US consumer watchdog the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a lawsuit against Volkswagen for deceiving consumers with illegal devices in its cars. FTC said the German carmaker had carried out false advertising campaign to promote ...
Tags: FTC, Federal Trade Commison, Volkswagen, Illegal emission devices
Polestar, a brand owned by Volvo announced two new speedsters, a 367hp Polestar S60 sedan and V60 estate. These two cars are powered by a 2 liter four-cylinder, twin charged with Drive-E engine. According to Polestar, it had modified ...
Tags: Polestar, Volvo, S60, V60, Drive-E engine
Petainer, a provider of high performance and sustainable packaging, has expanded its distribution footprint in the US with a new partnership with ProStar Distributing. ProStar will exclusively sell petainerKeg products, targeting ...
Tags: PetainerKeg, Craft beer market, Expansion, ProStar, Foodprint
Trade show attendees can view the demonstration at the Xylem booth (Hall A6, booth no. 446) each day of the show, throughout the day and on request. Xylem says its Godwin Primeguard Controller with Field Smart Technology enables a pump to ...
Tags: Xylem, Dewatering Pump, Bauma, Live Remote Operation
Chinese automaker BAIC Motor has assembled its first mass-produced all-electric Sport Utility Vehicle. The all-electric SUV, EX200, can drive for 200 kilometers on a single charge. It only takes half an hour to charge to 80 percent of ...
Tags: Electric SUV, EV
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology fabricated on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, says that its LED lamps have been installed at the University of Oxford's Pitt Rivers ...
Tags: Soraa, GaN-on-GaN, Oxford, LED Lighting
Fully-functional self-driving vehicles may still take time to hit the roads but customers in the UK are buying cars with self-activating safety systems. A recent study conducted by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) ...
Tags: SMMT, Autonomous safety features, Self-driving, JATO Dynamics data
In celebration of World Water Day, Bacardi has launched an in-house initiative to remove straws and stirrers in cocktails at company events. Starting in its North America regional headquarters office in Coral Gables, Fla., and its Bombay ...
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp of San Diego, CA, USA – a fabless provider of radio-frequency integrated circuits (RFICs) based on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) – has launched the UltraCMOS PE42723, an RF switch with what is claimed ...
Tags: Peregrine, SOI, RF switches
As part of the brand exhibit "Fascination Sports Cars – The Future of Performance", Porsche is presenting seven select show cars at the Volkswagen Group Forum DRIVE in Berlin – for example the 718 Boxster. As part of this ...
European auto component maker Gkn has developed a new eAxle module, which is currently used in supercars, for C-segment plug-in hybrid vehicles. The module will enable the automakers to offer plug-in hybrid option in C-segment vehicles ...
Tags: Gkn, eAxle module, Hybrid market, Super technology
Italy is all set become the second European country after France to pass a law to reduce food waste by encouraging supermarkets to donate unsold food to charities. Food waste which costs the Italian economy €12bn (£9.4bn) ...
Tags: Food waste, Law, Donation, Unsold food
eMotorWerks announces JuicePlug, a universal charging station adapter for EV supply equipment that will extent its smartphone and web interfaces to pre-existing, non-networked charging station. This will enable every EV driver to ...
Tags: eMotorWerks, JuicePlug, EV supply equipment
BMW has announced a new strategy under which it would focus on electric vehicle technology, autonomous driving technology and invest in new technology to complete against companies like Google and Uber. It will focus on broadening its ...
Tags: BMW, Vehicle technology, Automated driving, Goole, Uber
Scandal-hit Volkswagen has got another jolt, as nearly 300 of its institutional investors have filed a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against the global automobile major. The law firm representing the investors said that the carmaker has ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Tilp, Investors