Jul 16, 2019 Features
Groupe Renault counters falling market with volumes down 6.7% in a global market down 7.1% and maintained a market share of 4.4% with 1,938,579 vehicles sold.
Apr 9, 2019 Features
Denso, one of the largest mobility suppliers, announced that it will invest approximately JPY180 billion ($1.6 billion) over the next three years – from FY2018 to late FY2020 – to support its aggressive development and production of electrified automotive products, systems and technologies.
Apr 4, 2019 Features
Geely Auto Group, one of China’s leading automakers, has selected Ricardo to assist with the development – right through to production implementation – of a new advanced transmission for range-extended plug-in hybrid vehicles. Key requirements for the transmission are high efficiency and competitive cost for high volume A and B-segment products.
Mar 28, 2019 Features
Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford University and the Toyota Research Institute (TRI) discovered that combining comprehensive experimental data and artificial intelligence revealed the key for accurately predicting the useful life of lithium-ion batteries before their capacities started to wane.
Mar 25, 2019 Features
Kia has triumphed again in the Red Dot Awards, securing three prestigious awards for design. Following the launch of the third-generation Kia Ceed, now on-sale across Europe, the three all-new body styles within the range have each received a prestigious Red Dot Award for design.
Mar 20, 2019 Features
Volvo Cars held a global video presentation entitled Volvo Cars Moment on March 20, unveiling several exciting new safety initiatives and talking of ‘open sourcing’ safety-related data, for all OEMs and suppliers to access, reports Simon Duval Smith.
Mar 4, 2019 Features
So went the catchline of the 1987 Volkswagen ad featuring Princess Diana lookalike Paula Hamilton throwing away her engagement ring, pearls and fur coat but keeping her Golf as she walked out of her spurned fiancee’s mews house.
Jan 24, 2019 Features
In this second of two articles, Simon Duval Smith looks in depth at the specialised robotic applications, the use of virtual reality, and highlights some specific applications of digitalisation in the BMW Group’s finished vehicle delivery system.
Jan 23, 2019 Features
In our ongoing series on ports and processors, we look at two facilities in Europe, Port of Barcelona in Spain and Port of Leixões in Portugal which will be vying for import and export business with the newly expanding North African market as well more established markets in Europe and the US
