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🚖 Tesla Model S 692,000Km with Original Battery! 🚖 🔋🌱 As a battery technology expert, I find it truly remarkable that a Tesla Model S, used as an airport taxi in England, has covered 430,000 miles (around 692,000 kilometers) over eight years with its original battery and motors. Despite intensive use and nearly daily fast charging, this milestone showcases the incredible advancements and durability of modern #BatteryTechnology. 🌍 This achievement highlights how far we've come in a relatively short time with #batteries. The longevity and reliability of the original #battery and motors in such a demanding application provide a strong case for the wider adoption of green technology. It demonstrates that electric vehicles (#EVs) can not only match but potentially exceed the performance and lifespan of traditional combustion engines under rigorous conditions. 🛠️ From an expert’s perspective, this is a significant validation of the robustness of current battery chemistries and the effectiveness of #BatteryManagement systems. The implications for sustainability are profound. As we continue to enhance the efficiency, lifespan, and affordability of batteries, the transition to a more #sustainable transportation ecosystem becomes increasingly viable. 🚗 This milestone is a testament to the progress in electric vehicles and a promising indicator of a sustainable future. It reassures us that with continued innovation and investment, green technology can meet and surpass our expectations. Here's to the continued evolution of battery technology and the promising path towards a greener world. 🌍🔋 👉 Jesse Morris 🔔 Follow Jesse Morris and modual AG to stay informed of exciting developments in: #BatteryTech, #Sustainability and GreenTechnology Source: https://lnkd.in/ds8iWnc5

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MOBILITY OF THE FUTURE – USING INSTEAD OF OWNING WITH #EDAG #CITYBOT. According to the World Economic Forum, two thirds of all people will be living in cities in 2050. In megacities with 10 million inhabitants or more. Across the globe, there are already 36 megacities, including New York, Moscow and London. This rapid growth could result in the essential infrastructure being unable to keep up, threatening cities with collapse, as local public transport, electricity, water supplies and waste collection become overburdened. We can all call to mind images of completely overcrowded subways or interminable traffic jams, with endless streams of vehicles every day trying to make their way along smog-filled, congested roads. In Madrid, for example, 80% of the total city area is taken up by driving or parked cars. The impact on people and the environment is immense. To counter this, urban and transport planners are focusing on “Smart Cities” – cities that, with the help of digital technologies, are to become more environmentally friendly, offer greater sustainability, mobility and safety, are more economical and quite simply more life enhancing. The term Smart City therefore stands for all-round development concepts for the city of the future. With the help of scenario technology, #EDAG has been looking into the famous crystal ball for you, and, on the basis of future-oriented influence parameters, forecasting how changes in society, politics or sociology, for instance, but also in technology might change the future, and predicting what developments can be expected in the next 5/10/15 years. It goes without saying that, as experts in integrated vehicle development, our chief interest is in the mobility of tomorrow. For the #CityBot, we combined our engineering competencies in the fields of vehicle engineering, electrics/electronics and production solutions. See you more in details: https://lnkd.in/d4u_t2tj #EDAG #SmartCity #Citybot #Innovation #AutonomousDriving #Sustainability

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Dear automated driving enthusiasts, recently I had the pleasure of giving an interview to Next Mobility about my view on the state of automated driving safety assurance, answering the following questions: - Why do you think level 2 and 3 system make more sense than level 4 and why should we pause for a moment? - Why do you consider fully autonomous individual vehicles to be less sensible with increasing traffic volumes in cities? - You say that level 4 vehicles should primarily be used in logistics, local passenger transport and agriculture. What can Level 4 vehicles do here and how does their use differ from individual transportation? - What measures do you think should be taken to ensure that autonomous vehicles drive defensively in cities and that road safety is guaranteed? - What advice do you have for car manufacturers when it comes to autonomous driving and how can road safety be further improved technically in your view? - What impact will artificial intelligence have on autonomous driving? - What role do self-learning systems play in ensuring compliance with ethical guidelines in autonomous driving? - How do you think autonomous driving will develop over the next five years? Overall, I believe the automated driving safety problem should be differentiated in a much more nuanced way, respecting the vast differences in what is required to achieve safety in different use cases with different levels of operational domain complexity, system structure dynamics, and value creation ecosystems. My team at Fraunhofer IESE is happy to support you and your team with our safety, security and AI assurance methods, tools, and expertise. Let's collaborate to transfer our know-how to safely bring your ADAS/automated driving function to your market, also in commercial application domains like intralogistics, agriculture, or cobots/AMRs. #autonomousdriving #safety #industry40

