Peugeot Citroen is planning to cut around 20% of its workforce from Warwickshire facilities which include workers from its Pinley House and Tile Hill facilities in UK. The company cited that it is restructuring operation and planning to ...
The nation’s first operational, all-electric car share service launched in Golden, Colo. eThos Electric Car Share will provide the Golden and Denver-metro area with American-made, all-electric sedans (EVs) for short-term rental. "We ...
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Bi-fuel CNG conversion product maker AGA Systems has selected Quantum Fuel System’s Q-Lite CNG storage tanks to be used in its new bi-fuel CNG products. The product will be targeted towards trucks equipped with General Motors' 5.3L ...
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China truck makers are gradually becoming two groups in recent years. The first group are truck makers with the sales volumes more than 100,000 units one year, including Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Company, FAW, Sinotruk, Foton Auman and ...
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General Motors is planning to lay off around 510 workers from two of its Michigan assembly plants in the US. It includes around 160 workers from its Orion Facility while 350 people will be laid off from its Lansing plant where Cadillac ...
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Hagens Berman, a national class-action law firm, has filed a second class-action suit against Japanese parts supplier Takata Corporation and automaker Honda Motor Co., stating that Takata embarked on a concealment campaign, designed to ...
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GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, a fabless producer of gallium nitride (GaN)-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications, is exhibiting at the Electronica 2014 trade fair in Munich, Germany ...
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Process automation systems designer and manufacturer Key Technology has launched a new Sanitary Belt Conveyor which can be used for transportation of bulk foods on processing and packaging distribution lines. The USDA-approved belt's ...
For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2014 (to 3 October), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $718.2m, up 22% on $587m last quarter and 51% on $477m a year ...
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General Motors has announced that its 2.2 megawatt ground-mounted solar array will be completed by the end of 2014 at the company’s Lordstown Complex. The company will install 8,500 solar panels creating the largest solar ...
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Magna International announced today the grand opening of DexSys, a new greenfield facility in Delta Township, Michigan, for the manufacture of automotive exterior products. Company officials were joined by Michigan Governor Rick Snyder, ...
General Motors is planning to expand its Lansing Delta Township facility with an investment of $63 m. The upcoming investment will be a part of the company's $300m investment the company has planned to invest in Michigan facilities. ...
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Ford along with seven other automakers participated in a test which will inform the car owners to temporarily stop charging their vehicles to avoid overloading of the power grid. Participants included BMW, General Motors, Mercedes-Benz, ...
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Chevrolet is planning to introduce a special edition 2015 Camaro Commemorative Edition at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas. The car will be available to customers in spring, and buyers will have an option to choose between 2LT and 2SS coupes ...
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General Motors have used innovative crankshaft polish to improve the performance of its 5.3 Liter V8 EcoTec3 engine which powers Chevrolet Silverado. The company added automated microfinishing and electronic measurement to the ...
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