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Eos Energy launches $500M Project AMAZE with $398.6M conditional loan guarantee from DOE; long-term zinc-based storage

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A rugged, injection-molded thermoplastic polymer exterior provides an optimized structure into which the electrodes are inserted—the Z3 design requires just 20 of them—minimizing materials, manufacturing, and maintenance while eliminating the risk of any external leaking.

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Exploring the Latest Technological Advancements in Luxury Vehicle Manufacturing: From AI to Electric Mobility

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AI systems provide detailed insights, indicating which vehicle components require maintenance or replacement. Supply chain management: Optimizing inventory levels, predicting demand, and identifying cost-saving opportunities. For instance, Audi utilizes AI to enforce stringent quality standards among its suppliers.

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Navigant Research forecasts new EV global sales of > 346,000 units in 2014; 10 predictions for the year

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Navigant’s analysis indicates that only buyers in California and Oregon will purchase sufficient numbers of vehicles in order to meet the ZEV requirement in 2018 and 2019. The 12V supply is seen as a limiting factor for major electrification and adding a 48V subsystem appears to be the preferred solution in the immediate future.

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Turkey’s Togg selected Dürr for paint shop, complete final assembly solution for EV Technology Campus

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Dürr planned and built the paint shop as a general contractor and supplied systems for the final assembly process. Togg goes well beyond the legal requirements with one additional measure to protect the environment. With the potential for future digitization, subsequent process integration or maintenance analysis tools is possible.

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ITF: measures to decrease road freight CO2 emissions

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It collects insights held at a workshop organized by the International Transport Forum in June 2018 in Paris and features the results of a survey among experts. Antitrust legislation sometimes hinders horizontal collaboration and legal risk has already prevented some trials.

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Volkswagen Truck & Bus outlines roadmap for automated driving, connectivity, and alternative drive systems

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We will be launching the first small set of vehicles on the market at the end of 2018. Working in cooperation with DB Schenker, MAN will start testing the first platoons on the digital test track on the A9 highway between Munich and Nuremberg in spring 2018. Equally, demand for these types of vehicles has been on the rise.

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

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Covered in greater detail in an earlier post , the battery-electric e-tron quattro concept provides a very close foreshadowing of the production model to follow in 2018. A first test setup located near Ingolstadt recently started supplying the grid. Hydrogen is supplied to the anode, where it is broken down into protons and electrons.

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