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5GAA hosts C-V2X connected vehicle demo in Berlin

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5GAA members including BMW Group, Daimler, Deutsche Telekom, Fraunhofer Institutes FOKUS and ESK, Ford, Huawei, Jaguar Land Rover, Nokia, Qualcomm and Vodafone, demonstrated C-V2X Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V), Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) and Vehicle-to- Network (V2N) applications.

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UK Awards 24M to 6 Low Carbon Vehicle Projects

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Projects include the development of new engines for plug-in hybrid versions of Nissan, Lotus and Jaguar Land Rover cars, a lightweight electric bin wagon, development of lightweight materials for vehicle weight reduction, and new technologies using thermal energy to improve vehicle performance.

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UK Government awards more than US$141M to 38 driverless and low carbon vehicle projects

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The projects, led by BMW, CNH Industrial, Ford Motor Company, Jaguar Land Rover, Penso Consulting, Westfield Sportscars and Williams Advanced Engineering, cover a wide range of new innovations. Further successful projects from this competition round will be announced soon.

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Ricardo reports significant efficiency advance in its Kinergy hermetically-sealed high-speed flywheel energy storage system; prospects for price-sensitive hybridization

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This approach to high-speed flywheel technology offers the prospect of enabling the unit to be sealed for life, thus avoiding the need for high-speed seals and a vacuum pump, and hence reducing costs and maintenance requirements. Kinergy prototype prepared for testing. Click to enlarge.

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Saft to Raise Approximately 120M to Fund Li-ion Plants in US

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In August, Saft announced that it had been selected by the US Department of Energy (DOE) to benefit from a 50% funding of the project cost of up to $95.5 —John Searle, Chairman of the Management Board, Saft. Jacksonville. The contract with the US DOE is anticipated to be signed before year end and construction would start immediately.

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CPT Brings TIGERS Technology to VIPER Project for Enhanced Energy Recovery

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The project is being led by Jaguar Land Rover. The recent availability of low-cost low-voltage power electronic devices has significantly advanced the development of micro-hybrid technologies such as VTES and SpeedStart, CPT says. The new VIPER project aims to show how a reduction in CO 2 emissions of 4.5%

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CPT presenting two papers at SAE World Congress on SpeedStart and TIGERS for 48V mild hybrid systems

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As a reduced cost concept, it aims to make more intelligent use of electrical energy to achieve the desired reduction in fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The technology can also be applied to medium and heavy duty commercial vehicle platforms.

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