FCA reveals vendors for new Recife plant

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA), the company planned as a merger between Fiat Group and Chrysler, remains on schedule to open its new plant in Recife, Brazil with production set to roll in the second quarter 2015.

The company has recently announced the names of 11 companies that will be integrated into a new supplier park to support the new plant.

Ricardo highlights next-generation diesels

In its latest quarterly magazine, RQ, Ricardo has picked up the news that both Volkswagen and Volvo have ‘new generation diesels’ in prospect.

The journal says that both firms are ‘set to raise the game in engine efficiency’ with the next generation diesels boasting significant increases in injection pressures and much closer control of the combustion process. This blog, autoindustrynewsletter, has already highlighted these developments

Ricardo noted that VW will introduce high-performance diesels with 3,000bar common rail systems and specific power outputs of 100kW (134bhp) per litre, promising a 15 per cent improvement in efficiency by 2020. This compares with around 2,000bar today.