech company Nauto enters strategic relationships with 3 automakers, including BMW and Toyota, and Allianz

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Autonomous vehicle technology company Nauto has entered into strategic agreements with three major auto companies, including BMW i Ventures and Toyota Research Institute, as well as with Allianz Ventures, part of the leading global financial service provider and insurance company Allianz Group.

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Honeywell Expects Turbocharged Engine Segment to Double by 2015

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Honeywell expects the global turbo segment to double in the next five years, from 17 million new turbo vehicles in 2009 to 35 million in 2015. In China, turbocharging will grow from approximately 10% today to 20% by 2015. million engines in 2009 to six million engines in 2015. Tags: Brief. Power & Associates, and R.L.

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SB LiMotive to Invest $410M by 2015 in Plant for Li-ion Batteries for xEVs; Targeting 30% Market Share

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SB LiMotive, the joint Li-ion battery venture between South Korea’s Samsung SDI and Germany’s Robert Bosch, plans to invest 500 billion won (some $410 million) in a plant by 2015 to produce batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles (xEVs). Initial products to be manufactured by the plant will be supplied to BMW. Tags: Brief.

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TRW Forecasts Electric Park Brakes on 1 in 5 European Passenger Cars by 2015

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is forecasting —based on vehicle manufacturer data—that Electric Park Brake ( EPB ) technology will be standard on one in five of all European-built vehicles by 2015. Tags: Brief. TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. Click to enlarge.

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SGL Group and BMW Group JV to Build New Carbon Fiber Plant; Output Exclusively for Upcoming Megacity Vehicle

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SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers LLC, the joint venture between SGL Group and BMW Group ( earlier post ), will build a carbon fiber manufacturing plant in Moses Lake, WA. The CFRP parts and components will then be made from these fabrics at the BMW Group Plant Landshut, Germany. SGL Group holds 51% of the shares and the BMW Group 49%.

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BMW Selects SB LiMotive for Li-ion Batteries for Megacity EV

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BMW has selected SB LiMotive—the 50:50 joint venture between Bosch and Samsung SDI ( earlier post )—as a supplier for Li-ion batteries for the upcoming Megacity vehicle, an electric city vehicle planned for the first half of the next decade ( earlier post ). Tags: Batteries Electric (Battery). Earlier post.).

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Frost Sullivan Projects That About 80% of European Vehicle Sales Will Be in the 150 g/km CO2 Band by 2015; EVs as a Strategy of Premium Automakers

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A new report from Frost & Sullivan, Implementation Roadmap of CO 2 Tax Banding in European Countries and Impact Analysis on Powertrain and Green Technology Adoption , finds that about 80% of the European vehicle sales is expected to be in the less than 150 g/km CO 2 emission band by 2015.

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