Automobile major Chevrolet will add six low cab forward medium-duty truck models to its product lineup in the US next year to re-enter the commercial segment. The variants - Chevrolet 3500, 3500HD, 4500, 4500HD, 5500 and 5500 HD - will ...
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UK automotive giant Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has taken the wraps off its all-aluminium luxury saloon ‘Jaguar XJ’ armed with the 3.0-litre V6 diesel engine promising more torque and less fuel consumption. The engine, which ...
Microchip Technology has announced that Kia Motors is enriching its infotainment system with powerful smart-phone connectivity in its flagship Kia K900 luxury sedan, using Microchip's OS81110 Intelligent Network Interface Controller (INIC). ...
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Volvo Trucks continues with original marketing, this time through reality TV with the artist Mapei. During a nine-day road-trip through Europe, she will record a new music video with director Liza Minou Morberg. To help them, they have a ...
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Richard Eden, senior analyst (Power Semiconductors) at market research firm IHS Technology, attended the recent PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) Europe 2015 tradeshow in Nuremberg, Germany (19-21 May), and in a Research Note has ...
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Tesla Motors is planning to modify its electric cars to meet China’s charging standards, in order to boost sales in the country by eliminating concerns over its technology incompatibility. A national charging standard is being ...
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German crash-test facility maker Messring has joined hands with TH Ingolstadt University to test for systems to be put in place for an active safety device capable of averting accident or ameliorate the severity of collisions. The duo is ...
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The National Development and Reform Commission, the nation's top economic planner, said on Monday that retail prices of gasoline would be cut by 110 yuan ($17.78) a metric ton, or 0.08 yuan a liter from Tuesday, while diesel prices would ...
German automobile major BMW has geared up to launch Dynamic Parking Prediction app to help drivers find vacant space for on-street parking. With a view to consolidating its position on the domain of connectivity between cars, the new ...
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Volkswagen of America, arm of German automobile major Volkswagen, has partnered with renewable energy and carbon offset services provider 3Degrees for carbon reduction drive in California and Texas, while pumping in $10m to boost its ...
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At SID's Display Week 2015 event in San Jose, CA, USA (31 May-5 June), Grenoble-based micro/nanotechnology R&D center CEA-Leti of France announced that it has demonstrated a path to fabricating high-density micro-LED arrays for the next ...
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Japanese automobile maker Toyota is looking into ways to adopt SmartDeviceLink (SDL), the open-source version of Ford AppLink, for its utilization in a sector wide solution towards integrating smartphone application with vehicles. Ford ...
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French tire firm Michelin has made available its Premier LTX tire with EverGrip technology for light trucks, SUVs and crossovers at more than 10,000 authorized dealer locations in North America. The tires, available in 47 sizes from ...
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Dutch navigation and mapping solutions firm TomTom has launched Trucker 6000 for the benefit of those earning their livelihood driving heavy vehicles. Offering customized routes with a user-specific vehicle type, size, weight, cargo and ...
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Coatings in global aerospace industry are expected to increase with a CAGR of 3.6% by 2020. The major drivers for coatings is increasing air passenger traffic rate, which increases aircraft deliveries and thereby increases the demand for ...
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