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Mercedes-Benz Cars invests €1B in new “Full-Flex” car plant in Hungary; Factory 56 applied to full plant

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Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. With an investment of one billion euros, we are building in Hungary the first ‘Full-Flex Plant’ in the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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These activities will become a part of initiatives aimed at meeting the goals set out in the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, which was announced in October, 2015. Promotion of the Yangtze River Children's Environment Summit and Cherry Blossom Relay, and building a Biodiversity Conservation Network. WWF Hungary.

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Apollo Tyres celebrates Vredestein acquisition with new tulip variant | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Building momentum over the first few years of operation, the company diversified into the production of car tyres in 1912. Benoit Rivallant, President of Apollo Tyres Europe, said: “Since 2009, we have seen the Vredestein brand go from strength to strength, and we are honoured to be a part of its continued success story.

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Audi developing modular assembly principle as successor to production line; Gy?r testing for 2018 e-tron electric motor production

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For Audi, these are the driverless transport systems (DTS), which began testing at Ingolstadt in 2015. At its Győr engine plant in Hungary, Audi is developing a possible future production process for the electric drive motor to be used in the 2018 C-BEV. DTS units carry the motors and their parts to the stations. Earlier post.

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European consortium investigating graphene-based materials for lightweight cars; energy-efficient and safe vehicles

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As part of the work, a novel graphene-based polymer material will be investigated, modeled, and designed to enhance both vehicle and occupant safety while remaining very light. The 66 new partners come from 19 countries, six of which are new to the consortium: Belarus, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary and Israel.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

Claim to fame: part and parcel of the regulations-driven surge, Portugal went from 4.9% 67 POINTS (1ST PLACE IN 2015-2019) Claim to fame: maybe sometimes it’s good to chill back for a year at #2. That said, China also dominates the global E-bus market, delivering and building assembly plants all over the place. drumrollllll.

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