Text: T Murrali As part of its initiative to offer insights to global automotive technologies and support policy makers with relevant inputs, the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI) had organised the Symposium on International Automotive Technology (SIAT) at its Pune campus recently. ARAI organised the 14th edition of the biennial event in association with SAE India and NATRiP. Held[Read More…]
GKN has developed the world’s first Disconnect All-Wheel Drive System for the A, B and C segment vehicle platform, which improves fuel economy during steady-state cruising by up to 4%. The innovative Disconnect function enables vehicles to combine enhanced traction dynamics and stability of the all-wheel drive with improved on-highway fuel efficiency. Senior Programme Director Hannes Prenn said, “As global[Read More…]
Bhargav TS Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) has launched Elite i20 in India, the next generation of its premium hatchback i20 at a starting price of Rs 4.98 lakh (ex-showroom Chennai). The Elite i20 is being launched globally for the first time in India, which was designed at Hyundai Motor’s Design Centre Europe in Rsheim, Germany. Elite i20 is the first[Read More…]
Motorists currently waste 106 days of their lives searching for a spot New App linked to 100,000 parking places across the UK MINI owners can download App from Apple App Store now JustPark, the online service that lets you park wherever and whenever, has revealed that MINI will be the first car brand in the world to allow drivers to[Read More…]
T Murrali With rising competition coupled with ever increasing operating cost the challenge for any component manufacturer to stay afloat is to contain the cost of manufacturing. This is gaining significance since these issues directly hit the bottom line and may even pave the way for organisations to exit the business. However, options to contain variable costs are falling due[Read More…]
Volvo Cars’ all-new XC90 will offer an unrivalled combination of power and clean operation when it is launched later this year. The all-wheel drive seven seater offers drivers up to 400 horsepower but with carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions of around 60 g/km (NEDC driving cycle). There has never been an SUV offering this level of power this cleanly. “There[Read More…]
Haas Automation, the largest CNC machine tool builder in North America, has partnered with Scuderia Ferrari, the most successful team in the history of Formula One. Beginning with the 65th British Grand Prix at Silverstone, Haas Automation is featured on the lower side-pods of the Ferrari F14 T piloted by championship-winning drivers Fernando Alonso and Kimi Räikkönen. Haas Automation branding[Read More…]
Visteon Corporation will be represented by its two core business units during activities associated with the SAE 2014 World Congress in Detroit from April 7-10. Experts from Visteon’s Electronics business and Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp. (HVCC) will lead professional development seminars, participate on industry panels and present technical papers. In conjunction with the SAE 2014 World Congress at Cobo Center, the[Read More…]
Igus celebrated the beginning of a adventurous world wide tour to mark the 30th anniversary of its ‘iglidur’ polymer bearings and the 50th anniversary of the company as a whole. Igus GmbH sent out a small, retrofitted car on a round-the-world trip with its first stop in “Incredible India”. Igus presented the car fitted with 56 Igus polymer bearing components[Read More…]
