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Continental launches series production of technologies for robo-taxis

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Continental technologies such as ABS, radar and redundant brake system are being used in series production for robo-taxis for first time. This year, Continental’s technology for driverless vehicles will be in production for the first time in French company EasyMile’s EZ10 autonomous shuttle.

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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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The Renesas R-Car S4 is one of the first products in Renesas’ 4 th -generation R-Car Family. 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. Integrated Ethernet TSN switch offers bandwidth of 3 x 2.5

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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 Neither the Germans nor the Italians offer pure electric subcompacts within their product line up. Alongside this, the Japanese manufacturer also saw the largest decrease since 2018, with its average falling by 2.3 —Felipe Munoz.

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

Baua Electric

Chemical company UBE Corporation will invest $500 million to build the first US manufacturing facility for EV lithium-ion battery ingredients dimethyl carbonate (DMC) and ethyl methyl carbonate (EMC) in New Orleans. There are currently no DMC nor EMC production facilities in the US.

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Renault and VW may partner on low-cost BEV minicar

Baua Electric

I have production capacity. 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. He also hinted that other partners were in the running, but didn’t name names: “I am open to anybody who wants to jump in.

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New PSA 1.2-liter 3-cylinder turbo takes International Engine of Year category award

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liter TSI Twincharger (2014-2006) by 69 points, have already rolled off the production line at the Française de Mécanique plant in Douvrin, France. liter naturally aspirated versions have been manufactured since 2012 at the French Trémery plant, which has an annual production capacity of 640,000 units. liter and 1.2-liter

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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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Many biofuels, including ethanol, biodiesel and other products derived from organic material (biomass), are almost exclusively produced via fermentation. Carbon-Negative Chemical Production Platform - $4,160,262.57. Acetate as a Platform for Carbon-Negative Production of Renewable Fuels and Chemicals - $3,421,197.10.

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