Michelin develops K1 MICHELIN Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tire for new Ferrari F80 Michelin has developed K1 MICHELIN Pilot Sport Cup 2 R tire as original equipment for new Ferrari F80 supercar. Thanks to its digital prowess, Michelin has developed unique modelling systems for tires to simulate the most extreme situations. These patented and encryption-protected algorithms are the most advanced in the world, allowing Michelin to make major progress in vi...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/18

Rivian announces updates, self-driving software subscriptions as it plans growth On September 9, Rivian CFO Claire McDonough talked about the company’s upcoming developments at the recent Goldman Sachs' Communacopia + Technology conference. Rivian’s deal with Volkswagen should be finalized before the end of November. McDonough expects the partnership to result in sharing future development costs, with electric hardware and software from Rivia...

News  Updated at: 2024/09/12

Tasking, Germany releases new automotive software development tools On November 29, TASKING, a Germany-based leader in automotive embedded software development tools, released a new hardware debugger iC7mini and the latest version of the development environment SmartCode v10.2r1 for the Infineon TriCore AURIX TC4x family. Both tools provide software developers with a full system solution for the development of automotive safety applications. The ...

News  Updated at: 2023/11/30

Sumitomo Rubber to utilize hydrogen to produce mass-produced tires Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (Sumitomo Rubber) announced that Shirakawa Plant (Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture) would start receiving hydrogen supply from July 24 for a month. The hydrogen would be produced at Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R), a hydrogen production facility in Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture. FH2R is equipped with a 10-megawatt hydrogen pr...

News  Updated at: 2023/07/28

Bosch partners with Ligier Automotive to develop hydrogen engine vehicles Robert Bosch GmbH (Bosch) announced a strategic partnership between Bosch Engineering and Ligier Automotive for the development of hydrogen engine vehicles. The goal of this project is to build a high-performance vehicle with a hydrogen engine that delivers drive dynamics equivalent to those of conventional gasoline-powered sports cars and thereby demonstrate the potential ...

News  Updated at: 2023/05/11

Malaysian Elmlab and Reka to jointly develop connectivity technology for autonomous vehicles Reported on March 18, 2022, Malaysian R&D company specializing in connectivity technology Elmlab signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Reka, an automation R&D firm to develop connectivity technology for autonomous vehicles.This joint effort between both parties will bring valuable industry insights to further refine the commercialization process...

News  Updated at: 2022/03/29

Michelin supplies OE fitment tires for Ferrari 296 GTB Michelin announced that it has been chosen by Ferrari as an official tire supplier for its new 296 GTB. As a result, Michelin will supply two different tires for the car – the MICHELIN Pilot Sport 4S K1 for predominantly road driving, and the road-legal MICHELIN Pilot Sport Cup 2R K2 for drivers wishing to push the limits of their car on the track. (From a press release on March 7, 2022)...

News  Updated at: 2022/03/09

New Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS completes final testing On October 20, Porsche announced that its new Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS s well prepared for its world premiere in November after successful completion final testing and evaluation drives. The first 718 to carry the RS badge has impressively demonstrated its dynamic potential both on twisty mountain roads and on the racetrack. To protect the driver, the mid-engined sports car was equipped with ...

News  Updated at: 2021/10/21

three minutes in Autopolis to about two minutes this time.In Super Taikyu Series 2021 Suzuka S-tai, two types of hydrogen were used in the hydrogen-powered engine vehicle: lignite-derived hydrogen transported from Australia, and clean hydrogen produced by Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) in Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture. The hydrogen from Australia was transported to and within Japan by a partnership of three companies: Kawasaki...

News  Updated at: 2021/09/21

Proma to invest MXN 130 million for new plant in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico On August 31, Proma Automotive de Mexico SA de CV announced an investment is of MXN 130 million (USD 6.47 million), for the construction of a new plant in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, for the manufacture and assembly of seat components and mechanisms, body assemblies and suspension cross members.This will be their first location in Mexico and will position them in pr...

