By 2016, General Motors executives want to reduce the automaker’s North American material and logistics costs by $1 billion, according to a Detroit News report. The project involves creating localized logistics and distribution ...
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Federal-Mogul Corp. has introduced 43 new replacement Moog Steering and Suspension brand parts covering millions of late-model foreign-nameplate and domestic passenger vehicles. The new parts include 12 patent-pending Moog Problem Solver ...
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According to the Japanese Ministry of Trade (METI), Japanese demand for crude steel in the first quarter of 2014 is expected total 27.85 million mt, decreasing by 1.4 percent from the fourth quarter output forecast made in the third ...
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Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp has launched a railcar traction inverter system for 1500VDC catenaries that incorporates what is claimed to be the first all-silicon carbide (SiC) power modules made with SiC transistors and SiC diodes. ...
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Bosch Evolution beam wiper blades are available in 16- to 26-inch sizes for heavy duty vehicles. Robert Bosch LLC has added a new wiper blade program for heavy duty vehicles and 50 part numbers to its remanufactured alternator line. ...
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Power electronics maker FINsix Corporation has announced the development of what is being called the world's smallest laptop adaptor—one that is just a quarter the size of traditional models and just a sixth the weight—it comes ...
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General Motors Co. announced plans to invest $1.3 billion in five factories so they can manufacture pickup trucks with more fuel-efficient engines and technologies. GM said the money will go to the Flint, Mich., assembly plant; an engine ...
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German automaker Daimler has entered into a equity collar agreement with Tesla Motors, a US-based manufacturer of electric vehicles and electric vehicle powertrain components. As per the agreed terms, Daimler, which already has 4% in ...
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German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz is geared up to expand its SUV lineup with the launch of a new 2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA. The 2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA features a 2.0-liter, turbocharged, four-cylinder engine and is expected to ...
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Details of the new additions to Mitsubishi Australia’s showroom in 2014. Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV (April) Due in April, the Outlander PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) is a pointer to Mitsubishi’s design and ...
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DNA nanotechnology has become one of the great hopes of molecular manufacturing in which large-scale objects could potentially be assembled from the most basic building blocks, atom-by-atom. Research is slowly revealing that many of the ...
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A loudspeaker playing a clip of President Barack Obama talking about 3-D printing in his State of the Union speech might not seem so remarkable—except that the loudspeaker represents one of the first 3-D printed consumer electronic ...
Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, organised a Security and Vigilance week from November 26 - December 2, 2013, for all its stakeholders, especially employees at the Jojobera plant. The event was inaugurated by ...
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American vehicle manufacturer General Motors (GM) has renewed its five-year agreement with its research partner Carnegie Mellon University of Pittsburgh (CMU) for the development of new technologies for production of automatic driving ...
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Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that it will establish an office in Nairobi, Republic of Kenya with the aim of strengthening its information-gathering capability on the African market as well as further invigorating its local ...
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