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Autoneum launches textile battery undercovers to make EVs light and silent

autherAutocar Professional Bureau     calendar10 May 2019

​Autoneum claims that the textile battery undercovers make the components up to 50 percent lighter than corresponding components made of plastic and thus ensuring a greater driving range and a more silent ride.

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Volvo Trucks launches Distance Alert to reduce tailgating accidents News International
Volvo Trucks launches Distance Alert to reduce tailgating accidents

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar09 May 2019

Volvo Trucks has launched Distance Alert function that incorporates a combination of camera and radar technology to ca...

TNO launches open source powertrain simulator for automotive engineers News International
TNO launches open source powertrain simulator for automotive engineers

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar09 May 2019

TNO, along with HAN university of applied sciences, has officially released SIMarchitect – an open source framework fo...

GM claims world’s first application of carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic News International
GM claims world’s first application of carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar08 May 2019

Teijin’s carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) will be used to manufacture GMC Sierra Denali 1500 and GMC Sier...

Tech talk:  Hybridising combustion engines with the 'biscuit tin' motor Feature
Tech talk: Hybridising combustion engines with the 'biscuit tin' motor

By Jesse Crosse, Autocar UK calendar06 May 2019

Axial flux motors are being developed as a new means of hybridising combustion engines.

LG Chem sues SK Innovation over Li-ion batteries for EVs, SKI terms claims as 'without merit' News International
LG Chem sues SK Innovation over Li-ion batteries for EVs, SKI terms claims as 'without merit'

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar30 Apr 2019

LG Chem claims that its former 77 employees who joined SK Innovations had leaked the information related to what is sa...

RAC launches EV flat-battery recovery scheme News International
RAC launches EV flat-battery recovery scheme

By Felix Page, Autocar UK calendar30 Apr 2019

UK-developed device can recharge 99% of electric vehicles stranded at the roadside.

UK moves closer to major battery plant for electric cars News International
UK moves closer to major battery plant for electric cars

By Julian Rendell, Autocar UK calendar30 Apr 2019

Report claims Britain is 'well-placed' to supply materials for mass battery production.

Tech talk: The electric motor that drives an EV Feature
Tech talk: The electric motor that drives an EV

By Jesse Crosse, Autocar UK calendar29 Apr 2019

Batteries and chargers don't drive an electric vehicle, the motor does. Let's give it some more attention.

Apple files patent for new thermal management system for EVs News International
Apple files patent for new thermal management system for EVs

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar26 Apr 2019

Apple has filed a patent for an innovative new thermal management system, the schematics of which have been published ...