Volvo Group has reported 1% increase in deliveries from of its trucks in April 2014 to 16,354 vehicles, compared to same month previous year. In April 9,365 Volvo trucks were delivered, a decrease of 2% compared with the same month last ...
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Automotive supplier Continental has increased production of the transmission control units (TCU) at its Tianjin Plant in China. Launched in Changchun in 1998, TCU production expanded significantly in 2008 with the opening of a new plant ...
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Automotive supplier Continental's Chassis & Safety Division is expanding its profile to strengthening its vehicle functions and connected systems segment. Demand for complex vehicle functions and connected systems are growing rapidly. ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota Motor in association with Denso and Toyota Central R&D Labs has developed a new silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductor for use in automotive power control units (PCUs). The new use of new semiconductor in ...
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American automaker Ford Motor has announced its plans to start the production of its new 2015 Ford F-150 pickup trucks at Dearborn Truck Plant in Michigan, US. The announcement was made at the 10th anniversary celebrations of the ...
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American automobile manufacturer General Motors (GM) has recalled 2.4 million vehicles in the US under four different recalls. The recalls include 1,339,355 units of Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, GMC Acadia medium crossovers of ...
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Japan-based automaker Nissan Motor has launched a new family hatchback vehicle, the Pulsar, which is said to use the same design as Qashqai, X-Trail and Note vehicles. The new hatchback is powered by all-turbocharged engine range ...
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor has recalled 276 units of its Leaf electric vehicle in North America due to certain missing spot welds in the cars. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), some 2014 Nissan ...
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A novel nanometre scale ruthenium oxide-based nanocarbon grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. foam ...
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In April this year, Mexico's car and light commercial vehicle production volume increased by 3.9 percent year on year to 248,031 units, according to the release from the Mexican Association of the Automotive Industry (AMIA). In the given ...
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Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have developed a novel nanometer scale ruthenium oxide anchored nanocarbon grapheneGraphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded ...
US-based electric vehicle manufacturer VIA Motors has acquired an electric vehicle design, engineering and prototyping company, the Prodigy Engineering for an undisclosed sum. The transaction will provide the manufacturer with access to ...
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Navistar and Swift Transportation have jointly started a pilot program designed to maximize fuel economy. Under the program, Navistar developed a specification for the International ProStar tractor that the company expects to deliver ...
Volvo Group in association with the Swedish Transport Administration will start conducting trials to study the potential for building electric roads. The electric roads will enable the city buses to be charged from electricity in the road ...
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US-based bus manufacturer Collins Bus has collaborated with the vehicle technology developer Westport to launch its dedicated compressed natural gas (CNG) Type A school bus. The CNG powered bus is said to offer an estimated range of ...
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