On February 26, Kingisepp Machine-Building Plant (KMZ) announced that it will produce import-substituting parts for Lada cars, Mikhail Danilenko, managing director of KMZ. The total investment in both projects is more than RUB 44 million. The results of the work are expected at the end of 2025. It will produce parts

On June 4, 2024, Proton unveiled the upgraded X50 SUV in Malaysia. Proton said this is not a facelift, and that a more significant refresh that is based on the Geely Binyue Coolay SUV will arrive later in the X50’s life.
The X50’s key specifications and its starting price remains unchanged. Its exterior is said to be

Freudenberg SE announced the official opening of the new Chongqing Plant of Vibracoustic, its subsidiary. With a total investment of about CNY 170 million (about EUR 21.6 million) and a land area of about 16,400 square meters, the new plant will manufacture a full range of NVH products, such as engine mounts, chassis

On February 6, Lamborghini announced that the Invencible coupé and Auténtica roadster were styled by Lamborghini Centro Stile as the quintessence of maximum creativity using the V12 platform. These two one-off cars have been created to celebrate the end of the V12 supercar era.  The Invencible and Auténtica are the v

On January 25, the BMW Group announced the new BMW M3 CS. It will be produced in a limited edition at the BMW Group plant in Munich from March 2023. Its market launch will start flowing in March 2023. The most important sales regions for the new special model are the USA, Germany, Great Britain, and Japan.
The driv

On December 6, Mercedes-Benz announced the new Mercedes-AMG S 63 E PERFORMANCE. It combines the AMG 4.0-liter V8 biturbo engine with the AMG-specific hybrid powertrain and a new expansion stage of the AMG high-performance battery (HPB). The new HPB 150 is based on the high-performance and directly cooled battery cell

Vibracoustic SE (Vibracoustic) developed a modular motor mount and highly integrated battery electric vehicles (BEV) support structure to meet requirements for mounting EDUs (Electric Drive Units). The engine mount is a modular and lightweight solution that uses a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) bushing with double ins

Continental AG (Continental) announced that it will present a broad portfolio of products, technologies, and digital solutions relating to sustainability, connected commercial vehicles, data-based services as well as safe and fair transport at IAA Transportation 2022 event in Hanover, Germany, from September 20 – 25,

Continental AG (Continental) announced that Continental has been developing a wide range of product portfolios for electric commercial vehicles, comprising DC/DC converters and a wide range of control components, including sound modules, and intelligent sensors for battery monitoring. Continental engineers are workin

On November 17, Nissan announced that the 2022 Rogue will receive the OEM’s all-new, variable-compression-ratio, turbocharged 3-cylinder as the sole engine offering.
The new engine produces 201-horsepower and 225 lb-ft of torque, increases of 11% and 24% respectively, versus the outgoing 2.5L naturally aspirated mill

Continental AG (Continental) announced that it has developed bearing elements made of special elastomer compounds for cars, vans, buses, and trucks for manufacturers of electric vehicles (EV) in Europe, the USA, and China. They absorb the vibrations in the high-frequency range and are also lightweight. The lower weig

South Korea’s Guyoung Tech Co., Ltd. (Guyoung Tech) announced that it has won an order for engine mount brackets from ContiTech, a subsidiary of Continental in Germany. The contract is valid from September 2022 to July 2027, and the sales under the deal are expected to reach KRW 35.63 billion. The brackets will be us

Le Belier announced it will invest USD 68 million in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico to produce automotive parts and generate 396 jobs. The company will manufacture turbo compressors, master cylinders, brackets, engine mounts, braking systems and chassis components in a 35,000-square-meter-facility. Le Belier’s clients

Vibracoustic announced that it has developed a hydraulic motor bearing with a passive switching function for three and four-cylinder internal combustion engines. This engine mount adjusts its damping performance based on the excitations coming from the engine - without an external electronic or hydraulic trigger. Thi

Vibracoustic announced that its active engine mounting systems uses electronically generated compensation movements that neutralize the incoming vibrations and reduce noise from the combustion engine by up to 20 dB. Active engine mounting systems use specially generated compensation movements and thus neutralize the

Hutchinson announced that it is going to supply Daimler Trucks with rear engine mounts on a fleet of 100,000 trucks. Three different models will be equipped with these rear engine mounts. The selected parts have several advantages like part weight reduction and new components more efficient and able to meet the techn

On April 30, Maruti Suzuki India introduced powerful 1.5-litre DDIS 225 diesel engine with 6-speed manual transmission in the next gen Ertiga. The latest 1.5 litre DDIS 225 4-cylinder diesel engine is developed in-house to deliver enhanced performance.
The new DDIS 225 engine delivers a peak torque of 225Nm at 1,500

On March 15, Vibracoustic informed that it is developing corresponding components for engine mounts and the chassis with creative design principles, new material combinations and innovative manufacturing processes. The latest development is a three-chamber air suspension system. By switching individual air chambers o