Tooling Industry Foundering Globally
The US auto industry have seen half their domestic toolmakers shut down in the past few years as automakers decide to go wherever they can get good tools for the right price,
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US Automakers Like Recycled Plastics
While suffering from plummeting sales and struggling to meet the market demand to reduce its footprints upon the environment, the American automotive industry are looking to recycled plastics
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Opel Insignia Sports Tourer L/DA Complement
Opel’s new station wagon, unveiled at Paris in October offers leading lighting and driver-assistance technologies wrapped in a sporty, premium body. Designers gave the rear of the Sports Tourer a cohesive, coherent appearance
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Lighting, Driver Assistance Tech in 2009 Honda Legend
The new 2009 Honda Legend’s L/DA features include a reversing camera, electronic stability/traction control (VSA), emergency brake assist (EBA), electronic brake-force distribution (EBD), new BiXenon headlamps, and new rear lamp clusters.
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Difficult Years Ahead for Suppliers
U.S. auto suppliers’ supply base won’t return to profitability until 2011 at the earliest if prices of oil and raw materials continue to rise. That’s the conclusion of A.T. Kearney in their 12th annual automotive study.
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In-Car Imaging to Target Driver Behaviour
Japan CBC have unveiled a drive recorder that takes images of not only the scene in front of a vehicle, but also the driver for behavioural monitoring purposes.
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Gentex supplies High beam assistant to BMW
Gentex will supply their SmartBeam-enabled auto-dimming mirrors to BMW for the X6 SUV. The SmartBeam system uses a combination of camera and algorithmic codes to select high or low beam…
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VW Unveil Golf 6
The redesigned model comes after five generations, 34 years and over 26m units since the 1970s original. Design was headed by Klaus Bischoff overseen by group design chief Walter de Silva.
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Nissan Strives for Zero Collisions
Nissan have shown a collision-free car prototype incorporating two new technologies: side collision prevention (SCP) and back-up collision prevention (BCP).
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GM’s Q2 Results and Revenue are Worst Ever
GM’s $15.5bn loss, though certainly dismal, may not be the worst news in the ailing General's second-quarter earnings report; the company’s North American quarterly revenue was $19.8 billion
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