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BMW Group plans > €30B on future-oriented technologies up to 2025; all-electric 7 Series model coming

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The BMW Group plans to invest more than €30 billion up to 2025 in research and development to underscore its position as an innovation leader, said Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, at the company’s Annual Accounts Press Conference in Munich. This also expresses our confidence for the future business development.

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How Smart Energy Management for EV Charging Is Connected to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference

Driivz

We found ourselves thinking about how Smart Energy Management for EV charging is connected to the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference; Countries from around the world continue to focus on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as a key strategy for reducing the rate of global warming.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Although not part of the conferences formal structure, the themes were addressed in the presentations and panel discussions.

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Bosch to offer Evatran Plugless EV Charging systems

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to offer the Plugless Level 2 Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging System ( earlier post ), the first commercially available wireless system. In addition, Bosch announced financing options for all offered electric vehicle charging stations and their installation.

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Luxurious new K1 SUV added to Porsche EV charge, Cayenne to go electric

EV Central

A luxurious new electric seven-seat SUV to sit above the soon-to-be-EV Cayenne SUV has been confirmed by Porsche as part of its increasingly electrified future model mix. SSP is separate to the PPE architecture also under development and is said to be capable of delivering a 920V electric architecture to speed charging and provide more power.

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Valeo acquires electric supercharger business from Controlled Power

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With this move, Valeo becomes the first automotive supplier to offer its customers a range of electric superchargers. Unlike exhaust-driven turbochargers, electric superchargers are driven by an electric motor. Highly efficient at low engine revolutions, electric superchargers make it possible to downsize engines.

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Volkswagen to rebrand used car biz, plans future investments – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The dealerships trade in cars from all manufacturers and are not restricted to just Volkswagen cars. So that is what the effort has been over the last 2-3 years – bringing stability in all the operations and especially the financial performance, and then you can look for future investment and that’s what we are working on now.”

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