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BMW Group plans joint venture for MINI electric vehicles in China; LoI with Great Wall Motor

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The MINI Electric Concept as presented at the IAA 2017. The BMW Group said that large-scale produced MINIs with battery-electric drivetrains will be available from 2019. This is the first battery factory operated by a premium automobile manufacturer in China. Click to enlarge.

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Maruti Suzuki Delivers 10 SX4 Hybrids and 4 Eeco Charge Electric Concepts for Commonwealth Games

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Maruti Suzuki, India’s car market leader, recently provided 10 SX4 Hybrid and 4 Eeco Charge EV concepts for the use at the Commonwealth Games , running in Delhi 3-14 October. Both concepts are derived from production vehicles powered by gasoline- or CNG-fueled engines. This concept combines a 1.2 SX4 Hybrid. NHPP and MNRE.

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Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

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Audi opened its electric initiative with the introduction of e-tron, which has been available at dealerships since March. This will be followed by the series-produced versions of the sports car Audi e-tron GT concept, to be produced by Audi Sport GmbH, and the compact SUV Audi Q4 e-tron concept, which was presented at the Geneva Motor Show.

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Schaeffler begins volume production of transmissions for the electric drive in the Audi e-tron; parallel axis and coaxial

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The transmission is available in both parallel axis and coaxial versions and offers a high input torque with low design envelope requirements. The transition from conventional powertrains to hybrid or even all-electric vehicles therefore requires a high level of innovative strength from both automobile manufacturers and their suppliers.

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EC makes €24.2M available to the development of electromobility in Europe

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The project will cover different types of electric vehicles, the development of Smart Grids, innovative Information and Communication Technologies solutions, and urban mobility concepts. million) available to finance part of the initiative’s activities. The Commission will make €24.2 million (US$34.3

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Audi expects series production of zFAS central driver assistance controller within 2 years

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The controller uses this to quickly compute a complete model of the vehicle surroundings and makes this information available to the various assistance systems. Audi expects that it will be the first automobile manufacturer to implement this function in a central domain architecture. powered computing in a compact package.

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Honda targeting 2/3 of unit sales from PHEVs, HEVs and ZEVs by ~2030; PHEVs the core of electrification

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After that, Honda will make a plug-in hybrid type available for the major models and increase the number of models sequentially. At the same time, it will introduce a new approach to automobile manufacturing which requires consideration of electrification beyond the concept of a “platform.”.

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