Volvo Bus Latin America has sold 688 bus chassis to the capitol of Colombia, Bogotá, which is touted to be the company's largest deal ever in Colombia. The deal includes chassis for 48 articulated and 97 bi-articulated vehicles ...
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Meritor WABCO has introduced ESCsmart technology to help advance the performance, functionality and flexibility of electronic stability control (ESC). ESCsmart is designed to automatically adapt to changes in vehicle characteristics and ...
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SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, CA (BRAIN) — Interbike is opening its door to the public next September, but just a crack. Organizers are testing the concept of a restricted consumer day where consumers would pay $50 in advance and register ...
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Optare, the manufacturer and seller of single deck and double deck buses and mini coaches, has received four incremental 120kW drive systems from Enova Systems, which will be incorporated into their Solo Electric Bus. The company has ...
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Worldwide electric drive buses sales is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 26% from 2012 to 2018, according to a report by Pike Research. According to the report, 'Electric Drive Buses', by 2018 more than 75,000 electric ...
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LaCie's impressive Rugged USB3 Thunderbolt Series portable drive has all of the features that the modern media professional could want. The Rugged USB3 Thunderbolt drive comes formatted HFS+and includes both the Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 ...
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Navistar, a global manufacturer of commercial vehicles and engines, has entered into a global commercial bus partnership with Brazilian commercial bus body manufacturer San Marino Onibus e Implementos (Neobus) and also invest in the ...
Microsoft's decision to put two user interfaces (UIs) inside Windows 8 was a strategic mistake that fails novice and experienced computer users alike on both tablets and traditional PCs, a usability expert said Monday. "That was the true ...
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The telematics market has been booming in recent years,and is expected to continue fast growing over several years to come.According to a new research report from the analyst firm Berg Insight,the market value for Intelligent Transport ...
The National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued a third recall campaign for faulty egress window handles manufactured by Panorama City, Calif. -based Ricon Corp. The newly issued recall from Eldorado National-California Inc. ...
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For its next generation of supercomputers,Cray has focused on radically improving the I/O(input/output)of individual nodes.The new XC30 supercomputer will feature a new interconnect,called Aries,and a new routing topology that together ...
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Computerworld-There will be a sea change in the non-volatile memory(NVM)market over the next five years,with more dense and reliable technologies challenging dominant NAND flash memory now used in solid-state drives(SSD)and embedded in ...
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Officials of Willmar Municipal Utilities are continuing to study replacing high-pressure sodium streetlights with costlier but energy-efficient LED streetlights. LED stands for light-emitting diode. The utility this year bought three ...
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IDG News Service - An investigation of ultrathin laptops, including Apple's latest Macbook Air, has found they do conform to the EPEAT (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool) environmental standard. The investigation, which ...
Hwa Fong Rubber Ind.,Ltd.,a major tire maker in Taiwan,recently signed an agreement with Continental AG of Germany to be the local agent of Continental motorcycle tires.Continental is a renowned brand globally and Europe`s No.1 brand of ...
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