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BMW Group opens new automated steel pressing facility at Swindon plant

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The new press will produce steel panels for the MINI plant in Oxford at twice the rate of the old equipment which it replaces, with the steel blanks and finished panels handled by a new fleet of Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs). New automated steel pressing facility at Swindon plant. The pressure which the new press can apply is 2,500 tonnes.

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Bright Automotives Plug-in IDEA Debuts on Tuesday

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Bright will then take the IDEA will to Norway in May 2009 for the Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS24). Bright says that its IDEA heavily utilizes platform efficiency—including lightweight materials, advanced aerodynamics and low-rolling resistance tires—combined with the PHEV drivetrain.

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Road Test: 2024 Volvo XC90 Recharge AWD Ultimate

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Exterior: Familiar Volvo Feel The XC90 Recharge has a high build quality, coming from the factory in Torsland, Sweden, near Volvo HQ in Gothenburg. The clean design is void of cladding, with tasteful bright work to be found on the badging, along the windows, an attractive strip along the lower doors, the grille, and front and rear fascias.