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Clipped to the Drawing Board by George Tan
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The popularity of Citroen vehicles is based on the firm's novel designs, which exemplify French style and sense. While enhancing user-friendliness and continually developing cutting-edge designs, the French company is positioning itself as one of Europe's leading eco-friendly automakers. In this ninth installment in a series on the world's high-end brands, Citroen President Gilles Michel speaks with Yomiuri Shimbun Correspondent Hiroyuki Nakamura about future strategies.
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Friday 20 June, 2008 08:19 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – It is possible to slash fuel use by all vehicles on U.S. roads to pre-2000 levels within a few decades, but doing so will require an immediate and herculean effort in several areas, according to data issued recently by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 05:32 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Tony Elmasri
The little municipality of Modena, Italy in the Po Valley , is known for its famous tenor – Luciano Pavarotti – who was born and died here; for its delicious balsamic vinegar – use it on ice cream for a real treat; and for an unrivaled automotive history of sportscar design, engineering, manufacturing, and speed.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 08:03 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
Lotus yesterday won two government contracts to help create the greener and more fuel efficient cars of the future.
The Norfolk-based car maker and engineering firm will help develop zero-emission London taxi cabs by 2012 and create a greener executive car as part of a consortium including Jaguar.
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Thursday 19 June, 2008 02:58 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dave Ellery
Jaguar Land Rover said last night it was looking to recruit hundreds of qualified automotive engineers as part of an ambitious programme to develop a new generation of cleaner and more fuel-efficient cars.
While the announcement is undoubtedly a major boost for the West Midlands’ manufacturing sector, the country’s well-publicised shortage of skilled workers raises the question of whether a flagship carmaker may have to recruit some of the engineers it needs from abroad.
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Wednesday 18 June, 2008 10:31 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Susan Decker
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Boeing's 787 supply chain has slowly regrouped from last year's production system meltdown. All six major structural producers are now approaching milestones originally set for September-October 2007, but progress is stabilising roughly on track with the latest revised schedule.
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Wednesday 18 June, 2008 10:15 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by jackson Browne
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OCHIGI, Japan - American Honda Motor Co., Inc. , today announced five of the first customers for its advanced new FCX Clarity hydrogen fuel cell-powered vehicle and also provided details of the world's first fuel cell vehicle dealership network in the United States. The announcements were made during a ceremony for the start of FCX Clarity production at the world's first dedicated fuel cell vehicle manufacturing facility in Japan.
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Monday 16 June, 2008 08:17 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Yan Chu
Beijing's decision to develop a mainline airliner is forcing Airbus to rethink its Chinese industrial strategy and seek ways of working with the huge customer without helping a future competitor.
One solution could be direct Airbus production in China, just as the company is establishing a greater presence in the U.S.
While the European manufacturer still expects to deepen its business in China, it says the country's decision to move into the Airbus and Boeing market must change the future relationship.
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Monday 16 June, 2008 06:15 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
2008 marks the tenth anniversary of the Renault Technocentre . This large-scale technological and architectural project was developed to provide Renault with benchmark status in automotive design and development. It offers its 11,500 resident employees cutting-edge resources for effectively carrying out their projects in an ultra-modern, environmentally-friendly atmosphere. In all, more than 20 vehicles have been developed there since its creation.
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Monday 16 June, 2008 06:58 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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Years ago, I worked for a new car dealership called Foreign Motors of Boston doing new car prep and light maintenance. The “Foreign Motors” moniker might seem odd today, but back in the late 1960s/early 1970s there weren’t many stand-alone import car dealerships, the exception, of course, being Volkswagen. Foreign Motors carried Bentley, Mercedes-Benz and Rolls-Royce, as well as an eccentric French automobile called the Citroën Sport Maserati, better known as the Citroën SM.
