2025 Toyota GR Range
2025 Toyota GR Range
When a 100-meter swimming champion dives into the water, every corner of his body, every surface of his shape, contributes to gaining or losing fractions of a second, and the same goes for automotive races. What unites the Lamborghini Temerario super sports car, with an acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.7 seconds, with the two-time swimming world champion Filippo Magnini, is the perfect mastery of aerodynamics, or rather, in the champion's case, "hydrodynamic" efficiency. "My goals are two," says Magnini. "Develop the technical ability and power to the maximum: this is my style, what allows me to achieve the maximum in terms of hydrodynamics". In the video "Sculpted by Speed", Magnini says that for a pool sprinter, speed is everything. For him, the 100 meters are the benchmark for the fastest swimmers with the best aerodynamics, just as the speed from 0 to 100 km/h is for super sports cars.
The Porsche Taycan is the first production vehicle with 800-volt technology. Its drive system components use this voltage. At the same power output, half the cross-section of conventional 400-volt technology is sufficient for cables. In the Taycan, this saves around four kilograms in weight, reduces transmission losses and requires less installation space. The new generation of charging stations developed by Porsche Engineering Services GmbH under the name “Porsche Charging” is designed for 800-volt technology. This significantly shortens charging times because higher power outputs can be achieved. However, the vehicle components and in particular the battery (cooling) must also be appropriately adapted.
Volkswagen is taking a further step in the direction of fully networked factories. A local 5G standalone network (“campus network”) is now available at its main plant in Wolfsburg that initially covers the main production development center and the pilot hall. The pilot project will test whether the 5G technology meets the demanding requirements of vehicle production with a view to developing this for industrial series production in the future. A dedicated 5G radio frequency will be used to safeguard secure, delay-free transmission of data. The Transparent Factory in Dresden has also put a so-called “5G island” into operation. Volkswagen undertakes setup and operation of the 5G infrastructure itself in a move designed to build up competitive expertise in using this important technology of the future and ensure data security.
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