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Schaeffler demo vehicle hits 2020 CAFE targets without electrification; 15% cut in fuel consumption; 48V hybrid system for 2025

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Schaeffler Efficient Future Mobility North America demo vehicle in Detroit. At the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), Schaeffler highlighted its range of fuel-efficiency technologies and systems in the form of its current demonstration vehicle: Efficient Future Mobility North America. Click to enlarge. —Prof.

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Canadian startup launches INDIEGOGO funding campaign for low-cost electric self-charging solar tricycle produced in Pakistan

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The VEGAN is a lightweight multipurpose hybrid electric-self-charging solar tricycle. The team has not yet produced a working demo for their concept. The VEGAN is to be made from lightweight fiberglass and aluminum; maximum range per charge is 120 km.

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Volkswagen launches “Electric for All” campaign, demos rolling chassis of MEB

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By the end of 2022, four Group brands will be ramping up 27 MEB models worldwide, ranging from compact cars to the lifestyle Bulli. the e-Golf and the Passat GTE plug-in hybrid. Our Modular Transverse Toolkit already proved Volkswagen is one of the most successful platform developers in the auto industry.

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Schaeffler signs five-year supply deal with REEtec for rare earth oxides

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The aim is to make electric motors for hybrid modules, hybrid transmissions and all-electric axle drives even more sustainable. Schaeffler has been producing electric motors on a large scale since 2021 and offers its customers power classes ranging from 20 kW to more than 300 kW.

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Hamburg putting its first Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid buses into service

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Hamburger Hochbahn AG has acquired four Mercedes-Benz Citaro FuelCELL Hybrids under the German “NaBuZ demo” scheme to promote sustainable bus systems for the future. Citaro FuelCELL Hybrid. The fuel cell bus has a range of around 250 kilometers. Three more buses are to follow next year. Earlier post.).

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Toyota expands R&D facilities in China; PHEVs coming under Corolla Levin lineup; fuel cell vehicle demos

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Since then, TMEC has worked toward the promotion and expansion of cars that are equipped with China-made hybrid systems for the Chinese market. was created as the local production company for the main hybrid system (hybrid vehicle transaxle). STAES), a hybrid battery production company in 2013.

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Try This Brand New Analog Computer

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In 2017, Yannis Tsividis wrote a feature article for Spectrum describing his research at Columbia University into the possibilities of digital-analog hybrid computer chips. Anabrid’s main gig is developing hybrid analog-digital chips of the sort pioneered by Tsividis. But I wanted to test out the hybrid approach.

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