Henrik Fisker Opens Up About $40000 Fisker & Solid-State Batteries (#CleanTechnica Exclusive)

September 11th, 2018 by Kyle Field  CleanTechnica sat down with Henrik Fisker on August 30th, 2018, in Los Angeles to get an update on where Fisker, Inc. is today and where Henrik plans to take it in the months and years to come. Henrik opened up about his plans for a $40,000 Fisker, solid-state batteries, ultrafast… Continue reading Henrik Fisker Opens Up About $40000 Fisker & Solid-State Batteries (#CleanTechnica Exclusive)

UPDATE 1-Audi launches electric SUV in Tesla’s backyard, with assist from Amazon

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – German luxury car brand Audi on Monday staged the global launch of a new electric sport utility vehicle on the home turf of rival Tesla Inc (TSLA.O), and highlighted a deal with Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) to make recharging its forthcoming e-tron models easier. The Audi e-tron midsize SUV will be offered… Continue reading UPDATE 1-Audi launches electric SUV in Tesla’s backyard, with assist from Amazon

Product Experience – Daimler at the IAA Commercial Vehicles 2018 in Hanover

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Florian Martens

Head of Global Communications Commercial Vehicles

florian.martens@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17-41525

Fax: +49 711 17-52006

Uta Leitner

Product Communications Trucks / Unimog / Buses & Coaches

uta.leitner@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17-53058

Fax: +49 711 17-52030

Andrea Eberhardt

Product Communications Mercedes-Benz Vans

andrea.eberhardt@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17-84020

Fax: +49 711 17-1779097330

Susanne Lenz

Head of Global Business Communications
Daimler Commercial Vehicles

susanne.k.lenz@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17-41526

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Eva Beringer

Global Business Communications

eva.beringer@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17-83326

Fax: +49 711 17-79035176

Ulrike Burkhart

Product Communications Trucks

ulrike.burkhart@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17 58774

Fax: +49 711 1779063461

Thomas Curtius

Head of Projects und Digital Communications

thomas.curtius@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 1775676

Fax: +49 711 1779075868

Albrecht Eckl

Product Communications Mercedes-Benz Citan, Vito, Sprinter

albrecht.eckl@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17-52131

Fax: +49 711 17-52038

Isabel Eipper

Global Business Communications

isabel.eipper@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17-35328

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Nada Filipovic

Product Communications Mercedes-Benz Buses & Coaches

nada.filipovic@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17-51091

Fax: +49 711 17-52030

Florian Hofmann

Product Communications Mercedes-Benz Vans, Van Technology Communications

florian.hofmann@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17-46643

Fax: +49 711 17-79071936

Sandra Idzenga

Product Communications Daimler Buses

sandra.idzenga@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17-3 35 05

Fax: +49 711 17-5 20 30

Carola Pfeifle

Product Communications Daimler Trucks

carola.pfeifle@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17-53551

Fax: +49 711 17790-94054

Thomas Christian Rosenthal

Product Communications adVANce and Future Transportation

thomas_christian.rosenthal@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 1740286

Fax: +49 711 1779029941

Maximilian Splittgerber

Global Business Communications

maximilian.splittgerber@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17-31489

Fax: +49 711 17-51607

Udo Sürig

Product Communications Setra Buses & Coaches

udo.suerig@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17-51186

Fax: +49 711 17-52038

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British engineering firm brings lightweight race car design to production cars

Gordon Murray Design iStream construction
British race car design company Gordon Murray Design showed off its new lightweight race car body last week at the Low Carbon Vehicle Show in England.

The company calls its body-in-white—an industry term for a car body with no components attached—iStream, and it says it's the result of a new process it patented to make lightweight racing technology easier to manufacture.

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Cutting weight can make all kinds of cars more efficient, from pure electric, to hybrids, to conventional cars. Automakers have known how to make cars lighter for a long time, but the lightweight, affordable, and easy to manufacture trifecta has been a challenge.

Gordon Murray Design said that thanks to its patented manufacturing methods, the iStream is expected to be half the weight of a comparably-sized conventional steel body at the same cost. Like the BMW i3, the iStream uses a carbon fiber reinforced body structure paired to an aluminum pan that holds the vehicle's mechanical components.

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Gordon Murray also released concept specs for a sports car based on the body based on the body in white.

The company says it would weigh just 1,874 pounds. Using a 220-horsepower, 1.5-liter 4-cylinder engine would give an iStream race car a power-to-weight ratio of 8.5 pounds per horsepower. With a six-speed manual transmission geared for maximum acceleration, that could give it a 0-60 time of just over 4 seconds.

Gordon Murray Design iStream construction

Reducing the weight of the body reduces the need for even heavier batteries for an electrified version and would the use of smaller, lighter brakes and other components, too.

