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Porsche and Audi developing shared architecture for electric cars

The joint electric offensive by Porsche and Audi was launched ten months ago. Now the premium manufacturers are deepening their development partnership and achieving concrete results. The goal of the cooperation, which will create a pioneering architecture called the Premium Platform Electric (PPE), is to shape the mobility of tomorrow together and to put future… Continue reading Porsche and Audi developing shared architecture for electric cars

Volkswagen Group assumes pioneering role in rapid road safety improvement

News Press Release News Group Wolfsburg, 15 February 2018 Volkswagen Group assumes pioneering role in rapid road safety improvement From 2019 onwards, the brands of the Volkswagen Group are to use the WLANp standard, which has already been comprehensively tested, for communications among vehicles and between vehicles and their   …more

Dynamic protective fields for cooperation between people and industrial robots without fixed safety barriers.

Photo Group 14 February 2018 Dynamic protective fields for cooperation between people and industrial robots without fixed safety barriers. Color coding gives the employee a clear and simple indication of the area where he can work without any impact on the robot (green). If the employee moves into the yellow zone, the robot is completely… Continue reading Dynamic protective fields for cooperation between people and industrial robots without fixed safety barriers.

E-mobility 12.02.2018 A clear plan 
for change Staff at the Braunschweig site are set to start building battery systems. mehr

Batteries in cars are now responsible for far more than simply storing electrical energy. These days, we talk about “battery systems.” These are components comprising over 2,000 individual parts, like in the e-Golf, for example – including cell modules, controllers, battery control units, and the housing. All weighing barely 350 kilograms. “We have to be… Continue reading E-mobility 12.02.2018 A clear plan 
for change Staff at the Braunschweig site are set to start building battery systems. mehr