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BMW to begin testing BMW M Hybrid V8 with P66/3 engine

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Time constraints and the need to consider sustainability aspects that are playing an ever more critical role in motor racing, as well as the automobile industry in general, meant that returning to the drawing board to design a completely new engine and building it at great cost was not an option.

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2025-2035: Rewriting The Automotive History

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A recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund indicates that electric vehicle sales volumes are growing at a rapid pace, signalling an epochal shift in the auto industry over the next decade. Despite that and other numerous issues, the electric vehicle sector has gained traction in the previous year.

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Top 5 Truck Companies in the World With the Potential to Revolutionise the Logistics Sector

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We don’t have to stress the point that, the automobile industry is going all-electric. Earlier, electric vehicles were used extensively in manufacturing plants for material handling and stocking purposes. In North America, the VNR Electric is now commercially available.

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Bosch Powers the Automotive Sector Toward an Electrified Future

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To lessen these emissions and their contribution to global climate change, the automobile industry is ramping up the production of electric-powered cars and trucks. Perhaps it is because, in a sense, electrification is forcing the industry to learn how to produce an entirely different type of machine.

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Audi TechDay e-mobility, Part 2: systems and components

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The electric motor in the Audi A1 e-tron, for example, achieves a continuous power of 45 kW (61 hp), with a peak power of 75 kW (102 hp) briefly available. A pulse-controlled inverter transforms the DC to AC voltage as required by the electric motor. Charging outputs up to 3.6 Energy recuperation.

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EV special III / Opinion / Hybrid & Electric / Themes / Welcome - Minds in Motion

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Together with Electric Mobility Netherlands (Elmonet) Urgenda tries to stimulate large-scale introduction of (non-converted) EVs on the Dutch roads. Large-scale, to them, means one million EVs by 2020, starting with five hundred fully electric Th!nk Availability What further difficulties does TNT find on its road?

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