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Volkswagen Group’s new Future Tracks program targeting digitalization era in auto industry; “James 2025”

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Dieter Kempf, President of BITKOM, the IT industry Association, Winterkorn declared that the increasingly intensive networking of cars with their surroundings and automatic driving would be the key topics for the intelligent mobility of the future. Information technology has been a key component of the automobile industry for some time.

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

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miles) under electric power; and high-energy battery vehicles for longer distances. Audi distinguishes between two basic types of lithium-ion battery. High-performance batteries are suited for hybrid vehicles like the Q5 hybrid quattro. Battery pack temperature can be managed with either air or liquid. kWh per kilogram.

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California, 4 automakers reach framework agreement on GHG standards; slight FE weakening, no upstream emissions calculations

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for Battery Electric and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles (BEV/FCEV), and 1.6x This agreement represents a feasible and acceptable path to accomplishing the goals of California and the automobile industry. annual stringency, 1% can be achieved using advanced technology multiplier credits.

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Gas War: 25 States Sue EPA Over Updated Emissions Regulations

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workforce, noting that most aspects of battery production presently take place outside the country. & “Today the court sided with common sense and public health against the fossil fuel industry and Republican-led states. Total government integration into any industry is technically a form of totalitarianism in the eyes of the law.

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