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Volkswagen starts operation of $22M North American Battery Engineering Lab in Chattanooga

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Volkswagen of America (VWoA) opened its Battery Engineering Lab (BEL) in Chattanooga, to test and optimize batteries for all electric vehicles in the American marketplace. With the BEL, Volkswagen is adding more highly-qualified jobs.

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EEA: average CO2 emissions from new cars and new vans in Europe increased again in 2019

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2 -emissions-from-new-cars-vans-2019">According to provisional data published by the European Environment Agency (EEA), average CO 2 emissions from new passenger cars registered in the European Union (EU), Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom (UK), increased in 2019, for the third consecutive year. g CO 2 /km in 2019, reaching 122.4

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Li-ion maker A123 Systems to build HQ complex in Michigan, shrink US cell manufacturing

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A123 Systems LLC, a developer and manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion batteries and systems, plans to spend $40 million to build a new headquarters complex in Novi, Michigan. The 32-acre company-owned site will house all corporate functions, an engineering center, new laboratory space and a manufacturing plant.

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EV startup Byton commissions D?rr for paint shop; EcoInCure technology

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Byton is among the early adopters for this technology; Skoda will be the first automotive manufacturer using EcoInCure in its new paint shop in Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic). The first three paint shops with this technology will go into operation early 2019. Further projects are already being planned, according to Dürr.

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Volkswagen Group’s Škoda to unveil 500 km Vision E electric concept at Shanghai show; leveraging MEB for electromobility

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The electrification of ŠKODA’s model range will begin as early as 2019 with the launch of the ŠKODA SUPERB with plug-in hybrid drive. Škoda, in association with the Group, independently manufactures and develops vehicles, as well as components, engines and gear transmissions. Earlier post.).

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Lumax and Italian ally gear up for new vehicle emission dynamics – ET Auto

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“We may not be aggressively present in critical EV products like batteries and controllers but our take is to watch the market carefully,” he explained. Two-wheelers will electrify quickly and once the ICE powertrain “gives way to electric” with fewer parts, there is no way Lumax will contemplate any contract manufacturing of batteries. “It

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Solaris unveils Urbino 18 hydrogen bus

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Solaris’s new vehicle doesn’t feature a conventional engine compartment as it has been equipped with a modular drive system. Also, by eliminating the engine compartment, more space on the roof has been created, where composite light hydrogen tanks with a total capacity of 51.2 kg have been mounted.

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