A new generation of Ecotec small-displacement engines streamlines General Motors’ global powertrain portfolio with a modular architecture that broadens its adaptability to global markets and reduces manufacturing complexity – ...
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Douglas Skorupski, Manager of Technical Strategy, Volkswagen of America, today presented the launch details of the company’s newest, most fuel-efficient, TDI Clean Diesel engine, designated EA288. During a presentation delivered at ...
Pneumatic actuator is a device which converts the energy from a compressed air supply into linear or rotary motion. There are a wide range of actuators available to carry out numerous functions in different areas with utmost precision and ...
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German automaker BMW Group is set to commence the production of its hybrid sports car, i8, at the assembly line in Leipzig, Germany from April 2014. The automaker has unveiled the new hybrid sports car in 2013. With a top speed of 250 ...
The new BMW X4 (fuel consumption combined: 8.3–5.0* l/100 km [34.0–54.3 mpg imp]; CO2 emissions combined: 193–130* g/km) blends the hallmark features of the successful BMW X family with the sporting elegance of a classical ...
British luxury carmaker Jaguar is set to commence the production of an all-new mid-size sports sedan, the Jaguar XE. Jaguar XE will include the new advanced aluminum architecture that the company unveiled in the C-X17 concept car in 2013. ...
A 4-wheel-drive version of the Mercedes-Benz Sprinter van will reach showrooms around the beginning of 2015. It will feature an all-new 4x4 system that functions without a traditional transfer case, Mercedes-Benz Van Operations General ...
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The Opel Astra OPC EXTREME that makes its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show in six days is a real race-bred performance car. Developed on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, the most challenging race track in the world, it is powered ...
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The latest sex aids are no longer simple gadgets, with many now digitised and linked to smartphones—some manufacturers at a Tokyo fair even insist they are just like home appliances. Twenty-four manufacturers and brands of sex goods ...
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Jaguar is set to unveil its 2015 model year XF Range at the Geneva International Motor Show 2014 in Switzerland. "The 2015 XF model range has an incredibly wide breadth of capability. From a blistering 0-60mph time of only 4.6 (4.4 for ...
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Volvo Car Group’s new Drive-E powertrains – offering a world-class blend of drivability and low CO2 emissions – are now also available for the Volvo V40 and V40 Cross Country. The CO2 emissions of the 190 hp Volvo V40 D4 ...
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It is believed that, printing technology will create ample of job opportunities in the coming years. Rotogravure machine is a high speed printing equipment that works in a concise manner. The printing procedure involves certain steps in ...
Troubled French automaker Peugot has announced that it plans to begin selling cars within a couple of years that use compressed air (nitrogen actually) as a means of partial power for some of its smaller 3-cylinder vehicles. Using ...
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Two teams, both in Singapore have created two different types of thermal cloaking devices. In their papers, both published in Physical Review Letters, the teams describe how they went about creating their devices and offer suggestions as to ...
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At the next Geneva Motor Show (March 6 - 16, 2014), it will also pack an all-new, three-cylinder turbo gasoline engine endowed with benchmark-setting running refinement, low-end torque and efficiency. And that's not all: this new ...
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