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BorgWarner building customized Integrated Drive Module for Ford Mustang Mach-E

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BorgWarner is building an Integrated Drive Module (iDM) for Ford’s new all-electric Mustang Mach-E SUV. The iDM comes complete with a BorgWarner thermal-management system and gearbox integrated with a motor and power electronics from other suppliers, and showcases the company’s system integration expertise. The iDM comes complete with a BorgWarner gearbox integrated with a motor and power electronics from other suppliers, and showcases the company’s extensive knowledge of system integration.

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2021 Audi E-Tron SUV gets $8,800 lower base price, plus more range

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The 2021 Audi E-Tron electric SUV gets an $8,800 lower base price and an 18-mile range increase for the new model year. The $66,995 base price (including a mandatory $1,095 destination charge) isn't a price cut. It reflects the lower-tier Premium trim level Audi previously said was on the way. A Convenience Plus Package for the Premium trim level.

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Octillion Power Systems debuts new EV battery-leasing plan

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Octillion Power Systems, a global provider of advanced lithium-ion storage systems for electric mobility ( earlier post ), announced a new demonstrator program for battery-leasing that allows batteries to be leased to fleet customers when they purchase vehicles. Under the program, participating fleet operators will be allowed to source batteries through a five-year “lease-to-own” program, with no up-front payment.

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In future Audi EVs, one big brain will manage all the physics

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Audi on Thursday provided an early glimpse of some of the technology that might give upcoming premium electric vehicles from the brand—beyond the current E-Tron SUV and Sportback—an edge in terms of comfort, performance, and perhaps efficiency. Just as well-timed power delivery and torque distribution can help a vehicle corner better.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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Audi boosts specs on 2021 e-tron family, lowers price

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The 2021 Audi e-tron SUV family receives a number of updates and a new price point for the 2021 model year. The Audi e-tron and e-tron Sportback are the first and second fully electric vehicles in the Audi lineup, laddering up to the brand’s commitment to 30% of the US model lineup being fully or partially electrified by 2025. New for model year 2021, the Audi e-tron model lines receive revised packaging, including attractive entry pricing with a new Premium trim level.

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2023 Cadillac Lyriq revealed: 300-mile crossover starts brand’s move to mostly EV

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General Motors’ Cadillac luxury brand revealed its Lyriq electric crossover Thursday. The Lyriq will be the first of many EV models—many of them ending in -iq, pronounced “ick,” not “eek”—slated to transform Cadillac by the end of the decade to a primarily all-electric brand. And it could be a significant.

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CATL battery partnership targeting 435-mile range for Mercedes EQS electric car

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Mercedes-Benz will source batteries from Chinese firm CATL for its upcoming EQS electric car. Scheduled to launch in certain markets next year, the electric luxury sedan is targeting a range of 435 miles, as measured on the European WLTP testing cycle. It's unlikely that will equate to more than 400 miles on the tougher U.S. EPA testing cycles.

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Mercedes-Benz and CATL enhance battery partnership

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Mercedes-Benz and CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited) announced an enhanced partnership in the field of battery technology. The electric luxury sedan Mercedes-Benz EQS will launch next year equipped with CATL cell modules, delivering a WLTP range of more than 700 km (435 miles). Mercedes-Benz and CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited) have entered the next stage of their strategic partnership and will create advanced battery technology in support of the high-volume e

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2021 Audi E-Tron lower price, bigger brains for EV dynamics, Mercedes and CATL: Today’s Car News

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Audi is connecting everything in future EVs with a central computer. CATL cells will power Mercedes-Benz’s electric flagship. And the 2021 Audi E-Tron gets a price. This and more, here at Green Car Reports. Audi plans to put a vastly upgraded central chassis computer in charge of coordinating everything from regenerative braking to.

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Review: Honda e

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Honda has hit the ball out of the park with the e, producing something that drives, handles and rides well, looks a million dollars and, crucially, is an appealing car in its own right.

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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Do electric cars need special tyres?

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Whilst most of us don't think too hard about what our car tyres are doing, for EVs tyre technology is arguably more important than ever.

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Popular Kia e-Niro available again with shortest-ever lead times

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The Kia e-Niro has now been made more widely available in the UK to cope with soaring demand.

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Agility introduces new and improved roof-mount CNG fuel systems for refuse trucks

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Agility Fuel Solution, a leading global provider of clean fuel solutions for medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicles, introduced its new third-generation roof-mount compressed natural gas (CNG) fuel system for Automated Side Loader, Rear End Loader and Front End Loader refuse collection vehicles. Agility introduced its roof-mount CNG fuel systems for refuse fleets in 2001, and since then, they have been used widely by fleets large and small across North America.

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