BENDIX ACQUIRING ITERIS VEHICLE PRODUCTS
Published at 03.08.2011 in Components, Technology
Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Bendix), a member of the Knorr-Bremse Group, announced it is acquiring select assets--including SafetyDirect and the AutoVue Lane Departure Warning System--from Iteris, Inc.
MAN ESTABLISHES CENTER OF COMPETENCE FOR HYBRID DRIVES
Published at 27.07.2011 in Alternatives, Technology
MAN Truck & Bus is consolidating all its R&D activities in the field of hybrid technology in a newly created Center of Competence, which at the same time is expanding. The new Center of Competence also will be the interface to co-operation partners and suppliers as well as to further experts, such as from universities.
TM4 LAUNCHES NEW DRIVETRAIN FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Published at 21.07.2011 in Alternatives, Technology
The Canadian company TM4, a supplier of electric powertrains, recently unveiled a new 200kW electric drivetrain. Soon, the company will start to supply its customers with new high-power motors and power electronics, using technology like a patented permanent magnet motor design and isolated gate transistors (IGBT) technology to deliver some of the industry’s highest specific power and torque densities.
UTAH'S ENERGY DYNAMICS LABORATORY QUICKLY CHARGES ELECTRIC VEHICLE
Published at 15.07.2011 in Alternatives, Technology
Utah State University Research Foundation's Energy Dynamics Laboratory recently operated the first high-power, high-efficiency wireless power transfer system capable of transferring enough energy to quickly charge an electric vehicle. The lightweight, low-profile system demonstrated 90 percent electrical transfer efficiency of five kilowatts over an air gap of 10 inches. The demonstration at EDL's North Logan, Utah, facility further validates that electric vehicles can efficiently be charged with wireless technology.
FIRST CHINESE EURO 6 ENGINE
Published at 13.07.2011 in Components, Technology
The NYSE-listed China Yuchai International’s main operating subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company, has produced China's first domestically-developed prototype heavy duty diesel engine compliant with Euro VI emission standards. Test results for the engine, code named YC6L-60, which was jointly developed over four years by Guangxi Yuchai engineers and researchers from Tianjin University's National Key Laboratory of engine combustion, indicate that the NOx and particulate matter emissions of the YC6L-60 were well below Euro VI limits.
