2018 SAE World Congress Experience GM’s head of powertrain heads to Capitol Hill to present the auto industry’s case for creating a single, higher-octane fuel standard for the U.S. as a path toward more fuel-efficient and powerful internal-combustion engines.
Zero Accidents. Well – almost! In the future, increased connectivity will be able to protect all road users – almost all. But even today, ZF‘s safety technologies are helping to prevent accidents or at least lower their severity. For ZF, Vision Zero is more than a concept. With high-performance sensors and cameras, we aim for a world without road accidents.
The material already has been mass produced as an interior door garnish in the Hyundai Grandeur Hybrid and was a finalist for a 2017 Society of Plastics Engineers Innovation award in the U.S.
2018 SAE World Congress Experience Acura engineers built a “tree trunk” subframe into the rear of the all-new RDX and employed hot-stamped inner and outer door rings to assure chassis rigidity.
The investment aims to raise the Luton plant’s annual production capacity to 100,000 vehicles based on PSA’s EMP2 platform. In 2017, the plant produced 60,000 Opel/Vauxhall Vivaros.
The U.S. automaker plans to introduce two new models in China by year-end, but in the meantime it is seeing double-digit sales losses from like-2017: down 11% in March, 30% in February and 19% in the first quarter.
The automaker, which parent General Motors says will enter bankruptcy if it misses an April 20 deadline for resubmitting a restructuring plan, says fixed costs for unused facilities and "continuously rising labor costs" left it in the red a fourth straight year.
