Aleris, a US-based provider of aluminum rolled and extruded products, has signed a four-year contract with Daimler to offer molten aluminum for the production of cylinder heads for all Daimler automobile models. Aleris said that it had ...
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Lexus, a luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota, has unveiled its new 2013 CT 200h hybrid compact car. The new compact car is powered by a 1.8litre petrol engine, which is paired with an electric motor to generate a total ...
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Automaker Ford will unveil Fiesta ST in North America at the upcoming 2012 Los Angeles Auto Show. Fiesta ST features a 1.6L EcoBoost engine which will produce about 200 horsepower (HP) and is equipped with a six-speed manual ...
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Indian automobile manufacturer Tata Motors has introduced two sedans and a hatchback in Bangladesh. The two introduced sedans include Tata Indigo eCS and the Tata Indigo Manza while the other is the Tata Indica Vista hatchback. The ...
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Acura, a luxury vehicle unit of Japanese automaker Honda Motors, has unveiled the RLX hybrid concept at the New York International auto show. The hybrid is powered by a 3.5 litre direct-injected VTEC V-6 engine and sport hybrid SH-AWD ...
Lexus, a luxury vehicle division of Japanese automaker Toyota, has unveiled its 2013 GS 450h hybrid sedan with an improved performance and handling. The new GS 450 hybrid is powered by a 3.5-liter V6 engine featuring a new D-4S direct and ...
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Tata Motors has signed an agreement with Apex Greatest Industrial (AGI), Myanmar, for the distribution of its commercial vehicles and passenger cars in Myanmar. Under the deal, AGI will supply trucks assembled at the Magwe facility in ...
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Chinese automaker BYD has signed an agreement with the government of Canada to build electric buses for Windsor,Ontario,Canada. As per the deal,BYD will build 500 buses per year in the city and the first purchase will be 12 BYD K9 ...
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French automaker Renault has selected Sevcon to provide Gen4 controls for its new Twizy two-seater,electric city car(EV). Renault said that Twizy offers a range of 100km(60 miles)with the single 3.5 hour battery charge. The new EV is ...
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Japanese vehicle manufacturer Honda will recall about 157 vehicles of 2012-Civic models in the US due to the problem in the steering column. A series steering column tilt brackets designed for use in 2013-Civic vehicles were mistakenly ...
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Japanese automaker Mitsubishi Motors has temporarily stopped shipments of its i-MiEV electric vehicles(EV)to French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen. Mitsubishi's EVs are sold as iOn Peugeot and Citro?n C-Zero in European market and the ...
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Japan based automaker Toyota Motor and automobile components manufacturer DENSO have partnered to jointly develop an onboard communications network device, CAN-Gateway ECU. According to the company, the new device will gather driving ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota Motor(TMC)has unveiled the FT-Bh Concept at ongoing Geneva Auto Show in Switzerland. The new five-door hybrid small car concept is powered by a 1.0-litre two-cylinder gasoline engine. The new concept is ...
Taipei, Nov. 7, 2012 (CENS)--Outsourcing to Asia for auto parts by international automakers have been rising, and many original equipment (OE) parts suppliers in Taiwan have kicked off capacity-expansion plans to meet flooding demand. ...
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Taipei, Nov. 2, 2012 (CENS)--American automaker Ford Motor Co. recently demonstrated a prototype carbon-fiber engine hood that helps lower fuel consumption. The carbon-fiber reinforced plastic Ford Focus hood displayed at the Composites ...
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