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Innoviz solid-state lidar selected by Shaanxi Heavy Duty Automobile Co. for autonomous truck project at Chinese port

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Innoviz Technologies, a leading provider of high-performance, solid-state lidar sensors and perception software, announced cooperation with Shaanxi Heavy Duty Automobile Co. Shaanxi Heavy Duty Automobile Co. Detection Range: 20cm to 600m. Key performance metrics of the InnovizPro lidar include: Angular Resolution (HxV):0.2°x0.45°.

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Toyota moves to expand mass-production of fuel cell stacks and hydrogen tanks towards ten-fold increase post-2020

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Toyota projects that global sales of fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEV) will increase significantly after 2020 to at least 30,000 per year from today’s 3,000. Details of the respective facilities will be announced later with a view to start operations around 2020. Expanding sales.

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Lexus introduces the UX 300e, its first EV, in China; on sale in China and Europe in 2020

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Lexus is introducing its first battery electric vehicle (BEV), the UX 300e, at the Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition. The UX 300e is scheduled to go on sale in the Chinese and European markets in 2020, and in Japan early in 2021. Connected car technology.

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Volvo Car Group exceeds 600,000 vehicles sold on the CMA platform

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Due to its modular design, the platform was used to create the Lynk & Co 01, 02, 03 and 05, as well as the pure electric 2020 Polestar 2 and Volvo’s first all-electric model, the XC40 Recharge. Geely Automobile, controlled by Zhejiang Geely Holding, also produce vehicles on the CMA platform.

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Audi unveils MEB-based Q4 e-tron concept EV; production version in 2020

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The Audi Q4 e-tron concept gives an advance look at what will be the fifth series production electric vehicle that the manufacturer will introduce by the end of 2020. The MEB offers a broad range of drive variants and power levels; the performance version of the electric drive is installed in the Audi Q4 e-tron concept.

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Daimler to invest $2B in Sindelfingen Plant by 2020

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By 2020, Daimler will invest €1.5 In the coming years, Daimler will renew the range of models produced in Sindelfingen and add a new vehicle to that range. By 2020, Mercedes-Benz Cars plans to launch twelve new models without a predecessor. The flexibility of the Sindelfingen Plant will increase significantly.

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Volkswagen unveiling electric, fully autonomous I.D. VIZZION concept at Geneva; 413-mile range

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BUZZ ( earlier post )—the Volkswagen brand is now showing a concept of an autonomously driving automobile. The 111 kWh lithium-ion battery pack enable a driving range of up to 665 kilometers (413 miles) when braking regeneration is factored in. Starting in 2020, the I.D. Family models—the I.D. earlier post ), I.D.

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