Japanese vehicle manufacturer Honda has announced recall of about 748,000 Pilot and Odyssey models in the US, due to defective driver-side airbags. The recall is scheduled to start in February 2013 and includes the Honda Pilot vehicles ...
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The Opel Corsa, Subaru Outback and Volvo V40 have been awarded the maximum five-star safety rating by the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) in the latest round of crash testing. ANCAP CEO Nicholas Clarke said the standout ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation has topped the list of manufacturers for the most number of recalls in the US for the third time in four years, with more than five million vehicles called back to dealers in 2012. A review of 2012 recall data by ...
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INVISTA, a world leader in nylon intermediates and fibers, has received Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approval from the Shanghai Environmental Protection Bureau for a 215,000-ton per year hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant at the ...
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Wichita, Kan.-based Invista's Performance Surfaces & Materials business is investing $20 million to optimize bulked continuous filament (BCF) nylon 6,6 production capacity across its North American manufacturing facilities. Most of the ...
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Russia-based car manufacturer AvtoVAZ has announced to recall 45,348 units of Lada Granta model over the defect in the airbags. The recall will affect the the carmaker's models manufactured during May and September 2012 that feature ...
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There's never a dull moment in the car industry,and 2012 proved to be another year of frenetic new-car activity and drama.So just in case you missed them–or you just want to read them again. Holden Commodore/Chevrolet SS[exclusive] ...
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Bob Wolf, Alliance LLC vice president, doesn't believe everything he reads. Manufacturers claim they can swap out rare earth elements for cheaper, more accessible materials, while some miners insist they can fill every gap in the rare earth ...
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NASA's control room erupted with cheers as confirmation reached Earth that the Curiosity rover successfully landed on Mars. Scientists and engineers hugged, sobbed and punched the air as the first images from the rover's cameras came down. ...
A local report about consumer safety surrounding the use of laminated glass for sidelites which aired recently on NBC 6 South Florida asks the question: are vehicles becoming too safe? In January 2011, the National Highway Traffic Safety ...
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South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motors along with its Chinese partner is recalling about 97,542 cars over airbags issue. According to the China General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the recall is ...
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Japanese car manufacturer Honda is planning to recall 5,200 Element SUVs and 17 Ridgeline vehicles in the US. The carmaker's Element vehicles are being recalled to repair trailer hitch wire harnesses as they are expected to be improperly ...
South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motors is recalling nearly 221,630 Santa Fe SUVs and Sonata cars in the US over the faulty airbag issue. According to the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the Santa Fe SUVs were manufactured ...
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US carmaker Ford Motor is recalling 262,000 Fiesta subcompacts from model years 2011-2013 to reprogramme the passenger side curtain air bags. The recall, which is expected to start soon, covers 154,604 Fiestas in the US, with the rest in ...
Swedish carmaker Volvo has launched V40 hatchback in Romania which it had debuted at the 2012 Geneva Motor Show. The company said that the V40 will be offered with five engine options with the base model featuring the standard 1.6 litre ...