2018/10/29 Production and Sales Mazda Motor Corporation’s production and sales results for September 2018 and for April through September 2018 are summarized below. Note 1): Overseas production figures indicate Mazda-brand units coming off the production line (excluding CKD units). However, non-Mazda-brand passenger vehicles produced at the Mexico plant are included.Note 2): Global production figures are… Continue reading Mazda Production and Sales Results for September 2018 and forApril through September 2018 (Flash Report)
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Ford plant line to shut for five days
Staff at Ford’s plant in Bridgend working on the new Jaguar engine have been told not to come into work for five days. The AJ production line at the plant will shutdown from 29 October to 2 November, the GMB union confirmed. Letters were sent to directly staff this week without informing union officials in… Continue reading Ford plant line to shut for five days
VW and Waymo?
According to unconfirmed media reports, Volkswagen plans to join Waymo. The car company Volkswagen looking for cooperation partners – that’s official. But it works around partner on the issue of liability. SEDRIC jury. Source: VW Along with Siemens you test the networking of crossing and in terms of networking you are also with Microsoft together… Continue reading VW and Waymo?
Autoliv spinoff Veoneer delays sales, margin goals as auto gloom spreads
Jan Carlson: “We see some delays in the start of production and slower ramp-ups of certain customer models along with some slight delays in expected business.” Esha Vaish and Johannes HellstromReutersOctober 25, 2018 20:40 CET STOCKHOLM — Swedish supplier Veoneer pushed back its sales and margin targets on Thursday, blaming production delays at customers struggling… Continue reading Autoliv spinoff Veoneer delays sales, margin goals as auto gloom spreads
BMW Group enlists KPIT and TTTech as software development partners for autonomous driving. Strong partnerships serve as enablers for Autonomous Driving Platform.
In teaming up with KPIT and TTTech, the BMW Group has chosen software partners with a global footprint and proven expertise in the development of both software platforms and autonomous driving technologies. The partners will be able to assist with rolling out the software stack within the Autonomous Driving Platform to third parties, thereby facilitating… Continue reading BMW Group enlists KPIT and TTTech as software development partners for autonomous driving. Strong partnerships serve as enablers for Autonomous Driving Platform.
GM’s driverless car bet faces long road ahead
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – It’s one of the biggest bets going in the world of cars. A Cruise self-driving car, which is owned by General Motors Corp, is seen outside the company’s headquarters in San Francisco where it does most of its testing, in California, U.S., September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Heather Somerville Since May, General Motors… Continue reading GM’s driverless car bet faces long road ahead
Dyson electric car will be built in Singapore in 2021
Dyson is working to produce its cars with solid state battery technology. This advanced battery chemistry, which uses higher energy density cells that are quicker to charge and store more energy than current liquid cells, is predicted to make it to market in time for the brand’s second car, possibly at the start of the next decade. This would… Continue reading Dyson electric car will be built in Singapore in 2021
Risk of fire from coolant problems: BMW recall increases to 1.6 million cars
AP Million recall at BMW because of problematic air conditioning systems Because of problems with the air conditioning needs BMW Get more than one million more vehicles into the workshop worldwide. It is in this context already the second call this year, as the car maker announced on Tuesday. In the affected diesel vehicles could… Continue reading Risk of fire from coolant problems: BMW recall increases to 1.6 million cars
BMW Group expands technical campaign
BMW Group expands technical campaign Munich. Internal BMW Group investigations have revealed that in the case of some diesel vehicles glycol-leakage from the EGR- (Exhaust-Gas-Recirculation-) Cooler can occur. In combination with typical soot deposits and the high temperatures normally present in the EGR module this might result in smoldering particles. This could lead in very… Continue reading BMW Group expands technical campaign
BMW sets up end-to-end battery recycling in Europe
Prototype production of battery modules for BMW Group’s fifth-generation electric powertrain
Teaming with a new Norwegian battery supplier and a Belgian recycling company, BMW is aiming to build a fully sustainable future battery supply chain.
The company announced on Monday that it formed a partnership with Northvolt, which is building Europe's largest battery factory for electric cars in Sweden.
At the same time BMW is working with Belgian materials processing company Umicore to develop battery reuse and recycling systems. Then end goal is to dismantle battery packs down to their cells and recycle the cell materials into new cells to be built by Northvolt.
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In between, the spent battery packs may be used as grid or home storage until they have no useful life left, according of a report in Automotive News Europe (subscription required.) .
Besides its environmental advantages, the system could have several other advantages for BMW. It could bring down the price of new battery materials which have seen a dramatic increase since 2015. Automakers in Europe and other parts of the world are also responsible for ensuring the batteries they install are properly disposed at the end of their life. Reusing the harvested material could lower the company's bill for such disposal.
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The new agreement could also indicate that BMW will turn to Northvolt to supply batteries for its future electric cars, in place of the Samsung batteries it uses now.
Northvolt is planning to invest $4.6 billion to build a battery factory to rival Tesla's Gigafactory, capable of eventually producing up to 32 gigawatt-hours of batteries per year.
No timeline was given to develop BMW's end-to-end battery recycling system. Northvolt plans to begin producing as much as 8 gigawatt-hours worth of batteries in 2020 and to have its plant fully operational by about 2025.