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WardsAuto Daily

MARCH 16, 2021

VW Details Unified Cell Battery Tech

To ensure battery supply for VW’s upcoming EVs, the automaker says it will establish six battery factories in Europe by decade’s end. First VW EVs with unified cell technologies will launch in 2023, and result should be battery prices cut in half in entry-level EVs.

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Autoline Daily 2021: Top Industry News for March 16

Chip Shortage Hurts GM’s Fuel Economy; BMW Reveals New iDrive System; Review of Lincoln’s Nautilus

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Japanese Automakers Facing New Challenges in Decade Since Earthquake

The biggest lesson learned by OEMs was to get a better handle on their respective supply bases. At the time of the earthquake, for instance, Toyota and Honda did not know the names of many of their Tier 4 and Tier 5 suppliers of chemicals and resins.

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Tech Firm Aims to Take Heat Out of EV Interiors With Smart Glass

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A New York-based company says its film can cool a battery-electric vehicle interior in order to preserve BEV range. 

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