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Dana Experts to Speak on Hydraulic Hybrids for Off-Highway Market at SAE 2013 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress

Dana Experts to Speak on Hydraulic Hybrids for Off-Highway Market at SAE 2013 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress

Engineers from Dana Holding Corporation will speak on the "Development and Testing of a Hydraulic Hybrid Concept for Off-Highway Vehicles" at the SAE 2013 Commercial Vehicle Engineering Congress (COMVEC) tomorrow. Lead engineers will provide details on the development of the Spicer PowerBoost™ system, a new line o ... Continue reading

Brains Drive Innovation at Hyundai-Kia

Brains Drive Innovation at Hyundai-Kia

Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center, Inc. Partners With The University of Michigan On Advanced Distracted Driving And Powertrain Projects Partnership places University of Michigan graduate students and professors alongside Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center, Inc. engineers on two separate, advanced vehicle technolog ... Continue reading

Volvo Cars -- New Drive-E Powertrains -- Efficient Driving Pleasure With World-first Technologies

Volvo Cars -- New Drive-E Powertrains -- Efficient Driving Pleasure With World-first Technologies

” Volvo Cars new Drive-E range of powertrains takes efficient driving pleasure to a new dimension in which the number of cylinders is no longer important to describe power and drivability. ... Continue reading

Will the Future of Powertrain be Mainstream or Alternative?

Will the Future of Powertrain be Mainstream or Alternative?

Despite all the hype and billions of dollars of investment, battery electric vehicles' (BEVs) share of US total light vehicle sales is expected to remain below 1 percent through 2020, according to LMC Automotive. Even if plug-in hybrids (PHEVs), such as the Chevrolet Volt and the Ford Fusion Energi are included, the sh ... Continue reading

South Carolina Gets ZF Gas Saving Passenger Car Transmission Plant

South Carolina Gets ZF Gas Saving Passenger Car Transmission Plant

ZF Opens First Passenger Car Transmission Plant in the U.S, With a total estimated investment of $600 million, in South Carolina is of great significance for ZF ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Supplies Dual-Clutch Modules to Automaker in China

BorgWarner Supplies Dual-Clutch Modules to Automaker in China

BorgWarner's DualTronic Technology Supports SAIC Motor with the First Locally Developed Wet Dual-Clutch Transmission in China BorgWarner United Transmission Systems Co., Ltd., a BorgWarner majority-held joint venture with 12 leading Chinese automakers in Dalian, China, has recently started delivery of its DualTronic® ... Continue reading

GKN Driveline Expansion Continues In China

GKN Driveline Expansion Continues In China

GKN Driveline continues to expand rapidly in China with the expansion of a key manufacturing facility by Shanghai GKN Driveshaft Co., Ltd. ... Continue reading

Meritor Names Grasman Manufacturing Engineer of the Year

Meritor Names Grasman Manufacturing Engineer of the Year

Meritor, Inc. a leading global supplier of drivetrain, mobility, braking and aftermarket solutions for commercial vehicle and industrial markets, recently named Jason Grasman the company's 2012 Manufacturing Engineer of the Year. Grasman earned the award for his distinguished and cost competitive contributions to the d ... Continue reading

Dana Earns Mahindra & Mahindra's Best Supplier Award

Dana Earns Mahindra & Mahindra's Best Supplier Award

Dana Holding Corporation , a global leader in the manufacture of efficient drivetrain technologies, has received the Best Supplier Award in the vehicle proprietary category from Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., a leading producer of cars, utility vehicles, and commercial vehicles in India. This prestigious award recognizes Da ... Continue reading

Intertek's San Antonio Automotive Powertrain Research Facility Celebrates 60 Years

Intertek's San Antonio Automotive Powertrain Research Facility Celebrates 60 Years

SAN ANTONIO--Intertek, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, celebrates the 60th anniversary of its San Antonio automotive powertrain testing laboratory. ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel "Auto Parts Section" Tops 4 Million Visitors Through March 2013

The Auto Channel "Auto Parts Section" Tops 4 Million Visitors Through March 2013

Auto Central April 20, 2013; The Auto Channel auto parts section is on track to serve more than 12 million DIY’ers in 2013. With easy access to millions of auto parts, visitors to The Auto Channel can easily and quickly find and purchase exactly the parts they need…and at a discount price. “Tach’s a ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Helps Car Manufacturers Comply With New Stringent Government Regulations In Brazil

BorgWarner Helps Car Manufacturers Comply With New Stringent Government Regulations In Brazil

BorgWarner is expanding its technology leadership in highly engineered engine and drivetrain components in the growing Brazilian automotive market. The latest government regulations, INOVAR-AUTO, aim to increase technological development to improve fuel economy, innovation, environmental protection and energy efficienc ... Continue reading

Dana Reinforces Commitment to Russia, CIS at CTT 2013

Dana Reinforces Commitment to Russia, CIS at CTT 2013

At CTT 2013, June 4-8 in Moscow, Dana Holding Corporation will announce further steps to bolster its ongoing support of the growing construction market in Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States by expanding its aftermarket network and offering customized drivetrain solutions for the region. Construction acti ... Continue reading

General Motors Honors Dana as 2012 Supplier of Year in Ecuador

General Motors Honors Dana as 2012 Supplier of Year in Ecuador

Dana Holding Corporation has been honored by General Motors as a 2012 Supplier of the Year in recognition of its operations that support GM's production in Ecuador. GM Ecuador also named Dana as the best supplier of direct material in the chassis category. The GM Ecuador Supplier Awards recognize the work of domestic a ... Continue reading

FEV, Inc. Announces Winners of 2013 FEV Powertrain Development Award

FEV, Inc. Announces Winners of 2013 FEV Powertrain Development Award

Advanced powertrain and vehicle systems engineering company FEV, Inc. announced the recipients of the FEV Powertrain Development Award, presented to three collegiate teams that designed, developed and demonstrated exemplary powertrain solutions in the 2013 Formula SAE competition held May 8 -- 11 at Michigan Internatio ... Continue reading

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