Chinese firm for photovoltaic solutions Trina Solar has provided Osaka Sangyo University (OSU) Interdigitated Back Contact (IBC) cells and modules for the latter's solar car project 'OSU-Model-S'. The OSU-Model-S, powered by solar energy ...
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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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China's new 10-year new-energy vehicle development plan has more objective, practical goals than the one released in 2012, after NEV sales in the first quarter accounted for only 5 percent of this year's original target. The Ministry of ...
German mechanical engineering firm Voith has bagged the order for producing carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) for models that carmaker Audi will produce in future. With both the firms joining hands to organize the ramp-up for the ...
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Hyundai has added the ‘hands-free smart trunk’ feature with automatic opening for its 2016 Equus premium luxury sedan under the Ultimate model. With the feature, the owner of the vehicle can open the trunk by standing for a ...
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Chinese automobile manufacturer GAC Motor is expanding its footprint in the Middle East with the introduction of its vehicles in Lebanon and Qatar. The car maker has partnered with distributors Bazerji Motors in Lebanon and Domasco in ...
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SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association released a report today titled, “Plastics Market Watch: Plastics in the Fast Lane,” that anticipates an increased use of plastics in automobiles as economic and demographic forces ...
German automobile major Volkswagen has started production at its new plant at Changsha in China’s Hunan Province, adding an output capacity of 300,000 cars a year. Located about 900km to the west of Shanghai, the plant will begin ...
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British automobile maker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) looks to extract inputs from the sub-conscious realm of human mind to develop its next-generation vehicles. In a bid to introduce further sophistications in vehicles, the carmaker would ...
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Ford Motor Company will begin making its London-based GoDrive car-sharing service available to the public, offering flexible, practical and affordable access to a fleet of cars for one-way journeys with easy parking throughout the city. ...
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Looking to the future, Audi is envisioning a smart factory, influence by science fiction. In the Encounter magazine under that heading, the automobile manufacturer is now providing a wide-ranging insight on how intelligent Audi's ...
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The General Motors (GM) has reportedly rejected a merger offer from Fiat Chrysler, which could have created a giant automotive company. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles CEO Sergio Marchionne had sent an email to GM counterpart Mary Barra in ...
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Nigeria’s textiles traders are a worried lot over the increasing Chinese footprint in the country. While the proliferation of Chinese-made textiles is a boon for low income consumers, traders in Kano, northern Nigeria’s biggest ...
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Avago Technologies Ltd (a supplier of III-V-based analog interface components for wireless, wireline, storage and industrial applications) has launched the ALM-2203 miniature highly integrated low-noise amplifier (LNA)-filter RFIC module, ...
Tags: LNA-Filter Module, Car Radio
Automobile major Daimler and wireless technologies firm Qualcomm have joined hands to develop technologies for connected car. The first phase of the tie-up will stress on harnessing mobile technology for improving in-car experience which ...
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