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Konarka Technologies and Webasto collaborating on organic solar applications in automotive roofing systems

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a developer and manufacturer of flexible organic solar films, is collaborating with Webasto, one of the top 100 automotive suppliers, to integrate Konarka’s Power Plastic organic solar cells in Webasto’s automobile roofing systems. Konarka Technologies, Inc.,

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Borgward to build manufacturing facility in Bremen; all-electric-drive Borgward BX7 first model; Industry 4.0

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The company also plans to manufacture electric and plug-in-hybrid versions of the BX5 series and other models. Construction of the new manufacturing facility is scheduled to begin in early 2017. Borgward plans to create an SKD manufacturing facility with a production capacity of up to 10,000 vehicles per year.

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Japanese automakers develop electric van to compete in EV market

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Toyota and its partners Suzuki and Daihatsu plan to unveil the prototype of a battery-electric mini-commercial van at an exhibition event organized by the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA) and the G7 Hiroshima Summit. The battery electric van also uses Toyota’s electrification technology. “I

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Audi donating €1 million in emergency aid for refugees in Europe

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Through the Audi Volunteers (“Audi Ehrensache”) initiative, employees can now suggest regional projects they would like to implement in cooperation with charitable organizations. Volunteers recently renovated homes for underage migrants and organized excursions for refugee children.

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Dartmouth professor calls for unlocking geospatial data gathered by autonomous vehicles

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At the heart of autonomous navigation is the production of new cartographies that allow automated vehicles to be deployed through physical spaces—and, in the process, influence economic processes as well as the organization of urban systems and transportation infrastructure. —Alvarez León (2019). —Luis Alvarez León.

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Auto-ISAC releases automotive cybersecurity best practices

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The creation of Best Practices follows the release of the Framework for Automotive Cybersecurity Best Practices jointly released by the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers and the Association of Global Automakers in January 2016. The Auto-ISAC coordinated with both organizations throughout the Best Practices development.

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NEMA participates in ANSI Electric Vehicle Standards Panel

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Member company representatives and staff of the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) participated recently in the first face-to-face meeting for the newly-formed Electric Vehicle Standards Panel (EVSP) of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Earlier post.)

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