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Automobile skill struggle escalates in South Carolina

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Paintings pressure appeal and retention were priorities for BMW for the reason that German luxurious automaker planted roots in South Carolina 3 many years in the past. “Our goal is to offer more than a job, but rather a career with opportunities for growth,” BMW spokesman Phil Dilanni mentioned.

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Study of Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing Finds Mixed Performance for Most OEMs, BMW and Toyota as the Clear Leaders

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BMW and Toyota are consistent leaders in sustainable value. The BMW Group and Toyota are consistent industry leaders, creating extremely positive Sustainable Value over the entire review period—i.e., Frank Figge of Queen’s University Belfast and Dr. Tobias Hahn of Euromed Management School Marseille. Click to enlarge.

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European consortium launches 4-year, $80M L3Pilot research project to test Level 3, 4 autonomous driving in 11 countries

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Thirteen European automobile manufacturers, suppliers, research institutes and universities, and small and mid-sized companies will operate 100 vehicles with 1,000 drivers under real conditions and in a wide range of applications. Insurers: AZT Automotive GmbH, Swiss Reinsurance Company.

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BAIC BJEV in strategic cooperation with Dresden University of Technology for lightweighting technology

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BAIC BJEV), a subsidiary of BAIC, signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Dresden University of Technology (TUD) to create the Sino-German Automotive Light Weighting Technology Joint R&D Center. Beijing Electric Vehicle Co., —Xu Heyi, Chairman of the Board, BAIC Group.

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CATL starts construction of Li-ion factory in Germany; 14 GWh by 2022

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CATL has developed partnerships with a number of European companies in the automobile industry including BMW, Volkswagen, Daimler, Volvo, and Bosch. The company will identify and qualify local suppliers of materials, components, systems and services. This will indirectly create additional jobs and prospects in the region.

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York, Empa study finds retrofitting of VW diesel engines was successful

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Company boss Martin Winterkorn resigned. Now—almost five years later—a study by the University of York and Empa shows that the retrofitting was successful from an environmental point of view. It quickly became clear that 11 million vehicles of the VW group were affected worldwide. Expensive lawsuits followed.

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European research project AdaptIVe targeting advances in automated driving technologies

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AdaptIVe is an effort by a consortium of 29 partners—automotive manufacturers, suppliers, research institutes and universities, and small- and medium-sized businesses—coordinated by Volkswagen Group Research. — Professor Jürgen Leohold, Executive Director of Volkswagen Group Research. RENAULT s.a.s. RENAULT s.a.s.

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