Participants: Ulrich Walter (host) Prof. Dr Arno Kwade, Director, Institute for Particle Technology, Technische Universität Braunschweig Uwe Wagner, Chief Technology Officer and Member of the Board, Schaeffler
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DHT Concept as Cost Reduction Opportunity Car manufacturers around the globe have to hybridize their vehicle range to meet increasingly challenging CO2 and emission standards. We all acknowledge that CO2, emissions and energy transition will be prevalent for the years to come.
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"Electrification makes a lot of sence but it is really limited by the range of the battery packs and how far the trucks can actually go." Gary Horvat, Vice President of eMobility at Navistar Inc. is answering in this interview questions about electrification of heavy trucks, infrastructure and fuel cells. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8kTmksbHMY&list=PLqSG5_dctnfxgYzkPf0IEz6J6y6pyOcL1&index=2&t=0s
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Frank Bekemeier, CTO e-Mobility, Volkswagen: “A no-compromise design for electric drives” Volkswagen is backing fully optimized BEVs. The brand recently launched its ID.3 – the first model based on the Modular Electric Drive Kit or MEB – and plans to build a whole family of vehicles on this platform.
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BP advocates more electrification and low/no-carbon fuels Oil company BP began publishing its annual 'Energy Outlook' in 2012. In Shanghai, David Hall presented extracts from the latest edition. Since any predictions for 2040 are obviously a long shot, Hall presented four different scenarios.
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Electrification of powertrains is on the rise, in order to meet the environmental targets. This trend typically increases powertrain size, cost and complexity at the production line.
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Ruiping Wang, Vice President, Zhejiang Geely Auto Group: "The biggest growth will be in hybrid drives" As the first speaker at the 18th CTI Symposium Berlin, Ruiping Wang presented her company’s strategy and gave insights into market conditions in China.
Continue readingWill regulation allow technology to match customer expectations? English Version https://youtu.be/cYVBuxxa6SQ German Version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd3QHEHkkX0
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Although fuel cell vehicles do not play a big role in China, Weiyu Shi said SAIC were still pursuing the technology and had developed a number of FCEVs since 2001. Examples included the Roewe 950 car, the Maxus FCV 80 minibus and the Sunwin passenger bus. Strategically, the company is striving to industrialize PHEVs and…
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"Don’t be fooled by some media" said Shemin Zhang, speaking of the future of internal combustion engines. Although China was tightening CO2 legislation in a similar way to Europe, Japan and the USA, internal combustion engines still make sense – at least in hybrid systems. By 2025, ICEs would still account for over 80 %…
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