BorgWarner supplies Eco-Launch stop/start accumulator technology and multi-segment wet friction plates for the new 8-speed rear-wheel drive automatic transmission (8L45) from General Motors. To enable the transmission's stop/start ...
Tags: BorgWarner, transmission, Eco-Launch stop/start accumulator
UK automotive giant Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has taken the wraps off its all-aluminium luxury saloon ‘Jaguar XJ’ armed with the 3.0-litre V6 diesel engine promising more torque and less fuel consumption. The engine, which ...
Inefficiencies and durability questions cropping up with now-proliferating stop/start systems could be opening the door for long-promising, but little applied ultracapacitor technology in the light-vehicle market. Ultracaps, long ...
CRP Automotive announced that it is the first to market with ContiTech replacement belts for applications that use start/stop technology. The new belts, ContiTech Silent Grip and ContiTech Tough Grip, were originally developed by ContiTech ...
Tags: Belts, Contitech, Auto Parts
Overall, 2014 is expected to be a great year for the supercapacitor industry. This is the prediction of technology market analyst IDTechEx which looked at last year's industry results and estimated a 30% CAGR for the supercapacitor market ...
Tags: supercapacitor, Electrical, Electronics
Overall, 2014 is expected to be a great year for the supercapacitor industry. Based on 2013 industry results, IDTechEx confirms its outlook for a 30% CAGR in the next 10 years. The supercapacitor market will reach a value of $6 billion in ...
Tags: Automotive, Supercapacitors
PowerGenix, the leading developer of high performance Nickel-Zinc (NiZn) batteries, today announced that it has signed a product evaluation contract with HELLA, a direct (tier 1) supplier to major automotive manufacturers worldwide. HELLA ...
US-based rechargeable batteries manufacturer PowerGenix has obtained approval of the China National Laboratory's Tianjin Automotive Test Center for using its Nickel-Zinc (NiZn) batteries in micro-hybrid vehicles. The approval follows ...
Tags: Nickel-Zinc Batteries, Vehicles
LENZING, Austria — January 10, 2013 — Lenzing AG and NanoCarbons LLC, Fort Lauderdale (Florida, USA), will cooperate in the future to develop and explore the use of new activated carbons in electrode technology. This technology ...
Tags: Lenzing Partners, Nanocarbons LLC, Energy Storage Systems
About 58 million of stop/start vehicles, also known as micro-hybrids, are expected to be produced in 2022, which is 89% of the total hybrid and electric vehicle production market, according to a new report from IMS Research. The research ...
Tags: stop/start vehicles, micro-hybrids, electric vehicle, vehicle
Japanese automotive products manufacturer DENSO has developed a new lithium-ion battery pack to enhance fuel efficiency for vehicles equipped with stop/start systems. With the new battery pack, the stop/start system can use regenerative ...
Tags: automotive products, lithium-ion battery pack, stop/start systems
More than eight million car engines in North America are expected to feature stop-start systems by 2017, according to Lux Research. The report forecasts that the vehicles equipped with stop-start systems are expected to save an estimated ...
Tags: car engines, stop-start systems, vehicles, high line non-hybrids