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SAE taskforce J2954 on wireless charging and positioning standards looking to have final draft of guideline this year; significant industry involvement

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The objective of the taskforce is initially to create a guideline for demonstration projects and design verification and later standardize in 2015 with field confirmation. This is necessary before a determination of charging frequency can be standardize and should include the second and third harmonic possibilities.

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Ko-Fas project finds cooperative transponders and cooperative perception technology could bring significant road safety benefits

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— Dr. Ralph Rasshofer , BMW Group representative on the Ko-FAS steering committee. The Ko-FAS project, which was subsidized by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, comprised the three sub-projects: Ko-TAG - Cooperative Transponders.

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BMW Announces Production Versions of ActiveHybrid X6 and ActiveHybrid 7; Part 1: The Two-Mode ActiveHybrid X6

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The BMW ActiveHybrid X6. BMW announced the production versions of the BMW ActiveHybrid X6 and the BMW ActiveHybrid 7. The ActiveHybrid X6 will reach US BMW Centers in fourth-quarter 2009, and the ActiveHybrid 7 will arrive in the US in Spring 2010. Luggage compartment capacity is the same as on the original BMW X6.

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BMW’s “CO2 Champion” Performance Concept is a Plug-in Diesel Hybrid; 50 km/31 mile All-Electric Range; Thermo-electric Generator for Waste Heat Recovery

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The powertrain of the plug-in hybrid BMW Vision EfficientDynamics. The plug-in full hybrid BMW Vision EfficientDynamics all-wheel drive concept car is powered by a 1.5-liter, The BMW Vision EfficientDynamics. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). kWh lithium-polymer battery pack. Click to enlarge. Objectives.

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Revealed: new Chinese EVs, but which could hit Australia?

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Chery GENE concept. Thankfully, perhaps, the bulky GENE concept isn’t about to lob in a local showroom, although there are some styling experiments here that are said to hint at future models. seconds, this carbon-fibre, butterfly-door beauty is definitely worthy of the supercar tag. Chery GENE. GAC Aion Hyper SSR.