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EGR Cooler for Euro Diesels with Cool Configuration
EGR cooler helps contribute to a fuel economy improvement of up to 3%.
Next-Gen Pretensioner
Snake pretensioner retractor seat belt assembly for global applications.
Bosch Sees Increasing Hybridization
Bernd Bohr, then-chairman of the Bosch Automotive Group (bosch.com), made some interesting observations at a technical event in mid-June (he retired from his position at the end of June 2013) that indicate the auto industry is on a path toward increased electrification, whether this means hybrids or electric vehicles (Bosch is behind the electric drive system in the Fiat 500e). Bohr pointed out that globally, most cars run on gasoline or diesel and are likely to through the end of the decade.
China Balks at BMW Factory Expansion Request
China's Ministry of Environmental Protection has rebuffed BMW AG's application to boost annual capacity at its second assembly plant in Shenyang by one-third to 400,000 vehicles.
Electric Buses from BYD
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Porsche Paint Plant Progresses
While this may appear as though the helicopter has the top of an airport tower dangling from it, it is actually part of the HVAC system for the facility below, the Porsche assembly plant in Leipzig, Germany.
PSA Aims to End Losses at French Plants by 2016
PSA Peugeot Citroen has set a goal of breaking even at its assembly plants in France in 2016 by winning labor concession in its current contract talks.
Chrysler Finishing Vehicle-to-Grid Test in Detroit
Chrysler Group LLC is completing a two-year project with Detroit-based NextEnergy, a nonprofit accelerator of energy technologies, to assess the economics of using electric vehicle batteries to supplement the power grid.
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smart Hits 1.5 million
“1.5 million smart fortwo vehicles underline the uniquely compact smart’s success as a city car,” said Dr.
Ford Closes Its Last Assembly Plant in the U.K.
Ford Motor Co. ended work at the body shop of its van plant in Southampton, England, this week and will shutter the rest of the factory by the end of next week.