Johnson Controls Receives Clean Technology Innovation Award for Hybrid Battery Technology
Sep 17, 2009
MILWAUKEE, Wis., Sept. 16 -- The Cleantech Group awarded Johnson Controls, Inc. its Product Innovation Award for clean technology at the Cleantech Forum XXIII in Boston on Sept. 9, 2009. Johnson Controls was recognized for its leadership in the production of advanced batteries for hybrid and plug-in hybrid electric veh ... Continue reading
Obama Decision on Chinese Tires Enforces Existing Trade Law
Sep 15, 2009
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Steelworkers (USW) today said President Obama's decision to impose tariffs on Chinese consumer tires was simply a matter of enforcing existing trade laws. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20080131/DC12982LOGO) "It's our union's responsibility to defen ... Continue reading
The Audi Q7 Equipped With Valeo's Tri-Xenon Smart Lighting
Sep 15, 2009
FRANKFURT, September 15 -- Valeo's Tri-Xenon lighting technology is being launched as a world first on the new Audi Q7. In addition to traditional high and low beams, the module has a "highway" function activated at 115 km/h which doubles the range of conventional Xenon low beams (from 80 m to 140 m), without dazzling ... Continue reading
Better Place Debuts EV Services Platform at Frankfurt Motor Show
Sep 15, 2009
FRANKFURT--Today, at the Frankfurt Motor Show, Better Place marked its next major technology milestone by demonstrating its electric vehicle (EV) services platform for making electric cars more convenient and affordable than internal combustion engine cars, unleashing a new era for wide-scale EV adoption. In conjunctio ... Continue reading
Continental Develops Powerful Networked System for Better Place Electric Vehicle Services Platform
Sep 15, 2009
REGENSBURG, Germany--International automotive supplier Continental has earned a contract from Better Place to develop powerful networked systems (head units) for the Better Place electric vehicle (EV) services platform. Continental will supply Better Place with the first systems in the fourth quarter of 2009 for initia ... Continue reading
AAA Warns Parents to Avoid Most Common Car Seat Mistakes
Sep 13, 2009
Parents urged to make sure their children are seated, safe and secure as part of National Child Passenger Safety Week ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Parents go to great lengths to make sure their children are safe. But when it comes to car seat safety, too frequently minor mistakes can put children ... Continue reading
Development of New Lightweight Battery for Electric Cars
Sep 11, 2009
VAN BUREN TWP., Mich., Sept. 11 -- Ricardo, Inc., the US subsidiary of Ricardo plc, the leading independent provider of technology, product innovation and engineering solutions to the world's automotive, defense, transport and new energy industries, has announced that the award of $2.1 million (GBP1.3m) of funding has ... Continue reading
Pennsylvania State Police to Offer Child Safety Seat Checks
Sep 11, 2009
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- State police will offer free child passenger safety seat checkups throughout Pennsylvania as part of the department's participation in National Child Passenger Safety Week, Sept. 12-18, Commissioner Frank E. Pawlowski announced. Each of the department's regional troo ... Continue reading
Sep 11, 2009
AURORA, Ill.--AAA is teaming up with the Illinois Department of Transportation to host Seat Check Saturday on Sept. 12th, as part of the National Child Passenger Safety Week, Sept. 12-18. There will be 67 seat check events held statewide where parents can go to get their child seats checked for free by a trained child ... Continue reading
NextGen Research Predicts a "Power Shortage" in Batteries/Fuel Cells
Sep 10, 2009
OYSTER BAY, N.Y.--As portable devices have become smaller in size and richer in features, their power needs have grown, but battery designers and manufacturers have not been able to keep pace by squeezing more energy into less space. Existing battery chemistries are approaching the limits of their energy densities, cre ... Continue reading
SUMMIT AUTOMATION IS HIRING WORKERS FROM THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR
Sep 9, 2009
By BRUCE HUBBARD AUTO ADVISOR GROUP When times are bad for the automotive industry with companies downsizing and closing facilities one company is prospering. Summit Automation is moving downsized firms assembly lines to new facilities. Summit Automation is also helping other industries use their design staff and compu ... Continue reading
Automotive Supplier Shares Vision on Technologies That Are Shaping the Future
Sep 9, 2009
PARIS September 9, 2009; In advance of the 2009 edition of the IAA International Motor Show in Frankfurt (Germany), Delphi Corporation (Pinksheets:DPHIQ - News), a leading global automotive supplier highlights 'green' technologies that will equip the car of the future. To help address global fuel conservation efforts a ... Continue reading
The ABT TT-RS - Comeback of the Famous Five
Sep 9, 2009
Five cylinders, plenty of power with four wheel drive - that was the original "ur-Quattro", a sports coupe which caused a furore around 30 years ago and is also one of the highlights of the 50-year tuning history of ABT. ... Continue reading
Enerpulse Announces Grail Engine Adoption
Sep 8, 2009
Unique drop-in replacement for spark plugs enables forced semi-homogeneous charged compression ignition (FS-HCCI) in Grail platform ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Sept. 8 -- Ignition products company Enerpulse, Inc. announced that their proprietary Pulstar(R) pulse plugs have been adopted by Grail Engine Technologies. The Grail 2- ... Continue reading
Dodge Ram Is Mopar's Most-Accessorized Vehicle
Sep 8, 2009
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 8 -- -- Dodge Ram owners spend an average of $389 on Mopar accessories -- Mopar offers more than 70 accessories for Dodge Ram -- Mopar announces Top 10 accessories and performance parts for Dodge Ram -- Complete list of accessories and performance parts at www.mopar.com And the most popular a ... Continue reading
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