Delivery giant UPS, which
has been in the vanguard of alternative fuels (last year it rolled out a fleet
of 1,000 propane-powered delivery vehicles in Oklahoma and Louisiana), today has
given its backing to Neste’s renewable diesel.
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Thursday 30 July 2015
Volkswagen sees double-digit growth as . . .
Volkswagen
Group has reported improved sales and earnings in the first six months of the
year in a very challenging environment.
Wednesday 29 July 2015
Ford, Nissan also show improved financial results
Declaring its second quarter
results, Ford Motor Company shows a pre-tax profit of $2.9 billion, up $269
million from a year ago. Nissan too has impoved its results.
Monday 27 July 2015
Teksid commits to greater CGI use
Teksid, the foundry arm
of Fiat Group, is to boost its production of cylinder blocks and other engine
components in compacted graphite iron (CGI).
Thursday 23 July 2015
GM continues “strong earnings growth”
General Motors has reported a strong earnings growth for the second
quarter with net income attributable to common stockholders of $1.1 billion,
which included a $1.1 billion loss from special items before tax.
Ricardo upgrades anechoic test facility
Ricardo has upgraded its Vehicle Anechoic Test
Facility (VATF) at the Shoreham Technical Centre to expand the range of
vehicles that can be tested.
Wednesday 22 July 2015
VW forms truck and bus supervisory board
Volkswagen
Truck & Bus GmbH, the holding company that brings together Volkswagen AG’s truck and bus interests, has formed a parity basis supervisory board.
Sunderland Q30 to bow at Frankfurt
Visitors to the Frankfurt
Motor Show in September will see the first Infiniti Q30 Premium Active Compact that
will be built at Nissan’s Sunderland, UK plant next year
Nifco UK seeks third plastics facility
Plastic
automotive parts maker Nifco UK, based at Eaglescliffe, near Stockton is to
agree a deal with developers to launch the latest phase of the firm’s expansion
as it plans to build the firm’s third new factory this decade.
Toyota hybrid sales pass 100,000 mark
Sales of Toyota and
Lexus Hybrid models have passed the 100,000 mark for the first time in half-yearly
sales. Sales of cars with BMW diesels will also increase.
Tuesday 21 July 2015
BorgWarner named as VW turbo supplier
When Volkswagen
introduced its high-performance 2-litre diesel, engineers adopted a
twin-turbocharger layout; quite different to the simplified in-house single-turbo route taken by
Daimler for its OM 471 truck diesel engine.
VW sales dip in “tense” markets
Volkswagen
Group delivered slightly fewer vehicles in the first half of 2015 but again
topped the five million mark even though some regions were “tense”.
Friday 17 July 2015
Are single-regime CVTs the way forward?
Step-less automatic transmissions
continue to fascinate the automotive industry.
Wednesday 15 July 2015
John Egan: The knight who rescued Jaguar
As Jaguar scales new heights
in terms of production, output, quality and technical expertise, a new book depicts
how Sir John Egan ‘saved’ the company from extinction and put it on a new
footing. He even rescued the name 'Jaguar'.
Ford readies Transit for its next 50 years
Ford will next year add
SCR deNOx technology to its heavier Transit van and chassis-cab models to
comply with upcoming Euro 6.1 emission requirements applicable to diesel
vehicles under 3.5 tonne gvw. Alan Bunting reports
Tuesday 14 July 2015
Ford Transit van is 50 today
Ford
is marking the 50th anniversary of the Transit van with a Press
event at its Dunton, Essex, European Research and Development Centre.
Ford gives Mustang carbon fibre wheels
Ford is using carbon fibre for the wheels for
the all-new Shelby GT350R track-ready, road-going production Mustang.
Thursday 9 July 2015
Change of technical lead at Cummins
Jennifer Rumsey,
vice president of engineering for Cummins' engine business, is replacing Dr.
John Wall as chief technical officer as the company begins production of its
new ISV5.0 diesel.
Wednesday 8 July 2015
Make or buy turbos? Daimler decides
Daimler AG is manufacturing
diesel engine turbochargers in-house. It is another ground-breaking development
by the vehicle builder on its relentless climb to the sunlit uplands of
dominance.
Monday 6 July 2015
Mercedes-Benz scores record half-year sales
With 898,425 vehicles delivered to customers in the first six months of
2015 (+14.7 per cent), Mercedes-Benz scored the best figures in the company’s
history.
FlySafe will assess flywheel failure modes
Ricardo, in collaboration with various
industrial and academic partners, has delivered a flywheel safety test
environment to develop next-generation flywheel energy storage systems.
UK-built Honda R heads for Japan
Today, in his inaugural speech as
Honda Motor Company CEO, Takahiro Hachigo said the new British-built Civic Type
R is heading for customers in Japan.
Sunday 5 July 2015
Vauxhall Insignia latest to get ‘Whisper diesel'
Diesel engines have come a long way since the days when they emitted
clouds of black smoke and a characteristic combustion sound. But they could be
even better.
Demand for Ram diesel is “overwhelming” - FCA
Demand for the EcoDiesel version of the Ram 1500 pick-up truck has been
described as “overwhelming”, according to Fiat Chrysler Automotive (FCA).
Friday 3 July 2015
Daimler declares OM471 as a “masterpiece”
Mercedes-Benz
has unveiled its latest generation OM 471 heavy-duty truck engine which it hails
as a “masterpiece of engineering”.
Wednesday 1 July 2015
OPOC engine production to begin this year?
Acccording to stock-watcher stock.ourxun.com production of the OPOC
opposed-piston engine is expected to begin this year.
Torotrak seeks £13.8m to drive transmissions
Torotrak is asking investors to stump up £13.8
million. But will it be money down the drain?
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