Nissan Motor has agreed to divest its 41% stake in Japanese auto parts firm Calsonic Kansei to private equity firm KKR for JPY498.3bn ($4.5bn). This deal is being regarded as one of the largest deals in Japan, particularly in the ...
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Toyota Motor has developed the world's first method for observing the behavior of lithium ions (Li-ions) in an electrolyte when a Li-ion battery charges and discharges. By using this method, it is possible to observe in real-time, the ...
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The UK Government has unveiled £390m of funding to support the development of low emission vehicles and autonomous vehicles. The announcement was part of UK finance minister Philip Hammond's first budget speech in the Parliament. ...
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Volkswagen has unveiled its Transform 2025+ strategy, further detailing the company's plans for the decade ahead. This plan aims to reduce the capex ratio and the development cost ratio to a competitive level in the next few years – ...
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Chinese-backed electric vehicle developer BYD America has launched the industry’s first all-electric, long-range electric garbage truck, a project jointly developed with Wayne Engineering, the Iowa-based refuse industry equipment ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has decided to establish an in-house venture company responsible for developing electric vehicles (EVs). The venture company, which will be a virtual organization consisting of four persons―one each from ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation announces the expansion of R&D facilities at Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (China) Co., Ltd., (TMEC). This is in accordance with the initial investment plan, which had been created at the time of the ...
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Mercedes-Benz said it will manufacture the first production model of the new EQ product brand at its Bremen plant in Germany by the end of 2020. The production model will depend on the EQ show car – an electric vehicle with the ...
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Jaguar has unveiled its first electric vehicle at a press event in Los Angeles – and live-streamed to us in London in appropriately futuristic virtual reality – promising a 500km range with zero tailpipe emissions. The Jaguar ...
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General Motors' personal mobility brand, Maven continues to expand and has started its business in Los Angeles, California. In nine months, Maven has grown to nine markets: Ann Arbor, Michigan, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, Los ...
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US engineering firm Aecom has won a contract to build the $1bn electric car manufacturing facility for Faraday Future (FF) in North Las Vegas, Nevada. The 3 million ft2 and 900 acre development will create about 4,500 direct jobs over a ...
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AgileSwitch LLC of Philadelphia, PA, USA - which produces plug-and-play, programmable silicon IGBT and silicon carbide (SiC) MOSFET gate drive assemblies to address demands for higher performance and functionality at higher voltages and ...
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Volkswagen is systematically moving ahead with its transition to the mobility world of tomorrow initiated by the "TOGETHER – Strategy 2025" program for the future. The Group presented its next steps on the road to becoming a ...
Aimplas, the Plastics Technology Center, is attending from 19-26 October a new edition of the K Trade Fair to launch its recent innovations in the field of advanced materials, as well as its latest developments on bioplastics. This time, ...
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By 2020, the core function of Beijing National Science and Technology Innovation Center will further strengthen and become a global science and technology innovation center. In terms of the new energy automotive innovation layout, Beijing ...
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