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Turbos Help Meet Euro VI for Mercedes Diesels
BorgWarner turbochargers are being deployed on the Mercedes-Benz medium-duty, commercial vehicle diesel engines.
Removing Metal
Some things remain the same. But there are also significant changes in the area of cutting metal.
Reality Crashes
Here are a couple of pictures of what you don’t want to see in your driveway in the event that you’ve managed to buy a brand-new Mercedes C-Class or a Mercedes M-Class: Well, maybe you do want to see that, because both of those vehicles have achieved five-star ratings in both the latest U.S.
Audi Boosts German Output to Meet Demand
Volkswagen AG's Audi unit has added 12 extra shifts to the first-quarter production schedule at its assembly plant in Neckarsulm, Germany, Bloomberg News reports.
Opel Union Seeks to Reopen Talks at Doomed German Plant
The IG Metall union is pressing General Motors Co.'s Opel unit to restart contract talks at the assembly plant in Bochum, Germany, that the company says it will close late next year.
BMW Continues to Use Hydrogen
The future of fuels for transportation may ultimately be hydrogen, the most widespread element in the universe. (Yes, there is a lot out there, in here, and in between, but a problem is getting it to be freed-up from other elements, as in separating the H2 from the O.) Companies like BMW have been working on hydrogen powered vehicles for a number of years.
Ford: Lincoln MKZ Shortage Is Ending
Ford Motor Co. says it has stopped sending Lincoln MKZ midsize sedan built at its Hermosillo, Mexico, plant to a Michigan factory for quality inspections.
GM to Close Factory in Germany Next Year
General Motors Co.'s Opel unit says it will shutter its assembly plant in Bochum, Germany, by the end of 2014 because 76% of the hourly workers there rejected a contract that would have kept the facility open through 2016.
Building Brembo Brakes for F1
Although stories about Formula One racing typically include pictures of exotically shaped carbon fiber structures in exotic locales— --here’s something that is exotic in its own way and made of carbon, albeit not fiber in the body panel sense: That’s a brake that Brembo has developed, with a carbon-reinforced disc, and which it is supplying to five teams (Infiniti Red Bull Racing, Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team, Sauber F1 Team, Scuderia Ferrari, and Scuderia Toro Rosso). One of the changes for the 2013 is the use of tires that are heavier (by 2 kg) and have softer compounds.
German Union Urges VW’s U.S. Workers to Join UAW
Germany's IG Metall union has encouraged hourly employees at Volkswagen AG's Chattanooga, Tenn., assembly plant to vote for representation by the United Auto Workers union, Reuters reports.