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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Since 2016, Banken has been responsible for delivering Mercedes-Benz electric propulsion systems, including the EQS from concept to delivery of its Electric Drive Unit. He has a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Aachen University and has more than 15 years’ experience in developing and bringing electric vehicles to market.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

MANs TGX hybrid concept at IAA. At the IAA, MAN (part of the Volkswagen Group) presented a concept diesel-electric parallel hybrid version of its long-haul TGX truck. Also at IAA, MAN gave a preview of the CNG technology in trucks with a TGM distributor chassis; the CNG trucks are due in the market in 2016. TGX Hybrid.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2016

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) confirmed European production for a production version of the C-HR concept crossover ( earlier post ). Annual production of the future crossover will depend on demand. The production vehicle based on the C-HR concept will be revealed on 1 March at the Geneva Motor Show.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Toyota introduced a new C-HR Concept (its proportions place it between the B-SUV and C-SUV segments) at the 2015 Frankfurt motor show. The 2015 version follows on the first C-HR Concept, a 3-door concept introduced in 2014 at the Paris motor show. Global Project Rooted in the European Market.

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JUNE 16, 2022

Dimensional Energy was founded in Ithaca, New York, in 2016 and has spent the last six years refining its reactors and catalysts in both lab and real-world demonstrations. Future plants are slated to use hydro-power, wind-power and rapidly maturing concentrated solar, which utilizes heat from direct sunlight.

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JUNE 8, 2022

Porsche has been active since 2016 in identifying and taking stakes in around 40 startups with new business models and new technologies. Los Angeles-based UP.Labs is being launched as part of a consortium of companies alongside UP.Partners, all focused on accelerating the future of mobility. —Lutz Meschke.

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JUNE 13, 2019

Uber and Volvo Cars entered a joint engineering agreement in 2016 and have since developed several prototypes aimed at accelerating the companies’ self-driving car development. Volvo Cars plans to use a similar autonomous base vehicle concept for the introduction of its future autonomous drive cars in the early 2020s.

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AUGUST 25, 2018

Functional attachment parts made of carbon fiber such as the front splitter epitomize the cool and rational aspect of the philosophy. EQ Concept Vehicles: Outlook for Electric Cars in all Segments. The Concept EQA then displays which drive program has been selected on a unique virtual radiator grille.

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JANUARY 11, 2018

Mass production and shipment commenced in May 2016. Combining the technological expertise of both companies, Sony is developing its future solutions for the areas such as smartphone, robotics, and automotive. In 2015, Sony acquired Belgium-based Softkinetic Systems S.A. Sony will start shipping sample units in April 2018.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2016

At the 2016 Guangzhou Auto Show, Qoros Auto introduced the first drivable engineering development car—a modified Qoros 3 hatchback—equipped with the QamFree engine featuring FreeValve’s Pneumatic-Hydraulic-Electric-Actuator (PHEA) technology. Earlier post.) FreeValve AB is a sister company to Koenigsegg Automotive.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

Future vehicle purchases are contingent on successful tests of initial vehicles. Arrival vehicles also use a modular design with standardized parts, a method that reduces maintenance and other costs of ownership. Since 2016, UPS and Arrival have collaborated to develop concepts of different vehicles sizes.

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Diesel engines may still have a future at Toyota, in some markets at least. In a recent interview with Australian publication Drive , Toyota Australia sales and marketing boss said diesel is “not going to die off anytime soon,” adding that it remains viable as part of hybrid powertrains, “particularly for heavy vehicles.”

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MARCH 20, 2019

ZF and Venturi teamed up in a technology partnership for the FIA Formula E in 2016. We developed our drive concept in just a few months, which was important because we only had one and a half years until the first trials on the race track. 250 kW electric drive system. —Tobias Hofmann, Project Manager for the Formula-E drive.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

As part of an electric propulsion system, QinetiQ’s hub-drive replaces multiple gearboxes, differentials, and drive shafts with compact and extremely high-powered electric motors contained completely within the wheels. The hub-drive system is in development as part of DARPA’s Ground X-Vehicle Technologies (GXV-T) program, under a $1.5-million

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

the 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions company, will preview demonstrations of next-generation manufacturing technologies at IMTS 2016 (International Manufacturing Technology Show, 12-17 September) as part of its SHAPING WHAT’S NEXT vision for manufacturing. Stratasys Ltd., Stratasys Infinite-Build 3D Demonstrator.

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MARCH 15, 2024

The study, which was funded by fees paid by Volkswagen as part of its 2016 diesel-emissions cheating settlement, looked at aerosol particles emitted from brake pads as they wear. Researchers used a large lathe to spin a brake rotor and caliper, and measured the charge of the particles emitted.

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MARCH 7, 2017

Speaking at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show, Honda Motor Europe’s President and COO, Katsushi Inoue outlined Honda’s commitment to an electric future in Europe, with a specific aim to have electrified powertrains in two-thirds of Honda cars sold in Europe by 2025. per cent compared to same period in 2015.

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MAY 19, 2017

In addition, we will expand our successful Q family by 2019 with two new concepts—the Audi Q8 and the Audi Q4—and we will launch our battery-electric e-tron models. ”. Audi says that it is systematically utilizing Group synergies in order to implement topics of the future even faster and more efficiently. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 1, 2016

He announced three new “Volkswagen Group Future Centers” in Potsdam, China and California where designers and digitalization experts will work together on the car of the future.In The studio in Potsdam has already begun working under the new concept.

