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Volkswagen Group expands US ERL to become IECC; Type 20 BEV concept

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The new Innovation and Engineering Center California (IECC) will be the largest Volkswagen vehicle research facility outside Germany, and serve as the heart of an expansion of Volkswagen’s North American engineering resources. Type 20 concept vehicle.

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NC State team develops new Si/C inverter; 12.1 kW/L & greater efficiency in a smaller, lighter package

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Researchers at the Future Renewable Electric Energy Distribution and Management (FREEDM) Systems Center at North Carolina State University have developed an inverter for hybrid and electric vehicles using off-the-shelf components made of the wide-bandgap semiconductor material silicon carbide (SiC). kW/L by 2020. kW/L by 2020.

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Citron Introduces New 3.0L Diesel

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liter diesel V6 DPFS HDi 240 engine for the C5 and C6. Improvements in the engine offer a reduction in fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions by between 12% (in the C5) and 15% (in the C6) compared to the outgoing 2.7L The engine complies with the future Euro V emission standards. Click to enlarge. version it replaces.

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BMW Research, EURECOM and Technische Universität München collaborating on connected vehicle research

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In particular, the use of Car-to-X communications that enables an extensive access to local telematic data, such as cross traffic information or local danger warnings, would increase the overall road traffic safety significantly in the future. In order to accomplish this goal, special cryptographic hardware modules have been engineered.

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myenergi is Electrifying the Iconic Delorean | Back to the Future

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we here you ask… We’ll quite literally take you back to the future and explain… It’s the car of the future, made in the past! Therefore we partnered with ECC for the project at hand, also providing them with the first solar compatible electric vehicle charger in the world the zappi to help power this beauty.

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