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BMW Group to build future MINI E vehicles in China with Great Wall Motor

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The BMW Group and Great Wall Motor have launched a new joint venture—Spotlight Automotive Limited—and are building a joint plant in China, where the BMW Group will produce future fully-electric models of its MINI brand. The construction phase is planned for 2020 to 2022.

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Porsche and Boeing to partner on premium urban air mobility market; electric VTOL concept

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Porsche and Boeing signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the premium urban air mobility market and the extension of urban traffic into airspace. With this partnership, both companies will leverage their respective market strengths and insights to study the future of premium urban air mobility vehicles.

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Aston Martin and LeEco partner to co-develop RapidE EV for market intro in 2018; potential to add Faraday Future

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The new partners anticipate working together in developing and manufacturing RapidE, with potential for adding a range of next-generation connected electric vehicles on behalf of Aston Martin, LeEco and Faraday Future. LeEco’s SEE Plan is dedicated to build electric, smart, connected and socialized cars. Earlier post.).

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thyssenkrupp’s water electrolysis technology qualified as primary control reserve in Germany; hydrogen production for the electricity market

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green hydrogen meets the requirements for participation in the primary control reserve market. In the future thyssenkrupp’s electrolysis plants will be able to act as large-scale buffers to stabilize the power grid and compensate fluctuations quickly and flexibly. With this we have achieved a further important goal. thyssenkrupp and E.ON

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Citroen’s Thierry Koskas expects India to be second largest market in 5 years | Autocar Professional

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Thierry Koskas the global CEO of Citroën brand and Stellantis Chief Sales and Marketing Officer says “India can become its second biggest market worldwide”, for the French car brand in the next five years. Our biggest market is obviously our home country, France, where we sell 200,000 cars per year. Citroen is not well known.

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FCA to invest $400M to convert idled Indiana transmission plant to build GMET4 engines

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to build the GMET4 engine—the Company’s 2.0-liter The GMET4 will be a very important engine for us as we look to deliver on the promises we made as part of our five-year plan in 2018. FCA will invest $400 million to repurpose an idled transmission plant in Kokomo, Ind., While the 2.0-liter

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Adamas Intelligence: EV market is growing fast, the EV itself is evolving even faster

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In 2018, 4.28 Not only is the EV market growing extremely rapidly, the modern EV itself is also undergoing a rapid technological evolution, from model to battery pack to cell and cell chemistry, Adamas says. At the model level, scalable modular platforms are the future. kWh in December 2018. kWh in January 2010 to 24.8

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