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German ELAB study finds growth of alternative drivetrains to increase employment opportunities in auto industry

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The researchers defined six different drive concepts and their components as essential for the future and examined them in detail: the mild hybrid; the full hybrid including its plug-in version; the range extender; all-electric vehicles with battery or fuel cell; as well as vehicles with combustion engines.

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Auto Industry Backs Additional Funding for Research into Impacts of Mid-Level Ethanol Blends

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The auto industry in principle is not opposed to the introduction of such mid-level blends (i.e., Tags: Engines Ethanol Fuels Policy. Earlier post.) above 10% but below 85%; but it wants the completion of current durability testing plans. Earlier post.). The group is using EPA recommendations to assess numerous test plans.

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GlobalFoundries, Ford partner to address auto chip supply and meet growing demand

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A range of solutions, silicon-verified IP and reference designs enable designers to optimize chips for application-specific ADAS features. GF currently offers two main lines of automotive chips: ADAS and automotive MCUs. Automotive radar is one of GF’s core competencies. billion units expected by 2024.

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Elio Motors unveils engine prototype for 84 mpg highway 3-wheeler

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100 km) three-wheeled vehicle with a target date of 2016, unveiled its engine prototype: a 0.9-liter, As the team began to dive into some of the details and changes to meet the desired Elio targets, it found that the Geo Metro engine would not meet the fuel efficiency targets to enable the vehicle fuel economy goal of 84 mpg highway.

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Li Auto rolls out price protection policy amid China auto price war

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The price war in China's auto industry has intensified the wait-and-see mood among car buyers, and Li Auto 's move helps to allay potential consumers' concerns to some extent. For consumers who purchase these models, if the prices drop within 90 days of their order, then Li Auto will refund the difference.

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IndyCar Series Switches to 6-Cylinder Engines for 2012; Series to Explore Energy Recovery, Hybridization and Other Technologies

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On the heels of the Indianapolis 500 last weekend, the IZOD IndyCar Series has released a new engine strategy that reflects the downsizing trend in the larger commercial market. The new engine platform, which will debut in 2012, will allow manufacturers to produce engines with a maximum of six cylinders as well as maximum displacement of 2.4

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Freescale introduces new family of image cognition processors for automotive camera applications

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With regulators predicting vehicle cameras and viewing screens will cost the auto industry as much as $2.7 Freescale, in cooperation with CogniVue, also plans to provide a software development kit, reference design solution and prototype design camera module to accompany the SCP2200 ICPs. touch screen controller.

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