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To: Auger50 who wrote (30206)	4/26/2020 10:38:26 PM
From: JoAnnBarbour	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49977

Thanks for the link, Auger. Really good stuff in that article. As I keep saying, we need to keep our eyes on the automotive ball, and not be distracted by hospital, museum and yacht stuff. That's what's going to make this stock rocket. And I have no doubt it will, much to the chagrin of Ranc and Dash.

To: Auger50 who wrote (30206)	4/27/2020 7:32:11 AM
From: JP89	2 Recommendations Recommended By G_Force N. Dixon Respond to of 49977

Hyundai is one of the most driven cars in Israel. Hyundai has been making strategic investments in several Israeli companies. It looks like smart cars and hydrogen fueled trucks. Israeli Start-up Kardome Receives Investment from Hyundai During Successful Seed Funding Round "Kardome, an Israeli startup that develops voice-control technology for machines, has completed a seed funding round, led by Hyundai Motor Company, with the participation of NextGear Ventures and ATOORO Fund" prnewswire.com Hyundai Motor Joins Forces with Taavura of Israel to Secure Smart Mobility Technologies businesskorea.co.kr Hyundai to test hydrogen-fueled trucks in Israel "A delegation from Hyundai reportedly visited Israel to discuss the project and met with officials from the Prime Minister’s Office." jns.org

To: Auger50 who wrote (30206)	4/27/2020 2:22:26 PM
From: firstresponder	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 49977

What does the investment mean? This report concerning the Hyundai investment is from Yonhap, a news agency funded by the South Korean government. Given that it has today's date, the content bothers me greatly. SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's biggest carmaker by sales, said Monday it is considering investing in an Israeli smart glass startup for cooperation in next-generation vehicles. Hyundai's potential investment in Gauzy Ltd., which manufactures liquid crystal glass panels, known as smart glass, for use in a variety of industries comes as it seeks to use the high-end product in its environment-friendly vehicles and urban air mobility (UAM) solutions, a company official said over the phone. Perhaps a cultural thing?

To: Auger50 who wrote (30206)	4/28/2020 9:08:40 AM
From: tinknocker	2 Recommendations Recommended By chase1389 dimtint Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49977

Message #30208 from Auger50 at 4/26/2020 8:38:10 PM wrote What does the investment mean? I think it would mean they would love to get rid of that heavy, bulky power shade in picture #2, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Hyundai and Kia to apply solar charging tech to new carsThe use of solar panels will improve efficiency on Kia and Hyundai's combustion, hybrid and EV ranges from 2020* Hyundai and Kia are set to introduce solar charging to many of its new cars. The technology, which will first feature as early as 2020, will be applied to electric, hybrid and combustion-engined vehicles to improve efficiency. The solar panels will be applied to the roofs of a variety of new models, supplementing the existing power sources. The new tech will be introduced in three different set-ups. The first introduction of the technology will be applied to hybrid models. Weather permitting, the silicon panels are capable of adding between 30 to 60 per cent of charge to the car’s battery over the course of a day. The next generation of panels will be introduced to traditional combustion models, and these will be designed to help the bulk of Kia and Hyundai’s ranges comply with ever-tightening emissions regulations. The most interesting feature of the second-gen panels is that they’re semi-transparent, allowing them to be applied on top of sunroof-equipped cars. This will be, according to Kia and Hyundai, a world-first application for the technology. The third generation of solar tech will be applied to the brands’ fully electric models. This system is still under development, but will be eventually be applied to both the bonnet and the roof of EVs to keep the battery topped up. The electricity from the panels can be used in two ways: either to directly charge the battery, or sent directly to the car’s AC generator to reduce load. Speaking of the new tech, Jeong-Gil Park, Executive Vice President of the Engineering and Design Division of Hyundai Motor Group, said: “In the future, we expect to see many different types of electricity-generating technologies integrated into our vehicles. The solar roof is the first of these technologies, and will mean that automobiles no longer passively consume energy, but will begin to produce it actively.”