GM North American Production for Week of Nov. 17, 2003
Total U.S. Passenger Car Total U.S. Truck Total Canada Passenger Car Total Canada Truck Total N.A. Car and Truck Note:Â Totals exclude Joint Venture production (i.e. HUMMER, NUMMI, etc.) 33,774 56,187 14,871 7,279 122,214 North American Scheduled Overtime/Downtime for Week of Dec. 1, 2003 <![if !supportEmptyParas]> <! ... Continue reading
MINNEAPOLIS--Nov. 26, 2003-- Rapid prototyping system maker, Stratasys, announced significant upgrades for its T-Class platform. The FDM Titan's(TM) build speed will increase by 54 percent on average, and the FDM Vantage(TM) will receive an optional build volume increase of 150 percent and a doubling of its modeling ma ... Continue reading
-- Providing consumers a more car-like ride and handling in pickup trucks, SUVs, and minivans has often put auto designers at odds with the idea of taking weight out of the vehicle in order to achieve better mileage. A new high-tech, aluminum steering knuckle, introduced by INTERMET Corporation , one of the world's lea ... Continue reading
Unique Double-File Restart Rule Headed For ASA Racing
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SAN RAFAEL, Calif.--Nov. 28, 2003-- Real Seguros S.A. Becomes First Insurance Company in Latin America to Deploy Blaze Decision System for Insurance and Model Builder For Decision Trees Fair Isaac Corporation , the leading provider of analytics and decision technology, announced today that Real Seguros S.A., a Sao Paul ... Continue reading
-- Leaders from the automotive industry recently shared their Digital Factory strategies at the DELMIA Worldwide User Group Conference. Presented were compelling results of how digital manufacturing simulation tools bring products to market faster, with higher quality, and overall lower costs. You can reach the story d ... Continue reading
Webcast Alert: Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. Announces First Quarter Fiscal 2004 Results Webcast
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., Nov. 28 -- Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. announces the following Webcast: What: Energy Conversion Devices First Quarter Fiscal 2004 Results When: 12/01/03 @ 3:30 p.m. Eastern Where: http://www.videonewswire.com/ECDOVONICS/120103 How: Live over the Internet -- Simply log on to the web at the ad ... Continue reading
Automotive Industry Reaps Reduced Cost and Time-to-Market
AUBURN HILLS, Mich.--Nov. 28, 2003--Leaders from the automotive industry recently shared their Digital Factory strategies at the DELMIA Worldwide User Group Conference. Presented were compelling results of how digital manufacturing simulation tools bring products to market faster, with higher quality, and overall lower ... Continue reading
BMW WilliamsF1 Team: Piquet and Rosberg To Follow in Fathers' Footsteps
NEWS FROM BMW WILLIAMSF1 TEAM Piquet and Rosberg To Follow in Fathers' Footsteps Oxford. 26 November 2003. Nelson Piquet (BRA) and Nico Rosberg (GER) will both take part in a forthcoming BMW WilliamsF1 Team test at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in Spain in early December. The two young protégés will join incumbent ... Continue reading
PHOENIX, Nov. 28 -- Roboteq (www.roboteq.com) has donated one of its flagship AX2550 Dual Channel motor controller to the builders that will be featured on the December 1 broadcast of Monster Garage(R) on the Discovery Channel. Monster Garage is a popular TV show where a contesting team must convert an ordinary car int ... Continue reading
MÜNCHEN/ELMAU, November 28 -- BMW Group zeichnet sechs Nachwuchsforscher mit dem 70.000 EUR dotierten internationalen Wissenschaftspreis Scientific Award 2003 aus. München/Elmau. Mehr als 200 Hochschulabsolventen aus 20 Ländern nahmen unter dem Motto "Passion for Innovation" am Scientific Award BMW Group 2003 teil. ... Continue reading
WASHINGTON--Nov. 28, 2003--Reserving a car or truck by the hour in the DC Metro area just got easier. Flexcar, the nation's largest provider of car-sharing programs announced the addition of two dozen vehicles as well as the launch of its web-based reservation system. Flexcar now has 78 environmentally-friendly cars an ... Continue reading
China Great Wall Auto Denies Copying Nissan SUV Model
HONG KONG November 28, 2003; Dow Jones reported that Great Wall Automobile Holding Co., China's largest pickup truck producer, said Friday it hasn't violated the intellectual property rights of Nissan Motor Co. . The company's comments followed a Financial Times report Friday that Nissan Motor is considering legal acti ... Continue reading
Here We Go - Volkswagen Begins To Export Chinese-made Polo Sedans To Austrailia
SHANGHAI, China November 27, 2003; Elaine Kurtenbach writing for the AP reported that in 1984, Volkswagen became the first foreign automaker to invest in China, helping to launch the land of the bicycle into the age of the car. Now, Volkswagen is helping to pioneer another first -- China as the newest Asian exporter of ... Continue reading
Nissan Motor May Sue Chinese Rival Over Design
TOKYO November 27, 2003; Dow Jones reported that Nissan Motor Corp. is considering legal action against a Chinese competitor for intellectual property theft, the Financial Times reported on its website Friday. Nissan's dismay at Great Wall Automobile, a domestic company it accuses of copying a design for the front face ... Continue reading
GM's Opel to roll out 300,000 new Astra cars 2004
ANTWERP, Nov 27, 2003; Reuters reported that Opel, the German unit of the world's biggest carmaker General Motors, plans to roll out some 300,000 units of its new Astra model next year, company executives said on Thursday. Jonathan J. Lauckner, one of the executives overseeing the new Astra line, told reporters at a pr ... Continue reading
TOKYO, Nov 27, 2003; Reuters reported that Japanese truckmaker Isuzu Motors Ltd said on Thursday it will recall some 48,000 trucks and buses due to a faulty lamp system that has triggered fires in three vehicles. In a report filed with the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Isuzu said it would recall 48,07 ... Continue reading
Scott Pruett Nominated to AARWBA All American Team
CONTACT: Justin Anderson (704) 348-9400 Cell: (517) 927-3614 Fax: (704) 348-9444 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Nov. 26, 2003 SCOTT PRUETT NOMINATED TO AARWBA ALL-AMERICAN TEAM LANSING, Mich. ‹ 2003 Motorock Trans-Am Tour for the BFGoodrich Tires Cup champion Scott Pruett¹s name has been placed on the Road Racing ballot ... Continue reading
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