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Scuderi Group expands operations to Asia

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The Japan office will operate as the Asian headquarters for the Scuderi Group, which is accelerating its efforts to meet the growing demand in the region for more advanced internal combustion engines. According to the Greater Nagoya Initiative Center, the area produces 44% of the country’s automobiles. Earlier post.).

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Rivian hires former Porsche exec Kjell Gruner as gross sales eminent

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In 2004, he left Porsche for Daimler, the place he rose to director of technique for Mercedes-Benz Vehicles prior to turning back Porsche in 2010. A Porsche store informed Automobile Information in July that Gruner is well-suited to a people corporate as a result of his background in advertising and marketing.

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NASA Glenn develops automated flywheel pulse-and-glide system; improving fuel economy up to 40-100%

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Innovators at NASA’s Glenn Research Center have developed an automated pulse-and-glide technique using a flywheel energy storage system for on-road vehicles; the technology, which NASA Glenn says can improve fuel economy over existing internal combustion or battery hybrid systems by 40-100%, is available for licensing.

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Toyota’s THUMS 5 software can model occupant posture immediately before collisions

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THUMS has already been adopted by dozens of companies, including automobile and parts manufacturers, and is contributing to vehicle safety research all over the world. THUMS Version 1 was completed and commercially launched in 2000, followed by Version 2 in 2004, which added a face and bones to the model.

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Toyota to pay $180M penalty for Clean Air Act reporting violations

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The complaint filed in Manhattan federal court alleges that from approximately 2005 until at least late 2015, Toyota systematically violated Clean Air Act automobile defect reporting requirements designed to protect public health and the environment from harmful air pollutants. Representations to EPA.

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CAM/PwC name Volkswagen Group most innovative global automotive company, Mercedes-Benz most innovative brand

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In addition to winning the award for the most innovative automobile brand, Daimler was picked as the “Most innovative group” in the “Vehicle concepts” and “Safety systems” categories. Geely International Corp.; The CAM operates as an independent institute for empirical automobile and mobility research and for strategic consulting.

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Automakers assembling a numerous provider ecosystem

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A sports activities enthusiast all of his month, he to start with deliberate to form a profession within the athletic international. From 2004 till 2007, he labored as a population affairs coordinator for Primary League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks earlier than going back on Detroit to paintings for his father.

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