The National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation (NATEF), in collaboration with the Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium (GAAS) Scholarship Fund, announced the recipients of three scholarships. The National Institute for ...
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BASF increased spending on research and development to €1.8 billion (2012: €1.7 billion) in 2013. "In absolute terms, we lead the field in the chemical industry with our research and development expenditures," said Dr. Andreas ...
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Bosch's Automotive Aftermarket Business Division has announced its Diamond level sponsorship of the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills competition, helping mentor future technicians who have shown a passion for the automotive service industry. ...
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German auto-parts maker Bosch Engineering has opened a second automotive technology manufacturing plant in Cluj, Romania with investment of more than €70m. The auto-parts maker's new facility will produce electronic components and ...
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German autoparts maker Continental has acquired full ownership of Zytek Automotive, an automotive engineering firm based in the UK. Zytek Automotive, a former joint venture of Continental, offers its services in all areas of automotive ...
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Automotive technology supplier Robert Bosch has launched a new generation of inertial sensor platform, SMI7xy, for use in active and passive safety systems and driver assistance systems. The new inertial sensor platform features four ...
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Automotive technology supplier Robert Bosch is developing technologies to make cars an acitve part of the internet, in order to improve the comfort, safety, and efficiency. In this project, the company is pursuing three strategic ...
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The Bosch Group has laid the foundation stone for its new plant in Russia: from 2015, Bosch automotive technology will also be rolling off the assembly line in Samara. The site itself covers a total surface area of some 200,000 square ...
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At the 2014 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), TI Automotive products are featured on several vehicles making their worldwide debut, demonstrating the company's broad product range and ability to support multiple powertrain ...
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Google has formed a new industry alliance committed to bringing the tech giant’s Android operating platform to cars by the end of 2014. Dubbed the Open Automotive Alliance (OAA) and comprising Audi, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai ...
Carmakers today languish between a rock and a hard place. On one hand, they face a dizzying array of new technologies (Connected cars, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) to adopt, while they must comply with new regulations (emergency ...
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Swedish commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania is set to lead a three-year European research project, COMPANION, to develop a new system for implementing truck platooning on roads. Introducing platooning on European roads can ...
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German automaker Audi has won the Innovation in Automotive Technology award from Automotive Business Review for its piloted parking technology. Five players including Honda Motors, Ford, Nissan, Acura, and Audi were shortlisted for the ...
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Director of Data and Resource Center of China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) Zhu Xianglei recently says at the China Special Vehicle Development Forum (Suizhou) 2013 on October 19 that China's truck industry gets gradual ...
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Bosch and PSA Peugeot Citron, along with other partners, are cooperating on the OpEneR (Optimal Energy Consumption and Recovery) research programme, designed to improve the range of future hybrid and electric vehicles and optimise driver ...
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