News  Updated at: 2021/09/03

with gasoline engines. Except for the combustion of minute amounts of engine oil during driving, which is also the case with gasoline engines, hydrogen engines emit zero CO2 when in use.At the Super Taikyu Race, Toyota used green hydrogen produced by the Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) as well as by Obayashi Corporation and Toyota Motor Kyushu.(Toyota Motor press release on July 31, 2021)...

News  Updated at: 2021/08/02

Plastic Omnium announced new plant in China Plastic Omnium announced the construction of a new plant in LinGang, Shanghai region, by YFPO, its joint venture with Yanfeng which ranks as China’s leading manufacturer of exterior body systems. The production of bumpers will start in 2022, with a capacity of more than 1 million parts per year. China, the world’s largest automotive market, is strategic for Plastic Omnium, which already has 32 produ...

News  Updated at: 2021/06/21

on, Isuzu Motors Limited, AEON Co. Ltd., 3 major convenience store companies, and Asahi Group Holdings, Ltd., as well as the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) will join the project. They will utilize hydrogen produced by Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R) using renewable energy sources, and install several dozen FC trucks, hydrogen refueling stations, a system that optimizes operations and hydrogen ...

News  Updated at: 2021/06/07

NEDO and others announce start of operations at Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field On March 9, the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization of Japan (NEDO), Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation, Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc., and Iwatani Corporation announced that Fukushima Hydrogen Energy Research Field (FH2R), which had been under construction in Namie town, Fukushima Prefecture, has been constructed with ...

News  Updated at: 2020/03/10

Kawasaki India updates about new Ninja H2, H2 Carbon and H2R On August 22, India Kawasaki announced the launch of new Ninja H2, Ninja H2 Carbon and Ninja H2R. These models have some key updates in which the most noticing update is the increase in maximum power to 231 PS in the Ninja H2.The new Ninja H2 now has new TFT colour instrumentation along with smartphone connectivity to enable riders connect to their motorcycle wirelessly. The model is f...

News  Updated at: 2018/08/27

Thai Summit to invest R&D for materials and robotics Thai Summit Autoparts Industry evealed that suppliers would have to keep up with the changing technology in the auto industry and as well as keeping up the performance in service, production, management, and cost-reduction. Suppliers should catch the trend of technology or improve its product such as reducing the weight to save energy. As carmakers are trying to reduce its suppliers to avoid co...

News  Updated at: 2018/05/24

Kawasaki launches the Ninja H2, H2 Carbon and Ninja H2R in India Japanese motorcycle manufacturer Kawasaki informed in its website that it has introduced the Ninja H2, H2 Carbon and Ninja H2R bikes in India. These motorcycles share many components, including the 998cc inline 4-cylinder engine, proprietary supercharger, trellis frame, compact superbike dimensions, aerodynamic bodywork, single-sided swing-arm and powerful Brembo brakes.  In 2016...

News  Updated at: 2016/10/19

ian company manufactures systems with acknowledged best-in-world performance. Cohda's hardware and software products are used in more than 65 per cent of all V2X field trials worldwide today.Cohda Wireless will demonstrate the jointly-developed V2X reference solution consisting of Renesas’ R-Car W2R and R-Car W2H SoCs combined as a starter kit and Cohda Wireless’ software at the ITS World Congress 2016 taking place October 10 -14 in Melbourne...

News  Updated at: 2016/10/13

Renesas Electronics announces new system LSI for V2V and V2I communication Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the R-Car W2R system-on-a-chip (SoC: System LSI). The new automotive wireless communication SoC is designed for Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) communication in the 5.9-gigahertz (GHz) band. The R-Car W2R SoC, which uses Renesas' exclusive radio frequency (RF) system design technology, is the world's fi...

News  Updated at: 2015/10/05

Delphi begins production of new common rail systems Delphi Automotive LLP announced that it has entered production of its common rail technologies for heavy-duty diesel fuel injection equipment (FIE) that will meet the requirements of Euro VI. Working at up to 2,700 bar, the new systems provide a choice of three architectures: conventional remote pump common rail (F2R) and two common rail systems with distributed pumps; F2E and F2P. Delphi curren...

News  Updated at: 2012/09/05