Automotive parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen has received a new order for 405 new buses, which will be equipped with its front and rear axle systems in the Netherlands. Featuring steering technology from ZF Lenksysteme GmbH as well as ...
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Rather than automobiles, it is the construction industry that is more open to using innovative glass products, Saint-Gobain Glass India has found. So much so, the Indian subsidiary of the French multinational has started pitching some of ...
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Volvo Trucks has announced the availability of an XE (exceptional efficiency) package for its 11-litre engine. The XE11 will be available on Volvo VNM and VNL models, rated at up to 80,000 lbs. The engine will be aimed at LTL, ...
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The landscape outside Seville ishellishly hot and dominated by dust. Yet it’s here amid the dry brush and sharp rocks that Hyundai’s WRC test drivers are toiling stoicly on their i20 rally car without an air-conditioned ...
CarAdvice spoke with Hyundai WRC team principal Michel Nandan at the WRC test sessions in Spain about the challenges of developing a new motorsport program and Hyundai’s use of Australian Chris Atkinson as a factory test driver. CA: ...
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The originally-announced price of the BMW 4 Series Coupe has been reduced, and a new entry-level model added, in time for the 3 Series Coupe replacement to go on-sale. Where previously the diesel 320d Coupe was the entry-level car, the ...
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Mazda Australia has ruled out selling locally the diesel or hybrid version of its third-generation Mazda 3, which is due to go on-sale early next year. Although the Australian arm of the Japanese brand admits the diesel in the outgoing ...
The 2014 Volvo S60 and V60 are now on sale in Australia, introducing fresh styling and new technologies to the restructured mid-sized line-ups. Volvo Australia has cut the number of variants in its S60 range from 11 to eight (including ...
The sporty Hyundai Accent SR hatch has joined the local division’s updated city-car line-up. Previewed by a concept at last year’s Sydney motor show, the new Accent SR is unique to the Australian market and becomes the third ...
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WET BUT HAPPY: Driver Michael Darras has 3.3 million safe miles under his buckle. GREEN BAY WIS. -- Neither rain nor snow nor federal government shutdowns could stop Freightliner from delivering its 25,000th rig to Schneider National's ...
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The addressable market for chip-level optical interconnects could eventually run into billions of units, as revenues rise to almost $520m by 2019 then $1.02bn by 2021, according to the report 'Revenue Opportunities for Optical ...
Subaru Canada, Fuji Heavy Industries' (FHI) automobile manufacturing division, is set to launch its new 2014 Subaru XV Crosstrek Hybrid vehicle in Canada by the end of November 2013. Manufactured in a zero-landfill plant in Gunma, Japan, ...
In recent years, TV has shifted from LED to OLED technology, while High Definition (HD) is moving towards Ultra High Definition (UHD), indicating restructure of the global TV industry. Korean manufacturers that are currently the ...
The second-generation BMW X6 has been spotted testing in near-production-ready prototype form for the first time. Expected to start production at BMW‘s Spartanburg plant in South Carolina in August 2014 alongside its X3, X4 and X5 ...
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Ford has revealed a fully autonomous parking system that allows drivers to reverse park their car from outside the vehicle. Currently employed in a Focus prototype, Ford’s Fully Assisted Parking Aid utilises the car maker’s ...
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