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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey to become Toyota’s first European plant to produce plug-in-hybrid vehicles and batteries

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In addition, TMMT will be Toyota’s first European plant to start producing plug-in hybrid vehicles, and the first to be equipped with a battery production line. Alongside the vehicle production line, TMMT will build a new plug-in battery assembly line with a capacity of 75,000 units per year within its facility. market share.

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European marine systems integrator orders Nuvera fuel cell system

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Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC, a provider of heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell engines for on- and off-road mobility and other applications, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Italy-based system integrator H2Boat, which is developing a zero-emission energy solution for marine applications. Nuvera E-Series fuel cell engine.

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New Volkswagen MQ281 manual gearbox shaves up to 5g CO2/km

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Volkswagen has developed a new generation manual gearbox; the MQ281 saves up to five grams of CO 2 per kilometer depending on the engine-gearbox combination. Re-sorting gearbox production goes hand-in-hand with the production start of the new MQ281. —Dr Christian Vollmer, SEAT Vice President of Production and Logistics.

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Li-ion maker A123 Systems to build HQ complex in Michigan, shrink US cell manufacturing

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The 32-acre company-owned site will house all corporate functions, an engineering center, new laboratory space and a manufacturing plant. As part of adapting facilities to align with A123 Systems’ business in the US, the company will consolidate US manufacturing operations into a smaller site on the new campus.

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Danish Power Systems sets new record with degradation rate in high-temperature polymer fuel cells

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The clean technology company Danish Power Systems (DPS), with partners at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) and the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, Czech Republic, reports the best operating stability for high-temperature polymer fuel cells (HTPEMFC) yet. μV h −1 for a reference membrane. 2016.12.075.

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EU new-car market suffers worst performance in over two years

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Portugal (down 9.4%), Austria (down 8.9%), Czech Republic (down 8.7%), Denmark (down 5.1%) and the Netherlands (down 0.4%) also endured decreases. Elsewhere, Poland (up 14.8%), Romania (up 8%), Portugal (up 2.5%), the Czech Republic (up 2.3%) and Denmark (up 1.5%) saw growth. Outside of the EU, the UK suffered a 1.3%

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EV startup Byton commissions D?rr for paint shop; EcoInCure technology

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Byton is among the early adopters for this technology; Skoda will be the first automotive manufacturer using EcoInCure in its new paint shop in Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic). This is because it is vital that all body parts are heated uniformly, otherwise thermal stresses occur. This enables unprecedented uniformity of heating.