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German EV Motor Could Break Supply-Chain Deadlock

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More than a few of them are at ZF Friedrichshafen AG , one of the world’s largest suppliers of parts to the automotive industry. Moreover, the company announced, their new motor had characteristics comparable to the rare-earth permanent-magnet synchronous motors that now dominate in electric vehicles. Scharrer : BMW and Land Rover.

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Volvo to issue world’s first EV battery passport ahead of EU rules – ET Auto

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The passport was developed by Volvo, which is owned by China’s Geely, in partnership with UK startup Circulor, which uses blockchain technology to map supply chains for companies, and took over five years to develop. Volvo has invested in Circulor, as has Jaguar Land Rover and BHP, the world’s largest listed miner.

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Li-ion battery maker CATL opens its first North American sales and service facility

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CATL currently supplies the North American market with core battery technologies for EVs and energy storage solutions. The new CATL facility in Detroit will allow the company to improve the supply of lithium-ion batteries to the US auto market and to support the expansion of EV manufacturing. GWh shipped in 2017.

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UK TSB Awards £25M to Eight Low-Carbon Vehicle Demonstration Projects; Focus On Electric Vehicles

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The Technology Strategy Board created the Low Carbon Vehicle Demonstrator competition to act as a catalyst for industry, the public sector and academia to come together to create low emission vehicles and provide solutions to powering them. Electricity providers E.ON The winning consortia.

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2025-2035: Rewriting The Automotive History

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A recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund indicates that electric vehicle sales volumes are growing at a rapid pace, signalling an epochal shift in the auto industry over the next decade. Despite that and other numerous issues, the electric vehicle sector has gained traction in the previous year.

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Audi’s production electric e-tron quattro may set a new standard for vehicle handling; advanced vehicle dynamics control

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Thomas Gillespie noted that: In the early decades of the 1900s, most of the engineering energy of the automotive industry went into invention and design that would yield faster, more comfortable, and more reliable vehicles. Steering was frequently unstable and the front axle with front brakes made shimmy almost inevitable.

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