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BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

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It will ramp up for the first time at our future plant in Debrecen, Hungary, before being rolled out across our global production network in stages. The BMW Group was positioned as sector leader in the “Automobiles” category of the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices World and Europe, announced just a few days ago.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars invests €1B in new “Full-Flex” car plant in Hungary; Factory 56 applied to full plant

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Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. With an investment of one billion euros, we are building in Hungary the first ‘Full-Flex Plant’ in the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

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Toray to enter large tow carbon fiber business via $584M acquisition of Zoltec; wind and automotive markets

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However, large tow carbon fiber is anticipated to expand its applications, based on its reasonable balance between cost and performance, to wind energy-related which shows rapid demand growth in recent years, and automobile structural parts in future.

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Here’s how China’s BYD is working on its image problem

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The strategy is to help get German EV shoppers closer to the brand, raise brand awareness, and build sales of its affordable EVs in Europe’s largest automobile market. Electrek reported yesterday that BYD had just signed a preliminary land purchase deal for its EV plant in Hungary. It is also building plants in Brazil and Thailand.

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Car Crash Prevention System Wins Student $10,000 IEEE Scholarship

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He hopes to talk with Turkey's science minister and the TOGG [Turkish Automobile Joint Venture Group], a new company formed by the government. Several research articles he came across said it was impossible to create such a machine because it would be unable to print motors and other electronic parts. A SELF-REPLICATING 3D PRINTER.

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Mercedes-Benz will be producing 8 all-electric EQ models in 2022

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The compact SUV EQB will be the first purely electrically powered production vehicle from Hungary and will complement the plug-in hybrid portfolio consisting of the CLA and CLA Shooting Brake. Factory 56 embodies the future of production at Mercedes-Benz and sets new standards for automobile construction.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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As part of the electric offensive, Mercedes-Benz Cars counts on local emission-free vehicles. In Kecskemét (Hungary), a second plant under construction will be CO 2 -neutral. According to its slogan— digital, flexible, green—it will set standards within the worldwide automobile production.

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