At the works council held on Friday, March 30, representatives of the staff of Steva Limousin, which employs 115 employees, were informed of the placement in receivership of the Bessines-sur-Gartempe plant (Haute-Vienne) faced with cash flow difficulties and insufficient activity. In 2014, the Steva group took over this site in receivership which belonged to Altia.… Continue reading 115 jobs threatened at Steva Limousin stamping machine
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Panasonic Starts Battery Cell Production In China
1 M BY MARK KANE Panasonic finally has begun mass production of prismatic-type automotive lithium-ion batteries in China, in the new factory opened in Dalian nearly one year ago. First shipment was sent on March 13, 2018. The cells for vehicles will be supplied to manufacturers in China and North America. At a later stage,… Continue reading Panasonic Starts Battery Cell Production In China
Nissan Leaf 30-kwh battery decline 3 times that of earlier electric cars: study
Follow John The Nissan Leaf, at least for the moment, remains the highest-volume electric car produced in history, with more than 300,000 sold. One of the measures that kept its cost down was the use of passive air cooling for its battery pack, rather than the pricier liquid cooling used by other makers to keep… Continue reading Nissan Leaf 30-kwh battery decline 3 times that of earlier electric cars: study
Copenhagen’s carbon neutral plan
It’s a prodigious goal: a carbon neutral city. The changes required to make it happen extend beyond Copenhagen’s city planners. Residents, businesses and infrastructure will all have to come together to make a carbon neutral Copenhagen by 2025. It’s an incredibly complex subject, carbon neutrality. It does not mean carbon-zero, or a complete lack of… Continue reading Copenhagen’s carbon neutral plan
March 29 Suzuki February 2018 Automobile Production, Japan Sales, and Export Figures (Preliminary)
February2018(units) Year-on-Year Year-on-YearTrends Jan.–Feb.2018(units) Year-on-Year Japan production 82,035 86.2% Down for the first time in 14 months 162,671 93.4% Overseas production 211,090 113.1% Up for the 14th consecutive month 419,787 107.8% Global production 293,125 104.0% Up for the 14th consecutive month 582,458 103.4%
March 29 Toyota and Suzuki Reach Basic Agreement toward Mutual Supply of Hybrid and Other Vehicles in India
29 March 2018 Toyota Motor CorporationSuzuki Motor Corporation Toyota and Suzuki Reach Basic Agreementtoward Mutual Supply of Hybrid and Other Vehicles in India Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki) have concluded a basic agreement toward the mutual supply of hybrid and other vehicles between the two companies for the Indian market. Specifically,… Continue reading March 29 Toyota and Suzuki Reach Basic Agreement toward Mutual Supply of Hybrid and Other Vehicles in India
VW emissions scandal: German carmaker storing 300,000 diesels in ‘graveyards’
It resembles a car park at an enormous open-air venue – but it is actually a knock-on effect of the Volkswagen emissions scandal. Dramatic aerial pictures show row after row of diesel VWs and Audis sitting in the baking California sun, awaiting either repair or destruction in their desert graveyard. This is just one of… Continue reading VW emissions scandal: German carmaker storing 300,000 diesels in ‘graveyards’
At Uber, a New CEO Shifts Gears
The Indian city of Gurugram, which in Hindi means “village of the guru,” is a technology-and-business hub twenty miles south of New Delhi, reached by highways filled with auto-rickshaws, exhaust-spewing buses, and the occasional immovable cow. The city’s glass high-rises contain dozens of multinational corporations, including Pepsi, Google, and Microsoft. On a recent morning, a… Continue reading At Uber, a New CEO Shifts Gears
RSS Readers Are Due for a Comeback: Feedly, The Old Reader, Inoreader
The modern web contains no shortage of horrors, from ubiquitous ad trackers to all-consuming platforms to YouTube comments, generally. Unfortunately, there’s no panacea for what ails this internet we’ve built. But anyone weary of black-box algorithms controlling what you see online at least has a respite, one that’s been there all along but has often… Continue reading RSS Readers Are Due for a Comeback: Feedly, The Old Reader, Inoreader
Press Release – Magna Provides Engineering Expertise to New Automaker VinFast
Please click HERE for a PDF version of the release. Complete vehicle development for two models Advanced engineering methods reduce development time to 12 months Vehicles will be built at the VinFast production plant in Haiphong, Vietnam SHANGHAI, China, March 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Asia represents one of the strongest growing automotive markets in… Continue reading Press Release – Magna Provides Engineering Expertise to New Automaker VinFast