When Japanese OEM Infiniti unveiled its heritage-inspired Prototype 9 EV concept in August last year the company was hinting at…
Month: January 2018
Japanese OEM Mazda has opened a new engine machining factory at its powertrain plant in Thailand’s Chonburi Province. The US$198m…
Automotive supplier Schaeffler has appointed former BMW executive Dr Jochen Schröder to lead the group’s newly established e-mobility division. The…
Horiba has supplied Mahle Powertrain with a four-wheel drive chassis dynamometer for its all-new Real Driving Emissions Centre in Northampton,…
As OEMs continue to produce cleaner and more efficient cars, BorgWarner has designed an all-new P2 module for hybrid electric…
Frank Blome has joined Volkswagen as head of the Battery Cell Center of Excellence. The addition of the 48-year-old will…
Unveiled at the 2018 Detroit auto show, the 2019 Ram 1500 has shed 100kg and added e-torque power. Available with…
Swedish OEM Volvo has highlighted its commitment to reducing the environmental damage caused by vehicle manufacturing as the Skövde engine production site in Sweden becomes the company’s first climate-neutral plant
Many moons ago now, I sat at a table overlooking a lake in Austria. We’d just finished driving a Lexus LS something or other and the head of transmissions was regaling us with stories of his breakthrough 8-speed auto. This was, of course, back in the days when six cogs was all the rage and ZF ruled the roost.
Despite society’s fervent march toward an all-electric future, Graham Johnson ponders whether ill-advised political decisions mean the environment will be no closer to being saved
