In October this year, Mexican automakers exported 240,316 cars and light commercial vehicles, up 10.96 percent year on year, while country's car and light commercial vehicle production in the same month rose by 1.04 percent year on year to ...
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Bergstrom has announced its acquisition of Michigan-based engineering firm Innovative Product Development Corporation (IPDC). The company says IPDC provides expertise in system architecture and kinematics/motion controls design and ...
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On November 6, 2013, a contract regarding the world’s largest production base of rear wheel products for commercial vehicles is signed in Weifang, Shandong province. It is learnt that the world’s largest commercial vehicle rear ...
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The North America commercial vehicle market for classes five to eight was strong in October, but it’s too early to tell if the trend will continue, according to ACT Research. “October brought a sharp move upward from the ...
Americas Commercial Trucking (ACT) Research says that as expected from the preliminary report, Classes 5-8 orders were strong in October 2013. This updated status of the North America commercial vehicle market was included in the State of ...
Accuride announced today the development of a new coating technology for steel wheels, which it says will extend service life by two years. The new Steel Armor coating will better protect against corrosion, and will be available at no ...
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Daimler Trucks Asia has outlined plans to invest EUR300m in the international sales and production structures in the period 2014-2018. In an effort to generate further sales growth in Asia and Africa, the company is also merging the ...
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German autoparts maker Continental has inaugurated its new tire plant, ContiLifeCycle, in Hannover-Sticken, Germany. Claimed to be the first globally, the new plant integrates an advancede facility for retreading bus and truck tires with ...
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Kapsch TrafficCom is presenting its new EVK-3300 communications platform for V2X communication at the Car 2 Car Communication Consortium Forum in Munich. With its EVK-3300 platform Kapsch is directly targeting car manufacturers and ...
Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania is set to deliver 156 articulated buses to German-based public transport provider Berliner Verkehrsgesellschaft (BVG) from 2014 and 2017. According to the company, BVG has chosen its vehicles ...
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Ford Motor Company recorded its ninth consecutive month of improved retail market share year over year in October and fifth consecutive month of increased sales volume. Ford's passenger car retail market share in October in its five ...
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Manufacturers of heavy-duty commercial trucks and engines worldwide have endorsed a harmonized global approach as an effective pathway to further improving energy efficiency and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from commercial vehicles. ...
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Nissan Motor plans to launch e-NV200, a 100% electric commercial vehicle, in Japan in fiscal 2014. Production will begin the same year in Barcelona, Spain. The e-NV200 model is based on the NV200 taxi vehicle, and is the second ...
According to the latest data issued by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) on November 11, in the January-October period of the current year China's automotive vehicle output and total automotive vehicle sales in its ...
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Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania has opened its SEK400m ($60.9m) advanced climatic wind tunnel at its research and development center in Sdert lje, Sweden, for the testing of full-size trucks and buses . Using the new ...