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Schaeffler introducing 4in1 electric axles for EVs

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Heat is a scarce and valuable resource in electric cars, which do not have the waste heat from internal combustion engines for heating the interior, for example. In September 2021, production started at its plant in Szombathely, Hungary. The range also includes the combination of two or three drive components.

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Mercedes-Benz Cars plants in Germany to be supplied with CO2-neutral energy from 2022

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In Kecskemét (Hungary), a second plant under construction will be CO 2 -neutral. The production hall uses renewable energy and reduces water consumption and waste significantly. In Jawor (Poland), a new CO 2 -neutral engine plant is being built. The plant will start operating in 2019.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania. BYDs first plug-in hybrid, called a dual-mode car, is designed to run primarily on electricity, with an internal- combustion engine for backup. near Motorola, and another 20 or so work in San Francisco, not far from Apple.

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