BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroën create JV on hybrid technologies; focus on standard components and open platform
The BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroën entered a new phase of their collaboration by signing an agreement to set up a 50:50 equity joint venture named BMW Peugeot Citroën Electrification.
BMW Peugeot Citroën Electrification will focus on developin…
San Francisco Nanny Parking Proposal Moves Ahead
The city’s transportation authority agreed Tuesday to move forward with a plan to issue special street parking permits to nannies, after local parents said current parking restrictions pose a safety risk to kids.
ROUSH CleanTech developing LPG cutaway chassis for Frito-Lay
ROUSH CleanTech has begun development of a liquid propane autogas fuel system for the Ford E-350 dual rear wheel (DRW) cutaway chassis. While this vehicle is used extensively by Frito-Lay, the first customer for the fuel system conversion, other fleets…
I-44 shut down for at least the night
Two major interstates in the state of Missouri have been shut down. To the north, interstate 70 between Kansas City and St Louis.
OnStar showing Smart Energy Management Solutions for EVs and utilities
OnStar will demonstrate a set of smart energy management technologies designed to help electric vehicle customers and utilities plan better and save money at DistribuTECH, a smart grid conference and exposition being held in San Diego 1-3 February.
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ANTS Are the Tractor of the Future
The tractor of the future will look like an ant. Or a Mars rover. Or maybe something out of Halo. And it’s so cool we want to be farmers when it arrives.
GAZ to assemble next-generation Chevrolet Aveo in Russia for GM
General Motors Co. and Russian automotive manufacturer GAZ Group, part of Oleg Deripaska’s ‘Basic Element Group’, have signed an agreement for the contract assembly of the new Chevrolet Aveo small car at GAZ’s facility in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russ…
Truckers keep truckin’ despite snow, sleet and ice
LODI: Their 18-wheel offices are smack dab in the middle of this week’s triple winter threat of sweeping winds, blowing snow and inch-thick ice.
Saab using UQM Technologies 135 kW electric drive system in 9-3 ePower EV test fleet vehicles
Saab has selected UQM Technologies to provide PowerPhase 135 kW electric propulsion systems to drive its all-electric Saab 9-3 ePower (earlier post) 70-vehicle development test fleet. Initial deliveries began in the third calendar quarter of 2010 (UQM …
Monster Storm Creates Travel Woes, Danger Across a Third of US
A potentially deadly winter storm is moving eastward, covering at least one-third of the country and bringing with it a combination of heavy snow, ice, high winds and freezing temperatures.