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„🔋🔌 Have you ever navigated to a charging station, only to find out, that the location wasn't quite accurate? With swarm data, we can change that! ☝🤓 Here’s how: today's navigation systems use "Points of Interest" (POIs) to guide you to a destinations. 💬 “At CARIAD, the POI Management brings together various data sources for Points of Interest, combines them with the navigation applications, and continuously updates and improves the database,” explains Volker Remuß, Product Manager, POI Management. 💡 One dedicated team focuses on "Charging Points of Interest" (cPOIs). Their accuracy can be improved with the Charging Feedback solution. This solution uses swarm data to refine the accuracy of charging stations and ensures that the POI database is always up to date. Here’s how it works: 1️⃣ When you start a charging session at a public cPOI, your vehicle shares the location to the POI Management database. 2️⃣ The Charging Feedback solution then validates the location or identifies potential improvements for the cPOI. 3️⃣ The enhanced data is merged with the existing database and updated in the system. Around 78,000 charging points locations have already been enhanced, improving the charging experience for Volkswagen, AUDI AG, Škoda Auto, CUPRA, SEAT S.A., and Porsche AG drivers! This also benefits users of our brand-specific smartphone apps, such as My Porsche and MyAudi.“

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 I recommend reading Prof. Loechel's summary. 😉

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++ This is Not a Post for Sympathy, But a Crucial Reminder that taking care of ourselves should always be priority number one. ++ Last December, I arrived in Łódź for business in the early hours of the morning, only to be hit by severe tooth pain. The kind that makes you rush to the emergency room, desperate for relief. Little did I know, this was just the beginning. Back in Romania, where I was having my "work abroad" stint, my partner took me to the dentist. What we discovered was far more serious than I could have imagined: a severe issue with my upper jaw that, if left untreated, could lead to facial collapse. The reality of this hit hard. I had to undergo surgery, and the process is still ongoing. Just this Monday, I underwent another procedure. Now, I find myself living, working, and traveling with a swollen face and temporarily missing a frontal tooth until the end of the month. This experience has taught me a crucial lesson: taking care of ourselves is non-negotiable. As someone with dental phobia, I realize my fear could have put me in an even tougher situation. Ignoring our health can have serious consequences, and it's a stark reminder that we must always prioritize our well-being. So just just keep this in mind; in our fast-paced lives, it's easy to put off those check-ups, to ignore that persistent pain, or to let fear dictate our actions. But we owe it to ourselves and our loved ones to stay on top of our health. Self-care is not a luxury; it's a necessity. Stay healthy, stay proactive, and remember: your health is your most valuable asset. 💪💼💖 #HealthFirst #SelfCare #ProactiveLiving #PersonalExperience

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An e-bike motor the size of a soft drink can, packing 90Nm of torque. Certainly grabs my 'when the auto industry does micromobility' attention E-Mobility @ ZF . #emobility #micromobility #ebikes #ebike #ev #electricvehicles #transport #futuremobility #automobileindustry #automotiveindustry #cyclingindustry #globalbusiness #innovation #evolution

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„✨ Our colleagues at Elli have a real innovation for #charging EVs. Their new Elli Charger 2 is equipped with ✅ Best-in-class technology ✅ 40% lower charging costs ✅ Tailored for 28 European markets Customers of our brands can now purchase their ✅ #Electric vehicle ✅ A charger for their home ✅ Plus: the perfect electricity tariff super easy from a single source! In the future, this will also include a solar panel system. ☝🤓 … and, more to come: as part of the debut of the new charger, Elli announced a strategic partnership with the European solar panel provider Otovo. Together they will offer #emobility customers holistic energy solutions for their private homes. 💬 "To drive e-mobility, we have to make the charging experience simpler and significantly more cost-effective for customers. This is where the new Elli Charger 2 shines. It charges when solar energy is available and electricity prices are at their lowest.” explains Giovanni Palazzo, CEO of Elli and SVP of Volkswagen Group Charging & Energy.“

