The executive chairman and co-founder of Fisker Automotive, Henrik Fisker, has walked out on the embattled electric car maker following “several major disagreements” with the company’s management board. Danish-born ...
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The 83rd International Geneva motor show is open to the public until March 17, and has delivered some of the automotive world’s biggest and most significant debuts. From revolutionary supercars like the hybrid-powered McLaren P1 and ...
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The 2014 Mitsubishi Triton will be safer, more luxurious and better to drive, but a new diesel-hybrid system will have to wait until about 2018. Mitsubishi showcased the GR-HEV concept at the 2013 Geneva motor show this week, providing a ...
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The Mitsubishi GR-HEV concept has been revealed ahead of its unveiling at Geneva motor show later today. The GR-HEV concept (the name means ‘Grand Runner Hybrid Electric Vehicle’) gives us our first look at Mitsubishi’s ...
US-based XL Hybrids, a low-cost hybrid electric powertrain developer for class 1 to 3 commercial fleet vehicles, has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of a new hybrid electric powertrain technology for Ford E-Series vans. The ...
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The global gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor device market will grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 18% over 2012-2016, forecasts a new report from TechNavio (the market research platform of Infiniti Research Ltd). ...
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The inverter market grew significantly to $45bn in 2012, and will reach $71bn by 2020, according to Yole Développement in a report on ‘Inverter market trends for 2013-2020 and major technology changes’. “More than ...
Mitsubishi Motors Corp. will debut its GR-HEV and CA-MiEV concept models at the 83rd Geneva International Motor Show, which runs from March 5 through March 17. The GR-HEV is a concept for a sport utility truck promising high environmental ...
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French engineering and technology consulting firm, Alten, is planning to set up an automotive testing facility in Chennai, India. The facility is aimed at assisting automobile manufacturers surrounding Chennai to outsource testing of ...
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Nova Bus, a subsidiary of Volvo Buses, has won a contract to supply 475 hybrid buses from Association du transport urbain du Québec (ATUQ), a consortium of the Quebec's nine transit authorities in Canada. The order also includes ...
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US-based United Parcel Service (UPS) has added 100 electric commercial vehicles to its fleet in California to deliver packages in the state. The company expects to reduce the motor fuel consumption by about 126,000 gallons annually with ...
Following six years of R&D, Raytheon has opened a silicon carbide fab in Glenrothes Scotland which will offer foundry services as well as its own line of high-temperature ICs. Its SiC process has been developed on-site, with Government ...
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Toyota Motor will receive about CAD34m ($34.2m) from the Canadian and Ontario governments to retool its Cambridge plant to manufacture hybrid cars in Canada. Both the federal and provincial governments will contribute about CAD16.9m ...
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When Terashi Shigeki, CEO of Toyota Motor Company in North America, was interviewed in North American International Auto Show in Detroit in Jan 14, he said Toyota will take local production into consideration to reduce the cost, due to the ...
European Electric and Hybrid Vehicle market is expected to grow from 0.7% of the market in 2012 to 4% in 2020, according a new report from Pike Research. The market in the region will account a small portion of the entire market and by ...
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