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VW to unveil new electric ID concept model in Detroit

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family model—a multi-functional electric vehicle—at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. concept shown this year ( earlier post ), this new concept is also based on the Modular Electric Drive Kit (MEB), and so it shows the potential and bandwidth of the MEB. concept to appear in Detroit.

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Stellantis installs long-awaited apparatus to recovery Detroit Jeep plant smell factor

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Stellantis has put in a key piece of kit it mentioned will do away with odors at its Jeep plant in Detroit that close by citizens have referred to as a hindrance to their attribute of date for greater than two years. The automaker were searching for upper emissions caps at each crops.

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Toyota Adds Nightshade, Factory Lift to Tundra for 2024

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A new TRD 3-inch suspension lift kit can now be installed at the factory. Take note, Nissan – this is what happens when a so-called outsider plows continual research and development effort into a category traditionally dominated by the Detroit Three. Of greater interest to this author?

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Volkswagen to put MEB-based electric I.D. BUZZ microbus concept into production; Cargo variant too

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Volkswagen presented the concept at the Detroit Auto Show in January. BUZZ, which is built off the Modular Electric Drive kit (MEB). After the presentations at the global motor shows in Detroit and Geneva, we received a large number of letters and emails from customers who said, 'please build this car’. Earlier post.)

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Ford develops and begins manufacturing new powered respirator; expanding other COVID-19 efforts

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Ford has also started providing manufacturing expertise to help scientific instrument provider Thermo Fisher Scientific quickly expand production of COVID-19 collection kits to test for the virus. Ford worked with Beaumont Health in Metro Detroit to quickly design the gown pattern and test for sizing during fit and function trials.

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VW unveils fully autonomous, electric Microbus I.D. Buzz concept at Detroit; all-wheel drive, 270-mile range

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Volkswagen is presenting a fully autonomous, electric Microbus concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Buzz is built off the Modular Electric Drive kit (MEB). BUZZ shown in Detroit can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in about 5 seconds, with a governed top speed of 99 mph. Like the compact I.D.

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Volkswagen to build first production MEB electric vehicle at Zwickau in 2019

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Volkswagen’s Zwickau plant in Saxony, Germany will build the brand’s first production vehicle based on the MEB—the Modular Electric Drive kit, Modularer Elektrifizierungsbaukastenin—2019. This was followed by the introduction of a fully autonomous, electric Microbus concept at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit.

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