Text & Photo: Bhargav TS As engine downsizing along with boosting performance, improving fuel economy and keeping emissions in check increasingly gain steam in the auto industry, lightweighting seems to be at least one of the prominent answers. To manufacture lightweight components Switzerland-based machine builder Buhler Group is bringing its new ‘Lost Core’ technology to the Indian market, which[Read More…]
Satish Khatu, Helmut Matschi, Samir Salman are appointed Advisory Board Members Continental Intelligent Transportation Systems, LLC, headquartered in Silicon Valley, California has recently announced that effective January, 2015, Satish Khatu, former IBM General Manager, Global Industrial Sector, Helmut Matschi, member of the Continental Executive Board and Head of the Interior Division, and Samir Salman, CEO NAFTA Continental Automotive Divisions, will[Read More…]
Power management company Eaton has expanded the company’s UltraShift® PLUS automated transmission offerings with a new A-Ratio model specifically designed for a wide range of extreme performance applications. The new MXP (Multipurpose Extreme Performance) transmissions have lower overall numerical ratios and higher torque ratings. The ratios and even steps on the new transmissions deliver better shift performance to improve grade shifting in[Read More…]
2014 sales rise 33% over 2013 as European built car accelerates sales Nissan LEAF leads with 26% of the rapidly growing electric car market Sales driven by strong customer advocacy with 95% recommendation rate The all-electric Nissan LEAF has smashed its own sales record with a 33 percent increase in sales in 2014 over the previous year, taking more than[Read More…]
For the second consecutive year Volvo Trucks has received Europe’s prestigious Quality Innovation of the Year Award. Volvo Trucks received the award for its new transmission, I-Shift Dual Clutch, whose main benefit is that it makes the driver’s job simpler and safer. “I-Shift Dual Clutch represents a new-for-the-industry product innovation with strong improvements in parameters that influence drivers and transport[Read More…]
Air Liquide held a ceremony to celebrate the completion of two hydrogen filling stations in the cities of Nagoya and Toyota, located in the Aichi Prefecture of Japan. These two hydrogen filling stations are the first public-use hydrogen filling stations for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles in the central Nagoya area and in Toyota City, respectively. They will make it possible to fill Fuel[Read More…]
Continental is a leading international supplier of Port Fuel Injection (PFI) technology for gasoline engines Within ten years well over 200 million units of the 7th generation of PFI injectors alone were manufactured on three continents Specific product advantages explain the design longevity On a global scale the gasoline engine with port injection remains the dominant type of combustion engine in[Read More…]
Honda FCV Concept, offering a glimpse of the next-generation Honda fuel-cell vehicle, to anchor the Honda booth at the 2015 Washington Auto Show Next-generation Honda FCV intends to provide significant gains in packaging, interior space, cost reduction and real-world performance, including an anticipated driving range in excess of 300 miles Green Car Journal honors the 2015 CR-V and the 2015 Fit’s[Read More…]
Toyota Motor Corporation has recently announced that it will increase production of the “Mirai” fuel cell sedan, which launched in Japan on December 15, 2014. The new plan calls for production to increase from the 2015 level of 700 units to approximately 2,000 units in 2016 and approximately 3,000 units in 2017. Considering the approximately 1,500 orders received in the[Read More…]
Power management company Eaton has expanded the company’s UltraShift® PLUS automated transmission offerings with a new A-Ratio model specifically designed for a wide range of extreme performance applications. The new MXP (Multipurpose Extreme Performance) transmissions have lower overall numerical ratios and higher torque ratings. The ratios and even steps on the new transmissions deliver better shift performance to improve grade shifting in[Read More…]
