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The solid-state electric vehicle battery - how it works
​Current lithium-ion (Li-ion) electric vehicle battery technology and production is continually being refined, and has progressively reduced battery costs over recent years, but rising raw material costs now threaten that progress
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Mercedes-Benz to accept liability for level 3 accidents
​Mercedes-Benz has confirmed it will accept legal responsibility for collisions that occur in cars fitted with its upcoming Level 3 Automated Lane Keeping System, dubbed ‘Drive Pilot’.
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Hydrogen 2023 BMW X5 G05 enters production
​BMW is continuing to test hydrogen as an option for electric drivetrains, now the iX5 Hydrogen has entered small series production.
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Next-gen iDrive revealed
​BMW has reached the latest stage of development with its iDrive system. A new home screen with clearly arranged functions offers greater ease of use on the BMW Curved Display
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NG Barratt’s well-known Jaguar E-Type is already running on synthetic fuel
​With the EU aiming to reduce 100 per cent of CO2 emissions from all new vehicles sold after 2035 and a UK ban on new ICE car sales coming into force five years earlier
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Porsche leads fight for ICE survival
​eFuels could save the 911 from an enforced electric future, but while Porsche is an advocate, Volkswagen boss, Thomas Schäfer, has called the debate “unnecessary noise”…
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Internal combustion ban relaxed
​Revised rules from Brussels at the behest of the German Transport Secretary have given internal combustion a stay of execution
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BMW Group launches proving ground for automated driving and parking in Sokolov
​The BMW Group celebrated the launch of its new test site in Sokolov (Czechia), the Future Mobility Development Centre (FMDC).
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Porsche launches PCCM Plus for 911 997
​A retrofit factory option now brings modern sat-nav, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto functionality
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Gaydon increases employment
Aston Martin is increasing employment at its Gaydon headquarters with the creation of more than 100 jobs in its manufacturing facility as it prepares for its next generation of sports cars.
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Porsche Classic launches new magnesium crankcases for 911
​Not long before this issue of Classic Porsche went to print, our editor, Dan Furr, was given a sneak peek of the UK’s first new magnesium crankcases released by Porsche Classic for air-cooled 911s built between 1968 and 1976.
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Tech Explains: the complicated lineage of the new Alfa supercar’s V6 engine
Success, particularly in Alfa’s corner of Italy, has many fathers. By Ben Miller.
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