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BMW Motorrad Develops C1-E Electric Study as Contribution to eSUM

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BMW Motorrad concept C1-E. BMW Motorrad has developed an electric study vehicle, the C1-E, as a contribution to the European safety project eSUM. This study unit is based on the concept of the BMW C1, and is characterized by a very high level of active and passive safety. Click to enlarge.

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How E Ink Developed Full-Color e-Paper

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This is the moment that the concept of electronic paper, or e-paper, went mainstream. But these added just one color to a black-and-white screen—red or yellow—and that wasn’t anybody’s idea of a full-color display. After all, black-and-white e-paper took only 10 years from concept to commercialization.

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GM provides technical details of the Gen 2 Voltec propulsion system used in the 2016 Volt

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Clutches are OWC1, C1 and B1. About half of these were chosen for energy modeling in both EV and extended range operation, using a simulation tool developed by GMR&D. Out of this, the GM team selected several systems for more intensive study and comparison with two benchmark systems from other OEMs. Click to enlarge.

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