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Ricardo applying sound augmentation technology for NVH in sports cars, EVs and PHEVs

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Ricardo engineers are a paper on RAS-R (“System for Realistic Augmentation of Sporty Engine Sound Quality”) at the conference “The NVH complexity challenge: achieving appealing ‘green’ vehicles,” to be hosted in Graz, Austria, on 22-24 June 2016. —Mathew Maunder, Ricardo NVH technical specialist.

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Global WorldAutoSteel Project Presents Interim Results of FutureSteelVehicle (FSV) Phase 2 Project for Low GHG Body Structure for Electrified Vehicles

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The FSV Program is midway through its second phase, designing optimized AHSS body structures for four proposed 2015-2020 year vehicles: battery electric (BEV); plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV), with both PHEV-20 and PHEV-40 powertrains; and fuel cell (FCV), with variants among the different powertrain types for four and five passengers vehicles.

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Volkswagen: e-mobility and sustainability; Part 1, the e-Golf and Golf GTE

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In conjunction with its annual media and investor conference, Volkswagen is staging a two-week (8 - 21 March) e-mobility event at Berlin-Tempelhof. BluePower energy comes exclusively from hydro-electric generating plants in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The e-Golf. Click to enlarge. TSI when “BluePower” (green electricity) is used.

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