When shopping for a new car,it is natural to want to get a great value for your automotive dollar.And that's what our latest best new-car values analysis is designed to do. Simply stated:Vehicles that are reliable,perform well,and ...
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As the year winds to a close,it is natural to look back and recall the high points.But,it is also useful to remember the lows,including those cars that disappointed.Here,we commemorate the worst models in our ratings. These are current ...
Tags: lowest-scoring vehicle, Jeep Wrangler, Scion iQ, Smart ForTwo
When David Anderson published From Worst To Best In Nine Months, he thought he was writing a Microsoft case study about something called "Drum Buffer Rope." Turns out that Anderson was also in the process of defining Kanban for software ...
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Toyota Motor Corp. on Tuesday launched a completely remodeled Crown luxury sedan featuring an all-new design and improved safety functions. Toyota aims to expand its customer base in the midst of the shrinking domestic sedan market, by ...
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Japan is set to commence imports of rare earth metals for India in order to hedge against worsening relations with chief supplier China. The Asahi Shimbun reports that Japan is expected to announce the start of imports from India during a ...
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Japan and India have reached a basic agreement to jointly develop rare earths, used in the production of several high-tech goods from weapons to cell phones, and supply Tokyo with about 14% of its rare earth needs, reports The Mainichi. ...
In another attempt to reduce its dependence on China's stranglehold on rare earth element supply, Honda announced that its dealers will start to recycle old cars to extract the rare earth metals from the nickel-metal hydride batteries. ...
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Economic Times cited the government saying that the production of passenger cars marginally declined by 1%YoY to 15.9 lakh in April to November 2012 due to factors including slow economic growth and high interest rates. Mr Praful Patel ...
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Building up a refueling station network for fuel cell electric vehicles is taking on a concrete form.The current partners in the H2 Mobility initiative(Air Liquide,Daimler,Linde,OMV,Shell,and Total)are working on implementing a business ...
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Hitachi has built an 11-kilowatt motor that uses no rare earth materials. The motor took four years to develop, and commercial production is expected in two years. Manufacturing firms in Japan were spurred to find alternatives to rare ...
Tags: Asia, China, Rare Earth, Metallurgy
Toyoda Gosei, a manufacturer of automobile parts is planning to invest $11m to set up a new plant to produce interior and exterior components in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. The 6,000m2 plant will be a branch plant of its subsidiary TG ...
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The rare earths business isn't unlike a Formula One race, according to Carolyn Dennis, vice-president and senior analyst with Dundee Capital Markets. Companies are speeding to reach production and find strategic partners to grease the ...
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The Critical Metals Report: John, a recent Brookings Institution report suggested that greater collaboration between U.S. and Chinese companies would alleviate tensions over tightening rare earth markets. Is the proposed merger between the ...
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As 2012 winds down, we wanted to take a look back and see which new and used vehicles were most popular on ConsumerReports.org. Every day, potential car buyers look to our independent test scores and reliability ratings to aid their ...
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Japanese car maker Toyota is planning to launch a system in its vehicles that allows charging smartphone, while driving through the use of a wireless mat. The new Qi Wireless In-Car Charging system will be offered for Qi-enabled mobile ...
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