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Volvo Cars inaugurates new battery assembly line at Ghent manufacturing plant

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Volvo Cars formally inaugurated a new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. Volvo XC40 Recharge powertrain. The XC40 Recharge P8 is the first of a family of fully electric Volvos. It is the company’s first fully electric car and the first Volvo with a brand new infotainment system powered by Google’s Android operating system.

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Hyundai Prophecy concept is a sleek, sporty EV—with no steering wheel

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The Hyundai Prophecy is a new electric concept car that, as its name suggests, looks toward the future. In this case, that future includes autonomous driving. As indicated by a previous teaser, the Prophecy takes a different design direction from Hyundai's previous 45 electric-car concept. Where the 45 featured retro styling inspired by the 1970s.

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Daimler CEO: ‘Streamlining the Portfolio’ Necessary for Mercedes-Benz

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Still in the midst of a $1.4-billion restructuring plan that aims to cut 10 percent of its workforce, Mercedes-Benz is reconsidering what its product lineup should look like moving ahead. While most of the doomed models will be chosen due to lackluster demand (e.g. X-Class pickup) plenty will be nixed as a result of tightening emission […]. The post Daimler CEO: ‘Streamlining the Portfolio’ Necessary for Mercedes-Benz appeared first on The Truth About Cars.

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Hyundai: Prophecy is an “iconic silhouette of perfect proportions”

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As part of its product line expansion to include 44 electric vehicles and its investment of almost 50 billion Euros for research and development into future technologies by 2025, Hyundai Motor Group has released a video presentation highlighting its Prophecy Concept car. The company has deemed the EV’s silhouette “the timeless design of a classic car.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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FedEx and Chanje to add charging infrastructure to 42 FedEx stations in California

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FedEx Corp. started construction on electronic DC (direct current) charging stations in January, and has now announced the next phase of its electric vehicle rollout. Through an agreement with Chanje Energy Inc., the company plans to electrify 42 FedEx stations in California, making it one of the largest deployments of integrated charging infrastructure by a single commercial fleet to date.

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GM’s Ultium propulsion strategy for EVs: 400 miles or more, up to 1,000 hp

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General Motors provided Wednesday the most comprehensive picture yet of how its “all-electric future” will take form—quickly, efficiently, and profitably, as the company emphasized. With a no-cameras presentation to press and investors, the company previewed 11 fully electric vehicles in different stages of development. Building.

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Android Automotive OS Provides the Smarts for New Polestar 2 Electric Sedan

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The open-source Android automotive operating system will also show up in Chevrolets, Buicks, Cadillacs, and GMCs beginning in 2021.

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Equipmake and HiETA developing new motor with 20kW/kg power density using additive manufacturing

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UK-based electrification company, Equipmake, has teamed up with additive manufacturing organization HiETA to develop a next-generation motor as part of a project grant-funded by Innovate UK. Codenamed AMPERE, the new motor will draw on Equipmake’s expertise in electric motor design and HiETA’s knowledge in thermal engineering and additive manufacturing with the target of producing an extremely lightweight, efficient but low-cost electric motor with peak power density of more than 20kW per kg&mda

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Ford Mustang Mach-E demand goes well beyond the California bubble

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Three months after opening the reservations window for its upcoming 2021 Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle, Ford reported today that it now has orders for the model in all 50 states. Ford says that the model’s 300-mile EPA-estimated range and all-wheel-drive capability will help meet “regional customer needs.” Roughly.

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BMW i4 EV’s debut at the Geneva Auto Show gets cancelled by COVID-19!

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March 3 rd , 2020: with the Geneva Auto Show cancelled due to the coronavirus, automakers have been forced to present their new cars via digital debuts online. BMW showed off new photos and published new specs concerning its electric i4 sedan, which the company claims will arrive at dealerships in 2021 and produce a driving range of 372 miles (which EPA estimates have cut down to 270 miles).

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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Updated: Details of seminar and event related to Electric Vehicel & technology

Bikli Waligaadi

[This is a live article and will be updated time to time] We all auto enthusiasts, especially those who are. The post Updated: Details of seminar and event related to Electric Vehicel & technology appeared first on Electric Vehicles_(India).

