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Rock Tech Lithium to build Europe’s first lithium converter in Germany

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Rock Tech Lithium intends to build Europe’s first lithium converter—a production plant for battery-grade lithium hydroxide—in Guben, Brandenburg, Germany. With the entire plant in operation, around 160 technicians, engineers and production staff would be employed on site.

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VinFast vehicles to be cloud-connected using Cerence Connected Vehicle Digital Twin (CCVDT) platform

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Cerence and VinFast announced that VinFast vehicles will be cloud-connected using the Cerence Connected Vehicle Digital Twin (CCVDT) platform. By leveraging Cerence Connected Vehicle Digital Twin, VinFast delivers on key needs for drivers while also differentiating itself from its competitors through innovative new technology.

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Ford introducing new connected fleet management tools for electric fleets

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Any time a driver exceeds a speed limit, rapidly accelerates, brakes harshly, leaves the engine running while parked or fails to fasten a seatbelt, they will receive an in-car audio message asking them to correct their behavior. Additionally, Ford Telematics will enable customers to secure and monitor their vehicles remotely after hours.

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Audi involved in EEBUS standard for intelligent connection of EVs and buildings

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Buildings, electric cars and household appliances, heat pumps, and other consumers can coordinate their particular power requirements, thereby preventing overloads. However, this requires all large power generators and consumers to be connected in order to ensure intelligent control of power requirements.

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Six dual-fuel MAN methanol ME-LGIM engines ordered for Maersk container ships

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LGIM dual-fuel main engines in connection with the construction of 6 × 17,000 teu container vessels for A.P. Hyundai’s engine machinery division (HHI-EMD) will build the engines in Korea, which will be capable of running on green methanol. Projected fuel adoption within two-stroke dual-fuel engines.

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Toyota enters hydrogen engine Corolla in another race, with focus on transporting imported hydrogen

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Toyota Motor Corporation is entering a vehicle equipped with a developmental hydrogen-powered engine ( earlier post ) at the five-hour-long Super Taikyu Series 2021 Powered by Hankook Round 5 Suzuka S-tai, which takes place this weekend. Improvement of hydrogen-powered engine vehicles. Transporting hydrogen within Japan.

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TTTech Auto launches Electronic Controls Design House for safety-certified hardware design & engineering; software-defined vehicles

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Software-defined vehicles will become a reality when all the underlying hardware—the ECUs and all the connectivity—meets the software’s demanding requirements. TSN (Time Sensitive Networking) gives embedded systems engineers the tools to design automotive networks with predictable latency and guaranteed bandwidth.

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