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Continental launches series production of technologies for robo-taxis

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The aim is not to develop the CUbE into a production vehicle, but to get a range of Continental technologies, such as brake systems and surrounding sensors, market-ready so that they can be used in robo-taxi series production. The central development platform for this work is the CUbE, a small driverless shuttle based on the EZ10 platform.

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The US Southeast is getting its first EV battery supply chain project

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Photo by Kindel Media on Pexels.com Japan’s UBE Corporation will build an EV battery chemicals factory in Louisiana to set up a US EV battery supply chain – and compete with China. That contributes to extended battery life and increased driving range.

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Renault and VW may partner on low-cost BEV minicar

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Renault confirmed today that it is in talks with Volkswagen to build a BEV minicar for the European market. While Stellantis just launched a sub-€25,000 EV, the Citroen e-C3, with a short-range version to come at below €20,000, VW is falling behind in the race to build a cheaper BEV.

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The UK’s first 4 seater ‘all electric’ production car

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Called the Citroën C1 ‘ev’ie’, this is the first all electric, 4 seater car, to offer the purchaser the comfort, performance and a full range of standard safety features expected from a petrol car. The Citroën C1 ev’ie is assembled in the UK from the donor car.

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EU Parliament Approves 2012 Tire Efficiency Ratings

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Members of the European Parliament last week approved regulations that will require replacement tires for cars as well as light- and heavy-duty vehicles (C1, C2, and C3 tires) to carry energy efficiency labels as of 1 November 2012.

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The UK’s first 4 seater ‘all electric’ production car

Green Cars News

Called the Citroën C1 ‘ev’ie’, this is the first all electric, 4 seater car, to offer the purchaser the comfort, performance and a full range of standard safety features expected from a petrol car. The Citroën C1 ev’ie is assembled in the UK from the donor car.

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DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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LanzaTech will create transformative technology to enable direct conversion of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to ethanol, a building block for low carbon intensity fuels and chemicals, at 100% carbon conversion efficiency to products. Development of Carbon-Conserving Biosynthetic Systems Co-Utilizing C1 and Biomass Derived Feedstocks - $3,177,642.

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