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Brussels plant kicks off production for the new Audi Q8 e-tron

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From 2025, production at all Audi plants will be carbon neutral as part of the company-wide environmental program Mission:Zero. The electric traction motors for production are transported from Hungary to Brussels by green freight. AUDI AG has owned the Belgium site since 2007. 2018 saw the birth of the Audi e-tron.

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BMW taps electric hypercar specialist Rimac for high-performance EV batteries

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A significant part of the campus will be dedicated to BMW. “My My business journey began with a 1984 BMW 3 Series that I converted into an electric car in my garage at the age of 20, so it’s a perfect piece of symmetry to partner with the BMW Group today,” Mate Rimac, founder and CEO of Rimac Group, said.

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Opel introducing new 1.6L SIDI engine with start-stop system; 3 new engine generations over next 12 months part of major turnaround plan

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Production at the Szentgotthardt plant in Hungary will begin in late 2012. This year alone, the company introduces six new models, including the subcompact SUV Mokka, a new Astra version, a completely new convertible and the Adam, Opel/Vauxhall’s new urban vehicle. The emphasis was on torque with the engineers achieving up to 187.5

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Siemens and Valeo to form joint venture in high-voltage electric powertrains

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Valeo will be contributing its high-voltage power electronics business, including 200 employees of which 90 are based in France, and which is part of the Powertrain Systems Business Group (PTS). —Jacques Aschenbroich, Chairman and CEO of Valeo. The project is subject to consultation of the employee representatives.

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

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As part of the electric offensive, Mercedes-Benz Cars counts on local emission-free vehicles. In Kecskemét (Hungary), a second plant under construction will be CO 2 -neutral. However, today’s production grids are powered by alternating current—which has to be converted. The decision also fits with our overall strategy.

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BMW spends billions to push its next-gen EVs into Tesla territory

Baua Electric

Vision Neue Klasse Vision sedan On the heels of announcing its record year in sales of all-electric vehicles last year, BMW says it is now investing $711 million (€650 million) to convert its main factory in Munich to exclusively produce electric vehicles by the end of 2027.

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EPFL cooperative maneuvering control algorithm for integrating automated vehicles with legacy traffic; dynamic platooning

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Researchers at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), as part of the AutoNet2030 project, have developed a cooperative maneuvering control algorithm allowing automated vehicles to operate in traffic alongside manually-driven vehicles. Finally, as part of the AutoNet2030 project, they managed to get to real vehicles on the road.

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