Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that it will receive the 'Outstanding Technical Paper Award 2008' at the 58th Annual Society of Automotive Engineers of Japan (SAEJ) awards ceremony to be held in May.
Developed under the aegis of the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)'s Energy Transformed Flagship research programme, the UltraBattery is a hybrid energy storage device that integrates a supercapacitor with a lead acid battery in one unit cell.
First-quarter 2008 UK vehicle production was still up 10.7% at the end of March at 481,822 units, despite a drop in car production in March of 7.9% and one of 7.3% in UK commercial vehicle output.
The weekly paper Motor Trader's website has reported that Marubeni Auto Investment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Marubeni Corporation which owns the RRG Group in the North West, has acquired Norton Way Motors, a group comprising two Honda dealerships
The European Commission will hold a conference on counterfeiting and piracy on 13th May. Speakers will cover topics including the effects on economic growth and job creation in Europe, risks to citizens' health and safety and measures which could enhance
Denkale, a Chevrolet UK franchised dealer with three outlets in Southampton, Reading and Slough, had its franchise terminated on 25th April for alleged financial irregularities, the dealer magazine AM's www.am-online.com site reported yesterday afternoon. AM tried to contact the dealer
Wellhouse Leisure, a bespoke motorhome manufacturer based at Shepley, near Huddersfield, which converts used Japanese MPVs has begun exporting to New Zealand.
Only by pursuing all alternative-fuel technologies on the table, including bio-fuels, can vehicle manufacturers meet new emissions and fuel economy targets, and the burden for this research is increasingly being placed on suppliers, reported SupplierBusiness.com yesterday, on the recent SAE
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., has unveiled a new concept car based on the first-generation Murano SUV called "EA2", equipped with X-by-wire technology, which uses wires and electrical impulses to replace mechanical linkages for the control of major systems such as
Zeroshift, which launched the second generation of its automatic gearbox technology last year, has moved into the next phase of development with two new actuator systems and a new industry-standard control system aimed at making integration of the transmission as
Kwik-Fit Fleet is launching a new while-you-wait service at the UK's first Fleet Business Show being held at the Business Design Centre, London today and tomorrow (April 29-30). The first company to sign up to use the service is Lex
Kia Motors has been presented by TÜV with two certificates which recognise the environmental design and manufacturing processes behind the Kia cee'd car. TÜV presented Kia with DFE (ISO 14062, Design for Environment) and a LCA (ISO 14040, Life Cycle
Tracinda Corporation, the private investment vehicle of former Chrysler shareholder Kirk Kerkorian, yesterday announced that it intends to make a cash tender offer for up to 20,000,000 shares in Ford Motor Company at a price of $8.50 per share, a
Initiated in 2003 by the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)'s 'National Research Flagships' programme includes a Light Metals Flagship programme which has developed a new heat treatment process that supplies stronger die cast parts - including doubled
