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BMW Group makes sustainability and efficient resource management central to its strategic direction

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The BMW Group is already applying methods such as data analytics to make its production more efficient—for example, by minimizing scrapped parts in the body shop and through predictive maintenance for machinery. Product strategy: fully-electric models in high-volume series.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles safer than gas-powered cars?

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All cars have batteries and electric systems; even so, they don’t short out or shock anyone. Plug-in and fully electric cars operate between 200 and 800 volts. The nickel-metal hydride used in EV batteries is in maintenance-free sealed cells, so nothing gets in or out.

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Audi TechDay e-mobility, Part 2: systems and components

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Asynchronous motors (ASM) have no permanent magnets and are simple in design, sturdy, low in maintenance and long-lived. With power drawn from the single-phase German household grid with its output of 230 volts, capacity extends up to 3.6 They are only conditionally suitable for transmission-integrated applications.

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