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BMW confirms electric MINI, continues electrification plans

Following in Volvo’s announcement on the 5th July, when the company stated it will only produce cars with an electric motor launched in or after 2019, BMW is the latest manufacturer to reveal electrification plans. The strategy, called NUMBER ONE > NEXT, will begin with a MINI 3-door hatchback and the electrification of BMW’s entire […]

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Volvo Concept 40

Volvo Electrifies its Future Small Cars

We’re big fans of Volvo here at AutoVolt and with good reason. The Swedish company has always produced innovative products that offer a slightly unconventional approach to the norm and lately their design has come along leaps and bounds. They’re a company that brought us the – admitedly thirsty – V60 Plug-in Hybrid diesel and they’ve since released the exceptional XC90 T8 Twin-Engine and are soon to launch their big flagship cars too, the S90 and V90 – both with T8 Twin-Engine plug-in hybrid…

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Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn (right), Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of Volkswagen Group, and Dr. Karl Mayrhofer, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung, Düsseldorf, and Dr. Kurt Bock, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE

Entries Invited for Science Award for Electrochemistry

The international “Science Award for Electrochemistry” from BASF and Volkswagen is set to be awarded for the third time. Outstanding scientists from all over the world are now able to submit applications online at www.science-award.com. The website also explains the conditions of entry and the selection process. The closing date for entries is 4 July

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Volkswagen up! being tested for electromagnetic compatibility

Volkswagen Group Concentrates Billions on Electrification

The Volkswagen Group is the world’s largest private sector R&D investor. That is one of the key findings of the European Commission’s annual ‘Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard’ based on a sample of 2,000 international companies from various sectors of industry taken in 2012. With research and development costs of €9.5 billion (€7.2 billion in 2011),

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