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GKN, SDS begin production of all-wheel drive disconnect system in China; up to 4% improvement in fuel economy

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The system will initially feature on the Jeep Renegade built for the Chinese market by GAC Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Co., As well as China, GKN builds the system at facilities in Europe and North America, and supplies the system in India and South America. GAC FCA) in Guangzhou City, southern Guangdong Province.

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JLR sees U.S. as key to good fortune for reborn Jaguar logo

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LONDON – Jaguar Land Rover sees the U.S. as key to the year good fortune of the Jaguar logo, which is being reinvented and can relaunch this date with automobiles that “radically reimagine” the marque’s iconic fashions such because the E-Kind. Jaguar’s time U.S. Ford paid $2.5

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ZF opens passenger car transmission plant in the US; emphasis on 9-speed automatics

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We are very confident that in addition to our current customers, Land Rover and Chrysler, other automotive manufacturers will join in and benefit from the advantages of our 9-speed automatic transmission. The 90,000-square-meter facility will be expanded to a total of around 130,000 square meters by 2016. Konstantin Sauer.

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Driving Dystopia: Companies Are Getting Serious About Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Connectivity

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Someone would need to build the roadside sensors that capture vehicle data, someone would need to operate hubs that determine how to manage traffic, and someone would need to build the kind of automobiles that could respond to that without driver involvement. In April, the FCC granted waivers to Audi of America, Ford Motor Co.,

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