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MARCH 15, 2018

The researchers present these results in the journal Nature Reviews Materials as part of a cost and resource analysis of sodium-ion batteries. … However, the production of lithium will require substantial expansion, even if only parts of the presented scenario were to become reality. —HIU system analyst Dr. Marcel Weil.

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MARCH 10, 2014

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) staff has posted a Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Re-Adoption Concept Paper, which will be discussed during the LCFS workshop on 11 March 2014. The concept paper provides an overview of new elements being considered as part of the 2014 LCFS rulemaking effort. The requirements (i.e.,

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MARCH 29, 2024

Nissan “Surf-Out” EV pickup concept (Source: Nissan) The model will likely arrive in the US as an electric version of Nissan’s best-selling pickup, the Frontier. Nissan and Mitsubishi have been intertwined since 2016. Makota said Nissan “Cannot continue old ways of business from the past into the future” in January.

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MARCH 14, 2014

Deutsche Post DHL has signed a letter of intent for a possible future global framework agreement with car manufacturer Renault. The intended global agreement shall contain the options for a future purchase of Renault Kangoo Z.E. As part of its global efforts, Deutsche Post DHL works with all major car manufacturers worldwide.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

As part of its partnership with CNL—a group of fifteen of Austria’s largest companies in the retail, logistics and production sectors—MAN will be making test vehicles available to nine CNL member companies for practical trials from the end of 2017. MAN Truck & Bus already presented the MAN Metropolis concept vehicle in 2012.

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MARCH 31, 2021

Mercedes-AMG laid out its new electrified drive strategy , which is based on two pillars: Performance hybrids with a completely independent drive concept under the technology label E PERFORMANCE. With our new drive strategy, we are transporting our hallmark DNA into an electrified future. Performance hybrid with innovative AMG concept.

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JANUARY 19, 2018

The objective is to provide modern integrated mobility services in Africa in future. As part of its worldwide regionalization strategy, Volkswagen is planning to expand its business presence significantly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Vehicle assembly began in Nigeria in 2015, and in Kenya in December 2016. US$20 million (approx. €16

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JULY 21, 2017

Audi aims to maintain the future viability of diesel engines for its customers and to make a contribution towards improving air quality. For several months, Audi has been intensively examining all diesel concepts for any irregularities. Audi is aware that the investigations by the KBA have not yet been concluded.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

The Japanese ministry of economy, trade and industry (METI) and the ministry of land, infrastructure, transport and tourism (MLIT) initiated the platooning test, which is part of the Japanese government’s Future Strategy 2017. FUSO trucks in platoon. Click to enlarge. The following year, Daimler introduced “Highway Pilot“ in Germany.

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APRIL 18, 2018

This topic seeks platinum group metal-free oxygen reduction electrocatalyst and electrode R&D enabling cost-competitive polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells, as part of DOE’s Energy Materials Network. Proposed cathode catalyst concepts should demonstrate the potential to meet or exceed activity of 0.044 A/cm 2 at 0.9

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MARCH 1, 2017

Under the new partnership, Volkswagen will further intensify its direct dialogue with Infineon in order to define the requirements for future semiconductor solutions and thus pursue new joint development approaches. Thus, a significant part of all vehicle innovations is based on electronic systems. Hence, the partnership with Infineon.

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AUGUST 27, 2014

During the project’s 24-month duration, scientists, companies in the field of laser technology, and automotive suppliers and manufacturers will be working to optimize the production process and prepare for industrial applications such as automotive body parts, impact protection for doors and seat cross members. —Andreas Eppinger.

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DECEMBER 17, 2016

BMW HoloActive Touch is part of the BMW i Inside Future study, which gives visitors to the CES an impression of the mobility experience set to be offered by seamlessly connected and autonomously-driving cars in the future.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

This ensures the appropriate safety systems are in place, the electrical design is in accordance with regulations, and the systems architecture and working principles are supported by a wider automotive community in the future. MAN is introducing a number of eMobility innovations at IAA 2016. MAN electrification.

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OCTOBER 1, 2015

General Motors CEO Mary Barra and her leadership team outlined the company’s plans to capitalize on the future of personal mobility by owning the customer relationship beyond the vehicle, building upon nearly two decades of connectivity leadership. eBike Concept. —Mary Barra. Autonomous Vehicle Deployment. Fuel Cell Propulsion.

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

The number of top managers reporting directly to the CEO has been almost halved, and new appointments to several posts will take effect in the first quarter of 2016. The Group Board of Management can focus more closely than previously on overarching issues of the future, safeguard cross-brand synergies and further develop overall strategy.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Solar aluminum is a step in the right direction—it uses a natural and abundant source of energy in our desert environment to produce a metal that is vital to the future of our planet. The light metal foundry also works with shaping sand cores, among other methods, to manufacture cast parts.

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JANUARY 24, 2019

The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC), a non-profit entity established by Masdar Institute that is part of Khalifa University of Science and Technology, announced the world’s first commercial flight using locally produced sustainable fuel on an Etihad Airways Boeing 787 powered by GE’s GEnx-1B engines. Earlier post.).

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