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BMW Group opens new automated steel pressing facility at Swindon plant

Green Car Congress

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.

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Road Test: 2023 Volvo C40 Recharge Twin AWD Ultimate

Clean Fleet Report

Out on the Road When slowing, regenerative brakingconverts kinetic energy into electric energy and stores it in the battery. The clean design is void of cladding, with the only bright-work to be found on the “C40” and “VOLVO” badging. The level of regeneration can be set on the touchscreen as is the One Pedal Driving.