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JetBlue Chief Executive to Step Down

Baua Electric

Mr. Hayes joined JetBlue in 2008 from British Airways. He became the chief executive in February 2015. The post JetBlue Chief Executive to Step Down appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Lamborghini R&D vet flips to Apple for self-driving EV project

Teslarati

Taraborrelli has led Lamborghini’s Chassis and Vehicle Dynamics department since January 2008, his LinkedIn says. Taraborrelli said Lamborghini has been working to develop vehicle chassis for plug-in hybrid designs since 2015. I’d love to hear from you!

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UAW Contract Voting Has Been Mixed Thus Far

The Truth About Cars

“You gotta remember, we were stagnant from the time of the bankruptcy to 2015. This is undoubtedly a juicer contract than the union had seen in years and strives to undo some of the concessions made since 2008. We didn’t get no wage increases.” That could just as easily be flipped into a win for the union, however.

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Top-Selling 50% of European New Vehicles Now Average 130 g/km CO2

Green Car Congress

By the end of the first nine months of 2008, the top-selling 50% of the new car market in Europe had CO 2 emissions averaging 130g/km, compared to 39% in 2007 and 24% back in 2003, according to a new report from JATO Consult , the new intelligence consultancy division of JATO Dynamics, the world’s leading provider of automotive data.

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Remembering LED Pioneer Nick Holonyak

Cars That Think

Holonyak received last year’s Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering ; the National Academy of Engineering’s 2015 Draper Prize ; the 2005 Japan Prize ; and the 1989 IEEE Edison Medal. In 2008 he was inducted to the National Inventors Hall of Fame , in Akron, Ohio. Queen Elizabeth prize, Draper prize, and other awards.

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

Cars That Think

The IEEE Fellow was awarded the 2008 IEEE Medal of Honor for “pioneering technical roles in integrated-circuit processing, and leadership in the development of MOS memory, the microprocessor computer, and the semiconductor industry.” At the time I wrote the article, I thought I was just showing a local trend,” he told IEEE Spectrum in 2015.

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Tesla Prepping IPO

Revenge of the Electric Car

The company’s chairman Elon Musk said early last year that an IPO was a possibility in either late 2008 or 2009.&#. The company’s chairman Elon Musk said early last year that an IPO was a possibility in either late 2008 or 2009. in the latter half of 2008 virtually shut down the IPO market. by Reuters.

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