General Motors shows off 70-year-young Global Technical Center On May 26, General Motors commemorated the opening of its Global Technical Center campus in Warren, Michigan 70 years ago this month. The Tech Center was celebrated back then as “Where Today Meets Tomorrow”, and the company says that is even more accurate now with the sheer volume of advancements in capabilities at the one-square-mile site. GM committed USD 2 billion to the renova...

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between the Plant Marshalling Yard (PMY), located adjacent to the Tuscaloosa Plant, and the Domestic Marshalling Yard (DMY), previously separated by U.S. Highway 11 and active Norfolk Southern rail tracks.  The two facilities are now linked by a newly constructed land bridge offering approximately one mile of two‑lane roadway. Construction on the project began in 2025 and is completed now in 2026. The new connection will result in an estimated...

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. First launched in 1982, the Pajero was developed as a recreational vehicle (RV, now widely known as an SUV) with a new concept that combined the off-road performance of a full-fledged four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicle with the comfort of a passenger car. Across four generations, the model has become one of Mitsubishi Motors' most iconic cross-country SUVs, with cumulative global sales of more than 3.25 million units in over 170 countries and regio...

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, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Geringer, President of the Austrian Society of Automotive Engineers (ÖVK), focused on the global energy policy challenge, intensified by geopolitical conflicts, stressing that secure and sufficient energy supply has become a critical issue alongside climate protection. He cautioned against relying on targets and deadlines alone, arguing that energy transformation requires long-term, implementable strategies rather than expec...

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er 2018, under negotiation with several companies to sell off the plant. - Production suspended in the middle of 2015. - Investment: USD 300 million. - Capacity in 2015 - 100,000 units. Opel Group has announced that it will scale down its production operations from two shifts to one Hyundai seeks to acquire GM's Russian plant Hyundai buys GM's car plant in Russia's St. Petersburg Art-Finance LLC completes acquisition of Hyun...

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chscreen display. Some variants are equipped with an automotive-grade Qualcomm Snapdragon cockpit chip. In terms of intelligent driving, certain variants feature a J6B driving assistance chip, while the ULTRA+ high-end variant is equipped with a J6M chip. It also comes with a sensor suite including one 192-line LiDAR unit, one millimeter-wave radar, 12 ultrasonic sensors, and 11 HD cameras, supporting features such as City and Highway NOA, Highwa...

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) B70 (FF) (China) Baleno (India) Beetle Dune (Mexico) Bentayga (UK) Bigster (Romania) Bin Rui (FF) (China) BJ40 Plus (4WD) (China) BJ80 (4WD) (China) Bojun (FF) (China) Bolero (India) Boon Borui (FF) (China) Boyue (FF) (China) Boyue X (FF) (China) BR-V (India) BR-V (Thailand) Brio (India) Brio (Indonesia) Brio (Thailand) Brio Amaze (Thailand) BS6 (China) C-Class (China) C11 (4WD) (China) C11 (RR) (China) C11 Extended Range (RR) (China) C20R (Chi...

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ss (China) C-Crosser (Netherlands) C-HR C-HR (Thailand) C-HR Hybrid C-HR Hybrid (Thailand) C-Max Hybrid (USA) C3 (India) C3 Aircross (India) C3 Aircross (Spain) C3-XR (FF) (China) C4 (France) C4 (Spain) C4 Picasso (Spain) C4 Sega (FF) (China) C5 X (FF) (China) Caddy (Poland) Caliber (USA) Calya (Indonesia) Camaro (USA) Canyon Denali (USA) Captiva (Korea) Captur (Spain) Carnival (Korea) Carry Cast Cast Style Cayenne (Slovakia) CC (FF) (China) Cele...

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ZF to transfer electric parking brake production from China to Japan German parts supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF) has decided to transfer production of its electric parking brakes (EPB)—one of its main products—from China to Japan. As part of a review of its supply chain, the company is responding to customer requests for domestic production in Japan. It will shift production equivalent to approximately 550,000 vehicles per year (about 1....

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fur battery material. This is expected to clarify the mechanism of lithium-sulfur battery reaction and degradation, and improve performance. The chemical bonds of the sulfur in sulfur-based cathode active materials have been three-dimensionally visualized in the unit of about 80 nanometers (1 nm is one-billionth of a meter). The spatial unevenness of chemical bonds in the test sample was also clarified. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shim...

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ipped with a variable-geometry turbocharger, 350-bar high-pressure direct injection and Miller cycle combustion, it accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 10.2 seconds and reaches a top speed of 194 km/h. The New Ypsilon range comprises three powertrains: Hybrid, Electric and Turbo 100 petrol, this last one available in LX and HF Line trims.  Pricing in Italy starts at EUR 21,200, positioned EUR 3,000 below the hybrid versions. (Stellantis on May 27,...

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