German automotive giant BMW Group has launched initiatives to reposition its premium compact class Mini by pursuing strategies that involve focusing on five models and built-in car-sharing provision. Attending the launch of new Mini ...
German automotive major Daimler Trucks has picked up share in US logistics, telematics and connectivity solutions firm Zonar Systems for designing fully-connected vehicles and providing value-adding data for truck drivers and operators. ...
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By the year 2020 the first cylinder housings manufactured from polymer composite materials will be introduced into passenger car and motorcycle engines, replacing the aluminium components currently in use, predicts SBHPP High Performance ...
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Conventional and electrified driveline systems firm GKN Automotive has come up with its headquarters unit for the Americas region at Auburn Hills in Michigan, US, to capitalize on consumer demand for all-wheel drive (AWD) and hybrid ...
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More car exports to Oceanic country look unlikely in near future Chinese carmakers look unlikely to take advantage of the free trade agreement between China and Australia signed this month due to their lack of competitiveness in the ...
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With funding of about €3.9m from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), 12 partners in the German automotive sector, its supply industry and the sciences (led by Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany) are ...
TomTom Telematics has launched a new smartphone app in the UK and Germany that gives drivers real-time feedback on their driving style. TomTom Curfer uses the latest developments in connected car technology from TomTom Telematics to ...
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Sales of China heavy trucks decreased 33% in the first five months this year over last year, and we predict that the sales will recover in the second half year. The drastical decreasing sales of heavy trucks can be attributed to the ...
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US automobile major General Motors (GM) will pump in $245 million at its Orion Assembly unit in Michigan to launch new vehicles, creating 300 employment opportunities. With this, the investment made in the manufacturing unit reaches ...
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US agencies for environment and safety regulations have laid down standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, envisaging reduction of CO2 emissions by one billion tons, fuel costs by $170bn and oil consumption by 1.8 billion by 2027. ...
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Hondo Motor has attributed the death of a woman reported in September last year in Los Angeles to the violent deployment of Takata-made airbag, raising the toll to eight. The safety regulators in the US told Reuters that the death of one ...
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German automobile major Porsche has brought the curtain down on the production of its sports car with hybrid drive 918 Spyder from the Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen production unit after 21 months of output. The car, which was developed as a ...
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UK automotive major Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) will launch its custom-built Jaguar XJR Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV), capable of zooming from 0 to 60mph in just 4.4 seconds up to 174mph, as part of Bloodhound Project at Goodwood Festival of ...
German automobile major Daimler is expanding in Latin America with a new bus plant in Funza in vicinity of Bogotá, Colombia, having an annual installed production capacity of 4,000. Sprawled over 11,000m2, the unit is witnessing ...
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