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Hyzon Motors has developed an eAxle with up to 97 percent motor-to-wheel efficiency, reducing loss by up to 40 percent. All this was made possible, according to the manufacturer, through innovations in the gear system, differential and motor integration.

The global automotive player Faurecia has acquired the Chinese CLD, a leading manufacturers of hydrogen tanks. CLD has been awarded from mainstream Chinese OEMs like SAIC for a large fleet of different models of commercial vehicles.

The price of lithium batteries has fallen by 97% in 30 years. Says a study by MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston, published at the end of March 2021 in the journal Energy and Environmental Science and taken up by The Economist.

The Volkswagen Group Components plant in Braunschweig is significantly expanding its production of battery systems for the latest electric vehicle generation. Following the first expansion stage with a maximum capacity of 250,000 battery systems, the second expansion stage has started up with the sa...

Bosch Hydrogen Powertrain Systems established a joint venture in China with Qingling Motors to supply fuel cell systems to all Chinese manufacturers. First Qingling trucks with Bosch fuel cell system will hit the road in 2021.