Green NCAP tests do not take into account the energy involved in generating electricity or producing fuel. “On this basis, electric cars offer the cleanest, most efficient motoring,” it says.
According to a WardsAuto source, BMW is to supply Jaguar Land Rover with internal-combustion engines, “both with and without electrically assisted hybrid functions.” JLR tells WardsAuto it has no plans to outsource the manufacture of its own...
The plant in Windsor, ON, will close by mid-2020 due to the early phaseout of an export program with a customer in China, which would bring capacity utilization at the facility to less than 10%.
About 1,200 people will be dedicated to production of the Fiat 500 BEV, and the new assembly line initially will have an annual capacity of 80,000 units.
Heavy-duty diesel trucks are California's biggest source of nitrogen-oxide pollution. But the sector is using electrification, autonomy and connectivity to combat the problem.
Most turbocharger suppliers purchase turbine housings, but BMTS co-owner Westron is a Chinese casting company that is supplying them internally. Additional BMTS turbo plants are coming online in Mexico this year and in China next year.