US startup Nikola, specialising in fuel cell and battery trucks, has announced that German companies Bosch and Hanwha have invested a total of 230 million dollars with at least 100 million dollars each.
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Bosch and CATL have agreed on a long-term cooperation for battery cells. Perhaps surprisingly, this is not about battery cells for purely electric cars, but for 48-volt hybrids.
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In case you ever felt the need for assistance when pushing a baby pram, Bosch has begun electrifying and networking prams. The eStroller system features an electric drive, as well as an assistance system with extensive comfort and safety features.
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Bosch eBike Systems and Magura plan to cooperate in the field of service and spare parts sales for bicycles and e-bikes ever more closely. A new jointly-owned company was founded for this purpose.
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At the IAA in September, Bosch will show how all Bosch products for electric and automated vehicles integrate. The showcase is part of development cooperation with chassis and automotive technology expert Benteler. Also on show will be the IoT Shuttle.
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Bosch is developing new cloud services that complement the battery management of vehicles so that the batteries in electric cars last longer. Intelligent algorithms are to detect battery stress factors and thus optimize charging processes, for example.
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Bosch’s e-scooter sharing service Coup is now offering prepaid by-the-minute packages without a minimum rental period in Berlin, Paris and Madrid as a new alternative. Users can choose between three different packages with 100, 200 or 500 minutes each.
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Bosch eBike Systems has presented its new products for 2020. In addition to better batteries and quieter motors, there are several new digital functions – as well as new drive units for electric cargo bikes.
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Bosch eBike Systems has made progress on a standard for measuring the ranges of e-bikes with defined parameters. The R200 has been developed in cooperation with ZIV (Germany’s bicycle industry association) and major companies from the bicycle industry are getting behind it.
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The newly founded company, American Battery Solutions (ABS), which claims to be worth 50 million dollars, is announcing its arrival. ABS has signed a purchase agreement with Robert Bosch Battery Systems for test and production equipment and will take over the assembly plant of the Bosch subsidiary in Springboro, Ohio as well.
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The Berlin-based company Unu, founded in 2013, has revealed its second-generation electric scooter developed in cooperation with partners including Bosch and LG. The completely new e-scooter can be ordered online in three performance variants and seven colours.
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Bosch is working with EnBW, an utility in Germany’s south, on a prototype for a charging process based on blockchain technology. The entire process – from the selection of the charging station to reservation and payment – is simplified and tailored to the customer’s needs.
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The German automobile supplier Bosch announced their entry into serial production of fuel cells for trucks and passenger cars. To help accomplish this, the company has entered into a cooperation with the Swedish manufacturer PowerCell Sweden for further development and production of stacks.
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The plans for the first German battery cell factory are taking more definitive shape. Driven by Professor Günther Schuh from Aachen, who is behind e.Go Mobile, several companies have joined the cause, including StreetScooter and the BMZ Group, which had taken over the battery cell consortium TerraE, as reported.
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Bosch is now taking over the entire electric motor joint venture, EM-motive, that they founded with Daimler in 2011. The purchase of these shares still has to be approved by the antitrust authorities but had been an option in the contract from the start.
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Bosch is now following the lead of Continental and ZF by producing its own self-driving electric shuttle. A preview of the concept EV for four passengers has just been released ahead of the official debut at the CES in Vegas.
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GAC of China presents their new electric sedan Aion S at the Guangzhou Motor Show and it comes with a clear intent to provide a Tesla like performance at a “reasonable price”.
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The electric racing series Formula E is becoming ever more illustrious. The latest supporter is Bosch. Their sponsorship includes advertising at the race course, on TV and online. In other news, the FE poached a new driver from the F1 and confirms a race in Bern.
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Bosch has developed a taste for sharing. After its Coup e-scooter service is running well, the company is looking to much bigger things. Bosch wants to start lending electric vans of StreetScooter at DIY stores across Germany. If the pilot works, a wider roll-out is imminent.
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News reach us speaking of two strategic cooperations. Electric carmaker WM Motor of China has turned to BorgWarner as a seasoned supplier of electric drives. Also Byton, China’s EV startup with a western all-star board, announced a cooperation with Bosch.
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At the IAA Commercial Vehicles in Hannover, Bosch will be presenting an electrified axle for truck trailers. The technology is used to recover energy from the brakes, and support the truck when driving, as well as, for example, cooling the interior.
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Berlin-based startup Simple Mobility is making an electric scooter at a price below 2,000 euros. Their Simple eScooter uses Bosch technology in form of a 1,500 Watt electric motor and two battery options. They last for 50 or 100 km respectively. It sells online only.
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Bosch has announced they are developing a new electric drive system for delivery vehicles. The eCityTruck line may electrify vans up to 7.5 tons. First transporters utilising the new drive may hit the road in 2019 and can run with or without transmission.
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Bosch is planning on investing 77 million euros in its existing development centre in German Schwieberdingen. Most of the money will help build new offices for employees working on electric transport solutions. Bosch will spend the first 27 million this year.
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The announced expansion of the Coup electric scooter sharing to Madrid is taking shape: The Bosch subsidiary will be opening in the Spanish capital with no less than 850 electric Gogoro 2 scooters in July.
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Berlin-based emmy and Green City Energy are expanding their fleet of shared electric scooters in Munich after their crowdfunding campaign is yielding results. Backers enabled the partners to buy another 100 retro mopeds and they want more.
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The Indian startup Twenty Two Motors has developed an affordable electric scooter and has now presented it to the public. The networked scooter is called Flow and costs about 1,000 euros.
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The Silicon Saxony or Saxony Valley welcomes a new player in town as Bosch starts construction of its chip factory in Dresden as planned. It will mainly produce processors to serve e-mobility and is the largest investment in the company’s history.
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Tesla has started a global recall, asking for the return of 123,000 Model S due to a potential steering issue. The reason behind the problem are rusty screws installed in the power steering. The flawed parts came from Bosch.
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The Hydrogen Council, founded at last year’s summit in Davos, now counts another 11 members, among them Bosch, Great Wall Motor or 3m. They join the likes of ABB, BMW or Shell who all want to foster transport fuelled by hydrogen.
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