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Tesla Gigafactory Berlin: The facility’s story so far

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Tesla Gigafactory Berlin is about to receive its final environmental approval, with Brandenburg Minister-President Dietmar Woidke holding a press conference later today to discuss the milestone. It took a long time to get to this point, but after two years, it appears that Tesla’s Model Y factory in Germany is finally about to wake up.

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Schaeffler shows micro-mobility bio-hybrid concept; 4-wheel pedelec with roof

Green Car Congress

Automotive supplier Schaeffler introduced a new micro-mobility concept during the “auto motor und sport” conference. There are already discussions in Germany about opening cycle tracks with a legal speed limit of 40 km/h. This study shows how the company envisages a solution for urban individual forms of mobility. —Prof.

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Perspective: Europeans in the lead with range extenders for hybrid vehicles; 2nd vs. 3rd generation

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That includes most forklifts, golf cars and mobility vehicles for the disabled plus Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and personal submarines. The “ Electric Vehicles—Land, Sea & Air Europe 2011 ” conference and exhibition will take place in Stuttgart, Germany 27–28 June.

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Who Really Invented the Thumb Drive?

Cars That Think

In 2000, at a trade fair in Germany, an obscure Singapore company called Trek 2000 unveiled a solid-state memory chip encased in plastic and attached to a Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector. The dot-com boom of 1995 to 2000 further increased demand for personal computing gear. MB of data. Clones, in a sense, are marvelous….it

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Volkswagen AG provides details on investigations into NOx cheating; origin and fixes; new strategic direction

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At a press conference in Germany today, Volkswagen Group executives provided details on the status of its investigation—which is being coordinated by a special committee of the Supervisory Board—into the diesel emissions debacle. I vouch for this personally, as does the entire Supervisory Board of Volkswagen AG.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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Mercedes-Benz presents autonomous Future Truck 2025 research vehicle; “Highway Pilot”

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Mercedes-Benz unveiled the Future Truck 2025 in Magdeburg, Germany. The sensor and camera technology is active throughout the speed range from standstill to the legally permitted maximum truck speed of 80 km/h. In addition, Daimler AG held a conference on the future of freight transport. Click to enlarge.

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