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Study: EV Incentives Should Consider Shades of Green
Researchers found the “green” value of EVs can vary dramatically across the U.S. due to climate differences, whether producing the electricity to recharge them relies on fossil fuels, and how far the vehicles are driven each day.
By Alan Harman • Aug. 7, 2018 -
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Sealing Supplier Freudenberg Transforming Itself for EV Market
Asked if it’s possible he’s moving too fast, Moehlenkamp lets on this is not his first rodeo. “You can be too late. But you can also be too early,” he says. “We learned the hard way with fuel cell components 15 or 20 years ago.”
Aug. 2, 2018 -
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Engineers Losing Confidence in Automakers’ Ability to Meet 2025 Fuel-Economy Rules
Almost half of 486 automotive engineers and designers responding to WardsAuto’s survey say the industry would not be able to meet 2025 targets without job losses or limiting choices for consumers.
July 31, 2018 -
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‘Will Your Self-Driving Vehicle Need a License?’
When it comes to regulating self-driving cars, a lot of government entities join in.
By Steven Finlay • July 31, 2018 -
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Auto Manufacturing 4.0: the Data-Driven Factory
Welcome to the world of the “smart factory” that gets data – and lots of it – from multiple sources. The goal is to improve vehicles and how they are made.
By Steven Finlay • July 31, 2018 -
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New Hyundai Santa Fe UX Excels on Road to MBS
Hyundai always has been about delivering value. That clearly is the goal with its UX strategy of offering just about more of everything than the competition.
July 30, 2018 -
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Internal Combustion Powering Industry Toward EV Future
Electrification is on the way, but for now automakers are pushing hard to gain as much efficiency as possible from traditional internal-combustion engines.
By Joseph Szczesny • July 30, 2018 -
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EV, AV Spending in Slowing Market Points to ‘Pile-Up’
The AlixPartners study says unprecedented sums of money are being poured into electric and autonomous vehicles years before those technologies are fully cost-competitive in the market, when consumers are questioning the cost and safety of some of the technologies, and as the market itself is set to continue a cyclical downturn.
July 30, 2018 -
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PHEVs Need Predictive Energy Management Strategies
Leveraging this outside information via predictive energy management strategies has been shown to boost the energy efficiency of PHEVs on the order of about 20 to 30%.
By Matthew Barth • July 30, 2018 -
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Ascent Represents Subaru’s Pinnacle
With a spot-on interior, capable powertrain and the right price, the Ascent is exactly what Subaru needs to fill out the portfolio and keep customers in the family.
July 30, 2018 -
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Team of Engineers Help Highlight New Lexus ES 350
The car's new chassis makes for a smooth ride and stand-out driving dynamics, whether on the back roads or the Natchez Trace Parkway south of Nashville.
By Steven Finlay • July 30, 2018 -
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New JV Seeks to Grow Press Technology in North America
C&M’s press technology line features the company’s Center Master self-alignment devices used for overcoming center-positioning errors. The line also includes a variety of servo press options with an intuitive in-house software package.
July 27, 2018 -
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Toyota Camry – 2018 10 Best Interiors Award Acceptance
Benjamin Jimenez, Calty studio chief designer, accepts Toyota's second 10 Best Interiors trophy for 2018 during a ceremony at the WardsAuto Interiors Conference. (Click on video below)
July 27, 2018 -
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Owners Receive Home Chargers as U.K. Ups EV Ante
The U.K. is ending the sale of new conventional gasoline and diesel vehicles by 2040. By then, it expects most new cars and vans to be zero-emissions and all new cars and vans to have significant zero-emissions capability.
By Alan Harman • July 27, 2018 -
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Range Rover Velar – 2018 10 Best Interiors Award Acceptance
Mark Butler, creative director-interior design at Jaguar Land Rover, and Amy Frascella, chief designer-colour and materials, provide video commentary in appreciation of this year's Wards 10 Best Interiors trophy, while Nathan Hoyt, product communications manager, accept the trophy during a ceremony at the 2018 WardsAuto Interiors Conference. (Click on video below)
July 26, 2018 -
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New Engine Lineup to Accompany Facelifted Macan
The entry-level turbocharged 2.0L 4-cyl. gasoline engine in the base Macan is expected to receive a moderate increase in power, from the existing 248 hp to around 256 hp. Further up the lineup, the changes look to be more significant.
By Greg Kable • July 25, 2018 -
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Kia Launches South Korean Sales of All-Electric Niro CUV
Kia hopes the EV will add to the 200,000 Niro models sold globally since its 2016 introduction. The Korean automaker has received more than 5,000 pre-orders for the Niro EV in South Korea since the car was first revealed earlier this year.
By Paul Myles • July 25, 2018 -
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Porsche Panamera – 2018 10 Best Interiors Award Acceptance
Mark Fruechtnicht, senior manager, product management and planning for Porsche, accepts a 10 Best Interiors trophy during a ceremony at the 2018 WardsAuto Interiors Conference. (Click on video below)
July 24, 2018 -
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DSRC vs. 5GLTE: Which Will It Be for Connected Vehicles?
Designers of equipment and infrastructure for connected vehicles now have two primary options: Dedicated Short Range Communications radio and 5GLTE wireless technology. Many have suggested DSRC and 5GLTE solutions will prove to be complementary rather than competitive.
By Brian Wassom • July 23, 2018 -
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Lincoln Navigator – 2018 10 Best Interiors Award Acceptance
David Woodhouse, Lincoln design director, accepts a 10 Best Interiors trophy during a ceremony at the 2018 WardsAuto Interiors Conference. (Click on video below)
July 23, 2018 -
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Exports Sustain Brazilian Iron-Castings Maker Tupy
Wards Intelligence data shows vehicle production in Brazil fell about 41% from 2013 to 2016. But Tupy CEO Fernando de Rizzo says sales growth in the U.S. and Europe helped the supplier of cast-iron automotive components weather the domestic slump.
July 18, 2018 -
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Infiniti QX50 – 2018 10 Best Interiors Award Acceptance
Kurt Hoffman, manager of Infiniti Product Planning, accepts a 10 Best Interiors trophy during a ceremony at the 2018 WardsAuto Interiors Conference. (Click on video below)
July 18, 2018 -
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Hyundai Kona – 2018 10 Best Interiors Award Acceptance
Kevin Kang, creative manager at Hyundai, accepts a 10 Best Interiors trophy during a ceremony at the 2018 WardsAuto Interiors Conference. (Click on video below)
July 17, 2018 -
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Pininfarina EV Leadership Team Takes Shape
Automobili Pininfarina will reveal PF0 concept design images ahead of private client viewings during Monterey Car Week in California next month.
By Alan Harman • July 17, 2018 -
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Chevrolet Equinox – 2018 10 Best Interiors Award Acceptance
Two General Motors interior design managers, Kathy Sirvio and Chris Gamble, accept a 10 Best Interiors trophy during a ceremony at the 2018 WardsAuto Interiors Conference. (Click on video below)
July 16, 2018
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