With the development of Emergency Steer Assist, Continental, the international automotive supplier, is pursuing an entirely new approach to accident-prevention driver assistance systems. "Many of the systems in use today are restricted to intervening in the longitudinal dynamics, Emergency Steer Assist is the lateral dynamics complement to Emergency Brake Assist", said Dr.
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New vehicle sales in the Philippines rose by 33.9% to 13,995 units, compared with 10,450 units a year earlier, according to data released by the Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc. (CAMPI).
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Mahindra & Mahindra will this week start due diligence for a bid to buy the assets of court administered Ssangyong Motor, according to remarks by Dr Pawan Goenka, the head of the firm's automotive division.
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AvtoVAZ, the Russian automaker 25 percent-owned by Renault SA, plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce, as it disposes of non-automotive activities, CEO Igor Komarov said.
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The all-new 2011 Jeep® Grand Cherokee is a symbol of the new Chrysler Group and the first all-new vehicle to come during the alliance with Fiat SpA. The first advertising spot for the Jeep Grand Cherokee, scheduled to air Friday, June 11, takes viewers through a time when America was known for craftsmanship, quality and personal pride - something that has been missing in this country and the automotive industry, until now.
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Yapp Zoom Automotive Systems has opened a plastic fuel tank manufacturing factory at Ford's new suppliers park near Chennai. The automaker recently ramped up car and engine production capacity to build the Figo hatchback, an updated local variant of the previous generation Fiesta.
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Impending delivery of the UK's emergency budget on 22 June has prompted the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) to call for a raft of automotive initiatives.
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The executive director of the Petersen Automotive Museum is retiring after a 12-year-run at the helm of one of the nation's preeminent car collections.
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Registered with the Canada Green Building Council, the Stratford Toyota facility is the first automotive dealership in the country to achieve Gold Certification in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED(R)) Green Building Rating System.
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The executive director of the Petersen Automotive Museum is retiring after a 12-year-run at the helm of one of the nation's most preeminent car collections.
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The executive director of the Petersen Automotive Museum is retiring after a 12-year-run at the helm of one of the nation's most preeminent car collections.
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Moody's Investors Service today revised its outlook for U.S. automotive parts suppliers to positive from stable, citing growing demand for vehicle parts as sales rise in a recovering economy. Moody's revised upward its U.S.
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LE MANS, France - Don Panoz again has captured the Spirit of Le Mans. This time, one of the world's most forward-thinking entrepreneurs is pairing his newest automotive masterpiece with the legacy of the world's greatest auto race. The Panoz Abruzzi "Spirit of Le Mans" broke cover today at the Circuit de La Sarthe, an appropriate venue for the world debut of a ground-breaking automobile with a very appropriate delivery and acquisition program for its customers.
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New vehicle sales in Vietnam increased by 7.1% year-year to 9,386 units in May, from 8,762 units a year earlier, according to data gathered by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association.
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Car sales in Western Europe fell by 8.7% in May according to data released by JD Power Automotive Forecasting.
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General Motors has established General Motors Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary designed to help the company identify and develop innovative technologies in the automotive/transportation sector.
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Magneti Marelli and Shanghai Automobile Gear Works (SAGW) have inaugurated their new joint venture plant in the industrial automotive district of Jiading, just outside Shanghai.
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Last week, a rumour surfaced: Ford was working on a plan kill off Mercury, the automotive legacy of Edsel Ford, Henry's only child. Mercury would be starved of product and promotion over a four-year period.
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