The Truth About Cars

MARCH 14, 2025

Automotive intelligence firm S&P Global Mobility is predicting that if President Donald Trump's proposed tariffs lead to a trade war, there's a 50 percent chance that the auto industry could enter a long period of disruption. From S&P via Freep : "Although some contend that tariffs on the auto industry may boost U.S.

Auto

Electric Auto Association

MARCH 13, 2025

Engineering vehicle design and manufacturing processes that make EVs increasingly affordable. Forcing an entrenched global auto industry to wake up and learn how to compete for customers (and our money) with better products for the first time in decades.

Affordable

The Truth About Cars

JUNE 24, 2025

How many of us have been in a situation where we’ve opened a package only to find two left-side whatevers or a gasket for a different engine? The set of front brake pads came with the advertised shims and metal clips (the auto industry runs on shims, it seems) which made install dead simple. It’s infuriating.

Hyundai

The Truth About Cars

NOVEMBER 29, 0002

Well, he's a +15 year Auto Industry veteran, born and raised in the Motor City! So, sit back, relax, and let the nostalgia wash over you as we celebrate the iconic 1986 Honda Civic Si. Welcome to Drive Culture ! A detailed car review YouTube channel hosted by the ultimate car enthusiast, Jonathon Rivers! Who is Jonathon Rivers?

Honda

InsideEVs

JULY 30, 2025

But today on Critical Materials, your one-stop shop for some of the biggest stories in the EV world, we have to discuss the Environmental Protection Agencys reversal of 15 years of climate policy, and what it means for the auto industry. Let’s get into it, folks. TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, does cloud and AI services.

EPA

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2012

This progress includes advanced internal combustion engines; efficient transmissions; lightweight materials; and hybrid and other energy-saving technologies. Natural gas and other alternative fuel vehicle technology is basically mature, the government said, and is headed toward initial industrialization.

Auto Industry

Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2015

100 km) three-wheeled vehicle with a target date of 2016, unveiled its engine prototype: a 0.9-liter, As the team began to dive into some of the details and changes to meet the desired Elio targets, it found that the Geo Metro engine would not meet the fuel efficiency targets to enable the vehicle fuel economy goal of 84 mpg highway.

MPG

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

To meet long-term greenhouse gas emissions targets as well as air quality objectives, the internal combustion engine will be further improved, being accompanied by the development and progressive implementation of breakthrough technologies, such as electrified propulsion. Sizeable efforts.

Auto Industry

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2012

Tata Technologies, a global provider of engineering services and product development IT, was selected by Michelin to display its electric MObility (eMO) engineering study EV as part of the Michelin Challenge Design display at the 2012 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. kWh air-cooled battery pack.

Detroit

Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2012

The researchers defined six different drive concepts and their components as essential for the future and examined them in detail: the mild hybrid; the full hybrid including its plug-in version; the range extender; all-electric vehicles with battery or fuel cell; as well as vehicles with combustion engines.

Auto Industry

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2021

Toyota showcased its experimental hydrogen-powered combustion engine technology in the multiple award-winning GR Yaris. While the Mirai employs chemical reaction in the fuel cells to generate energy, the experimental GR Yaris features an internal combustion engine with hydrogen as the fuel. 2022 GR Yaris Hydrogen.

Hydrogen

Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2025

The Prius is not only the worlds first mass-produced hybrid car, but its technical and commercial success also spurred other automakers to accelerate hybrid vehicle development, says IEEE Member Nobuo Kawaguchi , a professor in the computational science and engineering department at Nagoya Universitys Graduate School of Engineering , in Japan.

Prius

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

The UK Technology Strategy Board, in partnership with the Office for Low Emission Vehicles and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, will invest up to £16.5m (US$26.5-million) energy storage and energy management. power electronics and electric machines (PEEM). lightweight vehicle and powertrain structures.

Energy Storage

Teslarati

MARCH 24, 2024

Former General Motors (GM) executive Terry Woychowski, who is now President of engineering consultancy Caresoft Global, called the arrival of the Seagull a “clarion call for the rest of the auto industry,” adding that it’s a “significant event” (via CNBC ). auto sector,” the organization writes.

Auto Industry

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2022

Customers in a range of industries, from vehicle body to chassis systems, power and battery electronics to e-drive systems, will benefit from new, highly efficient and environmentally sustainable manufacturing methods.

Auto Industry

CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

However, at that time, the German auto industry felt confident that it could continue to mainly produce and sell ICE (internal combustion engine) vehicles in Germany while at the […]

Auto Industry

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2020

The company is now looking to recruit namely SAP consultants, software developers as well as analytics and data engineers, from graduates to established experts. XL2's headquarters are located in Heilbronn in Germany, in close proximity to Audi’s production site in Neckarsulm.

Audi

Green Fleet Magazine

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Dhaval Kikani reminisces on his 57-year career as an engineer in the auto industry and the innovations that saw commercial success, and the experiments that did not.

