Jasper Engines & Transmissions has appointed a new leader to its transmission division. The company announced that eight-year veteran Sara Schmidt will take over as the division’s manager. Most recently, she served as manager of the ...
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Vuzix Corporation has entered into a development agreement with a major consumer electronics brand to develop and incorporate Vuzix advanced see-through waveguide optics technology into a pair of next generation Smart Glasses. The agreement ...
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Cars that park themselves, radar-guided safety sensors and infotainment systems with web access; automakers are competing for customers who now expect constant innovation. The speed at which the new features are migrating from premium ...
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Tom Strickland/Bloomberg News Engine maker Cummins Inc. confirmed that it has "paused" the development of its planned 15-liter natural-gas engine due to "market timing uncertainty." The company said it will re-evaluate the demand and ...
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The 2015 Ford F-150 pickup will feature an aluminum alloy body and stronger frame, and it will be available with a new, 2.7-liter EcoBoost V-6 engine, Ford Motor Co. announced. The automaker said the new, lighter body material will shave ...
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There were a wide-variety of errors, faults, and general IT-related ooftas to choose from last week. But GM’s recall of 370 000 of its 2014 model year Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickup trucks, in order to update ...
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The recently launched Chrysler 200 mid-sized sedan is unlikely to come to Australia in the near future. The second-generation Chrysler 200, which showcases the brand’s new design identity, has been engineered from the ground up and ...
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The Formula One-infused Infiniti Q50 Eau Rouge concept has been unveiled at the 2014 Detroit auto show, with the car maker’s boss suggesting a high-powered engine could find its way into a future production version. Designed to ...
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Hyundai Australia has confirmed the return of the Hyundai Sonata from the third quarter of 2014. As previously reported, the seventh-generation Hyundai Sonata has been under consideration for our market for some time, with the decision to ...
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The all-new GMC Canyon has been revealed a day ahead of its official Detroit auto show debut, aiming to set new standards for refinement in the US market’s mid-size truck segment. Based on the new Chevrolet Colorado that debuted at ...
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America’s biggest-selling vehicle, the Ford F-150 ‘truck’, has been given a 21st-century makeover with multiple LED lighting, digital instruments, active safety features, a new downsized turbo engine, and lighter ...
Given North America's recent record-breaking cold with its thousands of cancelled airline flights, ice and aviation are very much in the news-especially the ice that cakes up on wings and tails, requiring trips to de-icing stations on the ...
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It seems like only yesterday we awarded the Ford Fiesta ST a win against its Peugeot 208 GTi and Volkswagen Polo GTI rivals (read more here), then went a step further by crowning it one of the best-ever hot-hatches created and one of the ...
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Construction of the first Lexus assembly line in the UShas officially begun, with the Lexus ES350 set to become the first US-built model to roll off the line in 2015. Based at Toyota Motor Manufacturing’s Georgetown plant in ...
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Marine cyanobacteria—tiny ocean plants that produce oxygen and make organic carbon using sunlight and CO2—are primary engines of Earth's biogeochemical and nutrient cycles. They nourish other organisms through the provision of ...
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