Posted Feb 24 2020 at 8:00 am The contrast is striking. One after the other, the car manufacturers are announcing sales at half mast, degraded margins, drastic restructuring. Latest, Renault, which is even fell in the red for the first time since 2009. Conversely, the annual results of the tricolor equipment manufacturers published this week… Continue reading Automotive: three-color equipment manufacturers withstand the crisis thanks to innovation
Tag: Manufacturing
Under the skin: Koenigsegg’s ingenious transmission solutions
Koenigsegg won’t say what, but it will hopefully reveal something special on the morning of 3 March at this year’s Geneva motor show. Rumour has it the Swedish supercar maker, known for its highly innovative drivetrains, will reveal a production car concept capable of breaking the 500km/h barrier (a smidge over 310mph). Koenigsegg currently employs… Continue reading Under the skin: Koenigsegg’s ingenious transmission solutions
Exclusive: new ID R sports car to pioneer secret battery tech
As Autocar reported last year, sister brand Porsche is developing an all-electric Boxster. While that model is thought to be based on either the Taycan’s PPE platform or an adapted version of the existing combustion engine platform, it’s possible the Stuttgart brand could make use of the MEB platform to create a sibling to the… Continue reading Exclusive: new ID R sports car to pioneer secret battery tech
Rimac C_Two Prototypes Testing On A Track Sounds Like The Future
The last time we saw the Rimac C_Two, it was cruising casually through some undeniably gorgeous scenery in an artful-but-short teaser video. Rimac released the clip to mark the electric hypercar’s transition to more aggressive prototype testing, and as this new video shows, the aggressive phase has kicked up a few more notches. The clip… Continue reading Rimac C_Two Prototypes Testing On A Track Sounds Like The Future
Cupra Formentor PHEV Production Version Confirmed To Debut In Geneva
It’s a big day for SEAT’s go-faster Cupra division as aside from introducing the speedy Leon models, the newly founded company is making an important announcement. Come early March, the first standalone Cupra model will be revealed in production guise as the road-going Formentor. The official premiere will take place at the Geneva Motor Show… Continue reading Cupra Formentor PHEV Production Version Confirmed To Debut In Geneva
@Honda: The Closure of Automobile production in the Philippines
MANILA, Feb 22, 2020 – (JCN Newswire) – Honda Cars Philippines, Inc., which produces passenger cars, BR-V, City, announced today, that it will stop production operations in its plant in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, effective March 2020. To meet Honda’s customer needs in the Philippines for reasonably priced and good quality products, Honda considered efficient allocation… Continue reading @Honda: The Closure of Automobile production in the Philippines
Project Blackjack: GM’s top-secret redesign of its mid-engine Corvette was disguised in an Australian pickup truck
The eighth-generation Chevrolet Corvette started its life as a Frankenstein test vehicle that parts of the previous generation sports car and Australian-made pickup called the Holden Ute, codenamed internally as “Blackjack.” That included exterior features of the pickup. Michael Wayland / CNBC LAS VEGAS – General Motors took unprecedented steps in an attempt to hide… Continue reading Project Blackjack: GM’s top-secret redesign of its mid-engine Corvette was disguised in an Australian pickup truck
3-millionth vehicle rolls off GM’s Lansing Delta Township line
Buy Photo A 2020 Chevrolet Traverse on Friday was the 3-millionth vehicle to roll off the line at GM’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant. (Photo: Rod Sanford, Special to The Detroit News) General Motors Co.’s Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant rolled its 3-millionth vehicle off the line Friday. It was a 2020 Chevrolet Traverse Redline… Continue reading 3-millionth vehicle rolls off GM’s Lansing Delta Township line
AbInBev, BMW, Bosch, Microsoft and ZF join forces to accelerate manufacturing innovation
L-R: Sven Hamann, SVP Bosch Connected Industry; Ralf Waltram, VP IT Systems, BMW Group; Dr Michael Bolle, Bosch Group; Scott Guthrie, EVP Cloud & AI, Microsoft; W Balandat, Head of Production Mgmt,ZF The Open Manufacturing Platform (OMP) has expanded, with new steering committee members and new working groups established. OMP is an alliance founded in… Continue reading AbInBev, BMW, Bosch, Microsoft and ZF join forces to accelerate manufacturing innovation
@Honda: Closure of Automobile Production in the Philippines
MANILA, Philippines, February 22, Saturday, 2020 – Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. (HCPI, President : Noriyuki Takakura), which produces passenger cars, BR-V, City, announced today, that it will stop production operations in its plant in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, effective March, 2020. To meet Honda’s customer needs in the Philippines for reasonably priced and good quality products,… Continue reading @Honda: Closure of Automobile Production in the Philippines