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JANUARY 16, 2011
’s decision to cut stop producing the Colt subcompact there highlight the a downsizing trend in Europe for Japanese carmakers as the new-vehicle market there shrinks. In Germany, the largest car market in Europe, new-vehicle sales tumbled 23% to about 2.91 The Nikkei writes that Daihatsu Motor Co.’s Earlier post.).
Green Car Congress
MAY 18, 2012
Federal-Mogul’s Hybrid Liner is produced at its Powertrain Energy manufacturing facility in Friedberg, Germany. The technology was a finalist in the 2012 Automotive News PACE Awards. Conventional liners can allow water to seep down the joint between liner and casting, reaching the crankcase and contaminating the lubricating oil.
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OCTOBER 15, 2011
Developed for the latest 1-liter downsized gasoline engines. These EcoBoost engines are slated for installation initially in the 2012 Ford Focus and later, in the Ford C-Max and in the completely new Ford B-Max. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) The first two engines will generate 74 and 88 kW from a displacement of just one liter.
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JANUARY 18, 2010
The countries covered in this research service are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Staggered implementation: 65% to comply with requirements in 2012; 75% in 2013; 80% in 2014 and 100% in 2015. Hariher Balasubramanian.
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OCTOBER 16, 2012
Opel revealed more details about its new mid-size gasoline engine family at the Aachen Colloquium in Germany. The roll-out of the new engine family—developed in Ruesselsheim, Germany—will begin in early 2013. SIDI engine. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.) The all-new 1.6-liter, Turbocharging. Production of the new 1.6
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JUNE 18, 2013
At the company’s 61 st Automotive Press Briefing in Boxberg, Germany, Bosch senior executives outlined the company’s view on the general future of automotive technology—“ efficient and increasingly electrical ”, and provided a thumbnail of the way they see—and thus are developing products for—sector-specific technology trends.
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SEPTEMBER 16, 2009
A key advantage of the Ford EcoBoost approach is the ability to downsize engine capacity, so that larger naturally aspirated engines can be replaced by much smaller units without sacrificing power output. By 2012, the Ford plans globally to produce 1.3 liter unit will be produced at the Valencia Engine Plant in Spain, while the 1.6-liter
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