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Daimler's hasty exit from Tesla shares or BMW's (temporary) hasty abandonment of its pioneering role in the e-car sector a few years ago or VW's reluctance to take a financial risk within the fast closing opportunity window as described in this article. The symptoms - i.e. the manifestations - may differ, but the basic causality - the risk aversion in the long-term/strategic projection - remains largely the same in all these (exemplary/representative) cases. Admittedly, one can win a lot, but can also lose a lot. But that's how that 'game' works on the global level!  There might be entire libraries full of literature on mindset change, but the discrepancy between theory and practice remains strikingly impressive! https://lnkd.in/ekh7Xxqm

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Chinese state-owned #oem Chery International entered into a joint venture with Spain’s #electricvehicle manufacturer Ebro, which manages the former #nissan assembly facility in Barcelona. The announcement said production of Chery’s Omoda brand, one of three sub-brands including, Jaecoo and Exlantix, would begin later this year at the mothballed complex. Ebro, the majority partner in the #jointventure would begin production of its own #ev soon thereafter. #chery ‘s use of an existing facility allows them to start production more than 18 months ahead of #newenergyvehicle rival BYD, who’s greenfield assembly facility is under construction outside of Szeged, Hungary. Both Chinese #oems are rushing to put facts on the ground ahead of the European Union Commission’s report on Chinese government subsidies for green industries. It is widely expected that the EUC will begin to impose tariffs on imported Chinese vehicles as early as November. Those tariffs would also be retroactive to this past April. European OEMs are forming partnerships and collaborations with Chinese OEMs and suppliers, aiding their entry into the European automotive market even as they seek protection from Chinese imports via the EUC. European governments welcome Chinese investments and the promise of the jobs they would bring. Since Chery now occupies the idled former Nissan plant in Barcelona, does this increase the chances for Ford’s soon to be idled plant in Saarlouis, Germany to be repurposed by a new Chinese manufacturer? Will joint ventures with Chinese companies be the mechanism for collaboration and consolidation in the #automotiveindustry ? #evs #oemsupplier #forecasting #automobilindustrie #autoforecastsolutions https://lnkd.in/e4nsmGag

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2026, I stand by my estimate, will be the year of the solid state battery in production.   Over 400Wh/kg, 40% lower manufacturing costs, higher safety should be presented. I think service life and robust manufacturing processes are still difficult steps, especially with solid electrolytes.    At least SAIC is now committing itself and underpinning my assessment. Other manufacturers have also written a lot about this in recent months and with the intermediate steps of the semi-solid-state battery, SSSB has ambitions to use them this year (Nio and also SAIC)   However, my assumption is supported much more by the consortium called China All-Solid-State Battery Collaborative Innovation Platform (CASIP). This is an alliance of major Chinese battery manufacturers, tech companies and car manufacturers (e.g. CATL, CALB, EVE Energy, SVOLT, Gotion High-Tech, BYD battery subsidiary FinDreams, BYD and Nio) with the aim of developing and producing competitive solid-state batteries and establishing supply chains. They no longer want to give up their lead.   Challenge accepted, I would say.   #battery #development #europe

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Automated driving functions for all vehicle classes – this is the goal Bosch and CARIAD are pursuing with the Automated Driving Alliance. 🚘🙌 From the first line of code, tests, and validation to the delivery of functions: We have managed to significantly shorten the go-to-market timeline. The first functions will offer drivers comprehensive assistance with the driving task, featuring handsfree-driving on freeways and active lane-changing support. #BoschTechDay #automateddriving #adas

