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Volkswagen launches new research collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory & University of Tennessee, Knoxville

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The expanded collaboration aims to explore how to integrate break­throughs in material science and recycling concepts to support electric mobility and sustainable transportation. The first project involves testing ORNL’s new high-power wireless EV charging concepts with a Porsche Taycan.

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European consortium investigating graphene-based materials for lightweight cars; energy-efficient and safe vehicles

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The University of Sunderland (UK), working with a consortium of five other research partners from Italy, Spain and Germany, has been selected for funding by the €1-billion (US$1.4-billion) The other partners are Centro Ricerche FIAT (Italy); Fraunhofer ICT (Germany); Interquimica (Spain); Nanesa S.r.l. Italy); and Delta-Tech S.p.A.

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Audi sponsors AI conference NIPS 2016, demonstrates how car develops intelligent parking strategies

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Throughout this week, the automaker is showing, with the aid of a 1:8 scale model—the “Audi Q2 deep learning concept”—how a car develops intelligent parking strategies. The Audi Q2 deep learning concept is a pre-development project of Audi Electronics Venture (AEV), an AUDI AG subsidiary in Gaimersheim, Germany.

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Celebrating the Life of University of Texas Professor Mo-Shing Chen

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He gained global recognition in the power industry through his intensive, two-week continuing-education course, Modeling and Analysis of Modern Power Systems, which he began teaching in 1967. Participants have come from China, Israel, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Macedonia, Spain, and Russia.

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Polestar hits 2021 sales target of 29,000 vehicles, up 185% y-o-y

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Polestar, the Swedish premium electric car company founded by Volvo Cars and Geely Holding, delivered on its global sales target of 29,000 vehicles in 2021, representing year-on-year growth exceeding 185%. Polestar increased its global presence from 10 to 19 markets in 2021, with growth in Europe and Asia Pacific.

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