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Premium-Vehicle Importer Sees Favorable Future in Thailand
Eton has targeted a 15% full-year sales increase to 800 vehicles, with multipurpose vehicles comprising 65%.
By Alan Harman • Aug. 27, 2010 -
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Growth of Hybrid, EVs Leads to Expanding Global Supplier Base
To date, the U.S. Energy Dept. has awarded 35 auto makers and suppliers more than $8 billion in grants and low-interest loans to produce batteries and related components for EVs and HEVs.
By Roger Schreffler • Aug. 23, 2010 -
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GM Partners With SAIC to Develop Small Engine, Dual-Clutch Transmission
The all-new lightweight turbocharged engine will be produced in 1.0L to 1.5L versions. It initially will be applied to vehicles in China and then used on various GM vehicles around the globe.
By Vince Courtenay • Aug. 18, 2010 -
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Powertrain Revolution Under Way, Study Says
The report sees eco-friendly hybrid and electric vehicles accounting for 45% of sales in Japan, 38% in the U.S. and 20% in Western Europe in 2020.
By Mack Chrysler • Aug. 17, 2010 -
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What’s the EV Endgame?
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.What rubs some the wrong way is the cash-back offer rewards the cause not the effect. Consumers get a break only on electric vehicles, not o...
By David Zoia • Aug. 11, 2010 -
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Ford Bests GM in HD Diesel Battle With Software Tweak
This upgrade allows Ford to boast it now has the most-powerful diesel engine ever installed in a heavy-duty pickup.
By Drew Winter • Aug. 3, 2010 -
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It’s 1885 All Over Again
More than a century ago, the creators of the new automotive industry tried out every powertrain they could invent and decided the gasoline-fueled, internal-combustion engine worked best. Electric motors, steam engines and other ideas were tossed aside. For the next 100 years, auto makers around the world poured their research efforts into perfecting the IC engine and manufacturing methods to build
By Jerry Flint • Aug. 1, 2010 -
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Obama Should Travel Michigan’s North Country to Gauge Vehicle Needs
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.President Obama appears to be on a regular milk run to Michigan this summer. He’s visiting Detroit today to tour Chrysler’s refurbished Jeep...
By Barbara McClellan 2 • July 30, 2010 -
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Rotary Engine Finally Could Find Home in Future Hybrids
Developer AVL says auto makers are interested in its serial hybrid concept, and it is discussing with potential suppliers licensing its rotary engine for production.
By David E. Zoia • July 16, 2010 -
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U.S. Government Sees Higher Oil Prices Driving Up Fuel Economy
The same high gas prices could spur the penetration of alternatively powered cars and trucks, such as flex-fuel vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
By James M. Amend • July 14, 2010 -
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Researcher Says Petroleum-Based Fuel Additive Can Be Produced Organically
Volume production remains a hurdle, but an Iowa State professor says the organic isooctane could be commercially viable in 10 years.
By Alan Harman • July 13, 2010 -
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Please, Just Let Me Fuel Up in Peace
Editor's note: This story is part of the WardsAuto digital archive, which may include content that was first published in print, or in different web layouts.Try as we may, we can’t get away from each other. We’re connected 24/7 by cell phones and computers in the home, office and on the road. ...
By Tom Murphy • June 30, 2010 -
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U.S. Consumers Steer Away From Most-Fuel-Efficient Vehicles, May FEI Shows
Vehicles with a 30-plus mpg rating on Ward’s Fuel Economy Index lost 23.5% of their year-to-date market share in the year’s first five months.
By John Sousanis • June 11, 2010 -
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Increasing Oil Imports, Competition Pushing China Toward Electric Future
The goal to sell 500,000 EVs by 2015 was reached in March at a meeting of China’s top-10 auto makers, which also predict EVs and hybrids will account for 30% of the industry’s annual output in the same timeframe.
By Christie Schweinsberg • June 3, 2010 -
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A SaaS Primer
Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions deliver a strategic advantage to businesses, letting companies avoid costly hardware, software licenses and complex version upgrades. This paper defines the SaaS model, and describes the short-term and long-term benefits the model delivers when implemented within the manufacturing enterprise
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Embattled Dealer Asks: Who’s Data Is It?
Ohio dealer Kim Borcherding would rather switch than fight. But in the last few months she was doing both. Borcherding was in a data tussle with Dayton, OH-based Reynolds and Reynolds Co., the nation's No.2 dealer-management service provider and office management software firm. She runs Borcherding Pontiac Buick GMC in Cincinnati and is a wind-down Pontiac dealer. General Motors Co. pulling the plug
By Lillie Guyer • June 1, 2010 -
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DealerSocket Plans CRM Summit June 22-23 in California
Customer-relationship management software provider DealerSocket is holding its first annual user summit this month in California. The DealerSocket User Summit CRM Catalyst 2010 will take place June 22-23 at the Marriott Laguna Cliffs in Dana Point. It is intended as an interactive event for dealership people to learn, improve, connect and make the most of their CRM investment. The most important part
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PSA Looks to Diesel Aftertreatment, New Engine Technologies to Meet Euro 6
The French auto maker already is a leader in Europe for low emissions, achieving a fleet average of 139 g/km in 2008 for cars with an average mass of 2,939 lbs., so it need only improve 8% to reach its 2015 goal of 128 g/km.
By William Diem • June 1, 2010 -
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Holistic Approach Key to Future Green Vehicle Interiors
In a total lifecycle assessment, a gas guzzler with a highly recyclable, environmentally friendly interior might fare better than a fuel-sipper with a conventional interior.
By Drew Winter • May 21, 2010 -
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Who’s Data Is It, Anyway?
“I own the data, and they are playing games with me,” dealer Kim Borcherding says of an information-services provider.
By Lillie Guyer • May 20, 2010 -
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FEV Asks: How Low Can You Go?
A new 0.7L 3-cyl. turbocharged concept musters 134 hp/L and can do the job of engines twice its size. FEV also is shopping an electrically assisted 7-speed automated manual transmission for hybrids.
By Tom Murphy • May 11, 2010 -
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Industry Jolted by EV Engineer Shortage
Magna, which is seeking shareholder approval of a $220 million investment in an EV-related joint venture, wants to increase by 20% its complement of mechatronics engineers.
By Eric Mayne • May 7, 2010 -
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Experts Question Biofuels, U.S. Diesels
Industry leaders at the recent SAE World Congress in Detroit express little confidence in the future of biofuels and are equally lukewarm about diesel engines, blaming U.S. consumers and regulators who fail to see their value. John DiCicco, senior lecturer-School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, says researchers have been chasing the magic enzyme to making biofuels
By James M. Amend • May 1, 2010 -
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Researchers Seek to Turn Car Body Into Battery
Group says composite can store and release electricity. The next hurdle is whether it can be molded into suitable car parts.
By Keith Nuthall • April 30, 2010 -
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Bosch Aims to Strike Balance Between EV, Diesel Technology in Mature and Emerging Markets
Bosch is making a major financial commitment in the world’s two fastest-growing markets, China and India, where the supplier says diesel is the most cost-effective powertrain alternative for reducing CO2.
By Roger Schreffler • April 29, 2010
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