Maxwell Technologies, Inc. announced today that it is supplying ultracapacitors for an energy-saving braking energy recuperation system that American Maglev Technology (AMT), is installing on light rail vehicles operated by the Portland, Oregon area's Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District (TriMet).
KUKA Systems Group, one of the world's largest systems integrators, has acquired the plant engineering business of privately owned Utica Companies of Shelby Township, MI, a welding equipment specialist and supplier to the automobile industry.
Kobe Steel, Ltd. announces that the second-phase expansion of the aluminum forging plant at subsidiary Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products (China) Co., Ltd. (or KAAP China) has been completed and the new equipment has begun mass production. Construction of the second-phase expansion began in December 2011.
30 years after entering the Chinese market, the Volkswagen Group is starting a new phase of sustainable growth. In the course of expanding production capacities, the two Chinese joint ventures of the Volkswagen Group will be investing more than EUR 9.8 billion by 2015; investments in highly efficient products and resource-conserving production will account for more than two thirds of this figure.
A new study released today shows that an all-aluminum vehicle can shed more than 40 percent body mass, boosting fuel economy by 18 percent when combined with secondary mass savings and other design changes.
To American inventors, the “home garage” has always been a symbol of possibility—a place for tinkerers to create and innovate. More than a century ago, the Wright brothers founded a cycle sales and repair business from a modest storefront and soon after invented a bike hub that was self-oiling. Everyone knows what they did next in the field of aviation.
The Evonik Oil Additives Team joins forces with the Evonik Automotive Industry Team to demonstrate Resource Efficiency and fuel economy at stands M214 and 213 at the SAE World Congress to be held April 16-18, 2013, in the Cobo Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA.
Global investment firm KKR today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Alliance Tire Group (“ATG” or “Company”), a global tire maker specializing in producing off-highway tires, from an affiliate of Warburg Pincus.
What material will lead the way in helping automakers achieve future fuel economy requirements? According to John Surma , chairman and CEO of United States Steel Corporation, the clear answer is steel. During an Automotive Press Association Luncheon held today at the Detroit Athletic Club, Surma discussed how new steel grades will play a critical role in evolving automotive designs to meet the 2025 54.5 mpg mandate.
The leading competitor in what is often cited as the toughest form of motorsport has selected Zircotec’s flexible heatshield to extend the life of dampers and batteries as well as minimising cockpit temperatures. Reigning National Points Champion, car constructor and Super Star grade BriSCA F1 Stock Car driver Tom Harris is now using ZircoFlex®, citing benefits for both cost and safety reasons for its use.
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