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Rheinmetall wins multimillion-euro order for fuel cell cathode flaps and shut-off valves

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Cathode flap In total, the Group has already won six series customers for cathode flaps, increasing the 2023 booked business in this product area to around €50 million. In total, around €200 million has already been booked for all fuel cell components this year. The cathode flaps can be utilized universally.

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Order book opens for Swindon Powertrain’s High Power Density (HPD) EV system

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With multiple installation points and now with the ability to site the inverter and cooling packs separately, as well as being waterproof, the HPD offers more flexibility to fit in a wide range of vehicles. Weighing only 49.9

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Rheinmetall Automotive books first UpValve order; series production in China; fuel savings up to 5%

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Production of the valve trains, which are also manufactured at the automotive supplier’s Neuss plant, will start in 2019. The ordered system will be installed in a 4-cylinder turbocharged gasoline engine co-designed with the Pierburg engineers at Neuss. The start-up of series production of the corresponding vehicles will begin in 2020.

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Germany approves Mercedes-Benz and Bosch driverless parking system for commercial use

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This process relies on the interplay between the intelligent infrastructure supplied by Bosch and installed in the parking garage and Mercedes-Benz automotive technology. Once drivers have used their Mercedes me app to book a parking space in advance, they can leave their vehicle in a predetermined drop-off area.

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Volkswagen raises EV forecast for 2025 to 1.5M vehicles from ID. family; 1M by 2023

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Despite some model changes, the Volkswagen brand delivered more than 70,000 electrified vehicles in 2019—following 50,000 last year. The main sales markets in 2019 were China, Norway, Germany, the USA and the United Kingdom. For the first time, Volkswagen also offered pre-booking for the ID.3. Volkswagen ID.3.

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Aker Solutions awarded subsea gas compression contract for Jansz-Io

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The company has booked around NOK 7 billion (US$812 million) as order intake in the second quarter of 2021 related to this contract. It also includes interface responsibility, and assistance during installation and commissioning. The award follows completion of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) awarded in 2019.

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Wärtsilä to equip first US ocean-going LNG fueling barge

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The order with Wärtsilä was booked in November 2017. Deliveries will continue throughout 2018 and 2019, and the vessel is scheduled to commence operations in 2020. The success of these installations, together with recommendations from Shell, were strong factors in the selection of Wärtsilä equipment for this project.

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