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Extreme Weather & Cold Testing of Ford All-Electric F-150 in Alaska.
Ford engineers have spent two weeks in the heart of Alaska in minus 30-degree temperatures to continue fine-tuning the F-150® Lightning™...
Mar 3, 20222 min read


How Testing Strategy Will Change in the Coming Years as the Automotive Industry Goes Electric.
Horst Hammerer, CEO of AVL SET provides an insightful overview of how testing is set to change over the coming years as the automotive...
Mar 1, 20221 min read


Sustainability Report. Mercedes EQS Leading NEV - New Energy Vehicle
From the manufacture of the raw materials and the production of the vehicle through to driving operation and then recycling at the end of...
Feb 4, 20223 min read


Ford Planning to Nearly Double All-Electric F-150 Lightning Production to 150,000 Units Annually.
Ford Motor Company has announced that it is planning to nearly double production of the F-150 Lightning™ pickup at the Rouge Electric...
Jan 4, 20222 min read


BMW i7 takes on Steep mountain roads and high temperatures: Extreme Endurance Automotive Testing.
The series development process for the BMW i7 all-electric Luxury Sedan is entering its final phase as it is being tested on gruelling...
Dec 15, 20212 min read


Volvo Engineering Team, Testing E-trucks in Extreme Winter Weather
Volvo Trucks released images and video of how they tested their electric trucks in extremely cold weather close to the Arctic Circle....
Dec 14, 20212 min read


Volkswagen Group creates European company for its battery business
Volkswagen has announced that it has established a European company (Société Européenne) to consolidate activities along the battery's...
Dec 13, 20213 min read


Volvo Cars and Northvolt will open R&D Centre for Battery Technology in Gothenburg.
Volvo Cars and Northvolt will open a joint research and development (R&D) centre in Gothenburg as part of a SEK 30 billion investment in...
Dec 10, 20212 min read


Volkswagen enters into strategic partnerships for the industrialization of battery technology.
Volkswagen Group announced it has entered into three more strategic partnerships to strengthen its position in the field of batteries....
Dec 8, 20214 min read


Volkswagen to invest some €1 billion by 2026 – South America region to be geared to sustained profit
Despite the continuing challenges of the corona pandemic and the worldwide semiconductor shortage, Volkswagen expects to report a...
Nov 26, 20213 min read


AVL and Ford Develop Transit Fuel-Cell Electric Vehicle Demonstrator in less than 12 months.
AVL and Ford have completed the FCVGen1.0 project in the UK. Achieved in under 12 months, the project aimed to develop a fully functional...
Nov 9, 20212 min read


Volkswagen and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (USA). Research collaboration for Material Science and Recycling Concepts to Support E-mobility.
Volkswagen Group of America's Innovation Hub Knoxville, the company's technology unit for applied materials science, has expanded its...
Oct 28, 20213 min read


WAVE to Collaborate with Kenworth on 1-Megawatt Automotive Wireless Charging Pads
Wireless Advanced Vehicle Electrification (WAVE) has announced its participation in a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) electrified...
Sep 28, 20212 min read


7.5 Tonne, All Electric Tevva Truck unveiled
Electric truck pioneer Tevva has unveiled the new Tevva Truck, it is the first British designed 7.5-tonne electric Truck intended for...
Sep 28, 20212 min read


Mercedes Benz Electric Truck Innovations
Mercedes Benz Trucks presented a host of vehicle innovations focused on the electrification of the product portfolio. The company says it...
Sep 21, 20212 min read


Audi RS Q e-tron - Extreme Conditions During Endurance Tests in the Deserts of Morocco
For the test in Morocco, we made modifications so that the driver and co-driver have more space in the tight cockpit and can also communicat
Sep 21, 20212 min read


Lucid Air Dream Edition R, Achieves 520 Miles of Range.
The Lucid Air Dream Edition R achieves a record-breaking 520 miles on a single charge, and the company confirms this news was an official...
Sep 16, 20212 min read


Laboratory for Battery Cell Research and NEV Development Opened by Volkswagen Group Components.
Volkswagen Group Components has opened one of the Europes most advanced laboratories for cell research and development. The company are...
Sep 16, 20213 min read


System Solutions, Components, and Software Controls in a Flexible and Modular Platform
ZF has presented its "Modular eDrive Kit" at the IAA 2021 in Munich. ZF says its a world-first that bundles the entire expertise of ZF's...
Sep 7, 20212 min read


Eatron and WMG win funding from Faraday Battery Challenge for project COBRA
Eatron Technologies and WMG have announced a new partnership for the COBRA Project, thanks to the funding from the Faraday Battery...
Aug 25, 20214 min read
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