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BMW Landshut producing fuel cell drive components for small-series BMW i Hydrogen NEXT in 2022

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Media” refers here to the hydrogen, oxygen and coolant that are channelled into the housing through the media end plate to initiate the chemical reaction in the fuel cells. — Dr Wolfgang Blümlhuber, head of Technology Driving Dynamics, Light Metal Casting in the Purchasing and Supplier Network.

BMW 435
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IHS Markit sees supply crunch coming for electrical steel; potential disruptor of OEM electrification plans

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Mild hybrid motors use less than US$10 of high-grade NOES, while battery-electric vehicles will use anywhere between US$60 to US$150 per motor of an extension of high-grade NOES—referred to as xEV grade—which in some configurations can even represent more than US$300 NOES content per vehicle. Concentrated manufacturing footprint.

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Junkyard Find: 1992 Geo Metro 4-door hatchback

The Truth About Cars

I suspect that the radio was a junkyard-obtained unit swapped in long after purchase, since body parts have been swapped as well. In Japan, the second-gen Cultus made you hip-conscious. Amazingly, the right-side mirror was included at no extra cost on all 1992 Metro models except the gas-mileage-king XFi. Gets 100 kilometers per 4.5

Suzuki 100
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EV tax credit score rules will have to be adopted, Manchin tells Treasury

Baua Electric

“My comment is simple: Follow the law,” he wrote in an 11-page letter to Treasury, explaining that the tax credit score’s objective is “no longer to promote the purchase and use of [EVs] … but to promote reliable domestic supply chains for the critical minerals and battery components” had to energy them.

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Progress! IRA signed into law

Electric Auto Association

Industry experts predict that Korea, Japan, and the EU will challenge this component of the IRA in court for violation of World Trade Organization rules. or $150,000 for individuals filing jointly, for the year of the purchase or prior year. Used EV purchased at registered auto dealerships. Used EV sale price less than $25,000.

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In 1961, the First Robot Arm Punched In

Cars That Think

Condec eventually purchased Unimation in 1960 and bought Devol’s patent when it was finally issued the next year. Unimation helped spark the industrial robotics revolution in Japan Unimation had much better success in Japan. Engelberger then convinced Norman Schafler, CEO of Condec Corp.

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EPA annual report on CO2, fuel economy and technology trends finds 2012 heading for all-time best; rapid adoption of new technologies

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EPA suggests that the reduction in MY 2011 car and car parts production in Japan in the aftermath of the March 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disasters “almost certainly” contributed to both the apparent slight worsening in MY 2011 and the large projected improvement in MY 2012.