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New electric automobiles such as the Smart Fortwo Electric Drive, the Renault Twizy or the Opel Ampera illustrate the progress that has been made in electromobility. Electric bicycles and pedelecs are also making advances. According to the ACE (Auto Club Europa), a total of 310,000 bicycles with electric motors were sold in 2011. However, there is still a great deal of development potential, especially in the areas of battery-charging infrastruct...

By Laurent Emmerich – Coupled with high-speed internet connectivity and intuitive human machine interfaces (HMI), our cars have become smart devices on wheels. Dashboards that once featured basic audio systems are being replaced with multimedia and entertainment systems that stream data from the internet, mirroring many of the features that we access in our homes and our smart mobile devices. Printed maps are being replaced with sexy naviga...

Six new models have recently undergone safety tests: the Audi A3, Ford B-MAX, Isuzu D-Max, Kia Cee’d, Renault Clio and Volvo V40. Euro NCAP reports how these vehicle measure up against the latest requirements and finds encouraging trends.

Delphi Product & Service Solutions is changing the turbocharger landscape with the launch of its remanufactured turbocharger program for popular light duty vehicle diesel and petrol applications. Available now, this programme provides the aftermarket an OE quality, green alternative in turbocharger replacement that works with both old and new technologies.

Continental is well aware of the trend toward electric transportation, as demonstrated by a car which has been converted from an ordinary conventional vehicle into an EV (Electric Vehicle) prototype. The company integrated around 40 of its EV components in the vehicle, including the motor, battery, power electronics, novel displays and controls, all the peripheral devices for propulsion and charging, and special Conti.eContact tires. Most of thes...

Munich Trade Fairs International (MMI), the organiser behind the World’s largest and most successful trade fair for the global electronics industry, continues to develop the event’s focus on key applications areas with the news that electronica 2006 will headline the rapidly growing automotive electronics sector. electronica automotive presents an Automotive Conference organised to begin the day before electronica opens its doors as well as a...

Greater comfort, increased safety and reduced CO2 emissions are some of the key features included in today’s successful automobiles and all made possible by the advent of automotive electronics. Sustained growth in this electronics sector is driven by unrelenting market demand: Strategy Analytics market researchers predict that the global automotive electronics market will generate a market volume of 220 billion US dollars by 2014.

Renault unveiled four electric concept cars at the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show with a promise to make them widely available to motorists starting in 2012… Since then, Renault has publicised each milestone in this ambitious and unique project, securing the backing of governments, signing partnership agreements and testing battery safety.

The first engine to appear in the Energy family is the dCi 130 which will gradually supersede the 1.9 dCi 130 (F9Q), initially in the Scénic and Grand Scénic ranges, then across the entire Mégane family

Better Place opened today, together with its partner Renault, Europe’s first Better Place center. Visitors will now be able to experience sustainable mobility and will have the opportunity to place an order for a Renault Fluence Z.E. with the Renault staff and sign up with the Better Place team for a subscription of mobility services – conveniently packaged for consumers, fleet managers and the public sector.