Toyota Motor is planning to introduce 10 new electrified vehicles for the Chinese market by the end of 2020. The company is showcasing the plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) versions of its Corolla and Levin passenger cars at the ...
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UPM Raflatac has partnered with Dutch metal packaging and closures supplier, Mus Verpakkingen, to test a biobased film solution for can labeling. The companies tested the new RafBio PE material, which is said to be more sustainable ...
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Jaguar has announced its new performance SUV is designed to withstand the world’s most extreme conditions. The E-PACE SUV, which will be fully revealed later this month, withstood temperatures of -40°C and +48°C, from the ...
New diesel technology will be part of a $23.6m zero-emission transportation test program in California for emerging commercial vehicle technologies designed to reduce greenhouse gases, smog, and petroleum usage in ports and rail yards along ...
Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications, has announced its Phase Seven Reliability ...
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Uber has signed a deal with Chinese automaker BYD—Build Your Dream—to let Uber drivers rent or lease BYD's e6 vehicles. They move to potentially challenge Telsa Motors Incand other green-vehicle makers. About 25 BYD cars have ...
FMVSS test procedures for any one OVSC detailed laboratory testing procedures must be carried out gradually and continuously upgraded. Designated FMVSS minimum performance requirements, in a nutshell, required to prove that the products ...
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The Unified Computer Intelligence Corporation announces the launch of the Project Ubi Odyssey. Ubi - The Ubiquitous Computer - is a device made to usher in the era of ubiquitous computing - when humans will be able to interact with ...
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The city of Baytown, Texas has installed around 350 Cree LEDway streetlights on freeways and separately Cree announced a new high-output streetlight while the San Francisco region is installing more SSL on the Bay Bridge and a prominent ...
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Zircotec has launched Endurance Range coatings, specifically designed to provide a durable surface finish for motorbike exhaust systems. Derived from the Performance Range, ther new coatings are applied using a proprietary plasma-sprayed ...
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Brookfield Engineering announced the release of RheocalcT Software delivering total control of both instrument and test parameters. RheocalcT gives the operator the ability to fully automated viscosity testing from a dedicated PC when using ...
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Toshiba Corp. says it has successfully tested a first-of-its-kind combustor to be used in a thermal power generation system that produces low-cost electricity and little-to-no air emissions. Step-by-step testing of the new combustor was ...
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For a long time, if you wanted an affordable diesel sedan, your only choice was a trip to the Volkswagen dealer to shop the Jetta TDI or Passat TDI. Now, the Chevrolet Cruze diesel gives buyers a new choice. And we just added one to our ...
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We typically buy tires in bulk for our tire test program, ordering upwards of almost 1,000 tires a year. To spot check our advice and current tire buying, we recently purchased and had mounted three sets just as any consumer would. We found ...
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Watch our automotive experts chat about new road test results and answer reader questions in the third episode of "Talking Cars with Consumer Reports." This podcast was recorded at our Connecticut Auto Test Center, within our always-busy ...
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