The BMW 640d Gran Coupe has been released, adding the first ever diesel-powered 6 Series to the local line-up. Available from March production priced from $184,800 (plus on-road costs), the BMW 640d Gran Coupe is set to join the existing ...
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A range of diesel-powered Volkswagen vehicles have benefited from an upgrade to their TDI engines. The Volkswagen Passat sedan, Passat wagon, Passat Alltrack?(pictured top) and CC have all received a new upgraded engine, with more power, ...
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The Audi S3 sedan has been revealed ahead of the flagship's unveiling at today's New York auto show. Taking pride of place atop the all-new Audi A3 sedan range, due to arrive in Australia in early 2014, the Audi S3 sedan gives the small ...
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The Mercedes-Benz CLA45 AMG has been unveiled at the 2013 New York auto show. The high-performance compact 'four-door coupe' becomes the flagship model in the recently launched Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class line-up, and offers a sedan-based ...
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ExxonMobil has sought Australian government approval to install the world's largest floating LNG production facility at the Scarborough gas field it shares with BHP Billiton in the Carnarvon Basin off the country's northwest coast. The ...
French car maker PSA Peugeot-Citroen has unveiled the new Citroen C4 Picasso, a five-seat multi purpose vehicle (MPV). The vehicle comes with two engine variants, including the e-HDi 115 Airdream and the e-HDi 90 Airdream that are ...
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Leading power and automation technology group ABB, has landed a major oil and gas contract valued at $15 million in the Timor Sea off Western Australia. ? ABB has been appointed the main electrical contractor (MEC) for a new ...
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Jaya Shree Textiles is once again working on a fresh capacity expansion plan for its Rishra based linen plant, situated about 30 km from Kolkata in West Bengal with a proposed investment of one billion rupees. The development has come ...
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German automobile manufacturer Mercedes-Benz will launch a new B-Class Electric Drive vehicle in the US by the end of 2013. The vehicle is powered by an electric motor that generates an output of 130kW/177hp and 320Nm of torque with ...
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Adding a pigment color to a dynamic mixer that is also used for non-colored products creates color contamination of the wetted parts and results in increased labor as well as production time and yield losses that directly affect the bottom ...
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Microchip has introduced the PIC24F 'KM' family with "a new level of integrated analogue functionality", said the firm, "including a 12bit ADC with threshold detection, 8bit DACs for control loops, precision comparator references, and ...
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Sweden-based Sandvik Mining has announced that it has secured major materials handling equipment orders from South America and Australia, worth SEK 950 million in total. The orders will be fulfilled between 2013 and 2015. According to ...
Australia-based Cabral Resources Limited has announced that it has identified and secured the iron ore tenements for 100 percent of the Sincorá Area in Brazil's northeastern Bahia state, which has significant potential for high grade ...
China's total aviation traffic rose 9.5% year on year in February to 4.86 billion mt-km, according to data from the Civil Aviation Administration of China released Friday. Mt-km is a measure of air traffic -- the amount of freight, ...
The Subaru XV Hybrid will become the Japanese brand’s first petrol-electric production model when it debuts at next week’s 2013 New York auto show. Subaru says the XV Hybrid will become the most fuel-efficient and ...
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