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A large number of components in automobiles are made from plastics; these have to meet exacting safety, heat-resistance and quality requirements. That is why, so far, only petroleum-based materials have been suitable for manufacturing plastic components in automobiles that are subjected to particularly intensive wear.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Tampering of car engines, including installation of aftermarket defeat devices intended to bypass manufacturer emissions controls, results in significantly higher releases of nitrogen oxides and particulate matter, both of which contribute to serious public health problems in the United States.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

BYTON revealed more about the interior of its first production model, the M-Byte SUV ( earlier post ), at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2019 in Las Vegas. Positioned as the next generation smart device, BYTON is designed for the future of autonomous driving in which the automobile will become a mobile digital lounge.

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DECEMBER 11, 2018

The super e-car with a driving mileage of more than 500 kilometers is slated to hit the market in 2019. Mass production will start in 2019 in Nidec’s new dedicated 66,000 m 2 factory in the Pinghu Economic Development Zone near Shanghai. A modified 87 kg version of this basic integrated system will power the Aion S. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 8, 2022

DS Automobiles, a Stellantis brand, has unveiled the E-TENSE PERFORMANCE prototype as a high-performance testbed for coming DS production designs. Since its launch in 2014, DS Automobiles has put electrification at the heart of its strategy. From 2024, every new DS Automobiles design will be only 100% electric.

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The companies already concluded a memorandum of understanding regarding joint automobile production in Russia in February 2011. The agreement runs until 2019. Under the contract manufacturing agreement, GAZ is to build the Volkswagen Jetta, Škoda Octavia and Škoda Yeti models for the Russian market.

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JUNE 19, 2020

Through Symbio, the joint venture it formed with the automotive equipment manufacturer Faurecia, Groupe Michelin has become a preferential partner of the MissionH24 project which seeks to accelerate the development of zero-emissions mobility through the use of fuel cell technology in endurance racing.

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APRIL 16, 2020

With 860,000 electric vehicles sold in China in 2019, China is by far the largest EV market in the world. In China, it successfully launched the Renault City K-ZE in 2019, the first joint venture EV car competing in A segment with local automakers. million units in 2019 and is forecasted to maintain a steady upwards path.

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JANUARY 5, 2021

AUDI AG is the first automobile maker to be awarded the Chain of Custody certificate of the Aluminum Stewardship Initiative (ASI). In terms of the carbon balance, in 2019 alone approximately 150,000 tonnes of CO 2 emissions were avoided in this way. From 2021 onwards the Audi site at Gy?r r will apply the procedure.

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MARCH 5, 2019

Despite traditionally being a seasonally-slow month for the EV market, in January 2019, 3.27 China was responsible for 59% of all passenger EV battery capacity deployed globally in January 2019, almost double the 34% share that China contributed in January 2018. By comparison, total car sales decreased almost 18% to 2.02

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

share during the same period last year, according to figures from ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). This represents a market share of 29.4%, down from 32% in 2019. in 2019 to 7.2% less than in 2019. of total EU car sales, compared to a 2.4% Source: ACEA. to 526,645 units.

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

The combustion engines with four, six, eight and 12 cylinders produced there will be manufactured at the company’s locations in Steyr in Austria and Hams Hall in the UK going forward. Plant Regensburg will also start manufacturing the new BMW X1 in 2022, which will be available both with an combustion engine and a fully-electric drive train.

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MARCH 4, 2021

All car manufacturers seem to be following in the same footsteps as Tesla. and global economies with businesses and manufacturers having to close doors and furlough employees, the global trade markets plummeted to an 11-year low of 41.5% in the April report for the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Index.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

BMW has released the new 2019 i3 and i3s electric vehicles with 120 Ah batteries. Since launch in 2014, the battery capacity and range of the i3 has grown from the original 60Ah / 81 miles to 94Ah / 115 miles in 2017 and now 120Ah for 2019. The 2019 i3 REX model range is expected to be similarly improved, pending EPA certification.

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MARCH 13, 2018

To ensure adequate battery capacity, partnerships with battery manufacturers for Europe and China have already been agreed. billion, investments in property, plant and equipment in the Automobile Division remained at the previous year’s level. The contracts already awarded have a total volume of around €20 billion (US$24.7

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JANUARY 25, 2021

CBAK Energy Technology, a lithium-ion battery manufacturer and electric energy solution provider, signed a three-year strategic agreement with Anhui Jianghuai Motors Group Co., JAC Motors is a Chinese state-owned automobile and commercial vehicle manufacturer. Ltd for joint product development.

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JULY 22, 2019

BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA) has become the first automobile manufacturer to enable full 5G wireless coverage at all its plants. With this development, BBA becomes the first automobile manufacturer to use 5G technology in automotive development and production. Full 5G coverage, transfer rate of 1 Gbps.

