Earlier this month, the
US Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Transportation
announced new greenhouse gas emissions
and fuel efficiency standards
for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. The announcement has brought forth praise
and support.
As the world's leading provider of confidential insider information from 1979 to 2000, Auto Industry Newsletter has now re-emerged by popular request to provide chief executives with the insight necessary to meet today's challenges. Editor: John Mortimer
Tuesday 30 August 2016
Ricardo and Quanchai to collaborate on new diesels
The UK
is one of a world centre of excellence in diesel engine technology, proof of
which can be found in the need for a large and well-established China-based diesel
engine maker to knock at the door of Ricardo plc.
Monday 29 August 2016
Horiba MIRA readies for automated driving
Horiba MIRA is readying itself for the road ahead when
facilities will be needed for the development of driverless cars.
GM’s Tonawanda awaits news affecting its future
General Motors’ Tonawanda
engine plant is expecting to hear some news that could affect its future.
Sunday 28 August 2016
JLR sees boost for 4x4s
JaguarLandRover has sold
more than 100,000 4x4 vehicle les on the 12 weeks to the end of June. This
figure is four per cent up on last year.
Saturday 27 August 2016
VW cries ‘wolf’ over short-time working
Sabre-rattling by Volkswagen
over possible interruptions to production of Golf and Passat passenger cars due
to component shortage proved to be empty words.
Thursday 25 August 2016
VW tries to give Tiguan sales a boost
Volkswagen’s Tiguan now has the 2-litre TSI engine familiar in the
Golf GTI.
Wednesday 24 August 2016
Daimler boosts BYD link with Denza 400
Daimler has extended its portfolio of new
energy vehicles (NEV) with the introduction of the Denza 400, the company’s
“Made in China, for China” electric vehicle from Shenzhen BYD Daimler New
Technology.
Tuesday 23 August 2016
Supplier dispute stymies production at VW plants
Production at several
Volkswagen AG plants has been interrupted as a result of a halt in component deliveries
by external suppliers, according to the automaker.
Saturday 20 August 2016
Friday 19 August 2016
Hella’s lights dimmed by supplier failure
Lighting specialist
HELLA managed to boost group sales in 2015/2016 despite failure of a supplier
in China.
Thursday 18 August 2016
US truck makers face more woes
The extent of the woe
experienced by North American Class 5 to 8 is reflected in the latest figures
which show a near 60 per cent drop on year-by-year basis.
Wednesday 17 August 2016
Daimler knocks Cummins from pole spot
Vertical integration
is showing signs of taking a firm grip of Class 8 diesel engine sales in North
America as Daimler AG has nudged Cummins Inc. from the top spot in first-half
2016.
Mahle set to ‘move house’ in the US
Mahle Powertrain is taking
over property recently acquired from Westport Fuel Systems in a move that will
create new jobs and accelerate a variety of advanced engine-development programmes.
JLR fits twin turbos to Range Rover Sport
The 2017 Model Year
Range Rover Sport is the first full-sized Land Rover SUV to feature a
four-cylinder diesel engine with twin sequential turbochargers.
Saturday 13 August 2016
BYD set to expand its electric bus fleet
Observers
of the electric bus business are awaiting the outcome of trials in Paris
following the recent announcement by China-based BYD, the world’s largest
producer of “pure electric” buses – 10,000 have been produced so far – that it
has secured a six-month trial of one of its buses with RATP, the French public
transport operator RATP.
Wednesday 10 August 2016
Mahle grows sales 16 per cent
Mahle GmbH has enjoyed an impressive year in 2015,
with sales growing to €11.5 billion, a rise of 16 per cent year on year.
Tuesday 9 August 2016
Cummins launches ‘new era’ truck diesels
Cummins Inc. has announced what it calls a “new era” in heavy-duty power
with the next-generation X Series. With the line-up expanded to three X
engines, the ratings extend from 350 bhp to 605 bhp.
Sunday 7 August 2016
Battle for Silverstone becomes bitter
Having lost out some three
years ago in its bid to buy the Millbrook Proving Ground in Bedfordshire previously
owned by General Motors, JaguarLandRover set its cap at buying the Silverstone
racing facility.
Mercury Marine adopts CGI
Reports are emerging from
Mercury Marine of a 2-litre marine diesel engine with a cylinder block of
vermicular graphite iron or GGV.
Thursday 4 August 2016
VW to start fitting GPF in 2017
As the Volkswagen Group continues to wash its face in the context
of emissions, from 2017, all Group direct injection TSI and TFSI engines will
be fitted step-by-step with GPF – gasoline particulate filters.
Wednesday 3 August 2016
Volkswagen weathers diesel-gate storm
Volkswagen Group deliveries for the
first half of 2016 ran at 5.12 million units, representing an increase of 1.5
per cent over the corresponding prior-year period.
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