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UR:BAN research project gives mid-term update on advanced driver assistance systems, connected vehicles

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Consortium members in the four-year project include: Opel; Audi; BMW Group; BMW Forschung und Technik; Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen; Continental; Daimler; Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; Fraunhofer-Institut für Arbeitswirtschaft u. All these challenges are supported by studies of legal issues and effectiveness evaluation.

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U-M study finds current CAFE standards create profit incentive for larger vehicles

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Furthermore, their results suggest that the incentive is larger for light trucks than for passenger cars, which could increase traffic safety risks. The model allows BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, and VW to violate the standard and pay the legally required penalties. 10 11 –5.17×10 Potential incentives for.

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BMW, Ford, Honda to Form New EV Charging Company

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Ford, Honda, and BMW have announced plans to create a new “vehicle-to-grid company” that’s aimed at standardizing vehicle charging via a singular platform. Assuming ChargeScape is given the green light to move ahead, the trio plans to have equal shares and for the business to get rolling in 2024.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

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In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. The BMW i3 uses the BMW eDrive rear-wheel drive powertrain previously found on the BMW ActiveE (but the i3 is significantly lighter). Earlier post.)

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas. You switch the mode on by dialing it up on the Ferrari’s dramatic steering wheel, which integrates a cool arc of LED lights on its carbon-fiber rim to cue drivers to shift.

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California, 4 automakers reach framework agreement on GHG standards; slight FE weakening, no upstream emissions calculations

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At the same time, if the current federal vehicle standards proposal is finalized, we will continue to enforce our regulations and pursue legal challenges to the federal rule. —California Air Resources Board Chair Mary D. Nichols.

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

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The driver can program times for charging as well as preheating or cooling and adapt them to his or her requirements, such as departure time, so as to save resources and costs. The actual bursting pressure is much higher still and far exceeds the legal requirements. With Audi e-gas, the A4 Avant g-tron is CO 2 -neutral in operation.

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