The Audi A3 1.6 TDI ultra has been unveiled, linked with the title of Audi’s most fuel-efficient production model. A variant of the all-new A3 that first debuted at the 2012 Geneva motor show, the 81kW Audi A3 1.6 TDI ultra claims ...
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The UK’s Liberal Democrats Party, led by Nick Clegg, is proposing to ban petrol and diesel-powered passenger cars on English roads by 2040, allowing only electric and hybrid vehicles to be used. According to UK reports, the proposal ...
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The man overseeing the BMW i8 project says he expects to sell more of the new plug-in hybrid sports cars in the US than in any other market. BMW i8 product manager Hendrik Wenders told Automobilewoche the US will be “by far the ...
Toyota has teased a new concept to be unveiled at next month’s Frankfurt motor show. Dubbed the Toyota Hybrid R, little is known about the concept, with the Japanese manufacturer only releasing a picture of the car’s logo and ...
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Toyota has launched two hybrid versions of the Japanese domestic market’s 11th-generation Corolla. Launched together –and differing from the Australian, European and US markets’ small car of the same name – the ...
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Fiat-Chrysler has no plans to invest in electrified powertrains in the near future, citing low customer demand and high development costs as the main reasons for the decision. Instead of pursuing electric and hybrid solutions, Fiat and ...
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Ferrari has released a brand new clip of two-time Formula One world champion and current Ferrari F1 driver Fernando Alonso behind the wheel of its LaFerrari hybrid supercar. Filmed just before the Hungarian Grand Prix in Budapest, the ...
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Mazda and Clemson University have collaborated to produce the Deep Orange 3 concept, previewing next-generation engineering and design philosophies. Deep Orange 3 was conceived, developed and built by automotive engineering students ...
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Lincoln Financial Group has launched a new e-ticket system for its hybrid life insurance policies featuring AFFIRM technology from Aplifi, to shorten application process. Besides reducing the potential of lost sales for producers, the ...
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Bike suppliers continue to put on the brakes, cutting bike imports 15 percent over the first half of the year. Though the slowdown is mostly imports of mass-market kid's bikes, 26-inch imports also are down 9 percent. Bike builders in China ...
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ETH-Zurich has reported increased maximum oscillation frequency for its indium phosphide/gallium arsenide antimonide (InP/GaAsSb) double-heterostructure bipolar transistors (DHBTs) [Rickard L?vblom et al, IEEE Electron Device Letters, ...
Hankook Tire's concept tire, eMembrane, earns the honor with the Red Dot Award 2013 in the concept design category Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. announced that its concept tire eMembrane, produced in collaboration with University of Cincinnati, ...
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An overview of the barcode label Barcodes are commonly presented as a self adhesive barcode label, and can be found on almost every consumer item sold in retail outlets across the world. We rarely go for a single moment without sighting a ...
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Security provisions of commercial cloud services - especially software-as-a-service (SaaS) - are frequently inadequate, with contracts containing "ambiguous terms regarding the maintenance of data confidentiality, data integrity and ...
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Toyota Australia has announced a $123 million investment in its Victorian manufacturing operations, shoring up its presence on the local automotive scene until at least 2018. The funding will support the production of a “major ...