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EV works No19 - Auto Beijing 2024 I did had the pleasure to be at the Auto Beijing to support our chinese collegues to communicate our productsand services at our Bosch booth. Fascinating mobility solutions, exiting times, interesting discussions, surprising cars and concepts at the show. China stays not only the biggest car market in the world, but also the fastest and most innovative. The ww electromobility is feeded by the dynamic and creative ideas of this market. What did I observe at the Auto show? - Almost every chinese OEM offer new MPV battery electric vehicles: 4 to 6 seater with good ranges, the latest battery generation with fast charging. Equipped with all communication- and entertainment devices which business men or families need for long distance driving. - Car seats that can be modified to most relaxing positions compared to business class travelling on airlines, while being on a long distance trip. - LCD or roll up screen and beamer for rear passenger; a relief for families on a long trip, were the kids enjoy the latest blockbuster movies. - Two big brands who manufacture mobiles -Huawei and Xiaomi- are offering cars. Something Apple worked on for more than 10 years and finally cancelled the plan early this year. Huawei cooperates with chinese OEMs like BAIC, Chery, Seres to produce and sell cars under the brand AITO (Adding Intelligence To Car), offering an attractive range of models with outstanding connected-, comfort- and communication solutions. - The most important car this year for sure was the new SU7, a sports car build by the mobile giant Xiaomi. The visitors waited patiently in lines for more than 1hr to be on the Xiaomi booth to have a closer look at the brand new SU7 which already created a huge order list of 70.000 cars. - Lei Jun founder and CEO of Xiaomi was the star of the Auto show. His appearance draw a large crowd of press and visitors following him through the exhibition. In China Lei Jun is called the chinese Steve Jobs and has 30 million followers - with his SU7 he formed a clear message pro electromobility which will push the market. - Outside the big cities the availabiliy of charging stations still has challenges. This is the push for the market segment hybrid. Due to BYD the mainstream for that Technology goes towards Plug- in hybrid, or on the othe side to BEV with a ICE powered range extender. Overall the cars at the Auto show had refreshing colors, modern and fascinating design elements on the inside and outside. The positions and sizes of the screens in the BEV vehicles meanwhile show the self confidence of the chinese OEMs. They know the needs and tastes of their customers. The western brands seem to struggle with the innovation speed of the local brands and their ability to adapt and change.

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The usability and performance of EV charging is a crucial factor in driving the acceptance of electric vehicles by a wider audience. Fast, high-power EV charging is a multidiscipline challenge that offers OEMs a unique differentiation opportunity. By gaining a deep understanding of all the influencing factors (cable, battery, thermal, E/E, Powertrain System, etc.) for fast charging, we can develop optimal solutions that will revolutionize the industry. At AVL, we are committed to joining forces from all disciplines to support customers in implementing perfect charging performance into their products. We don’t stop there! We also go beyond vehicle level into charging and energy infrastructure to help create the perfect environment for enabling green e-mobility. https://lnkd.in/dM2RvMJi #BEV #EV #emobility #evcharging

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As in my last post promised please find my thinkings to some topics we discussed at NEV Future last week in munich. Together with Steven Van Arsdale and Lothar Schupet we had a good discussion about topics which I find crucial for an open markets and fair competition in the EV sector. Tariffs are really not beneficial for anyone. Often, industries protected by tariffs become even less competitive. With regard to Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs), it's crucial to enhance competitiveness across the entire supply chain in Europe. Imposing tariffs on competitive products will only slow down the transition to affordable EVs and decarbonization. This results in less competitive products at higher prices, ultimately affecting everyone, especially consumers, who will bear the cost of this lack of competitiveness. 🚗💨 When it comes to competitiveness, consider that the cost of transporting cars from China to Europe ranges from 1.000 to 2.000 Euros – per car. This alone should provide a significant competitive advantage for any European OEM to thrive. If European manufacturers cannot compete under these conditions, it signals a serious problem. The costs of energy and labor in Europe are not significantly higher to make competitiveness unachievable. Europe must awaken its innovation spirit instead of burdening everyone due to lack of competitiveness. This applies not only to car manufacturing but to the entire supply chain, particularly in battery production. We recently heard from a leading machine tool manufacturer (GMBH SCHULER PRESSEN) about their efforts to catch up in battery manufacturing - but catching up is not enough; this industry needs to leapfrog forward. In terms of features in the car, the entire industry needs to understand what features are desirable in an EV. One standout feature of an EV that surpasses Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles is e.g. built-in acceleration. Additionally, User Experience (UX) is critical, but manufacturers must prioritize solving various small issues. These include pre-heating, achieving optimal range (not too much, not too little), fast charging, clear charging instructions, and eliminating fears of being stranded (with features like a 30km crawl mode). 🌱 I´m open for discussions and happy to get your opinions

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Batteries, Second Life, Recycling.....Circular economy, makes sense in any case and Daimler Truck is taking the next step.   #battery #recycling #circulareconomy https://lnkd.in/e-w5pxJQ

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