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Audi unveils redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for 2016 season

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Audi unveiled its redesigned R18 diesel hybrid Le Mans racer for the 2016 World Endurance Championship (WEC) season. Among the new features in the R18 are a more radical aerodynamics concept, including a new safety cell; a Li-ion battery replacing the flywheel energy storage system; and a revised V6 TDI diesel engine.

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Honda targeting 2/3 of unit sales from PHEVs, HEVs and ZEVs by ~2030; PHEVs the core of electrification

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Honda will begin sales in Japan of the Clarity Fuel Cell in March 2016. At the same time, it will introduce a new approach to automobile manufacturing which requires consideration of electrification beyond the concept of a “platform.”. Hachigo is initiating a major organizational change in April.

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BAIC BJEV in strategic cooperation with Dresden University of Technology for lightweighting technology

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The first production car model based on the platform will be unveiled at Auto China 2016 in April. The MMSF platform features technical concepts similar to those of InEco, an ultra-light pure electric car made of multi-materials designed by Professor Hufenbach.

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Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors Ltd. to explore strategic alliance for joint development projects; ŠKODA to lead

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The goal of the strategic alliance is to bundle the expertise of both car manufacturers with a view to jointly developing vehicle components and possibly also vehicle concepts. million cars in 2016. The Volkswagen Group is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe.

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Editorial: Why Are People Worried About Automotive 'Kill Switch' Mandates?

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Usually referenced as a “kill switch,” the device is supposed to be required on every new automobile manufactured after 2025. Modern automobiles are already loaded up with microphones and are capable of transmitting control inputs, positional data, and plenty more back to the manufacturer.

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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mpg by 2016. As private companies, automobile manufacturers look for the lowest cost means of getting from A to B and the premiums that they can charge for getting from A to B faster. The concept of a federal mandated alternative energy goal is not new. Power plant capital costs. Source: EIA.

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