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New Bosch e-axle integrates motor, power electronics, transmission; mass production in 2019

Green Car Congress

Leveraging its experience with electromobility components, Bosch has developed a new generation electric axle drive, or e-axle. The motor, power electronics, and transmission form one compact unit that directly drives the car’s axle. This makes the powertrain not only far more efficient, but more affordable as well. Bosch has had electric axle drives in the market since 2012 (in the Peugeot 3008 and Fiat 500e, for example), but the power electronics was not fully integrated into them.

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Sporty BMW i3s, electric Mini, diesel jail sentence, tougher emission testing: The Week in Reverse

Green Car Reports

Which huge company challenged the public to "read the documents," only to get bitten when two researchers did exactly that? What new and updated electric cars will appear at the Frankfurt auto show? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending on Friday, September 1, 2017. Friday.