Spireon, a portfolio company of Bertram Capital, has announced the acquisition of privately held Inilex, a leader in next-generation GPS recovery software solutions. Their main product, Skylink, enables new car dealers to significantly ...
The Auckland Council in New Zealand is switching on to electric vehicles (EVs), substituting 10 of its petrol vehicles with two all-electric Nissan Leafs and eight Toyota Prius hybrids. If everything works as planned, the civic body will ...
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Microcontrollers and automotive semiconductor firm Renesas Electronics Corporation, has entered into a strategic tie-up with automobile major Audi under Audi Progressive SemiConductor Program (PSCP) with a view to promoting innovation for ...
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Japanese automotive test systems firm Horiba has acquired the vehicle engineering, research and product testing business of UK-based Mira, extending its portfolio to next generation mobility. The new entity, henceforth known as Horiba ...
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Automobile major Volvo Cars has acquired 100% stake in Swedish high performance carmaker Polestar as well as the brand, set to be utilized as model name for high performance vehicles out of its stable. Currently developing and ...
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US-based green automobile provider Genovation Cars is on its way to complete the prototype of Corvette named as ‘Genovation Extreme Electric’ or ‘GXE’, the assembly of which will conclude by this month. Drawn from ...
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US automotive giant Ford has joined hands with Australian supplier Carbon Revolution to enable mass production of carbon fiber as material to make the wheels of Mustang Shelby GT350R. The carbon fibers not only help reduce the overall ...
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Automotive major General Motors (GM) is calling back 780,000 crossover SUVs, most of them in North America, for defective rear power lift gates and another 155,000 cars in India to address wiring problem linked to remote. For North ...
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Japanese automotive giant Honda Motor has initiated the output of its Accord sedan in the African nation Nigeria, the country on which the company is betting big for the expansion of automobile market in future. Honda's Nigerian unit ...
US based vehicle remarketing services Cox Automotive has voluntarily pulled out its filing under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act as amended to provide the US Department of Justice additional time for reassessing the ...
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US semiconductor firm Texas Instruments (TI) has launched a 120-V automotive grade half-bridge gate driver, touted to be the fastest in the sector, offering negative voltage handling capability on the high-side pin for hybrid vehicles. ...
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US vehicle manufacturing firm Local Motors has unveiled the design ‘Reload Redacted - Swim/Sport’ which is not only the winner of the contest Project Redacted but also the foundation for the world’s first-of-its-kind ...
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BMW Motorrad has designed a new brake light, capable of issuing warning to following drivers when the motorcycle ahead of them suddenly brakes or is about to do so, as part of its ‘Strategy Safety 360’. The system executes in ...
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Honda has set a new Guinness World Records title for ‘Lowest fuel consumption – all 24 contiguous EU countries (all cars),’ recording an average 2.82 liters per 100km (100.31mpg) over 13,498km (8,387 miles), in a 25 day ...
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Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan Motor will begin production of Rogue crossover SUV for export to North American market. The SUV shares the platform of X-Trail and will be produced at its subsidiary in Kyushu next year. At the ...
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