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Siemens invests in Electrify America, the largest public charger in the US

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Recently, Volkswagen announced that its charging station subsidiary Electrify America has completed its first round of financing, with Siemens leading the investment and Volkswagen following. billion US dollars, or about 16.4 billion yuan, making it a new energy unicorn.

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Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems introduces 63% efficient, 540MW JAC gas turbine; -70% CO2 compared to older coal-fired plants

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Following technical selection, a developer will proceed with securing financing, permitting and more. The JAC maintains the long-standing features of a compressor shaft end drive, two-bearing rotor structure, axial flow exhaust, bolt-connected discs with torque pins on the compressor rotor and the CURVIC couplings on the turbine rotor discs.

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German OEMs to upgrade emissions control on 5.3M Euro 5 and 6 diesels, contribute to €500M Sustainable Mobility fund

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The Federal and state governments also expect the manufacturers to use self-financed competitive measures to provide incentives for the change of pre-Euro-5 diesel vehicles to vehicles with the latest exhaust gas aftertreatment or electric vehicles. At Wednesday’s National Diesel Forum.

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Axial Vector Energy Corporation Develops Hybrid Electric Drive Train Featuring Axial Engine and New Electric Clutch

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Apart from using AVEC’s new, smaller engine and generator/motor combination in an all new automotive application, what’s really new here is the electric clutch, which can be used between both AVEC’s engine and generator/motor and between the motor and the differential connecting the drive wheels. AVEC project engineer Douglas Hahn.

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Road Test: 2022 Maserati Ghibli Trofeo

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One of the most annoying thing about cars that pretend to be a sports sedan, but really aren’t, is their faux or overpowering exhaust note. Through the Maserati Connected Services Bluetooth voice commands for the radio and telephone are accessible by just saying “Hey Maserati.”. Sometimes you just have to have fun!

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Zhongding Power to invest more than $200M to build EcoMotors opoc plant in China

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One of the largest automotive component conglomerates in China, Zhongding will finance and construct the first opoc plant in the Anhui Province. To meet a wide range of power output needs, these engines can be teamed in multiple modules, connected to each other via an electrically controlled clutch.

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Shanghai OnStar launches four new key service packages

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With Vehicle Real-Time Inspection Warning, OnStar carries out a smart vehicle inspection of eight major systems on a monthly basis: the engine and transmission, the anti-lock braking system, the stability control system, the air bags, the exhaust system, OnStar, the electric motor module, and lithium batteries. Telematics data reports.

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