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Researchers say world faces air pollution pandemic

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Air pollution is responsible for shortening people’s lives worldwide on a scale far greater than wars and other forms of violence, parasitic and vector-born diseases such as malaria, HIV/AIDS and smoking, according to an open-access study published in Cardiovascular Research. Professors Jos Lelieveld and Thomas Münzel, of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and the Department of Cardiology of the University Medical Center Mainz in Mainz, Germany, who led the research, say the findings suggest

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Fiat 500e electric-car redux: Sportier compliance for Europe, not California

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The Fiat 500e electric car will return for a second generation, but this time it will likely not be sold in the United States. After withdrawing both gasoline and electric versions of the 500 from the U.S., Fiat unveiled a redesigned 500 for the European market. This marks the first redesign of the retro city car since 2007. The gasoline 500.

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Volkswagen’s first all-electric SUV named as ID.4

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Volkswagen has provided further details on its first all-electric SUV during a webcast following the cancellation of the Geneva Motor Show.

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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Updated: Details of seminar and event related to Electric Vehicel & technology

Bikli Waligaadi

[This is a live article and will be updated time to time] We all auto enthusiasts, especially those who are. The post Updated: Details of seminar and event related to Electric Vehicel & technology appeared first on Electric Vehicles_(India).

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Nikola executes reverse merger with VectoIQ; now to be listed on NASDAQ; BEV and FCEV trucks

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Nikola Corporation, a designer and developer of BEV and FCEV Class 8 trucks is executing a reverse merger with VectoIQ Acquisition Corp. to create a company focused on the development of next generation smart transportation. VectoIQ Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq:VTIQ) is a $230-million publicly traded Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, acquisition or similar business combination within 24 months of its IPO, which was completed 18 May 2018.

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EVolution: 11 keys to GM's electrified future

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From 2020 through 2025, GM plans to invest more than $20 billion—more than $3 billion annually, on average—toward electric-vehicle programs. And by the middle of the decade, the company aims to sell a combined one million EVs annually in its two largest markets of the U.S. and China. “We want to put everyone in an EV, and we have.

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Ford Mustang Mach-E first ride review

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When Ford launched its all-new Mustang Mach-E in London they invited a few select journalists for a passenger ride. Here are our first impressions.

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Annual mileage guide: What’s the average UK mileage per car? Why it pays to be accurate with car finance

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How many miles will you drive in 2020? Annual mileage is something that affects your insurance premium, maintenance costs and, when it comes to car finance, your monthly payments too.

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AFRL, Masten Space Systems Inc., NASA, collaborate on successful testing of liquid methane rocket engine

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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate, and Masten Space Systems Inc. successfully tested a liquid methane rocket engine, the first of its kind tested at AFRL. The Masten 25k lbf thrust Broadsword rocket engine. (Masten Space Systems photo/Matthew Kuhns). The M10A Broadsword is a LOX/LCH 4 dual expander cycle engine, with an additively manufactured aluminum thrust chamber assembly.

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Volkswagen ID.4 all-electric crossover is officially official, and it's coming soon

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Volkswagen on Tuesday officially confirmed what has been an open secret for some time: that the ID Crozz concept crossover will be called the Volkswagen ID.4 when it goes on sale later this year, starting in Europe. VW also confirmed that the ID.4 crossover would be sold and produced in Europe, North America, and China. Volkswagen of America will.

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EV stars of the not-the-Geneva-Motor-Show

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With the coronavirus outbreak forcing the cancellation of the Geneva Motor Show, the big reveals and announcements haven't had the impact they might otherwise have done. There's no doubt that this year's show was going to be a huge one for EVs, so it's a shame that circumstance intervened. However, we can still bring you news of what should have been there in our 'not the Geneva Motor Show' round-up.

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Coronavirus has killed off the Geneva Motor Show. But is the end nigh for ALL traditional motor shows?