Auto Industry

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Nissan announced a breakthrough in engine efficiency, reaching 50% thermal efficiency with its in-development, next-generation e-POWER system. Nissan’s e-POWER system utilizes an on-board gasoline engine to provide electrical energy to the e-powertrain battery pack. The STARC concept.

Nissan

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2018

The increase in the fleet average new car CO 2 figure follows 19 years of reductions resulting from investment in new, advanced engine, fuel and battery technology, as well as the use of lightweight materials such as aluminium and composites. These ongoing improvements mean average CO 2 is still a third (-33.1%) lower than in 2000.

2017

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, FCA US LLC, and Nemak , a specialist in the production of high complex aluminum components for the automotive industry such as cylinder heads and engine blocks, are partnering to create lightweight powertrain materials that will help the auto industry meet the mandated target of 54.5

Industrial

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 2, 2021

On Wall Street, the company’s market value has outpaced its auto industry counterparts who specialize in internal combustion engine (ICE) technology. Originally posted on EVANNEX. Right now, Tesla is at the vanguard of an all-electric future. Are things changing, though?

Engine

CN EV Post

MARCH 22, 2023

(Image credit: CnEVPost) The price war is one of the most talked-about topics in China's auto industry this month, creating operational challenges for many car companies. Now, an industry association is calling for a return to rationality for all parties to bring order to the market. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

Auto Industry

Green Car Congress

MAY 29, 2021

To develop the questions, they worked in close collaboration with leaders in the auto industry. Major automakers are going all-in on electric vehicles this year, with many announcing plans to phase out internal-combustion engine cars in the coming years.

Michigan

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

A newly-released report by the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) concludes that the automotive industry is not only “high-tech,” it is frequently a leader in technological developments and applications. Additionally, the auto industry provides 16% of total worldwide R&D funding for all industries. Click to enlarge.

Industrial

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

At the start of the new fiscal year on 1 October 2020, thyssenkrupp will commence the operational realignment of its automotive system engineering activities. In the coming months the current System Engineering business unit will be split commercially, operationally and legally into two independent business units.

Engine

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2019

Li Qiao, an associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics in Purdue’s College of Engineering, said the technology her team is working with already has been used in large bore natural gas engines and in some F1 racing cars because of its superior performance, but it is new to passenger car gasoline engines. —Li Qiao.

Cars

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2013

JAC is a full-line independent automaker in China, producing light-, medium- and heavy-duty trucks, MPV, SRV, sedans, bus chassis, buses, engineering machinery, engines, gearboxes and other key components.

China

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 20, 2017

How Mazda plans to integrate plug-in hybrid and battery-electric vehicles into its range of increasingly efficient gasoline and diesel models is a topic that interests parts of the global auto industry.

Mazda

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2014

The liftgate was recognized in November 2013 by the Society of Plastics Engineers as the year’s most innovative use of plastics in the auto industry. The full liftgate assembly is 30% lighter than comparable stamped steel systems, which helps contribute to the vehicle’s overall fuel economy increase.

2014

Green Car Reports

AUGUST 8, 2017

It's a technology that's been a sort of Holy Grail in the auto industry for at least a couple of decades. Now Mazda, one of the smallest global automakers, plans to introduce it in a radical new engine to be used in a future Mazda vehicle in 2019.

Mazda

Green Car Reports

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Presuming China sticks to its statement that it will ban sales of new vehicles with combustion engines in some future year, the auto industry is facing a very different future than it was a year ago. Similar bans from Norway, The Netherlands, France, and the U.K.

Engine

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Starting out from traditional valve train systems for internal combustion engines, around ten years ago we started developing and industrializing new products for electric powertrains. We are now continuing our transformation with new products beyond the internal combustion engine. billion with customers from the auto industry.

International

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 16, 2012

General Motors China is fabricating and testing prototype battery cells and complete systems at its Advanced Technical Center in Shanghai to support GM researchers and engineers in the development of next-generation vehicle battery systems. Click to enlarge. —John Du, Director of GM China’s China Science Lab. Earlier post.).

GM

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

TriboForm Engineering , a spin-out from the University of Twente in The Netherlands, introduced its TriboForm software at Triboforum 2016 , a triennial industry conference. Tribology is a branch of mechanical engineering that describes the contact between materials under different conditions. We have far-reaching ambitions.

Volvo

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

The new Ford Escape, being showcased at the Los Angeles Auto Show, is the first Ford vehicle to make Auto Start-Stop standard with either of two EcoBoost engines new to the model—a 1.5-liter The engine restarts automatically—in less than half a second—when the driver releases the brake pedal.

Escape

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2013

For McMaster, the project partnership is one of three new partnerships with Chrysler, the federal government and other auto industry leaders worth a combined $24 million. Chrysler Group also will be on the lookout to bolster its engineering ranks by drawing from the pool of skilled McMaster graduates, Lee said.

Chrysler