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MAY 24, 2014

Partners in Germany’s UR:BAN research consortium recently gave a mid-term status report on the three major component projects in an event at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Braunschweig, Germany. It optimizes traffic light switching and ensures more rapid passage of the emergency vehicle that is safer for all vehicles.

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DECEMBER 18, 2017

In recognition of the miletone, BMW used a light installation to transform its Group headquarters—the world-famous “Four-Cylinder” in the north of Munich—on the evening of 18 December 2017 into a battery. This 99-meter-high signal is lighting the way into the era of electro-mobility. We deliver on our promises.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

The close dialog between the main players is also intended to speed up previously lengthy and complex planning and application processes for network connections. The initiative’s measures therefore include the development of standard concepts that cover common charging profiles. Global electric truck portfolio at Daimler Trucks.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2023

—Oliver Zipse, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG The BMW iX5 Hydrogen developed on the basis of the current BMW X5 was first unveiled as a concept at the IAA show in 2019. The stack housing is manufactured in the light metal foundry at BMW Group Plant Landshut using a sand casting technique. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 15, 2021

The brand’s future vehicles will adopt a next-generation in-car user experience (UX) through design and innovation and advancements in lighting, feel and in-car connectivity – to help customers engage with their cars. Interior design: a modern and spacious interior for the EV era.

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MARCH 24, 2022

An estimated 110,000 metric tons of it ends up on the streets in the form of microplastics every year in Germany alone. Together with the TUB Department of Urban Water Management, the Audi Environmental Foundation is developing an innovative new filter concept for urban runoff. This is where intelligent connectivity comes into play.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2021

Deceleration is also applied to detected vehicles ahead until they come to a standstill, for example at traffic lights. These record distances, speeds and accelerations, lighting conditions, precipitation and temperatures, seat occupancy as well as the driver's blink of an eye or the passengers’ speech. million micro-mirrors.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2022

While growing up in Germany, Heike Riel helped her father design and build furniture in the family workshop. Grove Award “for contributions to materials for nanoscale electronics and organic light-emitting devices.” She graduated in 1997 from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg , in Germany. After earning her Ph.D.

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MAY 25, 2018

The German Federal Ministry for the Environment gave the green light for a subsidized pilot project to conduct research and development on the electrification of long-haul trucks. The electricity supply for the heavy goods vehicles is provided by means of a pantograph from an overhead power line—the eHighway concept ( earlier post ).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2022

In light of energy diversification, the move away from fossil fuels, and the need to reduce CO 2 emissions, demand for green hydrogen is growing rapidly—not only in energy-intensive industries such as steel, chemicals, and heavy-duty freight, but also in private real estate. Bosch is to develop the stack. jovice (Czech Republic).

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The process may take several weeks, but after this stage, the Germany-based EV factory may finally receive the green light to start Model Y production. The company also noted that the objectives of an expert in connection with dangerous substances and safety distances are being taken into account. .

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OCTOBER 4, 2017

SAIC Mobility Europe, a division of China’s largest vehicle manufacturer, SAIC, is introducing the Maxus light commercial vehicle brand. It is available initially to fleets in France, Germany, Austria and Benelux, with other markets to follow soon. It is offering these large panel vans from its sites across Germany and Austria.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As the basic price for the series production model will be under €30,000 in Germany, the vehicle’s price will be comparable to that of typical compact vehicles following the deduction of the anticipated government subsidies—an electric car for the masses. 3 will be delivered in Germany from mid-2020. Light signals to whom the ID.3

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MAY 1, 2024

It was such a novel concept that when von Miller approached the Carl Zeiss company in Jena, Germany, to manufacture such a projector, they initially rebuffed him. In 1924, public demonstrations of the Zeiss planetarium took place on the roof of the company’s factory in Jena, Germany. The planetarium operated for 50 years.

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MARCH 1, 2017

Germany-based semiconductor supplier Infineon is Volkswagen’s first partner under its TRANSFORM 2025+ strategy ( earlier post ). They operate and regulate everything from the air conditioning system to the interior and exterior lighting systems, the adaptive cruise control radar and a whole range of driver assistance systems.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2017

The Urban eTruck is connected to the charging station using the Europe-wide standardized Combined Charging System (CCS) Type 2 connector. The vehicle will initially go in a low two-figure number of units to customers in Germany, and later in Europe too, Buchner said. —Stefan Buchner, Head of Mercedes-Benz Trucks worldwide.

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JANUARY 7, 2019

Meanwhile, BYTON’s Nanjing plant is on-track to be completed this year and will be equipped with cutting-edge production equipment from leading global partners such as AIDA Engineering of Japan, and KUKA and DÜRR of Germany. The company’s vehicle concept and design center is located in Munich.

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JUNE 29, 2018

The energy control stations at BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut are stepping up their activities in the balancing-power market in Germany. Research by the team at neue energieökonomik (neon) in Germany has, however, identified a so-called “ German Balancing Paradox ”. The German Balancing Paradox. Source: neon.

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MARCH 1, 2016

The new Phideon was developed in Germany with the assistance of VW’s Chinese partner SAIC Volkswagen. Volkswagen’s design team derived the Phideon almost directly from the C Coupé GTE concept car, which was presented at Auto Shanghai in 2015, with only minor changes. Earlier post.)

