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The cooperative car: Intuitively knowing what the car is planning
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Elli.eco’s first product called Volkswagen Naturstrom® is now available across Germany: 100 percent CO2-free electricity from wind, solar or hydroelectric power
Volkswagen Naturstrom® is produced from sustainable sources.
WOLFSBURG, 30-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Elli, which stands for Electric life, is a newly established company (2018) part of Volkswagen Group that aims to be the first provider on the market to offer a seamless energy and charging experience for electric car drivers and fleet managers. Elli plans to manage all customer needs at the interface between energy and mobility. Elli Group GmbH is currently with 3 offices across Germany: Wolfsburg, Berlin and Munich.
Now the company offers eco-power tariff that is already available throughout Germany. It is its first product and is branded as “Volkswagen Naturstrom®” and will come from 100-percent renewable sources and is intended for private households and small businesses. The electricity offered through the new tariff for your home and electric vehicle is 100% green energy with TÜV-certified origin from wind, solar and hydropower facilities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Elli.eco is convinced that e-mobility can only be really sustainable if vehicles are powered by electricity generated on a CO2-free basis.
Elli is gradually working on portfolio of smart charging solutions ranging from hardware via invoicing and additional digital services through to comprehensive consultancy packages. The range will include wallboxes, charging stations and IT-based energy management systems as well as customer cards for charging on the road.
A typical household of three persons, for example in central Berlin, with an annual consumption of 3,500 kilowatt-hours could save about €280 compared with the standard tariff of the local general supplier over the contract term of 24 months.
Elli tariff calculator’s special feature is that it can include the consumption of an electric car in addition to a household, if the customer so wishes.
The latest information on Elli’s tariff is available on the website naturstrom.elli.eco.
Elli’s minimum contract term is 24 months, with a full price guarantee for the first 12 months. For the second period of 12 months, Elli guarantees that there will be no price adjustments as a result of changes in invoicing, procurement, sales and other administrative expenses.
Thorsten Nicklass, CEO of Elli:
“With our Naturstrom offering, we want to make eco-power easy and inexpensive to buy and to establish ourselves as a reliable partner for innovative, sustainable energy solutions for households and electric vehicles.”
Karsten Miede, project manager for Volkswagen Naturstrom® and Head of E-Mobility Services with VW Kraftwerk GmbH:
“As the supplier of Volkswagen Naturstrom®, we are opening up an entirely new business area for the Group. In the new world of mobility, the topics of energy and the automobile will become increasingly closely linked – we intend to grasp this opportunity.”
Elli.eco is also supporting the construction of the Salzgitter wind farm with an output of 12 MW and annual generation of 35 GWh – equivalent to the annual consumption of approximately 10,000 households using 3,500 kWh on average. It is planned that some of the power generated there should be included in the power mix for Volkswagen Naturstrom®.
SOURCE: Elli.eco / Volkswagen Group
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EconCore and Covestro partner over stronger, lightweight and FST performing honeycomb cores and panels
EconCore N.V. and Covestro are combining their technologies in order to produce strong and lightweight honeycomb panels with outstanding performance. The products comply with Fire, Smoke, Toxicity (FST) requirements for public transportation applications, including railway and aerospace.
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EconCore N.V. und Covestro bündeln ihr technisches Know-how für die Produktion sehr leichter und gleichzeitig stabiler und leistungsstarker Wabenplatten. Die Produkte erfüllen die FST (Fire, Smoke, Toxicity)-Anforderungen für die Verwendung in öffentlichen Transportmitteln wie Bahnen oder Flugzeugen.
LEVERKUSEN, 30-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Partnership between EconCore N.V. and Covestro has been announced with the aim at producing stronger, lightweight and Fire, Smoke, Toxicity (FST) requirements compliant honeycomb panels and cores targeting public transportation applications, including railway and aerospace.
So far both companies have heavily researched and worked on different materials that are lightweight or ultra-light with specific grades and features. EconCore is capable of producing ultra-light honeycomb structures in an economic way, with a high variety of material combinations that can be fine-tuned in order to meet customers’ needs. While Covestro has dealt with a wide range of polycarbonates and blends with specific grades to meet the FST performance required by railway and aviation applications. Additionally, Covestro is currently working on a range of lightweight thermoplastic composite solutions under the brand name Maezio™.
The two companies are now teaming up to optimize the FST (Fire, Smoke, Toxicity) performance of honeycomb panels in order to meet different application requirements. Covestro and EconCore plan to select the right combination of polycarbonate grades and composites for the honeycomb core and skin and at the same time adapting the parameters within EconCore’s honeycomb technology.
Preliminary tests on the FST (Fire, Smoke, Toxicity) performance done on semi-finished, laminated honeycomb panels, are indeed very encouraging. Sandwich-panels with different material and technology combinations have already been produced and evaluated, fulfilling critical tests of EN45545 or FAR25.853 standards for various applications.
