Tag: Manufacturing

GM strike, day 20: Talks stretch on as workers miss 2nd paycheck

The national strike against the United States’ largest automaker stretched into its 20th day Saturday, a day after two former United Auto Workers communications directors called for the resignations of the union’s entire international executive board amid a widening federal corruption probe. Negotiators for the UAW and General Motors Co. returned to the bargaining table at 9 a.m.… Continue reading GM strike, day 20: Talks stretch on as workers miss 2nd paycheck

Polestar 2 Pricing Confirmed For European Launch Markets

Polestar 2 starts in Europe at around €60,000 but is fully equipped, with WLTP range of 500 km (311 miles). Polestar announced the final prices for the upcoming all-electric performance fastback Polestar 2 model in European launch markets, where first customer deliveries are expected from June 2020. Prices start at under €60,000 ($65,900) (including VAT tax… Continue reading Polestar 2 Pricing Confirmed For European Launch Markets

‘Jaguar is beating the rest of the world in terms of car design and style’

Jaguar has just invested untold years and countless people – plus a cool half a billion quid – on a new, world-beating product with a loud but stylish ‘Made in England’ tag proudly attached to it.   But the firm is insisting that this latest masterpiece, built at Gaydon, Warwickshire, isn’t for sale – at… Continue reading ‘Jaguar is beating the rest of the world in terms of car design and style’

Eisenach under pressure: “Crash planning”: Opel struggles with massive problems in SUV production

Opel in Eisenach The Grandland X is produced far below schedule. (Photo: AP) Munich OpelChief Michael Lohscheller was full of praise. “What happened here in the last ten weeks is really remarkable,” the manager complimented his team at the end of August at the start of production of the city SUV Grandland X, Dozens of… Continue reading Eisenach under pressure: “Crash planning”: Opel struggles with massive problems in SUV production

Electric car: Volvo announces the start of production of the Polestar 2

Volvo wants in a few months with the production of the electric cars Start Polestar 2 The first customers are her automobile in the summer of 2020 to receive. October 4, 2019, 10:59 am, Werner Pluta Electric car Polestar 2: The Launch Edition has various optional extras. (Image: Volvo) The electric Volvo is coming: The… Continue reading Electric car: Volvo announces the start of production of the Polestar 2

A brief guide

Semiconductors – one way, then another Semiconductors are chemical substances that have the properties both of electrical conductors and of non-conductors – hence semiconductors. As microchips, they are built into practically every kind of electrical system. They are a key technology of the connected world. Silicon/silicon carbide – the raw material of the connected world… Continue reading A brief guide

Geotab and Ford launch integrated telematics solution

Geotab, an IoT and connected transportation service provider, announced the availability of the Geotab Integrated Solution for Ford Vehicles. Integrating Ford vehicle data into the MyGeotab platform, fleet managers gain access to one dedicated portal with powerful tools that can process data from vehicles with an embedded modem as well as those which require a… Continue reading Geotab and Ford launch integrated telematics solution

Audi teases electric 4-dour coupé based new electric platform built with Porsche

Audi released a bunch of pictures teasing a new electric 4-dour coupé, which is expected to be based on a new electric platform built with Porsche. The German automaker launched the e-tron SUV earlier this year. The vehicle is based on its own previous platform that was also used in gasoline-powered vehicles. It will be… Continue reading Audi teases electric 4-dour coupé based new electric platform built with Porsche

Ferrari Opens Tailor Made Center in New York City

Englewood Cliffs New Jersey, 3 October 2019 – Ferrari opens its first Tailor Made Center in the United States today in New York City.  The only space of its kind in the Americas, this new Center continues the long-standing tradition of car customization and personalization that began at the factory in Maranello in the 1950s… Continue reading Ferrari Opens Tailor Made Center in New York City