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It’s at this point that you’d usually be reading about the Geneva Motor Show, with my takes on what the highlights were, what trends we see coming, and what really didn’t work at all

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BMW unveils Concept i4 electric Gran Coupé; 600 km range

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BMW unveiled the BMW Concept i4 EV using a livestream instead of the planned Geneva venue. The BMW Concept i4 represents a look ahead to the BMW i4, slated to enter production in 2021. The electric four-door BMW Gran Coupé offers an electric range of up to 600 kilometers (373 miles), based on the new WLTP test cycle. Powered by fifth-generation BMW eDrive technology, the i4 has a very slim battery with optimum energy density.

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Here are 10 of the electric vehicles GM might (or will) build on its Ultrium foundation

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Under its Design Dome, part of its Warren Tech Center and where concept cars have been prepared and vehicles—even like the EV1—have been designed and developed since 1955, GM provided a sketch to media and investors Wednesday of how its Ultium electric propulsion strategy will take form in actual production-bound vehicles. It was.

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Battery and fuel cell breakthroughs for zero-carbon powertrains

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New developments in battery and fuel cell technology is promising to dramatically improve the performance and longevity of both. For the former, charging times of five minutes and far higher energy density from lithium-ion cells is on the horizon, whilst in a domestic breakthrough should improve the viability of hydrogen fuel cells.

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Annual mileage guide: What’s the average UK mileage per car? Why it pays to be accurate with car finance

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How many miles will you drive in 2020? Annual mileage is something that affects your insurance premium, maintenance costs and, when it comes to car finance, your monthly payments too.

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New Volkswagen Golf GTI, GTD and GTE; gasoline, diesel and PHEV

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Volkswagen unveiled the new eight-generation Golf GTI, the Golf GTD and the Golf GTE plug-in hybrid via a live stream event, in place of the cancelled Geneva International Motor Show. GTI. The new Golf GTI is powered by a 180 kW (245 PS) 2.0-liter turbocharged direct injection engine (EA888 evo4). The maximum torque is 370 N·m. The four-cylinder engine is coupled with a 6-speed manual gearbox as standard.

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California hybrid sales surged in 2019, as plug-in hybrids tumbled and EV growth slowed

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With most numbers for vehicle sales in 2019 now tallied, it appears to have been the year in which hybrids got a second wind, electric vehicle growth stumbled, and plug-in hybrids started to fall out of favor. In California, where a far wider range of plug-in hybrids are available, those trends are highlighted. The state registered a total market.

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UK company aims to sell new EV for the price of a middle-aged hatchback

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Manchester-based EV start-up, MeV, is hoping to tackle climate change and local air quality with its Bee Anywhere city car.

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Review: Ford Fiesta Active

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While there’s no doubt the Ford Fiesta appeals to a wide selection of UK motorists, having been the new car market’s most popular car for more years than we care to remember, it’s no secret that consumer trends have been changing towards crossovers for a long time now.

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UNIST team develops novel hydrogen production process using biomass oxidation instead of water oxidation as electron source

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Researchers at S. Korea’s Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) have developed a novel process for the production of hydrogen using various types of biomass, including lignin, as an efficient alternative to water oxidation as an electron source. In a paper published in the journal ACS Catalysis , the researchers report that this approach allows efficient (photo)electrochemical production of hydrogen with a Faradaic efficiency close to unity at acidic pHs and brings additiona

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Byton fills in more details, timeline for M-Byte electric SUV in Europe

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Ahead of the market arrival of its M-Byte electric SUV in Europe by the end of 2021, Byton has started to detail more about how its vehicles can be ordered, sold, serviced, and charged. Of Byton’s 65,000 worldwide reservations, 25,000 are in Europe. So far those are essentially hand-raisers, but European reservations will be open for.

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GHSA report: 6,590 pedestrians killed on US roads in 2019, highest since 1988

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The Governors Highway Safety Association’s (GHSA’s) report , “Pedestrian Traffic Fatalities by State: 2019 Preliminary Data,” projects that 6,590 pedestrians were killed on US roads in 2019. GHSA’s projection represents a 5% increase from 2018 in the number of pedestrian fatalities. This projection represents a continuation of an increasing trend in pedestrian deaths going back to 2009 and would be the largest annual number of pedestrian fatalities in the US since 1988.

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