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Schaeffler introducing 4in1 electric axles for EVs

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In the future, Schaeffler will supply beam axles to automobile manufacturers, particularly in North America. Heat is a scarce and valuable resource in electric cars, which do not have the waste heat from internal combustion engines for heating the interior, for example. Axles like these are more than two meters wide.

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Mercedes-AMG HPP awarded Dewar Trophy for PU106A Hybrid F1 Power Unit

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The UK’s Royal Automobile Club (RAC) has awarded the prestigious Dewar Trophy , presented for outstanding technical achievement in the automotive industry, to. Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains (HPP) for the design of the PU106A Hybrid Formula One Power Unit. liter V6 Hybrid turbo. PU106A Hybrid Formula One Power Unit.

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BMW Group extends aluminum recycling to Dingolfing press shop

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BMW’s press shop in Dingolfing—the largest of the BMW Group worldwide—is the first in which all aluminum sheet waste is separated and recycled to make it reusable for industry. When producing components in the press shop, there is always a waste of sheet metal. The BMW Group has invested around €6.5 automotive plant.

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Toyota to debut 2 BEVs, 1 PHEV for US this year; says research shows BEVs & PHEVs have similar environmental benefits

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Toyota currently has more than 40% share of the total alternative fuel vehicle market, which includes a 75% share of the fuel cell market and a 64% share of hybrids and plug-ins. Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) plans to debut three new electrified models—two BEVs and a PHEV—in the US market this year.

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Larry Burns: Holistic approach required to achieve transformational change of transportation and the automobile; the power of “And”

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Stressing the power of “ and ” rather than “ or ”, he asserted that: The automobile is unsustainable without transformational change. He also called the propensity to “ sit around debating ” which drive technology or energy source is better than all the rest as “premature and presumptuous ”.

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How is New Zealand disposing of EV batteries?

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In New Zealand, the Ministry for the Environment and the New Zealand Automobile Associatio n are working together to ensure that old EV batteries are handled in an environmentally responsible way. The programme’s foundation is built on the concept of a circular economy , which seeks to avoid the linear “take-to-waste” model.

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Ford expects inner combustion engine quantity, earnings to develop thru 2025

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DETROIT — Ford Motor expects gross sales and benefit margins from its inner combustion engine automobiles to develop for a minimum of the later two years ahead of the industrywide transition to electrical automobiles begins to reduce that industry. ICE and hybrid sales well into the next decade.”

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