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OCTOBER 17, 2019

Toyota Motor will display its new, production-ready Ultra-compact BEV (battery electric vehicle) at the FUTURE EXPO special exhibition of the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show ahead of the vehicle’s planned commercial launch in Japan in 2020. The Toyota i-ROAD and three different Walking Area BEVs will be available for test rides along the 1.5

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JULY 7, 2020

We are converting a major automobile plant during production. Since the fall of 2019, colleagues from Emden have been providing support for the installation of equipment and start of production at Zwickau and will then be able to use the expertise they have gained at Emden. —plant manager Uwe Schwartz.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

As the first fully connected integral system solution, the third generation of the Sprinter demonstrates the development of the division from purely a vehicle manufacturer into a provider of complete transport and mobility solutions, the company said. Electrification: eSprinter to follow in 2019. metric tons. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 29, 2020

A new report by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) shows that despite strong growth, the available charging infrastructure for electric vehicles in the EU still falls far below what is needed, and remains unevenly distributed across member states. of all cars sold in 2019 were natural gas-powered (-0.3

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MAY 9, 2017

China-based automobile manufacturer Guangzhou Automobile Group (GAC Group), the parent company of GAC Motor, has begun construction of a large industrial park for electric and intelligent vehicles as part of its efforts to boost its electric vehicle business. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

To this end, the BMW Group has signed a letter of intent (LoI) with the Chinese manufacturer Great Wall Motor. In addition to production of the first battery electric MINI at the main plant in Oxford starting in 2019, this signals a further clear commitment to the electrified future of the MINI brand. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

The European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA) has published an interactive map that illustrates the correlation between the market uptake of electrically-chargeable vehicles (ECVs) and GDP per capita for each of the 27 EU member states and the United Kingdom. Across the EU, 3.0% or lower.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

million between January and November 2022, according to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). from 2021, according to data from the Japan Automobile Dealers Association and the Japan Light Motor Vehicle and Motorcycle Association. New vehicles delivered in India totaled 4.13 million units.

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MAY 13, 2024

Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas Director of Manufacturing Engineering Renjie Zhu announced his departure in a LinkedIn post on Monday, after working with the company for five years in Texas and in China. He started at Giga Shanghai in March 2019 to build up the site’s body-in-white (BIW) manufacturing team.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2020

during the same period last year, according to data from the European Association of Automobile Manufacturers (ACEA). in July-September 2019 to 75.4% in July-September 2019 to 75.4% In the third quarter of 2020, 9.9% of passenger cars sold in the EU were electrically-chargeable vehicles, compared to 3.0% to 766,146 units.

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APRIL 16, 2023

China-based GigaDevice Semiconductor, a manufacturer of flash memory, 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs), sensors, and analog technology, has shipped 100 million units of its leading automotive-grade (AEC-Q100) GD25/55 SPI NOR and GD5F SPI NAND flash series. GigaDevice has been engaged in the automotive segment since 2015.

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MARCH 19, 2020

Those companies capable of developing and combining hardware and software in equal measure will shape the future of the automobile. The BMW Group is already today a leading manufacturer and supplier of electrified vehicles and is currently in the process of expanding its range significantly. —Oliver Zipse.

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JUNE 28, 2017

From 2019, Volkswagen will start fitting its first models with pWLAN as standard in order to serve as an additional communication technology for the exchange of selected information relevant to traffic between cars made by different manufacturers. —Johannes Neft, Head of Vehicle Body Development for the Volkswagen brand.

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MAY 13, 2020

in Q1 2019) against the backdrop of the overall decline in passenger car registrations due to the COVID-19 outbreak. for the first quarter of 2019). compared to 2019). In the first quarter of 2020, the electrically-chargeable vehicle segment in Europe significantly increased its market share, rising to 6.8% (from 2.5%

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APRIL 9, 2018

The French tire and auto components manufacturer is in a build-up phase in its fuel cell manufacturing initiative. Michelin manufactures fuel cell systems for trucks, buses, and automobiles and has selected coatings from Impact Coatings for its production.

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MARCH 28, 2021

in April 2019, aimed at increasing the adoption of electric motorcycles in Japan. The Swappable Battery Consortium for Electric Motorcycles has reached an agreement to standardize swappable batteries and replacement systems, allowing battery sharing and paving the way for increased adoption of electric motorcycles in Japan.

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JANUARY 29, 2018

In terms of intelligent and autonomous vehicle development, FAW will mass produce Hongqi vehicles with L3 self-driving features in 2019, and vehicles with L4 self-driving features in 2020. In 2020, Hongqi will launch sales of battery EVs developed on FME platform that will have a range of 600 kilometers (373 miles).

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FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Under the agreement, emissions from new trucks will have to be 15% lower by 2025 and 30% lower in 2030 compared to 2019 emissions. The introduction of a benchmark system for truck manufacturers totally ignores the demand side. —Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete. —Erik Jonnaert.

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JANUARY 5, 2016

The framework builds on advances in automobile, IT, and communications systems to enhance Toyota vehicles with connected technologies. Toyota will also develop a globally uniform DCM by 2019. UIEvolution plans to integrate SDL into its products.

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APRIL 26, 2020

across the EU, as measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 lead to the closure of dealerships, according to the ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association). Demand fell by half (-49.8%) compared to the year before, with registrations dropping from 165,455 vans in March 2019 to 83,141 units this year.

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