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How E Ink Developed Full-Color e-Paper

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Over the years, researchers tried several approaches, some taking technologies from more traditional displays, others evolving from the original e-paper’s unique design. In E Ink’s Triton and Kaleido displays, color filters turn light reflected from white particles into red, green, and blue subpixels.

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BMW Motorrad Develops C1-E Electric Study as Contribution to eSUM

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BMW Motorrad concept C1-E. BMW Motorrad has developed an electric study vehicle, the C1-E, as a contribution to the European safety project eSUM. This study unit is based on the concept of the BMW C1, and is characterized by a very high level of active and passive safety. Click to enlarge.

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Axeon awarded EU funding to reduce size, weight and cost of EV & hybrid vehicle batteries

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European Li-ion automotive battery supplier Axeon has been awarded research funding from the EU to reduce the weight, volume and cost of batteries in electric and hybrid vehicles as part of a €3.32-million million (US$4.72-million) million) consortium program called SmartBatt. Reduction in battery pack cost by 5%-10%.

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GM provides technical details of the Gen 2 Voltec propulsion system used in the 2016 Volt

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After proving a initial look at the design and capability of the different components ( earlier post ) late last year, GM is now providing deeper technical insight into the second-generation platform. In designing the second-generation system, GM engineers built on the knowledge and data gained from the first-generation Volt. (A

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