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Rheinmetall/HUAYU JV develops new casting process suited for complex engine block geometries and motor housings

Green Car Congress

KS HUAYU AluTech GmbH—a joint venture between Rheinmetall Automotive and China’s HUAYU Automotive Systems—has developed a new production process for the new Chinese plant in Guangde, a process that is particularly suitable for highly complex engine block geometries and electric motor housings.

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Seres unveils new NEV brand Landian and 1st model E5 with BYD, Huawei technology

CN EV Post

Chinese tech giant Huawei 's key partner in the automotive sector, Seres Group, has launched another new energy vehicle (NEV) brand to increase its bets in the sector. Landian literally means blue electricity in Chinese. The Landian E5 is a mid-size plug-in hybrid SUV with a starting price of RMB 139,900.

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China Yuchai’s natural gas hybrid systems used in new buses in Hebei province

Green Car Congress

Baoding City which connects to the southern side of Beijing, is located in the central part of Hebei Province and has a population of almost 11 million. The battery-powered motors in the hybrid buses significantly reduce fuel consumption and emissions. —Benny H. Goh, President of China Yuchai.

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Lessons from a year with solar power

EV Info

The inverter converts the DC solar into AC power that can power the house or be directed back into the Grid as well as connecting up the Battery packs that uses 48 Volt DC. . The LuxPower has a WI -Fi connection and can be access via a web browser, more of this later. Battery Pack: PylonTech Battery Storage .

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Continental providing next-generation power electronics for Jaguar’s I-PACE

Green Car Congress

This highly integrated, scalable solution brings together the electric motor, transmission and power electronics in a single module. This results in both weight and efficiency advantages over comparable concepts, while having far fewer connecting parts also cuts costs.

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As Electric Car Makers Ante Up Billions, Software Is Ace in the Hole

Cars That Think

Today's connected vehicles create up to 25 gigabytes of data per hour , a small portion of which is being shared outside the vehicle. There are three main electric vehicle drivetrain designs that an EV manufacturer can choose to pursue: battery powered , hybrid , and or fuel cell.

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Kia EV9 and Volvo EX30: Are they 2024’s most important EVs?

Charged EVs

kilowatt-hour battery powering a single 160-kilowatt (215-horsepower) motor. kWh battery option for the Light Long Range may be more popular; it’s estimated to provide 304 miles of range in rear-wheel-drive form, using a slightly less powerful 148 kW (201 hp) motor. Priced at $56,395, the entry-level EV9 Light has a 76.1-kilowatt-hour

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