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German magazine compares real-world electric-car ranges, efficiencies in cold weather

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Germany's AutoBild wondered the same thing, so it gathered some of. Ahead of you lies a 80-mile drive. How confident are you that you'll make it to your destination? What if you want to set your climate control to a comfortable 70 degrees F?

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Daimler JV Beijing Benz Automotive named Factory of the Year by Produktion magazine

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Kearney in 1992, the “Factory of the Year – Global Excellence in Operations” award is one of the most respected benchmarks for the manufacturing industry in Germany and around the world. Established by the industry journal Produktion and business consulting firm A.T.

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British magazine gets ride in all-electric Mercedes EQ Concept

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Shown at the Paris Motor Show last year, the vehicle represents a conceptual version of the first of many electric vehicles to come from the Germany luxury marque. Mercedes-Benz has big plans for electric vehicles in the future, but its main nod to what those plans will bring thus far is the EQ Concept.

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German publication pans VW ID.3 for build quality, infotainment

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3 electric car from a major car magazine is in, and it's not good. In a review of a pre-production model ahead of the hatchback's launch, Germany's Auto Motor und Sport said the ID.3 The first review of the Volkswagen ID.3 3 falls short of VW's usual standards of build quality, noting uneven panel gaps and other faults.

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The BMW i7 is dominating its ICE counterpart

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According to BimmerToday , the recently released BMW i7 already constituted 43% of 7 series sales in Germany last month, making the electric version the most popular despite being the most expensive. “We lead because we listen,” Rolls Royce executive Torsten Müller-Ötvös told Car Magazine.

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Battelle-R&D Magazine forecast predicts 5.2% growth in 2012 global R&D spending to $1.4+T, largely driven by Asian economies; US companies and tech providers to boost energy R&D spending by 23.1% to $6.7B

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The Battelle-R&D Magazine annual Global R&D Funding Forecast concludes that global research and development (R&D) spending will grow by about 5.2% The team from Battelle and R&D Magazine forecast that a 2.1% Global R&D spending 2011. Size of circle reflects the relative amount of annual R&D spending by the country noted.

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Emissions collusion between VW and German agency runs deep: magazine

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As the Volkswagen diesel scandal lumbers onwards, German media outlets have often broken the latest news and revelations from deep inside VW Group. While the German auto giant had hoped at first to have the issue largely wrapped up by now, the scandal first publicly revealed in September 2015 shows no signs of abating. The updates to.