EconCore;s newly developed and patented manufacturing process demonstrates significant cost saving potential due to a high-speed and fully integrated continuous production process, where thermoplastic polymers are directly converted into a honeycomb structure and where, in addition, the sandwich skin layers can be immediately laminated onto core.
Arne Böttcher, responsible for market development of the Maezio™ brand in the EMEA region:
“The sandwich technology of EconCore is especially interesting for lightweight applications Covestro is targeting with Maezio™.”
Klaus Kraner, responsible for mass transportation applications in the Polycarbonates segment at Covestro:
“The outstanding manufacturing process of EconCore allows tailoring our materials into lightweight sandwich panel solutions for our customers,” said.”
Tomasz Czarnecki, COO of EconCore N.V.:
“After succeeding in other application domains, we have decided to address inquiries of the higher end markets. The process has been proven to work very well with a wide range of thermoplastic materials, including these with FST chemistry, while EconCore’s technology has demonstrated its capability of delivering high-performance sandwich panels at high efficiency and cost levels not achievable with conventional methods. We look forward to this new development and to continuing the partnership with Covestro. The polycarbonate-portfolio of our partner, combined with the composite solutions of Maezio™, provides us with the variety and quality of materials needed to meet the high technical requirements in mass-transportation markets. This journey is not only about making thermoplastic honeycomb cores. Imagine the potential benefits for the aerospace industry, if it had the option to thermoform sandwich panels into finished parts in a one-shot operation. The industry, already inclining to monolithic thermoplastic composites, has not seen such a change for decades.”
Covestro and EconCore will both exhibit at the upcoming JEC World 2019 exhibition.
Covestro is among the world’s largest polymer companies with EUR 14.1 billion sales reported in 2017 while EconCore, based in Leuven, Belgium, is the world leader in technologies for economic honeycomb sandwich material production.
SOURCE: Covestro
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China Joint Venture Engine Plant Name Changed toChangan Mazda Engine Co., Ltd.
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Subaru Corporation Announces Production, Japan Sales and Export Resultsfor December 2018 and CY2018 (Flash Report)
January 30, 2019
Subaru Corporation Announces Production, Japan Sales and Export Results
for December 2018 and CY2018 (Flash Report)
December 2018
Units
2018 vs 2017
Domestic production *1
51,759
-15.9%
5th consecutive month of y/y decrease
Overseas Production *2
26,172
+27.2%
6th consecutive month of y/y increase
Global Production Total
77,931
-5.1%
First y/y decrease in 3 months
Passenger Vehicles
7,421
-22.5%
14th consecutive month of y/y decrease
Mini Vehicles
1,752
-24.5%
First y/y decrease in 3 months
Japan Sales Total
9,173
-22.9%
14th consecutive month of y/y decrease
Export Total *3
42,907
-8.4%
2nd consecutive month of y/y decrease
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Domestic production decreased year-on-year due to changes in plant operation schedules.
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Overseas production significantly increased year-on-year, boosted by production of Ascent which started in May 2018.
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Passenger vehicle sales decreased year-on-year, as previous year’s momentum boosted by the new Impreza and the new Levorg declined, offsetting strong sales of the fully-redesigned Forester launched in July 2018.
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Mini vehicle sales decreased year-on-year due to decreased sales of Sambar and other models.
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Exports from Japan decreased year-on-year, as domestic production declined due to changes in plant operation schedules.
CY2018
Units
2018 vs 2017
Domestic production *1
659,965
-7.0%
2nd consecutive year of decrease
Overseas Production *2
359,399
-1.1%
First decrease in 5 years
Global Production Total
1,019,364
-5.0%
First decrease in 7 years
Passenger Vehicles
119,330
-17.2%
First decrease in 2 years
Mini Vehicles
29,123
-10.6%
12th consecutive year of decrease
Japan Sales Total
148,453
-16.0%
First decrease in 2 years
Export Total *3
533,001
-2.9%
2nd consecutive year of decrease
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Domestic production decreased due to a decline in production of the Forester before the launch of its fully-redesigned version in overseas markets, offsetting increased production of Impreza and Subaru XV models.
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While overseas production had the addition of the launch of the Ascent, the total volume decreased slightly because of decreased production of the Impreza as the momentum of its fully-redesigned version declined.
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Passenger vehicle sales decreased, as previous year’s momentum boosted by the new Impreza and the new Levorg declined, offsetting strong sales of the fully-redesigned Forester launched in July 2018.
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Mini vehicle sales decreased as sales of Chiffon and other models declined.
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Exports from Japan decreased due mainly to decreased shipments of the Forester, offsetting an increase in shipments of Impreza and Subaru XV models.
*1 JAMA (Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association Inc.) report basis (CBU)
*2 Local line-off basis
*3 JAMA report basis
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