Schaeffler was also represented by an electric vehicle in the E-Car Rally in Montafon (Austria), which was held for the fifth time from July 3 to July 5, 2014. After a prototype with an electric axle (2012) and the Fiesta E-Wheel Drive with an electric wheel hub drive (2013), the team lead by Uwe Wagner, Vice President R&D Automotive at[Read More…]
TomTom (TOM2) has announced the addition of four new languages to its Voice Maps product: Bulgarian, Colombian Spanish, Hebrew and Northern African Arabic. TomTom Voice Maps enable its customers to develop a range of navigation and location based services featuring high quality turn-by-turn driving directions for PNDs, mobile applications, and in-dash systems to make driving safer. The quality of Voice Maps[Read More…]
Federal-Mogul Motorparts, a division of Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation has announced a series of leadership appointments to better align the company’s regional operations and strengthen its business units while supporting global growth. The appointments are effective immediately. Martin Hendricks, President, Motorparts, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Keith Power, President, Asia Pacific Dr Rainer Bostel, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Global[Read More…]
J Srikant Trailing the revenue trajectory of the auto industry, the auto component industry too recorded its first revenue de-growth in over a decade, falling by 2.1% in the financial year 2013-14. Auto Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA) today reported that the component industry has recorded a revenue of Rs 2,11,700 crore in FY 2013-14 as compared to Rs 2,16,000[Read More…]
Smaller cubic capacity and lower fuel consumption while offering the same, if not better, performance – that is the recipe for success when it comes to downsizing. A modern turbocharged system is necessary to achieve this. The global development trend toward turbocharging for gasoline engines is in full swing. International automotive supplier Continental is supporting this trend and setting milestones[Read More…]
TVS Srichakra has launched its road safety campaign –Traffic Unjam, consecutively in Ahmedabad and Lucknow last week. This activity is aimed at creating awareness on traffic rules and to educate people on road safety measures. In association with the City Traffic Police Department in both the cities, the campaign involved TVS Tyres’ volunteers acting as ‘traffic marshals’ holding placards at[Read More…]
The BMW Group and Samsung SDI plan to expand their supply relationship for battery cells for electro-mobility. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect today in Seoul. Samsung SDI will supply the BMW Group with battery cells for the BMW i3, BMW i8 and additional hybrid models over the coming years. The most important elements[Read More…]
Federal-Mogul Holdings Corporation today announced that its Motorparts Division has completed the previously announced acquisition of certain business assets of the Honeywell Friction Materials business. The Honeywell Friction Materials business is headquartered in Glinde, Germany, with significant operations in Romania and China. “The acquisition of Honeywell’s friction business substantially strengthens the manufacturing and engineering capabilities of Federal-Mogul Motorparts’[Read More…]
Continental is presenting a new evolutionary stage of its head-up display (HUD). The Augmented Reality HUD supplements the exterior view of the traffic conditions in front of the vehicle with virtual information (augmentations) for the driver. The AR-HUD was developed from the previous HUD, but now the reflected information appears exactly where the information becomes a part of the driving[Read More…]
