US automotive giant Ford Motor is planning to shift the production of Focus small cars and C-Max hybrid vehicles from its Michigan Assembly Plant near Detroit in 2018, to outside US. Even though the automobile major has not disclosed the ...
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Technavio has added a new report on the global acrylic surface coatings market 2015-2019, to its coatings market portfolio, which includes reports such as emulsion coating market 2015-2019 - global industry analysis & forecast, powder ...
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Allison Transmission will showcase the latest propulsion solutions for fire-fighting and other emergency-service vehicles at RETTmobil, May 6-8, in Fulda, Germany. Exhibition visitors can view a 3000 Series™ cutaway model and get ...
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Japanese computerised knitting machine producer Shima Seiki will exhibit at the Première Vision show in New York which runs from July 21 to 22, 2015. “On display will be an updated version of the ‘SDS-ONE ...
Japanese automobile major Toyota has developed Mirai hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle, charting out future course for mobility with an Environmental Protection Agency(EPA)-estimated rating of 312 miles driving range on a single fill of ...
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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Japanese automotive major Honda Motor has kicked off sales of its compact sedan Grace LX that boasts of spacious cabin and a 1.5-liter direct injection DOHC i-VTEC engine. The new variant, which claims to offer a fuel economy of ...
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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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Fisker Automotive and Technology Group (FATG), which was purchased by China-based Wanxiang last year following its bankruptcy, will come up with a manufacturing unit in California, US, to revive its Karma hybrid electric car. The new ...
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German automobile major BMW has notched up International Engine of the Year Awards at Engine Expo 2015 in Stuttgart, in recognition of its 1.5-litre three-cylinder electric-gasoline hybrid powertrain installed in the BMW i8. In its stride ...
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Three all-electric and seven electric-hybrid buses, all of them provided by Swedish automobile major Volvo, has started plying on the nine-kilometer-long Route 55 between Lindholmen and Johanneberg in Gothenburg. All the vehicles, ...
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It is learned from MIIT that 19000 new energy vehicles were produced in May, up 300% over last year, and 9922 pure electric passenger cars were produced, up 300% and 4923 plug-in hybrid passenger cars were produced, up 400% over last year, ...
Louisiana Tech University's Professional Development and Research Institute on Blindness (PDRIB) is probing noise safety standards of electric and hybrid cars to ascertain whether the sound is safe enough for pedestrians, including blinds. ...
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German automaker Volkswagen has inked an agreement with Chinese joint venture partner SAIC Motor for expanding its main Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) plant in Anting for electric vehicle production in China. The agreement was inked between ...
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The Coca-Cola Company has unveiled a plastic bottle made entirely from renewable plant material. The US beverage giant claims the bottle is fully recyclable and the first to use PET plastic (a common type of polyester) that is entirely ...
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