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Tesla and Toyota to revisit old partnership for new EV development: report

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Citing an official from the Japanese automobile industry, the Chosun Ilbo , one of South Korea’s largest newspapers, stated that the upcoming partnership between Tesla and Toyota would likely result in the development of a small electric SUV. The partnership has reportedly been under review since last year. .

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Feature: Top 6 Reasons Why an EV Is the Right Choice

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One of the reasons behind the drastic increase in sales was the more affordable price range of the Tesla Model 3, a best-seller in the U.S., It has fewer parts that would need constant maintenance and replacement. Tesla’s Model 3 paved the way to powerful, affordable EVs. Electric Vehicles are Affordable.

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Infineon and Hella develop new compact, lower-cost 24 GHz blind spot radar sensor

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Hella’s radar system thereby becomes smaller, more affordable and it consumes less power. The HELLA Group develops and manufactures components and systems in lighting technology and electronic products for the automobile industry and has one of the largest retail organizations for vehicle parts, accessories and diagnostics in Europe.

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Dutch companies form European Thermoplastic Automotive Composites consortium

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Their processing capability does not yet meet the required industrial production rates, particularly in the automobile industry, in part due to the number of units to be produced, environmental standards, and so on. The eTAC consortium will provide potential users with this knowledge when defining their applications.

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Is Ford really coming back to India? What could be possible reasons

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Automobiles, being one of the apex segments in the manufacturing sector are naturally gaining prominence. Evolving consumer preference Ford was never actually known as an affordable carmaker. The OEM may offer only electric vehicles in India but the penetration will be very very low in that case, Chattopadhyay further added.

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How 3D Printing Can Disrupt the EV Sector

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Even before metal casts can directly make massive metal parts, 3D printing-enabled custom casts can bring about tremendous advancement. 1 Lightweight Body Parts. It is an issue because maintaining the strength of the part is also important. Just decreasing the part thickness to reduce weight will also reduce strength.

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Renault presents the 235 mpg EOLAB prototype; plug-in “Z.E. Hybrid”; targeting production

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EOLAB forms part of the “fuel consumption of 2 litres/100 km for all” plan introduced within the framework of France’s New Industrial Plan. That means finding economically viable solutions that our customers can afford. Advantage was also taken of the use of cast parts of varying strength to cover multiple functions—i.e.,

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