The Rolls-Royce Wraith has debuted in Australia with confirmation that local cars will feature the brand’s innovative new satellite navigation-linked automatic transmission. While previously unconfirmed for our market, Rolls-Royce ...
Tags: Rolls-Royce, GPS-Gearbox Tech
A Holden Commodore tuned for the racetrack, but with a circular centre badge missing a racing helmet beside the lion, is whole a new thing. Indeed the Holden Commodore SS V Redline is not only the first Holden engineered for track work in ...
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Mercedes-Benz has used the Open Championship at Muirfield in the UK to unveil its take on the humble golf buggy. Dubbed the Mercedes-Benz Vision Golf Cart, the design study is the result of an international competition that saw people ...
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The Mercedes-Benz E300 Hybrid has arrived in Australia, giving local luxury buyers the chance to get behind the wheel of the country’s first diesel-electric hybrid. Starting at $108,900, the Mercedes-Benz E300 Hybrid sits $10K above ...
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The first images of the BMW i3 production car have leaked ahead of its three-part world premiere next week. Taking significant inspiration from the i3 concept car first seen at the 2011 Frankfurt motor show, the production BMW i3 features ...
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Ford and Toyota have announced the end of their planned joint development of a hybrid platform for SUVs and small utes before the project had even begun. Ford and Toyota entered into a Memorandum of Understanding in August 2011, and over ...
Tags: Hybrid Vehicles, Ford, Toyota
According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2013-2014/Q3 2013 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), EU steel imports remained at a high level in the second quarter of the current year, after ...
According to the Economic and Steel Market Outlook 2013-2014/Q3 2013 Report from the Economic Committee of the European Steel Association (EUROFER), in the first quarter of 2013 European Union (EU) steel exports increased by 11 percent year ...
Tags: Steel Exports, EUROFER
In July this year, the China HSBC Flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell to an 11-month low of 47.7 from June's final reading of 48.2, marking the third straight month in which the index reading was below 50. A reading ...
To this end, the lighting group yesterday signed an agreement to acquire all the shares from its partners in the joint venture LEDON OLED Lighting GmbH & Co KG. The Zumtobel Group set up this company jointly with the Fraunhofer research ...
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According to statistics released by Japan's Ministry of Finance, Japan's coking coal imports totaled 6.08 million metric tons in May this year, down by 18 percent month on month and down 0.8 percent compared to May 2012. In May, Japan's ...
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Russian pig iron and coking coal producer KOKS Group has announced it operational results for the first half of 2013. During the first half, KOKS produced 1.02 million mt of pig iron, down four percent compared to the corresponding period ...
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Smartphone and tablet chip vendor MediaTek has unveiled an octo-core processor it says can run all eight cores simultaneously when active. The Taiwan-based company plans to launch the chip in the fourth quarter, MediaTek spokeswoman ...
Tags: 8-Core Chip, Mediatek, Smartphone
Finland-based stainless steel producer Outokumpu has announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2013. Outokumpu's net loss widened to €250 million in the given quarter compared to a net loss of €152 million in the ...
Japan's Sharp makes multi-hued HD displays for iPhones and TVs, but it has had unexpected success at home with a simple, monochrome device it calls a "digital notepad," a small tablet with a lined screen and stylus for easily scribbling ...
Tags: Analog Tablet, Surprising Success