Ford has revealed its first autonomous car, a prototype Ford Mondeo hybrid, as part of an ongoing research and development program built around the car maker’s vision for future mass transportation. The automated Ford Mondeo (called ...
In the first 11 months of the current year, motor vehicle sales in Turkey totaled 757,530 units, rising by 8.76 percent year on year, according to the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD). Meanwhile, in November motor vehicle ...
Tags: Motor Vehicle, Metallurgy
In November this year, China's overall value-added industrial output increased by 0.76 percent month on month and by 10.0 percent year on year, with the year-on-year growth rate in question down 0.3 percentage points compared to that ...
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Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing (TNA) has broken ground on a project to expand its 2,000,000ft2 tire manufacturing plant in White, Georgia. The project will add 700,000ft2 to the plant. It will also expand the warehouse section of ...
Tags: Toyo Tire, investment, TNA, expansion
The Toyo Georgia plant Phase IV groundbreaking ceremony took place Dec 6, 2013. (Left-to-right): James Jarrett, chairman, Bartow/Cartersville Joint Development Authority; Steve Taylor, Bartow County Commissioner; Honorable Nathan Deal, ...
Tags: tire, tyre, Auto Parts
Hyundai Motor Company Australia finished November in third place overall in the market, ahead of Mazda, Ford, Nissan and Mitsubishi, with total sales of 8,530 units, up 10% compared to the same period last year. This result achieved 8.8% ...
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China is expected to become the world's largest car market in 2013, said the German auto industry association VDA, Xinhua reported. In 2013, the global growth in passenger car sales was driven by China and US markets. Sales in China in 2013 ...
Tags: Auto, Transportation, Car, passenger car market
According to the statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Distributors Association (ODD), in the first 11 months of this year the domestic passenger car market expanded by 18.53 percent compared to the same period last year, with sales ...
Tags: Passenger Car, Sales up, Turkey
Apollo Tyres Ltd. has completed the sale of some assets in Africa to Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI) for $60 million. The deal allows SRI to acquire Apollo Tyres South Africa (ATSA), including the Ladysmith passenger car tyre plant, and ...
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The Toyota Verso compact MPV will become the first vehicle from the Japanese manufacturer powered by a BMW-sourced diesel engine. The addition of the four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine to the Verso (pictured bottom)?range is the first step ...
German automotive parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen has opened a new passenger car axle production plant in Kulim, Malaysia. Currently having a workforce of 74, the new plant will produce axle sets and supply them to the nearby BMW ...
In October this year, Spain's total motor vehicle output amounted to 210,971 units, rising by 17 percent year on year, according to the data reported by the Spanish Automobile and Truck Manufacturers' Association (ANFAC). The association ...
Tags: Motor Vehicle, Transportation
Toyo Tire Holdings of Americas Inc. announced its Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc. (TNA) plant in White, Ga., has achieved certification to the latest ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management Systems. The nearly 2 million ...
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German automaker Daimler has acquired a 12% stake in its Chinese partner BAIC Motor, the passenger car unit of Beijing Automotive Group (BAIC Group). This transaction marks the first investment by a non-Chinese automotive company in a ...
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The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) has recently released automobile production and sales information. In October, the Chinese markets registered a total output of 1.916 million units and total sales of 1.9326 million ...