ft, which is restructuring into three units: benchmarking and technology optimization, engineering talent solutions, and engineering solutions. The Benchmarking division will remain with Caresoft, though KPIT will continue to partner with it. The acquisition includes expertise in cost benchmarking, teardown engineering, software benchmarking, and vehicle manufacturing support. It is expected to be completed over three years and has a maximum cons...

News  Updated at: 2025/05/06

g X-ray equipment and 3D scanners for analysis and documentation. The center includes a 400-square-meter exhibition area and a 200-square-meter Innovation Lab for workshops and ideation. Data from analyses is integrated into FEV’s cloud-based benchmarking database, “carat.” BMC specializes in teardown analysis, component evaluation, cost assessment, and level-2 testing at vehicle and system levels. It also tests battery-electric powertrains...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/17

physical processing supports sample preparation, quality control, and the safe handling of electrode materials. Forensics investigates cell failures, while Electrochemistry enables advanced testing of coin and pouch cells. CT scanning allows non-destructive cell analysis to identify issues without teardown. The Battery Development Laboratory is the second of UKBIC’s GBP 74 million upgrades to come online. Based on UKBIC press release...

News  Updated at: 2025/02/05

A2Mac1 to close only U.S. location in June A2Mac1 LLC, an automotive data software company headquartered in France, is closing its only U.S. location in Belleville, Michigan in June and laying off 70 of its employees. A2MAC1 is a provider of competitive technical benchmarking solutions across the automotive industry, including Teardown, Cost Engineering, Technology Assessments, Innovation, Design-to-Cost, and Product Optimization reports. In a le...

News  Updated at: 2024/04/27

Great Wall Motor performs first teardown of Lemon Hybrid DHT system On March 2, Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. (Great Wall Motor) performed the first live teardown of the Lemon Hybrid DHT system. The Lemon Hybrid DHT system is a hybrid technology that delivers excellent performance and high efficiency under the full speed range and all scenarios. The system consists of three parts, namely a DHT highly integrated oil-electric hybrid system, HEV/PHEV a...

News  Updated at: 2021/03/12

onomous, light weight technology in the road-going Arrow.“Today, together with Windsor-Essex Economic Development Corporation, we are launching an Artificial Intelligence-enabled database portal that will maximize the impact of our supplier search and our technology integration effort. AI-enabled teardown technology developed by YQGTech will automatically connect proposed parts, systems and components with required complementary counterparts in...

News  Updated at: 2021/01/15

Tesla Model Y gets teardown treatment by industry expert Sandy Munro On April 1, Sandy Munro announced on the first official live stream of the project on MunroLive that Munro and Associates will do a complete teardown of the Tesla Model Y for a series of detailed reports over the coming months.Munro had taken delivery of the red Tesla Model Y Performance from Fremont, California at his office in Auburn Hills, Michigan on March 30.Munro offered h...

News  Updated at: 2020/04/03

dditionally, the opinions pointed out the need to improve the motor vehicle recycling network and facilitating vehicle scrappage and upgrading. Relevant authorities are required to formulate detailed measures for recycling and management of scrapped vehicles. The companies engaging in recycling and teardown of scrapped vehicles should strictly implement relevant technical regulations. Moreover, the opinions require introduction of guidance polici...

News  Updated at: 2020/03/16

alliance is led by China Tower Co., Ltd. Sichuan Branch and Sichuan Changhong Electronic Holdings Limited. Nearly a hundred companies and organizations inside and outside Sichuan Province that are engaging in NEV production, power battery production, NEV operation and maintenance, NEV recycling and teardown and NEV reutilization have become members of the alliance. Since 2019, similar industry alliances have been established in the provinces of G...

News  Updated at: 2019/08/07

Munro & Associates does teardown, evaluates Tesla Model 3 as costly, overbuilt Sandy Munro, the founder of Munro & Associates, an engineering company north of Detroit that recently performed a teardown and evaluation of Tesla’s Model 3, found that while he admires the technology, the body design and assembly processes employed in Fremont keep the car from being as profitable as it could be.Munro highlighted the case of overbuilding the frame at...

News  Updated at: 2018/10/18

f the products produced by power battery manufacturers. The announcement begins on August 1st.According to the announcement, manufacturers are required to adopt product designs that are standardized, pervasive, and ensure convenience when the batteries are dismantled. They will also provide battery teardown and power storage technology information to vehicle manufacturers. Both battery and vehicle manufacturers are required to encode batteries ac...

News  Updated at: 2018/02/28

MarkLines partners with U.S.-based Munro to strengthen teardown analysis capabilities MarkLines Co., Ltd., which provides services on MarkLines Automotive Industry Portal, announced that it has signed an agreement with Munro & Associates, Inc., an engineering consulting firm based in Michigan, U.S., to collaborate in the vehicle teardown analysis business. Munro & Associates will contribute benchmarking and quality data to the MarkLines web porta...

News  Updated at: 2017/04/18

AICE to perform teardown study of engines used in European cars The Research Association of Automotive Internal Combustion Engines (AICE) will perform teardown analysis of engines used in foreign vehicles. AICE consists of 9 Japanese automakers and 2 research organizations. The Japan Automobile Research Institute (JARI) will lead this project. AICE members will work together on this project, which is expected to accelerate the development of fue...

News  Updated at: 2015/07/06

Denso to open new global training center in Japan in 2016 Denso Corporation announced that it will open a new global training center for management level employees in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture in April 2016. After the teardown of Denso's existing training center, the new facility with a total floor area of 11,000 square meters will be constructed on the same site. The floor area will be expanded by 170 percent from the current training cente...

News  Updated at: 2014/10/15