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CARB Executive Order certifies Toyota’s heavy-duty fuel cell electric powertrain kit as a Zero-Emission Powertrain (ZEP)

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Toyota was earlier granted a Zero Emission Powertrain (ZEP) Executive Order (A-014-1170) from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for its new heavy-duty fuel cell electric powertrain kit. The hydrogen-fueled powertrain kit includes a 200 kWh Li-ion battery; hydrogen fuel storage tanks (58.8 Earlier post.)

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Used Car of the Day: 2017 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen

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In this case, a 2017 Volkswagen Golf Sportwagen. Other mods include a clutch kit and turbo upgrade, a high-flow cat and downpipe, a high-pressure fuel pump, an aluminum intercooler, a steel oil pan, an adjustable front sway bar kit, winter tires, and new front brakes. This S 4Motion has 111,000 miles on it and is quite modified.

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Renesas Electronics delivers 2nd-gen ADAS view solution kit for surround view, electronic mirrors and driver monitoring for autonomous driving

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Renesas Electronics Corporation has introduced a new all-in-one Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) view solution kit. The up to eight automotive cameras of the solution kit allow developers to collect data from the environment for sensor fusion, being a necessary step towards autonomous drive.

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Renesas and Cohda collaborating on V2V and V2I communications; V2X reference solution available in 2017

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Cohda Wireless will demonstrate the jointly-developed V2X reference solution consisting of Renesas’ R-Car W2R and R-Car W2H SoCs combined as a starter kit and Cohda Wireless’ software at the ITS World Congress 2016 taking place 10-14 October in Melbourne, Australia. Both were deeply validated and proven for reliable operation.

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Volkswagen ends e-Golf production in Dresden in preparation for ID.3 launch

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A total of 50,401 vehicles have been manufactured in Dresden since March 2017. At the beginning of 2021, the production area of the Transparent Factory will be converted to meet the requirements of the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB). In 2017, the Transparent Factory started production in parallel to meet the high demand.

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Fraunhofer, KIT study finds CO2 mitigation potential of higher-range PHEVs greater than expected

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In an open-access paper published in Scientific Reports , a team from Fraunhofer ISI and KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) has presented the first systematic overview of empirical findings on the electrification of vehicle mileage based on on actual PHEV (plug-in hybrid) and BEV (battery-electric vehicle) usage for the US and Germany.

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KIT team finds wear occurs at first contact and always takes place at same point

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Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) recently showed that wear occurs at the first contact and always takes place at the same point of the material. billion in 2017. Their findings can help develop optimized materials and reduce consumption of energy and raw materials.

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