Peugeot Sport Selects HyperWorks Suite to Streamline Development Processes

Posted on November 30th, 2009 by Kat Lorbissy

Altair’s CAE product family enables faster and more flexible design of composite structures
Altair Engineering, Inc., a leading global provider of simulation technology and engineering services that empower client innovation and decision-making, announced that Peugeot Sport, the racing department of the Peugeot brand, has chosen the HyperWorks Suite to optimize composite development processes.
“A major reason to [...]

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Ford, UDM Retrain Automotive Engineers to Compete in New Era of Electric Vehicles

Posted on November 25th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Ford Motor Company is teaming with the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) to retrain traditional automotive engineers, providing them with the skills and expertise to develop the next generation of advanced electric and hybrid vehicles.
As vehicle electrification plans expand, the automotive industry’s need for electric vehicle-savvy engineers also is growing, creating increased demand for electrical, [...]

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Nissan Announces First Fuel Cell Vehicle Lease in North America

Posted on November 25th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) announced the lease of a X-TRAIL Fuel Cell Vehicle (FCV) to Sacramento Coca-Cola Bottling Co., Inc.
Nissan, which began development of fuel cell vehicle technology in 1996, has previously used FCVs in demonstration fleets in Japan and in California through the California Fuel Cell Partnership (CaFCP), but this is Nissan’s first [...]

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Volkswagen Jetta, Jetta SportWagen, Passat, CC and Tiguan ‘Outrank the Competition’

Posted on November 25th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that five of its vehicles have received top ratings from buyers in Strategic Vision’s 2009 Total Value Index (TVI). Volkswagen’s Jetta and Passat tied for first place in the medium car category, the Jetta SportWagen took the top spot in the medium multi-function group, the Tiguan was first among [...]

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Infiniti Celebrates 20 Years of Inspiration and Innovation

Posted on November 10th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Since its inception, Infiniti’s goal has been to establish a new concept of automotive luxury, where a personal and rewarding driving experience is more important than the car alone.
These words, which encapsulate the vision behind Infiniti’s Inspired Performance, could have been written last year, last month or even today. Yet their origin is nearly 20 [...]

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Ford and Chevrolet Claim Top Five Spots on AutoTrader.com survey

Posted on November 4th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Ford and Chevrolet were the big winners in activity on AutoTrader.com in October. Models from the two brands captured all of the top 5 spots on AutoTrader.com’s monthly Trend Engine report of the 20 most-viewed new vehicles on the site. Chevrolet and Ford were also the No. 1 and No. 2 most-viewed brands of new [...]

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Aldar Announces Completion of Ferrari World Abu Dhabi External Structure

Posted on October 31st, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Aldar Properties, Abu Dhabi’s leading property development, management and investment company, today announced the completion of the external structure of Ferrari World Abu Dhabi.
Located on Yas Island, Aldar’s brand new Retail, Leisure and Entertainment destination and host venue for the inaugural Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is set [...]

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Himfr.com Compares Audi Q5 with Benz GLK

Posted on October 31st, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Himfr.com, one of China’s leading B2B search platforms with more than 30 B2B industry websites to its name, compares Audi Q5 with Benz GLK.
For foreign automobile manufacturers, the Chinese market is a piece of cake, but dividing the market share depends entirely on consumers. Catering to consumers’ tastes is the key to capturing the market. [...]

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Car Dealers Learn How to Leverage Google’s Secrets to Achieve Google-Like Success

Posted on October 31st, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Optimizing relevance for consumers has been the key to success for Google and now executives at FirstLook, the pioneer in automotive retail performance solutions, are illustrating how this model can be the key to success for automotive dealers in their online vehicle advertising. As a featured speaker during the Digital Dealer Conference and Expo in [...]

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Ford and Azure Dynamics Team Up To Deliver Battery Electric Commercial Van in 2010

Posted on October 30th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Ford Motor Company and Azure Dynamics Corporation have combined efforts in a collaborative effort to deliver a pure battery electric Ford Transit Connect van for the United States and Canadian markets in 2010. Azure will integrate its Force Drive battery electric drive train in the Transit Connect van for commercial fleet and retail use.
The collaboration [...]

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Audiovox to Supply Chrysler Dealers with the First OE Release of the FLO TV

Posted on October 30th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Audiovox Corporation, and FLO TV Incorporated, provider of the award-winning FLO TV live mobile TV service and a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, today announced that Audiovox will begin supplying Chrysler Dealers through Mopar with the first OE hardware interface that will deliver FLO TV Auto Entertainment to select Chrysler 2010 vehicles and future [...]

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Free Google sat-nav shakes market

Posted on October 30th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Shares in sat-nav device companies have fallen substantially after Google unveiled its free live sat-nav for mobiles on Wednesday.
US firm Garmin fell 18% after details of Google Maps Navigation were revealed. Dutch firm TomTom fell 9.5% when markets closed on Thursday.
The Google application promises free real-time, turn-by-turn directions for people to follow on their phones.
The [...]

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Chrysler to offer live mobile TV in cars

Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Chrysler Group is the first automaker in the United States to offer live mobile TV to car buyers. The television service will have the capacity for as many as 20 channels through FLO TV Auto Entertainment. The system offers something for everyone: college and professional sports, breaking news, children’s shows, primetime sitcoms, reality TV and [...]

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Fuel Efficiency, High-Tech Features More Important than Brand Name, says IBM study

Posted on October 29th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

IBM announced the findings of a new global study, which shows that trucks will become more fuel efficient, environmentally sound and safer due to the adoption of new technologies throughout the vehicle. The use of these innovations will help truck manufacturers differentiate their vehicles, as the study shows that brand names of trucks are becoming [...]

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Ford found to be reliable by Consumer Reports survey

Posted on October 28th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Ford has secured its position as the only Detroit automaker with world-class reliability. About 90 percent (46 of 51) of Ford, Mercury, and Lincoln products were found to have average or better reliability, according to Consumer Reports’ 2009 Annual Car Reliability Survey. The results were announced today at an Automotive Press Association luncheon in Detroit.
Ford’s [...]

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Honeywell and Toyota Motor Europe Partner to Increase Energy Efficiency

Posted on October 28th, 2009 by Abdul Montaqim

Honeywell (NYSE:HON) has partnered with Toyota Motor Europe in a project to further improve the environmental leadership of the car manufacturer’s operations across Europe. Toyota will implement Honeywell’s HC900 Hybrid Controller platform and Profit® Controller in up to three of its European assembly plants by the end of 2010, reducing energy requirements and boosting environmental [...]

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