General Motors (GM) said Flint Engine Operations will serve as the manufacturing site for the all-new Duramax 3.0L turbo-diesel for the 2019 Silverado. In 2015 GM announced a $263 million investment in Flint Engine Operations for a new ...
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PACCAR has launched the new PACCAR Automated Transmission, the lightest heavy-duty transmission for on-highway commercial vehicles. The PACCAR transmission is designed to complement the superior performance of PACCAR MX engines and PACCAR ...
European packaging firm DS Smith has opened a new specialty packaging plant in Kielce, Poland. The new 5,000m² facility has been developed to produce advanced corrugated cardboard packaging for the automotive industry. DS ...
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US and California regulators have approved a fix for about 38,000 Volkswagen Generation 2.1 and 2.2 3.0L TDI V6 vehicles. The 38,000 cars include not only Volkswagen models, but also from its affiliates such as Audi and Porsche as well. ...
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The LED lighting module market (including flexible LED strips) reached nearly $4bn in 2016 and is rising at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 22.6% during 2017-2022 to $13.8bn, boosted by the emergence of innovative functions and the ...
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British automaker Jaguar Land Rover has launched its first ever zero emission plug-in hybrid electric vehicle, the new Range Rover Sport. The plug-in hybrid offers a total power of 404hp (297kW). It is claimed to have a fuel economy of ...
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As part of the Special Session program at the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo (ECCE 2017) in Cincinnati, OH (1–5 October), the Power Electronics Industry Collaborative (PEIC) – a national, industry-focused member-based ...
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End-to-end optoelectronics component maker Accelink Technologies Co Ltd of Wuhan, China has introduced a 1550nm 100Gb/s PSM4 transceiver based on the silicon photonics optical engine of Mellanox Technologies Ltd of Sunnyvale, CA, USA and ...
Porsche unveiled the new 2019 Cayenne, which builds on the formula that started in 2003 while pushing performance boundaries even further through new technologies that significantly improve on-road performance and comfort. The new Cayenne ...
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German luxury auto-brand Audi has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Hanergy Thin Film Power Group for cooperation on thin film solar cell technology in China. The thin film solar panels will be installed on the rooftops of ...
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German automakers including Volkswagen, BMW and Daimler have agreed to upgrade more than 5 million newer diesel vehicles across Europe and to offer rebates for older models. The upgrades are expected to cut down pollution from diesel ...
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The UK Government has unveiled plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel vehicles by 2040 as part of its program to deliver clean air. As per the plan, the ban will only include stand-alone petrol or diesel vehicles and not hybrid or ...
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BMW said that it will build a fully electric version of the Mini in the UK at itsfacility in Oxford, England. The company will produce a new fully electric Mini 3 door variant. From 2019, BMW will start producing the fully electric Mini ...
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For fiscal third-quarter 2017 (to end-June), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $900.8m, up 5.8% on $851.7m last quarter and up 20% on $751.7m a year ...
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BMW has unveiled the limited run 7-Series Edition 40 Jahre before September's Frankfurt Motor Show. The vehicle commemorates the 40th anniversary of the model and will be restricted to only 200 units globally. It is expected to be ...
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