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New Arconic Alloy Allows 2018 Jeep® Wrangler To Lose Weight

New Arconic Alloy Allows 2018 Jeep® Wrangler To Lose Weight

NEW YORK & ALCOA, Tenn.--Global technology, engineering and advanced manufacturing leader Arconic today announced it is supplying a new proprietary and highly formable aluminum to FCA US LLC to shed weight and boost performance of its 2018 Jeep® Wrangler. The Wrangler is one of the automaker’s top selling vehicles, ... Continue reading

Eaton Takes Aim at Vehicle Electrification Market with New eMobility Business

Eaton Takes Aim at Vehicle Electrification Market with New eMobility Business

eMobility product portfolio focuses on power electronics and conversion, power distribution and protection, and power systems for passenger car, commercial vehicle and off-highway customers. ... Continue reading

Tony Robbins Speaking at the 2018 Auto Think Tank Annual Conference

Tony Robbins Speaking at the 2018 Auto Think Tank Annual Conference

2018 Auto Think Tank Annual Conference Keynote Speaker Tony Robbins, an entrepreneur, NY Times #1 best-selling author, philanthropist, and the nation’s #1 Life and Business Strategist. ... Continue reading

Blockchain Automotive News Archive

Blockchain Automotive News Archive

The Auto Channel, looking foward to the future has begun archiving and indexing Blockchain Automotive News, click to gain access to our Bing search results Blockchain Tutorial Courtesy IBM; Blockchain can do for business what the internet did for communication Every second of every day, businesses exchange value with s ... Continue reading

Hyundai Mobis Becomes the World's First to Develop Fog-free Headlamps

Hyundai Mobis Becomes the World's First to Develop Fog-free Headlamps

SEOUL, South Korea--On the 24th, Hyundai Mobis announced that it has succeeded in developing new materials that can fundamentally resolve the fog issue that has been a challenge to global lamp makers, and applied it to all its lamp products in production. It also succeeded in reducing the weight of a lamp by 20% by dev ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Recap - 25 Countries Send Cars To USA; Tariff Moves; Vehicle Satisfaction And Quality Awards; Ford and VW Team-up; 300HP Average; Cars Really Made In The USA; Auto Industry Potholes; Buhbye Audi A1 Diesel; Toyota Wins 2018 LeMans

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Recap - 25 Countries Send Cars To USA; Tariff Moves; Vehicle Satisfaction And Quality Awards; Ford and VW Team-up; 300HP Average; Cars Really Made In The USA; Auto Industry Potholes; Buhbye Audi A1 Diesel; Toyota Wins 2018 LeMans

Larry Nutson, Senior Editor and Chicago Car Guy along with Michigan Bureau contributing editors Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell compile TACH's Take On Last Weeks Automotive News In "Digest" Sized Chunks ... Continue reading

Amazon, BYTON & Honda to Take the Stage at AutoMobility LA 2018

Amazon, BYTON & Honda to Take the Stage at AutoMobility LA 2018

Organizers of the LA Auto Show's AutoMobility LA today announced that Ned Curic, Vice President of Automotive for Alexa at Amazon.com, Dr. Carsten Breitfeld, CEO and Co-Founder of BYTON, and Ted Klaus, Vice President and Executive Engineer at Honda R&D Americas (Honda) have all been confirmed as featured speakers. ... Continue reading

The Cut N Go, First Locked On, Self-Enclosed, Manually Guided, Childproof Seat Belt Cutting Device and Window Breaker +VIDEO

The Cut N Go, First Locked On, Self-Enclosed, Manually Guided, Childproof Seat Belt Cutting Device and Window Breaker +VIDEO

IRVINE, Calif., June 19, 2018 -- It is well documented that seat belts save many lives each year, but in some crash situations, the essential safety harness can turn a vehicle into a death trap. Inspired to help drivers facing such harrowing scenarios, a new company has launched The Cut N Go, the industry's first devic ... Continue reading

Auto Tariffs Could Raise Imported Car Prices

Auto Tariffs Could Raise Imported Car Prices

Detroit June 19, 2018; The AIADA reported that every workday, about 7,400 trucks mostly loaded with automotive parts rumble across the Ambassador Bridge connecting Detroit and Canada, at times snarling traffic along the busy corridor. But if President Donald Trump delivers on threats to slap 25 percent tariffs on impor ... Continue reading

Tariffs On "Made In China" Products Coming Into US Market

Tariffs On "Made In China" Products Coming Into US Market

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today released a list of products imported from China that will be subject to additional tariffs as part of the U.S. response to China’s unfair trade practices related to the forced transfer of American technology and intellectual property. On May 29, 2018, ... Continue reading

Navistar to Offer Allison Transmissions with Cummins X15 Engine

Navistar to Offer Allison Transmissions with Cummins X15 Engine

INDIANAPOLIS--Navistar has announced that the Allison TC10® for its International® LT® Series of heavy-duty, long haul trucks, and the Allison 3000 Highway Series™ for its RH™ Series of Class 8 regional haul tractors are now available with the Cummins X15 engine. The LT Series previously only offered the Allison ... Continue reading

Ford - Daimler Fuel-Cell Development JV To Close

Ford - Daimler Fuel-Cell Development JV To Close

2 Min Read DETROIT June 14, 2018; Joseph White writing for Reuters reported that Ford Motor Co and Daimler AG are winding down a joint venture formed to develop automotive fuel cell technology, Ford said on Wednesday, as both companies plan to take their respective fuel cell technology development in-house. The Automot ... Continue reading

Ferrari Chooses Bridgestone Run Flat for Portofino Convertible Sports Car

Ferrari Chooses Bridgestone Run Flat for Portofino Convertible Sports Car

Bridgestone designed the UHP Potenza S007 run-flat tire with innovative materials and technologies to blend high G cornering with high speed durability to match the Portofino's sporty handling. The asymmetric pattern design with wide outside shoulders featuring extra-stiff blocks enhances steering precision, response a ... Continue reading

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