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After working so hard to keep the upcoming ID.6’s styling a secret these past few months, VW had no choice but to sit and watch China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) leak images of the vehicle online. 9 photos
While the seven-seat crossover could eventually make it to America, it will first go on sale in China later this year, wearing the moniker ID.6 X – at least as far as the Chinese car market is concerned. Compared to the smaller ID.4, the 6 comes with considerably larger headlights, a flatter belt line, and more pronounced fenders at the rear.
Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors have both denied that they are negotiating a deal to produce electric vehicles in partnership with US computer and mobile phone giant Apple Inc, according to local reports citing separate regulatory filings. related to CASE, Electric drive, M&A and JV deals, Technology/R&D, Vehicle manufacturers, Vehicle product & design, Hyundai-Kia Group, Apple, Hyundai, Kia,
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OSU releasing winter series of music, spoken word mini-concerts that call for action on extinction
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Oregon State University is publishing 20 four-minute concerts that weave together music and the spoken word to celebrate the creatures that fill the air with sound – frogs, wolves, songbirds, growling grizzly bears – and inspire action to save them.
Videos in the “Music to Save Earth’s Songs” series will be posted online at 6 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays through the end of March. To watch, visit https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/feature-story/music-save-earth-s-songs.
The series, which is free and open to the public, is inspired by a new book from OSU Professor Emeritus Kathleen Dean Moore called “Earth’s Wild Music.”
Re: Regenerative braking in Electric Cars - Yes or No?
I can see why VW is not giving a separate option to the driver for regenerative braking. As EV companies start to expand their EV portfolios, they want to make the driving experience of an EV as close to driving an ICE vehicle. Which means, among other things, an acceleration and deceleration profile similar to a mass market ICE vehicle.
My Niro EV has a 201hp motor and three driving modes for acceleration. The staidest one - ECO - accelerates close to how a gasoline engine does. On the deceleration front, the Niro has regen built into the brake pedal. Additionally there are four regen modes - 0 through 3. Zero means no regen and the vehicle coasts when you let your foot off the gas . Three gives full regen independent of your braking profile. Then there is the auto version of regen that you can set from 0 to 3. Here the vehicles brakes/regens based on the traffic around you. If you have a vehicle suddenly slow down in front o