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Renault and VW may partner on low-cost BEV minicar

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To stay in the game, Renault is among the European automakers rushing to produce EVs that are at a similar price point to ICE vehicles – to avoid losing out to Chinese rivals that have Europe in their sites with low-cost EVs – BYD’s vehicles are arriving by the shipload. The Twingo will also use an LFP battery to cut costs.

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Renesas unveils automotive gateway based on new R-Car S4 SoCs and PMICs for next-gen vehicle computers; support for ISO/SAE 21434

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In addition, a virtual platform (VPF) is available from a partner company, enabling early software development and evaluation to reduce design time and cost. allow a wide range of connectivity inside the vehicle. This switch is fully validated by Spirent’s TSN conformance test solutions running on their Automotive C1 test system.

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JATO: new car average CO2 emissions highest in Europe since 2014; slow EV uptake insufficient to counter fewer diesels and more SUVs

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Average emissions for Germany, Britain, Italy, and Spain increased, ranging from a rise of 0.8 Toyota’s success is largely based on its popular hybrid range, with registrations making up 60% of the brand total volume in 2019. g/km), C3 Aircross (-4.7), C1 (-4.5). —Felipe Munoz. g/km for Germany to an increase of 3.0

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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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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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ALABC lead-acid UltraBattery Civic hybrid surpasses 100,000 miles of fleet duty

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The hybrid has also achieved comparable MPG performance with that of the same model powered by Nickel-Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries but at a significantly lower cost, ALABC said. Accordingly, UltraBattery packs from both Furakawa and East Penn have been characterized under a range of conditions. The UltraBattery Retrofit Project DP1.8

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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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This process allows all the carbon within the sugar to be converted to FAME, which will allow these lipids—used to produce sustainable aviation jet fuel (SAF)—to be generated at lower cost and with fewer feedstock, resource, and land requirements. University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Wyss Institute at Harvard University.

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