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12 February 2007 posted in Safety 3 views
Chicago Auto Show: Autoblog Q&A with Continental CEO Bill Kozyra At the Chicago Auto Show, Autoblog was invited to sit down with Bill Kozyra, the President and CEO of Continental Automotive Systems - North America. In 2005, Continental was the thirteenth largest au ...
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29 November 2006 posted in Ford 6 views
Ford announces 38,000 workers accepted buyout so far As Ford works to restructure itself with the goal of becoming more competitive in the marketplace, the automaker has announced that 38,000 UAW-represented hourly workers have accepted buyout packages ...
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15 September 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 9 views
Ford's Accelerated Way Forward Plan details announced All right, we got up this early to get Ford's announcement first thing, so let's get to it. Ford has announced, in a nutshell, that Way Forward 2.0 will include a further reduction in its production c ...
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3 April 2006 posted in Earnings/Financials 9 views
Continental AG to acquire Motorola automotive unit Continental AG, maker of tires and automotive components, is branching out into the automotive electronics business. The German company, known for its safety parts and electronic stability control sys ...
Tags: tires, automotive electronics, motorola, 1 billion, electronic stability control, continental ag, second quarter, automotive components, german company, auto electronics, antitrust approval
3 January 2006 posted in Trends 7 views
Iran's car industry aspires to build an engine of its own So, Iran looks to be one of the Next Big Things for automakers in their chase to find lower cost manufacturing, but it's clear that the country's auto industry has much bigger aspirations than serving ...
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16 December 2005 posted in Gadgets 10 views
Inventor of cruise control dies at 75 The Star News out of North Carolina reported that H. David Sturdy, creator of cruise control, died unexpectedly at the age of 75 on Monday night. Sturdy served as Director of Engineering and Sales of ...
Tags: north carolina, cruise control, automotive components, inventor, monday night, patents, dana corporation, director of engineering, perfect circle, sturdy corporation, star news
7 December 2005 posted in Aftermarket 9 views
When gearheads, geeks, and green meet Remember those gearheads who modified a Prius so it could average 100 miles per gallon by making better use of its batteries? Well, their discoveries have gone beyond the garage and into several new c ...
Tags: torque, prius, environmentalists, hybrid vehicle, batteries, diesel engines, miles per gallon, automotive components, gearheads, prototype vehicle, techno geeks, development consortium, calcars, components suppliers, ultracapacitors, discoveries
1 October 2005 posted in Trends 8 views
Ford takes back Visteon plants After spinning off auto parts supplier Visteon only 5 years ago, Ford Motor today took back control of its biggest supplier. In the U.S. and Mexico, 23 Visteon facilities have been placed under the co ...
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1 August 2005 posted in Gadgets 11 views
Siemens VDO plots new technology strategy With the convergence of electronics and automobiles, Siemens VDO believes that technology innovation is what will set their company apart. That is the word from David Royce, director of corporate stra ...
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14 July 2005 posted in Trends 6 views
The next step in automotive recycling - interiors Between the sharp increases in raw material costs and "green" legislation mandating recycling-friendly vehicles (primarily in Europe, but sure to move elsewhere), the reclamation of automotive compone ...
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