Toyota Motor Corporation announces the expansion of R&D facilities at Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing (China) Co., Ltd., (TMEC). This is in accordance with the initial investment plan, which had been created at the time of the ...
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Hanon Systems announced the start of its latest climatic wind tunnel, which enhances the company's capabilities to test real-world simulation of air conditioning, heating and engine cooling performance. Located at the company's technical ...
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Suzuki has admitted identifying discrepancies in its vehicles' fuel economy and emissions tests in Japan. The company said there has been no outright manipulation of information, and the difference in results was within an acceptable ...
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Tokyo-based Solar Frontier - the largest manufacturer of CIS (copper indium selenium) thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules – and TSK Group of Gijón, Spain (a business group in engineering development and the supply of ...
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is planning to use a new test system called Strikeable Surrogate Vehicle (SSV) to test Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) systems in the US. The SSV consists of a carbon ...
Using funding from Raytheon Company of Waltham, MA, USA, an upgrade to the combat-proven Patriot Air and Missile Defense System's radar that provides 360° of protection from threats such as drones, aircraft and cruise and ballistic ...
Test systems and position sensors suppliers MTS Systems Corporation and CATARC (China's Automotive Technology & Research Center) have consolidated their tie-up with the latter’s opening of a new test facility in China. Backed by the ...
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German crash-test facility maker Messring has joined hands with TH Ingolstadt University to test for systems to be put in place for an active safety device capable of averting accident or ameliorate the severity of collisions. The duo is ...
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Mercedes-Benz has completed construction of a crash test facility at its Sindelfingen site in Stuttgart, Germany, said to be the world's most advanced. The new technology centre for vehicle safety (TFS) comprises a complete 90x90 ...
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Researchers at The University of New South Wales (UNSW Australia) have achieved what is claimed to be record solar system energy conversion efficiency of 40.4% (presented on 8 December at the Australian PV Institute’s Asia-Pacific ...
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Numerous developments in the area of vehicle safety are significantly influenced as a result of current NCAP or NHTSA regulations and then realized and implemented by manufacturers and their suppliers. The situation in China is similar, ...
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API Technologies’ Great Yarmouth, UK Testtest is test House is a leading European testtest is test facility for components, materials and equipment carrying out inspections, calibration and specialist climatic and dynamic testing. ...
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Automotive supplier Johnson Controls has opened a new crash test facility at its Automotive Seating headquarters in Plymouth, Michigan, US. Featuring a Seattle Safety ServoSled, the facility allows the company to offer the most accurate, ...
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Compact Drives-Controls Solution for Platform-Supply Vessels Modular liquid-cooled drives and PLCs from ABB have been included in VARD ELECTRO's innovative, application-specific propulsion and thruster power solutions for offshore supply ...
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How would you advise a $100-billion venture capital fund to spend its money on preventing dangerous levels of global warming over the next 100 years? Climate experts recently chose distributed renewable energy, energy efficiency, and ...
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