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Volvo Cars introduces new single-motor C40 Recharge variant

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The company also unveiled a single electric motor variant of the pure electric C40 Recharge. The new front-wheel drive single-motor C40 expands the company’s range of fully electric variants to four, further paving the way towards its ambition of selling only fully electric cars by 2030. C40 Recharge.

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IDTechEx: motors with oil cooling became the dominant form in the electric car market in 1H 2022

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In the first half of 2022, motors with oil cooling became the dominant form in the electric car market, taking 50% market share, according to a report from IDTechEx. IDTechEx is predicting oil to gain an even greater market share with purely water jacket-cooled motors remaining in a significant way.

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ExOne collaborates with Maxxwell Motors on development of 3D-printed copper windings for axial flux electric motors

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ExOne and Maxxwell Motors have successfully binder jet 3D printed a high-efficiency copper e-winding design for an electric motor without rare-earth magnets. Optimized copper windings and rotors in electric motors are among the factors enabling the automotive industry’s transition to hybrid and pure electric power vehicles.

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DeMoBat project developing robot-assisted dismantling for EV batteries and motors

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In Germany, the DeMoBat collaborative project is developing a robot-assisted dismantling factory for traction batteries and electric motors for EVs. Disassembling and reusing battery systems can help improve the environmental balance of electric cars. photo: Irina Westermann, KIT).

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Audi drive concept for e-tron S-models: three motors, new quattro generation with electric torque vectoring

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Three electric motors, two of which are located on the rear axle, together provide 370 kW of boost power and 973 N·m (717.6 This allows the two purely electrically driven models to accelerate to 100 km/h (62.1 Drive layout: three motors. lb-ft) of torque. Audi e-tron S. kWh/100 km (WLTP); 23.1–20.6

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

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I started learning about, writing about, and promoting electric cars in 2007. Debra and I finally got our first electric car, A 2012 Toyota RAV4 EV, a joint production with Tesla, in January of 2013. Debra Bushweit Galliani in 2013 with our first electric car. Installing the 5.2

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Volvo Cars to triple electric car production capacity in Ghent after strong year of electrified car sales

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Volvo Cars is tripling electric car manufacturing capacity at its plant in Ghent, Belgium as it prepares to meet fast growing demand for its Recharge line-up of chargeable cars. The plant already builds the XC40 Recharge, the company’s first fully electric car, as well as a plug-in hybrid version of the XC40.

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