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More Details Emerge on BMW-Toyota Hybrid Sports Car
The new hybrid sports car being co-developed by BMW AG and Toyota Motor Corp. will use supercapacitors in place of lithium-ion batteries to power as many as three electric motors, according to Autocar.
Renault Opens Executive-Level Lean-Manufacturing School
Renault SA and its Renault Consulting unit have opened the International School of Lean Manufacturing at the carmaker's assembly plant in Flins, France.
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Honda Marysville: 10 Million Cars & Counting*
Back in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s, some people thought that if Japanese-based automobile companies were to produce their vehicles in the U.S--vehicles that were becoming increasingly popular among consumers, particularly because those cars tended to be more fuel-efficient than those from the then-Big Three—then the Japanese companies would not be as successful in the market as they were becoming.
EV Battery Maker Predicts Supply Shortage
The current overcapacity to make batteries for hybrids and electric cars will swing to a shortage within three years as costs fall and demand grows, predicts LG Chem Ltd.
VW Readies Improved Diesel for U.S. Market
Later this year Volkswagen AG will begin replacing its popular 2.0-liter 4-cylinder "clean diesel" engine option in the U.S. with a more powerful and fuel efficient version with the same displacement.
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The Future of Steering (Wheels)
Will self-driving, or autonomous, vehicles mark the end of steering wheels?
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How Honda R&D Engineers Safer Structures
This is the body-in-white, colorful though it may be, of the 2014 Acura MDX: The reason it is so colorfully painted is to emphasize the areas where advanced steels are used, and how they are used, to help make the Acura MDX capable of handling serious impacts, even the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s small overlap front crash test (in which a vehicle traveling at 40 mph impacts a barrier that is located such that it is 25% of the frontal area of the car, in from the outside fender). One notable area is in purple.
Renault-Nissan Gets More Bullish Again About EVs
Last month the Renault-Nissan alliance pushed back its goal of selling 1.5 million electric vehicles by four years to 2020 because consumers were balking at the high cost, short range and lack of EV charging infrastructure.
Honda’s Game-Changing Hydrogen Protocol
One of the cleverest approaches to vehicle refueling was the Phill system that Honda, through a third party, had made available for a previous generation natural gas powered Civic GX.
Magna to Supply Carbon-Fiber Body Panels
Magna International Inc. has won a contract to make painted carbon fiber exterior body panels for two undisclosed 2016 model-year vehicles.