Italian car maker Fiat is planning to unveil the new Viaggio sedan at the 2012 Beijing Motor Show in China. The new sedan will be powered by the1.4 litre T-Jet engine, which will deliver two outputs, including 118hp and 148hp and is mated ...
PTI reported that the country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India a 12.45% increase in its total sales at 1,03,200 units in November. The company in a statement said that the company had sold 91,772 units in the same month last ...
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The global automotive tyre market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4% between 2012-2017 to reach $187bn, according to a new report. Lucintel's 'Global Automotive Tire Industry 2012-2017: Trends, Profits and ...
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Manufacturer of lithium-based battery cells China BAK has secured an order from FAW-Volkswagen Automotive to supply a sample of its lithium-ion batteries. The company will delivery three of its lithium-ion battery units to FAW-Volkswagen ...
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Ford sales in China increased 35% to 59,570 vehicles in September 2012, compared to the same period in 2011. Ford China's passenger car sales, including vehicles produced at Changan Ford Mazda Automobile and imported Ford Edge SUVs, ...
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Indian tyre manufacturer Apollo Tyres is considering to acquire major stake worth abotu $600-800m in the US-based tyre maker Cooper Tire & Rubber Company. The acquisition is expected to provide Apollo Tyres access the US replacement tyre ...
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Motion and control technologies provider Parker Hannifin has completed the sale of its Mobile Climate Systems Division's automotive air conditioning business to German rubber and plastic technology provider ContiTech. Parker Hannifin's ...
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Bridgestone Tatabanya Termelo, a subsidiary of Hungary, is planning to invest EUR267m to increase the production capacity of its passenger car radial tires (PSR). With the investment, production capacity at the Tatabánya Plant is ...
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Automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen has relocated its passenger car plant at Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate to Rayong, Thailand. With the relocation to the new plant, ZF is expected to expand the production area in Thailand from ...
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Japanese car maker Nissan is planning to invest EUR100m ($126m) to begin the production of e-NV200 electric van in 2013 at its Barcelona plant in Spain, creating 700 jobs. The Japanese carmaker said that the new electric van is based on ...
UQM Technologies(UQM),a developer of alternative energy technologies,will unveil its new PowerPhase HD 220 electric propulsion system at the electric vehicle symposium(EVS26)conference in Los Angeles,US. The HD 220,which will deliver ...
India's Tata Group, in collaboration with France's Dassault Systemes, is planning to launch a new electric car which is expected to be offered at a price of about $20,000. The group's IT services wing Tata Technologies has completed the ...
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Hyundai Asia Resources Inc, the official distributor of Hyundai vehicles in the country, said that sales in the first 10 months grew 13% YoY, driven by a strong turnover in the passenger car category. Hari said in a report that it sold ...
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ZF Friedrichshafen, a developer of driveline and chassis technologies, has started construction of a new passenger car axles plant in Beijing, China, in order to expand its presence in the region. The company is investing about EUR15m in ...
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Camera-based advanced driver assistance systems equipped in passenger cars are expected to reduce accidents, according to a new report. Frost & Sullivan's 'Analysis of the European and North American Passenger Car Market for Camera-based ...
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