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BMW Group increasing use of digitalization and Industry 4.0 in production logistics

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in production logistics. Logistics is the heart of our production system. —Jürgen Maidl, head of Logistics for the BMW Group production network. Around 1,800 suppliers at more than 4,000 locations deliver more than 31 million parts to the 30 BMW Group production sites worldwide every day. Connected supply chain.

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Renesas Electronics introduces 4th-generation Li-ion battery management IC

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—Niall Lyne, Senior Director of Product Marketing and Applications, Automotive Mixed-Signal/Power and Video, Renesas Electronics Corporation. A battery management system (BMS) reference design is available, which includes five ISL78714 ICs and a RH850/P1M MCU to form a complete 70-cell evaluation platform for external balancing.

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Ambarella unveils HD 360° view automotive camera solution

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a developer of low-power, HD video compression and image processing semiconductors, introduced the MotorVu 360 automotive surround view and recording reference design. The MotorVu 360 reference design combines 360° video surround viewing with full HD recording for the next generation of automotive camera systems. Ambarella, Inc.,

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Mercedes-Benz S-Class INTELLIGENT DRIVE drives autonomously over 100km interurban and urban route with near-production technology

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The successful drive was achieved with the aid of near-production-standard technology, very similar to that already found in the new E and S-Class. Autonomous driving with production-based sensors. The Mercedes-Benz S 500 INTELLIGENT DRIVE research vehicle was equipped with production-based sensors for the project.

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The Young Designers to Know at Pitti Uomo

Baua Electric

I used to wash my face and use so many products that I would break out. When I stopped touching my face and stuck with one product it got better. In such references, the London-based designer says, “there’s a balance of practicality and romanticism that I’m also trying to create within the collection.”

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Bosch leading major research project on software-defined manufacturing

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Led by Bosch, the University of Stuttgart, and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), a total of thirty companies will define the foundations for software-defined manufacturing (SDM) over the next three years in the SDM4FZI research project (Software-Defined Manufacturing for the Vehicle and Supplier Industry).

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Reflections on Converting a 914 to an EV

Porsche 914 EV Conversion

Here goes (in no particular order): Things That Went Well During the Conversion The 914 AC kit from Electro Automotive is a good one. I modified the wiring in the original 914 AC kit (as suggested by Paul Jorg) to turn on the regen when the brake lights came on instead of controlling regen by releasing the accelerator pedal.

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