Audi is expanding its activities in China. Together with Volkswagen Automatic Transmission Tianjin (VWATJ), the premium brand is inaugurating a new transmission plant. The plant, in the northern China harbor city of Tianjin, will supply ...
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Electric truck and bus powertrain manufacturer, Motive Power Systems has opened its new headquarters at 330 Hatch Drive in Foster City, California. The new headquarters gives the company room to grow and hire new employees, and continue ...
MAHLE Powertrain is opening a new North American headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan later this year as part of a $16m North American expansion that will create new jobs and accelerate a variety of advanced engine-development programs. ...
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Nissan Motor has unveiled what it claims to be the world’s first solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) vehicle in Brazil, a prototype model which runs on bio-ethanol electric power. This prototype vehicle is in connection with the ...
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BMW has reported a 11% increase in its profits for the second quarter of this year due to strong sales of its three car brands. The net profit for the period between April and June end was €1.94bn, compared to €1.74bn for the ...
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is reportedly in talks with Ford and BMW to setup a battery plant for future electric vehicles, according to Automotive News. Executives from JLR have met with the US automaker’s executives and German ...
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The next chapter of Nissan's Year of the Truck has been unveiled with a sneak peek of the latest members of the TITAN full-size pickup family – the 2017 TITAN XD and TITAN Single Cab models. The first-ever single cab offering in ...
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Hyundai has unveiled the all new 2017 Elantra Sport at a meeting of the Washington Automotive Press Association in Alexandria, Virginia. The most powerful Elantra model ever, the Sport benefits from a variety of important powertrain, ...
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Germany based Knorr-Bremse has signed a deal with Bosch to acquire its on-highway CVS transmission components business in Japan. Following the acquisition, Knorr-Bremse will develop and manufacture gear shift units and clutch actuators as ...
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The international automotive supplier Continental supplies Alfa Romeo with its MK C1 for the Integrated Brake System (IBS) of the new Giulia. This marks the first time that the MK C1 electronic brake system enters series production ...
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Honda Accord 2017 sedan and coupe arrive in showrooms with new Sport Special Edition and is ready to hit the three-year streak as the most popular car in US with individual rental car buyers. Retaining many of the popular enhancements ...
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The Tesla 3 gets nearly double the range of the Nissan Leaf by using nearly double the amount of battery but engineers are using a multitude of work rounds to do better: aerodynamics, light-weighting, even including structural electronics ...
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Daimler is planning to invest more than €7bn over the next two years on green powertrain technologies, including a plug-in hybrid electric-hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. The company will invest €14.5bn in research and development ...
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Nissan announced pricing of $109,990 for the new 2017 Nissan GT-R Premium model, which goes on sale beginning in mid-July at select Nissan dealers in US. The 2017 Nissan GT-R represents the most significant makeover to the iconic supercar ...
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Valeo has agreed to acquire German clutch and and gear actuators maker FTE automotive from Bain Capital Private Equity for €819.3m. Subject to the approval of the European and Brazilian anti-trust authorities, the transaction is ...
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