Western Europe Car Sales Down 7% in July
Car sales in Western Europe skidded 7% in July, according to data released by JDPower Automotive Forecasting. While the French and German markets held up relatively well,
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China to be Second in Bosch Headcount
The world's leading auto parts maker, Bosch, said China will represent some 40 percent of its total workforce in the Asia-Pacific by the end of 2008, placing the region's workforce second only to Germany in terms of numbers.
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Visiocorp Joint Venture Plant in China
Visiocorp, the world’s leading manufacturer of exterior mirrors for the automotive industry, announced the opening of a new joint-venture facility in Xizhou, China (South of Shanghai, near Ningbo).
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Blind Spot Mirror for 09 Ford Edge
Ford Motor Co. say the 2009 Ford Edge crossover will go on sale this fall with a blind-spot mirror as standard for the upcoming model year — a year earlier than planned.
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Audi’s Park Assist Optional on A3
Audi have expanded availability of their parallel park assist feature to the Audi A3 cabriolet range. VW recently introduced a similar system as an option for their new Volkswagen Tiguan small SUV.
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PReVENT Final Report is Published
As probably the most significant publicly-funded active safety R&D project this decade, the European PReVENT Integrated Project addressed the full range of next generation collision avoidance
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Mercedes Driver Fatigue Monitor Coming Soon
Next Spring, Mercedes-Benz will release a new driver-assistance system called Attention Assist that can recognise driver fatigue. Mercedes say scientific studies indicate around 25% of all serious accidents on motorways are caused by
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First Communicative Accelerator Pedal
Continental's Accelerator Force Feedback Pedal has reached market production for the first time – and aims at significantly reducing the number of accidents.
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DA Tech for new BMW 7
The new BMW 7 Series offers a new advanced driver assistance system developed by BMW, Continental and Mobileye. Three driver assistance functions are controlled by a single camera
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Heuliez Rescue Plan Approved
The French commercial court approved on August 14th, plans by India's Argentum Motors to acquire a controlling stake in Heuliez, which had been under bankruptcy protection since December 2007.
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