KS Bearings and Miba Bearings Form Joint Venture
Kolbenschmidt Pierburg’s KS Bearings division and Miba Bearings US LLC have created a 50-50 joint-venture company in Indiana to produce materials that are needed to manufacture plain bearings for the automobile and commercial vehicle industries.
Survey Shows Americans in Favor of Windfall Profit Tax on Oil Companies
Alarmed by high gasoline prices, the vast majority of Americans now would favor a special tax on the windfall profits of oil companies if the revenues were used to finance alternative energy research, according to a new Opinion Research Corporation national survey to be released on Sept. 22, 2005 by 40mpg.org, which is a project of the nonprofit and nonpartisan Civil Society Institute (CSI).
Dana Corporation Signs Agreement with Permo-Drive Technologies
Dana Corporation announced that it has signed an agreement with Permo-Drive Technologies of Australia to commercialize globally Permo-Drive’s hybrid-hydraulic Regenerative Drive System (RDS) with an initial focus on refuse vehicles.
California International Auto Show Kicks off 2006 North American Auto Show Season
Southern California’s premiere auto show, the California International Auto Show (CIAS), announced today a series of new vehicle launches and the all-new Auto Show Underground that will highlight the hot automotive customizing market, celebrity and exotic cars, hybrids, classics, and the latest automotive accessories. Coming off a highly successful 2005 auto show season, this year’s CIAS is poised for tremendous growth with an exciting auto show schedule planned for manufacturers, media and consumers alike.
U.S. Department of Energy Provides $4.7 Million in Support of Automotive Technology Education
The U.S. Department of Energy announced the selection of eight universities that will receive $4.7 million to be Graduate Automotive Technology Education (GATE) Centers of Excellence. The goal of GATE is to train a future workforce of automotive engineering professionals to overcome technology barriers preventing the development and production of cost-effective, high-efficiency vehicles for the U.S. market.
Polk Study Finds Rising Gas Prices Getting Personal
Consumers are telling auto manufacturers they want fuel-efficient vehicles; they are reducing how much they drive and they will factor the price of gas into decisions concerning both the timing and type of vehicles they purchase, according to results from a public opinion poll and forthcoming study by the Polk Center for Automotive Studies.
Automotive Training Managers Council Fall Conference Scheduled for October 2-4
A tour of the Chevrolet Corvette plant in Bowling Green, KY, in celebration of 50 years of the small block engine; hybrid technology service issues and a presentation on advanced technology training for independent repair shops are just some of the industry-related highlights for the Automotive Training Managers Council (ATMC) Fall Conference to be held Oct. 2-4 at the Sheraton Music City Hotel, Nashville, TN. The theme for the Music City, USA location is: “Working in Harmony through ATMC: OEM, Fleet and Aftermarket.”
Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc. Signs Letter of Intent With ECr Technologies, Inc
Advanced Battery Technologies, Inc., a developer and manufacturer of rechargeable Polymer-Lithium-Ion (PLI) batteries, today announced that it has signed a letter of intent with California-based ECr Technologies, Inc. of San Jose to jointly develop an all-electric bus.
NAAHAC/AIAG Will Have Online HazMat Program For Dealers by Q4 2005
NAAHAC (North American Automotive HazMat Action Committee) announced that CCAR and ShipMate have been unanimously chosen by NAAHAC/AIAG (Automotive Industry Action Group) as the developers and providers for a Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Internet-based training program for automotive dealers.
Supplier Wants to Build Cars for Big Three
Magna Steyr appears to be inching closer to its goal of being the first auto supplier in recent history to build entire vehicles on a contract basis for automakers in North America. The engineering unit of Canada’s Magna International Inc. still doesn’t have its first North American vehicle-building contract, but the unit’s top executive here said it has had initial talks with several U.S. automakers and could be close to inking a deal.