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UQM Technologies Appoints Yi-Zhen Lin As Vice President And General Manager Of UQM Asia Limited

The company says Lin is a critical addition to the UQM executive team as the company moves to expand its market and operations into the Asia Pacific region.

Lead Technology To Be Showcased At Advanced Automotive Battery Conference

At the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference, some of the most impressive new developments are coming from the world of lead. This includes rechargeable lead battery technology, reworked to deliver more energy and power, for current and next generation start-stop cars.

New Global Business Professor Platform Aims To Help Auto Industry Professionals Accelerate Expertise

Subscribers can select from thousands of free- and fee-based tools to achieve rapid learning, including online on-demand seminars, audio interviews, courses, reports, white papers, live online seminars, as well as participating in discounted public events and in-house workshops.

New Global Business Professor Platform Aims To Help Auto Industry Professional Accelerate Expertise

Subscribers can select from thousands of free- and fee-based tools to achieve rapid learning, including online on-demand seminars, audio interviews, courses, reports, white papers, live online seminars, as well as participating in discounted public events and in-house workshops.

PPG Acquires Automotive Refinish Coatings Company Futian Xinshi

Futian is a privately owned company based in the Guangdong province of China. Futian distributes its products in China through a network of more than 200 distributors.

Bosch And MAHLE Plan Sale Of Joint Turbocharger Business

With approximately 1,400 employees, Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems develops and produces turbochargers for manufacturers of passenger cars and commercial vehicles. The joint subsidiary was founded in 2008.

Brembo To Obtain ECE R90 Certifications For Entire Range Of Discs And Brake Drums

Brembo has already tested and certified 95 percent of the products available in its catalog. All tested products can be recognized due to the certification code provided by the certifying agency, which will be branded on the product, as well as printed on the package label.

McLaren Racing Signs New 4-Year Partnership With Stratasys To Bring Additive Manufacturing To Formula 1

Stratasys will work closely with the Grand Prix outfit as it ramps up its rapid manufacturing capacity at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, U.K.

SUV Registrations Set Record, Accounting For 1 In 4 Cars Sold In Europe In 2016

The European car industry boomed in 2016, with new car registrations for the year totaling 15.14 million units, a 6.5 percent increase when compared to 2015, according to data from JATO Dynamics.

Deloitte Study: Fact, Fiction And Fear Cloud Future Of Autonomous Vehicles In The Minds Of Consumers

Consumers around the world remain skeptical about the safety of fully autonomous vehicles and hold widely divergent views on who they trust to bring autonomous vehicles to market, according to a new study from Deloitte. The study compares consumer attitudes from 17 countries on self-driving cars, advanced safety, powertrain systems and cockpit technologies, along with people’s willingness to pay for these features.

TomTom Acquires Autonomos, Berlin-Based Autonomous Driving Startup

Autonomos has provided R&D consultancy services for automated vehicle assistance systems and has built up expertise and technologies in the process, including a full demonstration-level autonomous driving software stack.

Auto Care Association Announces Webinar On Business Opportunities In Colombia

Participants will hear first-hand market insight from U.S. Commercial Service automotive industry specialists, and will have the opportunity to raise questions to address specific interests.