Along with the iStream body, Gordon Murray showed a lightweight seat that the company says weighs 30 percent less than conventional seats. The seats use a tubular frame and fiberglass or carbon composite structure, and can fold for access for cars that need it.

Gordon Murray didn't specify the cost of the race car body or the racing seat.

Statement on FAZ Regarding Daimler AG: No intention to increase stake

“ Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding) has noted media speculation in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) concerning its alleged interest in increasing its strategic investment in Daimler AG. To avoid unnecessary speculation, Geely Holding has today issued the following statement: Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding) has noted the speculative media report carried by Frankfurter… Continue reading Statement on FAZ Regarding Daimler AG: No intention to increase stake

ChargePoint to grow global EV charging network to 2.5 mln

FRANKFURT, Sept 14 (Reuters) – ChargePoint, operator of one of the world’s largest charging station networks for electric vehicles (EV), is targeting a near fifty-fold increase in its global network of loading spots by the middle of next decade, it said on Friday. The group, in which German companies BMW , Daimler and Siemens hold… Continue reading ChargePoint to grow global EV charging network to 2.5 mln

Baidu sets its sights on taking A.I. and self-driving cars outside China

Baidu sets its sights on taking A.I. and self-driving cars outside China

Online search provider Baidu — referred to as the Google of China — has been expanding aggressively into cutting edge technology such as artificial intelligence and autonomous vehicles.

The Chines tech titan is one of the largest internet companies in the world with a strong user base, thanks in no small part to China's massive population of 1.4 billion people.

About 70 percent of China's internet searches go through Baidu. The Chinese-language search platform is one of the most visited websites in the world, with its traffic surpassed only by Google, YouTube and Facebook, according to Alexa Internet, which measures web data and analytics.

Most of Baidu's revenue comes from online advertising. While its primary business is its search engine, it also offers maps, images, videos and news platforms to users. It's also a majority stakeholder in iQiyi, widely referred to as the Netflix of China.

But like other Chinese internet firms, Baidu is subject to Beijing's strict online censorship laws. The government has fined companies, including Baidu, for failing to properly censor content on its platforms.

Baidu is also investing heavily into its autonomous vehicle projects and has formed partnerships with the likes of Microsoft and Intel, and carmakers BMW, Ford and Daimler.

Leading the charge in China's push for driverless technology, Baidu has already developed and produced more than 100 self-driving buses. The autonomous vehicles will soon be deployed to the streets of Beijing and Shenzhen, and are due to enter Japan's self-driving market in early 2019.

The company has set its sights on markets outside China. It's next move would be to take its AI and self-driving technology to foreign markets, bringing it one step closer to becoming a global tech titan.

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German authorities uncover emissions-cheating collusion among diesel automakers

2014 Mercedes-Benz E250 BlueTec 4Matic
New documents revealed in a German investigation into diesel emissions cheating show that German automakers, including Volkswagen, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz may have colluded to limit the amount of emissions-cleaning AdBlue diesel exhaust fluid the cars used.

The news was reported by the German newspaper Handelsblatt on Tuesday.

The AdBlue urea solution was contained in tanks too small to last the specified distance between refills, internal company documents reveal. In one 2008 email, an Audi engineer wrote that if customers had to refill their tanks every two months, “it would be a disaster for the entire clean diesel strategy in North America…. This assessment is shared also by VW, BMW, and Daimler.” (Daimler is the parent company that produces Mercedes-Benz cars.)

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The documents were revealed as part of a criminal investigation in Germany of 39 Volkswagen executives for fraud and deceptive advertising.

An Audi presentation uncovered last year referred to a “commitment of the German automotive manufacturers at board level” to using smaller urea tanks and making them last longer.

All three automakers, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz, along with Volkswagen and its luxury division Audi, submitted documents to German regulators showing that the cars would use 0.26 gallons (1 liter), of urea fluid in 1,000 miles of driving, when it fact it would take 0.78 gallons (3 liters) of the fluid to neutralize emissions for that distance.

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The documents show email exchanges among the companies discussing a German investigation into “defeat device software” used to minimize urea consumption and flout emissions laws when the cars were driven on the road, and still meet the requirements when the cars were tested.

All three automakers, plus Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, used emissions hardware and software from German supplier Bosch, which has also been sued for its role in the scandal.

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The emissions cheating led to a historic settlement with Volkswagen that has cost the automaker an estimated $30 billion, including buying back most of the diesel models it sold in the U.S.

Bosch has settled lawsuits against it in relation to the scandal.

Class-action lawsuits are outstanding against BMW, Mercedes-Benz, and FCA.

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The surprise egg from Mercedes-Benz

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