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TAITRA Hosts Seminars in Malaysia, Thailand and Philippines as Warm-up for Upcoming TAIPEI AMPA 2017

Feb 22, 2017

According to the data by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and the Taiwan Transportation Vehicle Manufacturers Association (TTVMA), the production value of Taiwan's automobile parts and accessories industry reached USD ...

Tags: auto-parts, accessories industry

Sinotruk New Energy CV Project Settled in Qingdao

Jan 10, 2017

December 19, 2016, Qingdao, Shandong West Coast New District and SINOTRUK held a new energy commercial vehicle project signing ceremony, marking another high-end, new manufacturing project successfully settled in Qingdao. SINOTRUK plans to ...

Tags: SINOTRUK, New Energy CV

Volkswagen Presents Budd-E Electric Microbus Concept

Aug 8, 2016

During the Center for Automotive Research’s annual Management Briefing Seminars, Dr. Matthias Erb, Chief Engineering Officer North American Region, Volkswagen, presented BUDD-e, Volkswagen’s electric microbus concept during the ...

Tags: BUDD-e, Volkswagen, MEB platform

Nissan's Future Lab Experiments Imagine New Vehicle Ownership Models

Aug 4, 2016

Nissan is conducting a series of real-world experiments and trials to bring future mobility scenarios to life through several "Living Labs" underway at Nissan Future Lab. The "Living Lab" research provides user data to help Nissan ...

Tags: Nissan, New Vehicle Ownership Models

Ontario to Provide $66.5m in Funding to Fca Canada for Windsor Operations

Jun 20, 2016

The Ontario government is providing up to $85.8m ($66.5m) in funding to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Canada (FCA Canada) for an expansion of the automaker's minivan assembly plant in Windsor. The funding will support improved research at the ...

Tags: ARDC, Ontario, FCA

Report Predicts Autonomous Vehicle Sales to Reach 21 Million by 2035

Jun 12, 2016

About 21 million autonomous vehicles will be sold globally by 2035, with the US taking the lead, according to a new projection from IHS Automotive. Deployment in the US will start with various autonomous vehicles in 2020, which will ...

Tags: IHS Automotive, Autonomous Vehicle

Researchers Develop 20KW Wireless Charging System for Electric Vehicles

Apr 11, 2016

Researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed a 20KW wireless charging system for electric vehicles. The wireless system claims to offer three times more efficiency than that ...

Tags: ORNL, Wireless Charging System, Electric Vehicles, Toyota

GE Aviation Receives $2.1m US Army Contract To Develop SiC Power Electronics

Mar 21, 2016

GE Aviation (an operating unit of GE) has been awarded a $2.1m contract from the US Army to develop and demonstrate silicon carbide (SiC)-based power electronics supporting high-voltage next-generation ground vehicle electrical power ...

Tags: GE Aviation, SiC power devices

China-Made Cadillac Hybrid Car to Be Sold in US Market

Jan 14, 2016

Two days after unveiling the first new vehicle from Detroit's Big 3 imported from China, General Motors Co said it also will import the plug-in hybrid version of the Cadillac CT6 luxury sedan to the US from the Chinese mainland. The ...

Tags: plug-in hybrid CT6, electric vehicles

Volkswagen to Recall 323, 700 Diesel Cars in India

Dec 3, 2015

After California and South Korea, Volkswagen has been asked recall 323,700 diesel cars in India which exceeded local pollution limits. The company will have to recall cars belonging to its own brand along with Skoda and Audi brands across ...

Tags: Volkswagen, Diesel Cars, EA 189 engines

GM and U. S. Army to Demonstrate Extreme off-Road Hydrogen Fuel Cell Chevrolet Colorado

Nov 26, 2015

General Motors and the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development & Engineering Center (TARDEC) are modifying a Chevrolet Colorado midsize pickup truck to run on a commercial hydrogen fuel cell propulsion system and will expose the ...

Tags: General Motors, Hydrogen Fuel Cell, midsize pickup truck

Lockheed Martin Invests in Peloton Technology and Commercializing Truck Platooning

Sep 1, 2015

Peloton Technology, a developer of vehicle systems that deliver advanced safety, fuel savings and analytics to trucking fleets, today announced an investment agreement with Lockheed Martin to accelerate Peloton’s development and ...

Tags: Lockheed Martin, Peloton Technology, Truck

80m Contract to Build National Automotive Innovation Centre

Apr 2, 2015

UK based construction service provider Balfour Beatty has been awarded £80m contract to construct the National Automotive Innovation Centre (NAIC) in Coventry for the University of Warwick, England. The facility will include art ...

Tags: Balfour Beatty, the NAIC, Auto Parts

The Best Seller Was Mini Electric Cars Last Year

Mar 2, 2015

More than 300,000 small, pure electric cars were sold in China last year. Perhaps surprisingly, the best seller was not Tesla Model S. Instead the top sellers were mini electric cars. Shifeng Group, in Shandong province, had the ...

Tags: Mini Electric Cars, Shifeng Group, Tesla Model S

The Internet Company's Electric Car Plan in December

Jan 19, 2015

When auto companies showed up in Las Vegas this month for the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), a traditional parade ground for what's new in information technology, they certainly didn't seem like misfits. In 2014, output of ...

Tags: Automobiles, CES 2015, Electric vehicles

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