Ricardo plc has made
Paul Rivera executive vice president for Ricardo Inc., with direct
responsibility for leading the company’s Santa Clara Technical Centre in
California’s Silicon Valley.
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Tuesday 31 March 2015
Monday 30 March 2015
Ford rolls out V6 Lincoln Concept
Lincoln
introduces the Continental Concept at the New York International Auto Show on
Wednesday, signalling a further application of the latest Lima-built Ford V6
EcoBoost gasoline engine.
Robson to head up Torotrak
Torotrak has announced that Adam Robson is the
company’s new chief executive officer. Robson succeeds Jeremy Deering who
announced in November his intention to step down as chief executive.
Friday 27 March 2015
Mercedes-Benz to enter pick-up war
Having seen the success of Ford’s F-Series pick-up trucks, especially
the F-150 with its ground-breaking 2.7-litre EcoBoost gasoline engine, Mercedes-Benz has
been unable to resist the challenge in aiming to make a ‘better - but more expensive - mousetrap’.
Rogers heads up JLR’s global engineering
Nick Rogers takes over as engineering director at JaguarLandRover (JLR) from
1 April.
Thursday 26 March 2015
Perkins Engines in £25m green diesel scheme
Perkins Engines of Peterborough is one of a number of companies sharing
£80 million of new investments through the Advanced Propulsion Centre.
JLR confirms its commitment to the UK
JaguarLandRover has reaffirmed its long-term commitment to the UK’s West
Midlands, with confirmation of a £600 million investment in the region to
support product creation and advanced vehicle manufacturing.
Geely behind £250 million UK ‘black cab’ plant
A new facility is to be built in Coventry at a cost of £250 million to
manufacture London ‘black cab’ taxis and create up to 1,000 jobs.
Wednesday 25 March 2015
JLR stays faithful to Ford V6 diesel
Ford’s 3-litre V6
twin-turbo diesel remains at the heart of the new Jaguar XF, alongside Ingenium
powertrains and the 3-litre V6 gasoline engine.
. . . And boosts the power of Whitley
JaguarLandRover(JLR)
is to expand its advanced engineering and design centre at Whitley, Coventry,
doubling its footprint at the location.
Saturday 21 March 2015
Nifco buys dyno to test plastic parts
Nifco UK, in Eaglescliffe,
near Stockton, has installed a £750,000 dynamometer to allow it to conduct
detailed tests on its plastic components.
Peugeot kicks off 2008 in Brazil
Peugeot has begun
production of the 2008 in Brazil where output could reach 20,000 a year.
Tuesday 17 March 2015
For Vito read Metris in North America
Mercedes-Benz has responded to offerings by Fiat and
Ford in the US van market with the launch of its Metris, the US-version of the
Vito.
Foundation unveiled for JLR’s advanced R&D hub
The foundation stone
for the new National Automotive Innovation Centre (NAIC) at the University of
Warwick was laid today by four men, very well known to one another, but also closely
involved with the project.
Monday 16 March 2015
Volvo to launch three-cylinder in 2017
Volvo is set to launch a
1.5-litre three-cylinder gasoline engine in 2017 using components from its
2-litre four-cylinder unit.
BMW launches first production PHEV
Fifteen years after the X5 was launched at the company’s Spartanburg facility
in South Carolina, BMW has used the product to introduce its first plug-in
hybrid production car.
Friday 13 March 2015
Renault probes two-cylinder two-stroke diesel
Some thermodynamic
cycles attract powertrain engineers as habitually, they
revisit the past in a bid to create the future.
BMW worldwide sales grow 8 per cent
BMW Group’s relentless growth seems unstoppable
as it achieved its fifth record year in succession in 2014, underlining its
position as the world's leading premium car company.
British cars contain more UK parts
British
cars now contain more British-sourced components, according to new research
reveals today.
Thursday 12 March 2015
VW to build Tiguan SUV in Mexico
Volkswagen of Mexico is to invest US$1 billion to prepare its plant in
Puebla, Mexico, to assemble a new three-row Tiguan sport utility vehicle (SUV).
Wednesday 11 March 2015
Cummins seeks UK engine plant manager
Cummins Engine is
seeking a new plant manager for its Darlington, UK operations.
Thursday 5 March 2015
Looking for ways to cut gasoline PMs
Present-day gasoline
direct-injection (GDI) engines in passenger cars can emit more hazardous fine
particulate matter (PM) than a port fuel-injected engine (PFI), or even the
latest heavy-duty diesels equipped with a particulate filter.
Ricardo pushes to open US defence doors
Ricardo
plc in the UK is exploring every possible avenue that has the potential to
bring in both revenue and profits.
Secret entrant joins CGI CV diesel stakes
Secrecy surrounds the identity of a cast iron foundry in Japan,
specialising in the production of engine components for commercial vehicle and
industrial vehicle applications, that has signed up to the development of
compacted graphite iron (CGI) engine components.
Tuesday 3 March 2015
Aston Martin ‘unveils’ Li-S concept DBX
Aston Martin claims it has “challenged the nature” of luxury GT travel
in the 21st Century with the debut of the “innovative DBX
Concept”.
Hydrogen: an automotive fuel for the future?
Honda’s FCV Concept,
which has made its European debut at the Geneva Motor Show (but was unveiled
first in Tokyo late last year), is said to pave the way for an “all-new fuel
cell” road car,
The car is scheduled to go on sale in Japan
in the first half of 2016, then in the US and
VW embarks on “future tracks” R&D programme
Volkswagen invested €11.5 billion in research and development last year,
more than ever before and more than any other company worldwide.
Monday 2 March 2015
Doosan opts for CGI in new off-highway engine
Doosan Infracore,
Korea’s largest manufacturer of construction equipment and diesel engines, looks
set to embark on equipping some of its diesel engines with compacted graphite iron
(CGI) cylinder blocks.
New outlets for Ford’s 6.7-litre engine
Ford is dropping
Cummins 6.7-litre ISB I6 engines from its F650/F750 Work Truck models in favour
of its in-house 6.7-litre V8 diesel.
Sunday 1 March 2015
Nifco wins biggest job from Ford for EcoBoost
Nifco UK Ltd, of Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees in the north-east of England, has won a 10-year contract from Ford Motor Company that could be
worth as much as £50 million.
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