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EV Central

MARCH 1, 2023

The company will also continue innovating on software, in turn utilising data it sources from the connected nature of its vehicles. However, Tesla did confirm it would build a new Gigafactory in Mexico, adding to the two US production lines (one in California and one in Texas), the one in Shanghai, China and the one near Berlin, Germany.

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MARCH 10, 2014

At the Geneva Motor Show and now at the IT trade fair CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, Volkswagen Group executive management has begun to outline its “Future Tracks” program which will address, among other things, what Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn calls an approaching new era of digitalization.

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APRIL 20, 2022

The electric SUV offers plenty of space, comfort and connectivity for up to seven passengers; with its electric motors, responsive 4MATIC all-wheel drive and an intelligent OFFROAD driving mode, the EQS SUV is also capable of tackling light terrain. Cooling: sophisticated thermal concept for high load capacity.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 10, 2021

Deliveries will begin in Germany by the end of September and in the United States in Q4. 3 cm (21-inch) AMG multi-spoke light-alloy wheels. Luxury seats including 4-way lumbar support and contour lighting. The Connect service has specific features depending on the country.” for its base model. million micro-mirrors.

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Cars That Think

JULY 18, 2022

For 15 years, my team at the University of Göttingen, in Germany, has been collaborating with colleagues at the University of Freiburg and beyond to reinvent the cochlear implant in a strikingly counterintuitive way: using light. Then, people all over the world could begin to hear the light. cocktail party problem.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2017

The authors are James Young, Myles Steiner, Ryan France, John Turner, and Todd Deutsch, all from NREL, and Henning Döscher of Philipps-Universität Marburg in Germany. The record-setting PEC cell represents a significant change from the concept device Turner developed at NREL in the 1990s. Döscher has an affiliation with NREL.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2011

Using aluminum in select automotive components could reduce vehicle body structure weight safely by as much as an additional 40% compared to today’s vehicles, according to a recent study by the University of Aachen (Germany) for the European Aluminium Association (EAA). For many components stiffness will maintain the decisive criterion.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2012

to the Annual Press Conference 2012 in Ingolstadt, Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Management of Audi AG, said that the company believes that five key innovation areas will determine the shape of future mobility: design; lightweight construction; connected vehicles; mobility services; and electric mobility. In his speech.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

The new plant is the first battery factory of any premium automotive manufacturer in China and the third in the Group’s production network, after Germany and the US, said Oliver Zipse, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG, responsible for Production. Battery cells packaged in a module. Click to enlarge. Shenyang production facility.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

At the Los Angeles Auto Show, Volkswagen is showcasing two electric concepts. BUZZ CARGO,in its auto show debut, is an electric panel van concept based on the MEB toolkit that offers up to 340 miles of range on the WLTP cycle. The electric Cargo e-Bike concept, in its North American debut, carries a 463 lb payload. Cargo e-Bike.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2017

Volkswagen Truck & Bus is focusing on automated driving, connectivity, and alternative drive systems. In light of the increasing exchange of goods, expanding cities and booming online sales, alternative drive systems that help to improve the quality of air in metropolitan areas are acquiring more and more importance. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 6, 2015

At CES, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced “Ford Smart Mobility”—a plan to use innovation to take Ford to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data. Connecting with every customer in a socially collaborative and rewarding way. Ford Charsharing, Germany.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2015

More than two and one-half years after the car was first announced ( earlier post ) and more than one year after sales began in Germany and Central Europe ( earlier post ), the US-spec version of the Audi A3 Sportback e-tron plug-in hybrid will begin arriving in US showrooms in the next few weeks. Just to give an example.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The occupant protection concept is rounded off by standard safety equipment. To ensure maximum safety in such a crash scenario, the high-voltage battery is disconnected from the high-voltage system and the connected components discharged when the passenger restraint systems are triggered. They also have a constant phase difference.

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OCTOBER 7, 2015

Infrastructure control and networking with innovative vehicle concepts and systems. University of Munich; TomTom Development Germany GmbH; TRANSVER GmbH; University of the German Army in Munich; universities at Duisburg-Essen, Kassel and Würzburg; and Volkswagen AG. Human Factors in Traffic (€17 million). University of Chemnitz; Tech.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2016

The Urban eTruck is connected to the charging station using the Europe-wide standardized Combined Charging System (CCS) Type 2 connector. The same concept is reflected in the Urban eTruck, which is based on a three-axle short-radius distribution truck. They combine high load capacity with maneuverability. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

As a company car, the plug-in hybrid model is subject to a lower tax rate in Germany because its electric range in the WLTP cycle is more than 40 kilometers (24.9 The drive concept of the A7 Sportback 55 TFSI e quattro is designed so that customers can do the most of their daily driving electrically. Three driving modes.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2013

The motor and transmission was developed in-house and is made at Volkswagen’s components plant in Kassel, Germany. Like the electric motor and the transmission, the battery was also developed in-house at Volkswagen and is made at the company’s facility in Braunschweig, Germany. Charging concept and equipment. kW onboard charger.

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