Ford Motor Co. says it plans to invest about $135 million to expand its Rawsonville engine parts plant in Ypsilanti, MI, primarily for the production of next-generation fuel injectors, electric fuel pumps, alternators and throttle body assemblies ...
The California mandate that volume-production automakers make 2% of their 1998 model California-market vehicles zero-emitting, electric vehicles (EVs) is still in force, but the case for forcing EVs to market is deteriorating.Emboldened by EV...
Say "automotive electronics" and what comes to mind? Usually it's high-profile antilock braking, traction control, air bag and engine management controllers. Or maybe vehicle navigation, adaptive cruise control or even sound systems and cellular...
Air bags have come a long way since Harry A. Bertrand first patented the concept in 1958. But now that they're standard equipment on just about every vehicle sold in the U.S., they're yesterday's news.Automakers and suppliers are raiding their...
It had to happen. As sure as the law of gravity makes everything that goes up come down, the cyclical nature of the car business makes every trend that goes away, come back. Ties get wide, then go skinny again; headlamps are round, then square...
While teams of advanced engineers around the globe search for tomorrow's alternatives to the internal combustion engine, automakers and suppliers are refining current powerplant designs to meet the demands of today's consumers obsessed with longer...