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Scaleo chip enters the automotive powertrain semiconductor market
The constant growth of vehicles in use raises increasingly key questions concerning environmental, health and dwindling energy resources. On a global scale, road transportation accounts for 16% of the total CO2 emissions and 50% of global oil consumption. In order to remain sustainable, our society urgently needs new mobility solutions to limit as much as possible the negative impacts on climate, health and the economy.
EIB lends €180 million to Renault Group
The European Investment Bank (EIB) recently granted a EUR 180 million loan to the Renault Group to contribute to R&D for a new generation of batteries and motors for electric vehicles. This is a large-scale project in technological and environmental terms, to which the Bank adds value through its technical and financial expertise. EIB Vice-President Philippe de Fontaine Vive and Dominique Thormann, Financial Director of the Renault Group, today s...
Dealership Creatively Cuts Lighting Use/Costs
Auto dealerships, like most high profile retail businesses today, are fighting an uncertain economy and pulling out all the stops to service existing customers and attract potential buyers. In many cases an extreme makeover is the only viable solution to create a truly attractive and efficient selling environment.
New BASF facility to support cleaner cars in China
BASF today inaugurated a new manufacturing plant housing a state-of-the-art facility for producing precious metals-based salts and solutions used in industrial applications. The salts and solutions produced at the 2,200-square meter plant are primarily used to support BASF’s mobile emissions catalysts manufacturing operation in Shanghai. This operation uses the products in its formulations for automotive catalytic converters, which are the sing...
GM Shows Chevrolet EN-V 2.0 Mobility Concept Vehicle
General Motors showed the company’s vision of the Chevrolet EN-V 2.0 concept at Auto China 2012. It is an evolved design of the company’s revolutionary mobility concept revealed at World Expo 2010 Shanghai.
Independent Study Confirms Toyota As Consumer’s First Choice For Hybrid And Electric Vehicles
When it comes to thinking about who to turn to when it comes to buying a hybrid or electric vehicle, Toyota is the top choice.
Cree and Habitat for Humanity Complete World’s First All-LED Habitat Home
This past weekend, Cree and Habitat for Humanity of Durham celebrated the completion of the world’s first Habitat for Humanity house lit entirely with LED fixtures and bulbs. Durham-based LED manufacturer Cree sponsored the construction of the Habitat house and Cree employees assisted as volunteers on the project. The house includes Cree’s award-winning CR6™ LED downlight, as well as other LED products featuring Cree LEDs from MSi and TESS ...
Cypress TrueTouch Single-Layer Sensor Solution Drives Touchscreen In New Cost-Effective Smartphone from Longcheer
Cypress Semiconductor Corp today announced that Longcheer, the market leader in China’s mobile phone design industry, has selected Cypress’s TrueTouch single-layer capacitive touch screen solution for its new smartphone, a customized model for China Unicom, one of the major China mobile telecom carriers.
igus takes step towards green bearings
Polymer researcher and bearings specialist igus UK has developed a plain bearing material that is based on 54 percent sustainable and natural raw materials. The basic polymer of the new iglidur N54 plain bearing is mainly made of castor oil, rather than finite crude oil. The company’s mechanically and tribologically optimised biopolymer is suitable for universal use in the low-load range.
ANDREW MUIRHEAD TAKES FOURTH NU-STAR POWERTUG
Established in 1758, Andrew Muirhead & Son manufactures seating leather and is the largest single supplier of quality upholstery leather to the airline industry. Part of the Scottish Leather Group, Andrew Muirhead is based in the east end of Glasgow and employs over 100 people in the manufacture of technical leathers which are exported all over the world for a wide variety of applications including aviation, marine, rail and building interiors