Technologies developed to make hybrids and EVs high-voltage cabling safer are helping other vehicles to reduce weight and cost. Continuing just-auto's series of interviews with major automotive component manufacturers, Matthew Beecham talked with Philip Marks, Director of Global Technology and Product Development, Systems Protection at Federal-Mogul to find out more.
The CAW said today it could go on strike at all three Detroit automakers for the first time in its history if it does not see more progress in contract talks.
Fresh from a major ministerial reshuffle, the UK government on Wednesday (5 September) pledged further support for the automotive industry by announcing the creation of a new 'UK Energy Storage R&D Centre' for the advancement of electric and hybrid vehicle batteries.
TMD Friction and Hella have announced their intention to establish a new joint venture to make brake components for the aftermarket.
Strike action in South Korea has left automaker Hyundai Motor running out of cars to sell in the crucial United States market at a time when rivals such as Toyota Motor are clawing back lost market share.
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Morrisons supermarket latest fuel offer could mean big savings at the pump
The fragility of the automotive supply chain has been highlighted by natural disasters, particularly in Asia over the past 18 months. Carmakers are looking again at their supply chain strategies in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan and the massive floods in Thailand last year.
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5 Sep, 2012
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Volkswagen will be quick to add further models to the new Golf line-up unveiled in Berlin on Tuesday night (4 September).
Volkswagen might regard the Golf as its "most important model" and a "global phenomenon", according to CEO Dr Martin Winterkorn but, in global sales terms, it is now playing second fiddle to the Passat.
Volkswagen's new seventh-generation Golf is between 40kg and 100kg lighter than the Golf 6, despite being larger, and is up to 23% more fuel efficient. The average fuel saving across the range is 14%.
Mitsubishi Motors' Outlander plug-in hybrid (PHEV) SUV will make its global debut at the 2012 Paris Motor Show (aka Mondial de L' Automobile 2012) later this month alongside the EU-specification version of the Thai-built Mirage global compact car.
Volkswagen has launched the seventh generation of its C-segment Golf best seller which is up to 100kg lighter and 23% more fuel efficient than the outgoing model.
National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) is playing down the impact of not being able to use Saab's historic Griffin logo following its purchase of the bankrupt automaker.
For all the similarity in the sheet metal to its predecessor, the 2013 Honda Accord is as close to a clean-sheet redesign as possible.
While the UK car market appears, at first glance, considerably healthier than many European national markets, trading conditions are especially tough for the mainstream volume brands with premium brands faring rather better, an Audi spokesman has told just-auto.
Former Porsche CFO Holger Haerter told a German court on the first day of his trial that he didn't make misleading statements in 2009 when the company refinanced a 10 billion-euro loan ($12.5 billion).
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