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Continental launches series production of technologies for robo-taxis

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Continental’s braking portfolio includes suitable technologies for robo-taxis, such as the MK C1 one-box brake system. This system has been in series production since 2016 and combines ABS, ESC and a brake booster.

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Diesel car registrations in Europe in 2017 down 7.9%; SUV sales up 19.5%; AFVs up 46% but share still low

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higher than in 2016. when compared to 2016 and the highest volume of registrations since 2007 when 16.02 volume growth experienced in 2016 and 2015 respectively. Comparatively, SUV registrations in 2016 were just 3.81 in 2016 to 29.3% million registrations in 2017, 19.5% on the previous year. of market share.

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DuPont Industrial Biosciences awarded grant for high-efficiency biogas enzyme production

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DuPont (via Genencor) has recently developed a new enzyme product, derived from Myceliophthora thermophila C1, that in recent field trials has shown a promising 10% cost-reduction in the production of biogas from organic waste. Earlier post.).

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JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

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Despite this positive change, their emission levels were still higher than the averages they recorded in 2016 and 2017. g/km), C3 Aircross (-4.7), C1 (-4.5). France was the only market to see better results, as its average fell from 112.0 g/km in 2018 to 111.1 g/km last year.

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How E Ink Developed Full-Color e-Paper

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E Ink launched ACeP as E Ink Gallery in 2016. We began shipping to customers soon after, and you can now see the technology in products like the Hisense A5C, the iFlytek Book C1 , and the PocketBook Color, all of which were launched in 2020. The resulting display renders colors like those in newspapers or even watercolor art.

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GM provides technical details of the Gen 2 Voltec propulsion system used in the 2016 Volt

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Clutches are OWC1, C1 and B1. Schematic lever diagram showing the gearing of each of the two propulsion motor-generators to a common main transmission shaft using an individual planetary gear set. Click to enlarge. A key decision was to split EV propulsion between two motor-generators (motors A and B).

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