DETROIT - DaimlerChrysler will partner with General Motors in a bid to develop a new generation of hybrid powertrains - and battle Japanese manufacturers which lead in this environmentally safer, less foreign-petroleum dependent market segment to power 21st century cars and trucks. GM and DC have signed a tentative agreement to develop a two-stage hybrid
FLINT - Eaton Corporation donated $10,000 to K. Joel Berry, who heads up the Kettering University Mechanical Engineering department, to help pay for a graduate student to do research on integrating fuel cells into automotive power trains to provide clean hydrogen power for cars and trucks. The check is part of a $40,000 four-year pledge.
OMAHA, Neb. - Werner Enterprises has become the only trucking company in the United States to be granted an exemption from the U.S. Transportation Department?s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration agency to use Global Positioning System technology to record drivers' hours-of-service, replacing paper logs. The two-year exemption is a milestone for Werner Enterprises and the
AUBURN HILLS - Clarity Technologies has signed an exclusive agreement with ISP Technologies to complete the development and commercialization of its Intelligent Surround technology for auto and home theatre markets. ISP Technologies' Intelligent Surround can decode any stereo signal into multidimensional, multi-channel surround sound. ?This is a natural extension of our capabilities and a highly
DETROIT - Laws banning the use of cell phones while driving would have little effect on the number of accidents, according to a new analysis of driver statistics co-authored by UC Davis economist James Prieger and Robert Hahn, executive director of the American Enterprise Institute-Brookings Joint Centre for Regulatory Studies. The study - The Impact
DETROIT - General Motors intends to double production of OnStar-equipped vehicles in the U.S. and Canada, and target China for an onslaught of hybrid vehicles late this decade. In 2005, OnStar telematics hardware will be built into 2.5 million U.S. and Canadian vehicles, which will grow to 3 million in 2006. Currently, OnStar is offered
DEARBORN - Jaguar Cars on Monday begins running a series of "Webisodic" ad/films aimed at promoting its entry-level X-Type model line. The theme, "Xing Over," (crossing over), centers around people trapped in the routine of their daily mundane life until they come into contact with an X-Type model. Then, each character steps into a world
DETROIT ? It takes just one glance to realize the 3CC isn?t your typical concept vehicle, nor was the venue Volvo used to reveal it on Tuesday. The automaker brought the three-seat electric-driven prototype to China for the annual Challenge Bibendum, a competition between ?green? vehicles and technology sponsored by Michelin. The 3CC is the
DETROIT - Honda Motor Co. will join up with two other Japanese titans in a group that will develop networking and software for vehicles. Along with Nissan and Toyota, Honda will work in the Japan Automotive Software Platform and Architecture, or Jaspar, group that is trying to standardize software and networks for vehicle control systems.