The French organization ADEME introduces three major projects, winners of the Call for Expressions of Interest (AMI) “Weight reduction, Aerodynamics, Vehicle Architecture”, which it launched and managed on behalf of the State under the Investment Program for the Future (PIA). These projects focus on reducing the weight of road vehicles and thereby contribute to reducing […]
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As Volkswagen did with its MQB or Volvo with the SPA, the French group PSA presented its own vehicle modular platform called EMP2. It stands for Efficient Modular Platform 2. It is presented in the video below: [youtube url=”http://youtu.be/h4Xqa1_wIu0″ fs=”1″ rel=”0″ showinfo=”0″] Source: PSA
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The hydraulic full-hybrid powertrain technology, which Bosch is developing in collaboration with PSA Peugeot Citroën, is clear in its aims: to supply a hydraulic hybrid powertrain that will significantly reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions in compact cars. The hydraulic hybrid is designed to enable a boost effect that would normally be offered only by complex electric drives.
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Honda Motor Co., Ltd. established the world’s first process* to reuse rare earth metals extracted from nickel-metal hydrid batteries for new nickel-metal hydrid batteries. So far, Honda has been extracting an oxide containing rare earth metals from used nickel-metal hydrid batteries at the plant of Japan Metals & Chemicals Co., Ltd. (JMC). Now, by applying molten salt
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Scientists at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have developed an entirely new kind of drive concept to extend the range of electrically powered vehicles. The free-piston linear generator (Freikolbenlineargenerator; FKLG) is a combustion engine that generates electricity. This electrical power drives the electric car when its battery is flat.
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