Continental’s powertrain developers have started series production of the world’s first car turbocharger with aluminum turbine housing. The advantage of having aluminum in a turbocharger is that it reduces the weight of the ...
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German car maker BMW will replace passenger airbags on 1.6 million cars of its 3 series sedans (pre-predecessor generation E46) worldwide. The affected cars were produced between May 1999 and August 2006. The air bags were made by ...
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Dutch automotive producer VDL Nedcar is set to commence production of new BMW MINI Hatch in Born, Netherlands. The MINI Hatch originally started production at the BMW's facility in Oxford in November 2013. Dutch King Willem-Alexander ...
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Daimler and BMW have partnered to jointly develop a standardized technology for inductive charging of electric cars and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The system will comprise two components, including a secondary coil in the vehicle floor and ...
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German automobile producer BMW has announced that it will invest $1 billion in its first production plant in Mexico, which is to be built in close proximity to the city of San Luis Potosí. BMW board member Harald Kruger said the new ...
German automobile manufacturer BMW has recalled 2930 vehicles in Australia to fix a problem in turbocharged six cylinder models. The recall affects BMW's eight models including 35i versions of the X3 and X5 SUVs, as well as the 1, 3, 5, ...
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Valin ArcelorMittal Automotive Steel (VAMA) has forayed into the automotive manufacturing with the opening of a new advanced automotive steel plant in China with a total investment of CNY5.2bn ($832m) Located in the economic zone in Loudi ...
LASYS 2014 to see demo of high-power welding with online seam tracking; BMW-Mini already a fan. Laser positioning and deflection technology developer Scanlab and subsidiary Blackbird Robotics will be presenting their new robot-assisted 3D ...
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German automobile manufacturer BMW has introduced a new variant of its sports activity coupe, the BMW X6. The company will make the new vehicle available from December 2014 in three variants including the BMW X6 xDrive50i, the BMW X6 ...
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American chip maker Intel has launched a family of hardware and software products for automotive industry called 'Intel In-Vehicle Solutions', which will smarten up the next generation cars. Intel In-Vehicle Solutions include a ...
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Hyundai Motor Company, a South Korean automotive manufacturer, has launched the new front-wheel drive premium sedan codenamed AG at the Busan International Motor Show. With this launch, the manufacturer intends to address heavy ...
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Electric vehicle (EV) charging services provider Car Charging Group has signed a data licensing agreement with BMW of North America. Under the deal, CarCharging will provide detailed station information for all public EV charging stations ...
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Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. announced that for the 11th time, the company will be attending the Reifen 2014 International Trade Fair, to be held in Essen, Germany, May 27-May 30. Hankook says it will be in hall 3.0, Stand 3A32, where tire ...
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SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, a joint venture between the BMW Group and SGL Group, has broken ground on the site expansion project in Moses Lake, Washington in the US. The expansion will be funded by an investment of $200m, which includes ...
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DENSO Corp. has released its 2014 filter catalog featuring more cabin air filter part numbers that cover more vehicles in its line of First Time Fit Cabin Air Filters. DENSO says the 2014 First Time Fit Filter Catalog offers one of the ...
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