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Lear Announces New Seating System with 25lb Weight Savings; ECO Fabrics from 100% Recycled Plastic Bottles and Polyester Yarn

Green Car Congress

Lear is a fully integrated manufacturer of seats, from the metal structure and mechanisms to the foam and seat trim, notes Ryan Burns, vice president of Product Engineering for Lear’s Global Seating Operations. It provides up to a 50% weight savings and reduces volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by up to 70%. The Evolution Seat.

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SAE taskforce J2954 on wireless charging and positioning standards looking to have final draft of guideline this year; significant industry involvement

Green Car Congress

The general principle of RFID positioning is to use signal strength by multiple RFID readers and tags to triangulate vehicle position. Auto OEMs participating include Audi; BMW; Chrysler; Coda; Daimler; Fisker; Ford; GM; Honda; Mitsubishi; Nissan; Phoenix; and Toyota. Bus manufacturers Volvo and Proterra are also participating.

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Tigor EV Highway Drive: Bengaluru - Coimbatore - Ooty - Mysuru

Plug In India

Dinkar’s previous company had been providing a lot of consulting in the EV space, so he already has a good connect with component manufacturers. We realised quite early that the Tigor’s fast tag had a zero balance - so we ended up paying double the toll on the first three gates. The first halt was Krishnagiri. lakh already.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. That would be our preference," said Furia.

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