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Friday 13 June, 2008 12:06 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Pat Sheen
Following are remarks given by Mark Fields, executive vice president, Ford Motor Company, and president, The Americas, at "Plug-In Electric Vehicles 2008: What Role for Washington?" held in Washington, D.C. by Brookings and Google.org on June 11, 2008.
Good afternoon. It's a pleasure to be with you today as we look at the business case for a technology that holds great promise and poses many questions.
Plug-in hybrids offer a compelling transportation solution -- one that will only achieve its full potential through a shared commitment to innovation and collaboration.
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Friday 13 June, 2008 02:59 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Dillon Smatcher
Antonov, the automotive technology company , is returning to first principles in order to develop the radical low cost transmission systems required for ultra low cost cars.
“We have unique experience of mechanical automatic shifting and alternative launch systems gained over almost 20 years,” says John Moore. “Such systems are ideally suited to the development of low cost automatic gearboxes much needed for the low cost vehicles required for emerging markets.”
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Thursday 12 June, 2008 12:59 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Adam Crighton
Successful design arouses desire . In order to achieve this, it is more crucial than ever before that car manufacturers create the conditions that allow customers to establish a close relationship with their cars. Therefore, designers seek ways to promote and intensify people's identification with their car that reach beyond pure aesthetics. In the premium segment in particular, customers demand cars that stir emotions and allow them to express their individuality. BMW Group Design has set another deepened objective for designing new cars that moves today's consumers and their demand for enhanced utility and more versatility to the top of their agenda.
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Wednesday 11 June, 2008 06:41 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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So here is an article about another electric car company. This outfit is going to get cars from China and sell them here. OK, perhaps I have too high an opinion of automotive engineers. Perhaps that is narcissism since I used to be one, working for GM and Ford as a product design engineer in Detroit. But designing a car the way the public expects a car to work is a darned difficult thing
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Wednesday 11 June, 2008 02:39 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
Somebody has put sugar in the gas tank of knowledge about beating record fuel prices.
Bogus tips, some circulated by respected organizations, are circulating on the Internet and through the grapevine.
Heard the advice to pump fuel slowly to avoid vaporizing your purchase?
The thinking goes that, with the trigger fully depressed, a portion of the gas dispensed -- and paid for -- turns into a mist or gas as it streams into your tank and gets sucked back into the pumping equipment's air pollution control system.
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Tuesday 10 June, 2008 08:48 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Bob Smith
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For the men and women who build sport utility vehicles in Toledo and those whose families rely on them, the river of bad news in the auto industry lately has run so deep and wide that even the venerable Jeep might have trouble crossing it.
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Monday 9 June, 2008 10:42 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Susan Decker
Leaving today on his fourth trade mission to Tokyo, Gov. Mitch Daniels will find the Japanese auto industry is thinking about making highly fuel- efficient cars, such as the Toyota Prius hybrid sedan , in the United States.
Meetings with top executives of Honda, Subaru and Toyota are on Daniels' schedule this week, positioning him to tout the state as the prime place to make the Prius -- as well as hybrid electronic systems and fuel-efficient diesels for Honda sedans.
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Monday 9 June, 2008 04:39 PM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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GERMANY is producing zeppelins again. More than 70 years after the infamous Hindenburg disaster, its latest airship was gently guided out of the hangar last month for its maiden test flight.
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Monday 9 June, 2008 10:45 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Administrator
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London : Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has revealed the first design sketches of its next new model. Known as RR4, the car is due to be launched in 2010 and will sit alongside the Phantom model line-up. RR4 will be smaller than Phantom and powered by a new engine, unique to Rolls-Royce.
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Monday 9 June, 2008 08:37 AM |
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Clipped to the Drawing Board by Adam Crighton
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The name General Motors brings to mind gas-guzzling behemoths, not fuel-sipping ecomobiles. But in an era of sky-high gas prices, it and the rest of the Detroit Three know that getting back in the black means going green. It promises to be a bumpy ride
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Sunday 8 June, 2008 06:31 PM |
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