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Ramkrishna Forgings to supply power train components to US’ largest EV producer – ET Auto

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Ramkrishna Forgings has signed an agreement to supply power train components to USA’s largest electric passenger vehicle producer, the company said in a stock exchange filing on Thursday. The company also has a presence in Mexico, Turkey, and Belgium.

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Volvo Cars opens order books for new electric C40 Recharge

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The propulsion system consists of twin electric motors, one on the front and one on the rear axle, powered by a 78 kWh battery that can be fast-charged to 80% in about 40 minutes. The C40 Recharge will go into production this fall and will be built alongside the XC40 Recharge at the Volvo Cars manufacturing plant in Ghent, Belgium.

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Number of electric buses in Europe has increased from around 200 to 2,200 in 5 years

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There are now some 800 electric-powered Solaris circulating in 72 cities, including Berlin (90), Milan (250) and Warsaw (130). 47% of the buses built by Solaris are powered by an alternative propulsion system. The Van Hool plant in Morristown (Tennessee, USA) is expected to start building buses from 2022.

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China exported greater than 2 million automobiles in first part of 2023, BYD and Chery grew quickest

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year-on-year; 534,000 fresh power automobiles had been exported, a year-on-year building up of 160%. Within the first part of this 12 months, Tesla China exported 182,000 automobiles, coming in as China’s third-largest auto export logo and accounting for one-third of China’s fresh power automobile exports. Extra particularly, 1.78

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Opel to introduce new Euro 6 1.6 CDTI diesel in Geneva; 57 mpg US in the Zafira Tourer

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liter diesel engine not only sets benchmarks for performance with its high power and torque density but also for refinement with an very low level of noise, vibration and harshness, Opel says. CDTI ECOTEC diesel and its engine control unit were entirely developed in-house by a global team of engineers in Turin, Rüsselsheim and the USA.

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Audi to compete with hybrid drive at Le Mans for the first time; prototype to be presented at end of February

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Audi racked up its first win for a TFSI engine in 2001 and for a diesel-powered car (the Audi R10 TDI) in 2006. Audi plans to field additional cars at selected races such as the 12-hour race at Sebring (USA) and in the 6-hour race at Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium) which doubles as a dress rehearsal for Le Mans for the Audi squad.

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Zeekr introduced access into Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain

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Those nations are one of the global’s greatest oil exporters, and but, they’re marching into the unutilized power car transition. As a majority of the arena is advocating for a extra sustainable power while, the worldwide power transformation development is a heavy blackmail to nations that thrive on an oil financial system.