Automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen has relocated its passenger car plant at Eastern Seaboard Industrial Estate to Rayong, Thailand. With the relocation to the new plant, ZF is expected to expand the production area in Thailand from ...
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A Delta Group company,Delta Products has been awarded a$1.9m grant from the US Department of Energy(DOE),as part of$7m in research and development funding that aims to improve the development and design of electric vehicle charging ...
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Protean Electric,a producer of in-wheel electric drive systems,has secured$84m in new funding for its in-wheel electric drive from GSR Ventures,New Times group,Oak Investment Partners and the city of Liyang,Jiangsu Province,China. The ...
Novelis, a provider of aluminum automotive sheet, said that its material is used in the first full-production vehicle from Mercedes-Benz model with a structure designed in aluminum. The company had supplied rolled products and aluminum ...
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The Jaguar XFR-S has been unveiled at the 2012 Los Angeles motor show, signalling the British luxury sports car maker's intent to take on the Germans in the super sedan power battle. Long rumoured to supersede the XFR at the pinnacle of ...
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The new Mercedes-Benz S-Class will be the first car to be fitted completely with LEDs as standard,while optional extras will include adaptive LED headlamps that adjust according to other road users. Next year,the new S-Class from ...
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Two South Australian automotive suppliers have won $1.18 million funding in the first handouts as part of the new $30 million Automotive New Markets Program. Precise Global and Quality Plastics and Tooling qualified for funding under the ...
German carmaker Daimler has opened a new Mercedes-Benz advanced design center in Beijing, China which marks the firm's fifth such facility worldwide. The new 1,000 sq m design center will serve as a seismograph, recording and analyzing ...
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British sportscar manufacturer Aston Martin has received bids from Mahindra & Mahindra and Investindustrial to acquire half of its business. London based private equity fund Investindustrial offered about $401m but Indian automaker ...
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ZF Friedrichshafen, a developer of driveline and chassis technologies, has started construction of a new passenger car axles plant in Beijing, China, in order to expand its presence in the region. The company is investing about EUR15m in ...
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German carmaker, Mercedes-Benz, will start equipping all its new models with the pan-European eCall emergency warning system from 1 June 2012. The company said that the new B, C, E and M-Class models will use its 'COMAND-online' user ...
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German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its E-class diesel E300 hybrid. The new hybrid will be powered by 2.2-litre four-cylinder diesel engine generating 204hp and a torque of 500nm, while the 15 kW electric motor will develop ...
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Mercedes Benz has unveiled an automated automotive fuel cell stack production facility in Burnaby, Canada. The new 3,300m2 facility is claimed to be the world's first automated automotive facility for the production of fuel cell stacks. ...
Taipei, Nov. 14, 2012 (CENS)--To boost sales volume, Mercedes-Benz Taiwan recently introduced the entry-level A-Class, priced about NT$1.45 million (US$48,333) or the lowest among all Mercedes-Benz and BMW. Mercedes-Benz Taiwan has taken ...
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Hong Kong Derby, the thoroughbred horse race held annually since 1873, has a new title sponsor. BMW has replaced rival Mercedes-Benz in a new five-year agreement, financial details of which were not released. The race's title sponsor cost ...
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