ZF claims European first
for hybrid drive facility
Transmissions group says its electric motor plant is Europe's
first to be devoted to hybrid drives on an industrial
scale, and it's got a deal with Mercedes among others
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BorgWarner doubles capacity
for dual-clutch systems
Transmissions group spend €26 million on its plant
at Arnstadt in Thuringia as its gears up for 500 per cent
market growth
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BMW claims innovation
in both car and engines
Its X6 is a new class of vehicle, it says, and the way
it distributes power and the positioning of the turbocharger
are both new
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Kongsberg purchase moves
it into bigger league
The Norwegian group is buying Global Motion Systems, which
will quadruple its business in gear shift controls and
other systems for the automotive sector
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BorgWarner sees quadrupling
of double clutches
The power transmission group says it reckons demand will
rise fourfold within the next six years
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Maxwell to work on Mercedes
ultracapacitors
It's won a contract to develop technology that will gather
energy from regenerative braking systems for hybrids more
efficiently
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Paccar and Eaton move
collaboration up a size
They've got a medium-size hybrid unit for Peterbilt, Kenworth
and Daf trucks in 2008; now they're working on a heavy-duty
version
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GM sells off transmissions
firm to private equity
It has sold the Allison Transmissions business but retains
the heavy-duty trucks end of the firm
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Shifting dual clutch
transmissions
Dual clutch transmissions must keep pace with other developments
in the drivetrain
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Driveability assessments
pick-up
AVL and GM have developed new criteria for an analytical
tool to measure and score vehicle driveability objectively
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GM unveils its electric
Volt concept
It's aiming to have a mix and match powertrain technology
with an electric drivetrain and it's been unveiled at
Detroit
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Chrysler
to fit TRW steering sensors
The 2007 Dodge Caliber will be the first
to have the new generation of steering angle sensors fitted
as standard
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Airbag
stays put when the steering wheel turns
A new non-rotating airbag module offers ergonomic and
safety benefits, says TRW Automotive Systems
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BMW
works to eradicate IC engine's inefficiencies
The carmaker is focusing on the unnecessary
consumption of electrical energy and more efficient conversion
of energy into electrical power
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LuK
aims to put twin clutch into series production
The Schaeffler owned company says new
design is suited for drivetrains above 500 Nm
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Zytek
develops electronic drivetrain for Smart
The idea is that it might be an alternative
for the Fortwo, and DC has ordered 100 of them for a start
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Nexxtdrive
takes transmission technology into power take-offs
Nexxtdrive is developing its epicyclic
transmission technology to form a variable speed power
take-off (PTO).
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Xtrac
develops world gearbox
Xtrac has developed what managing director
Peter Digby calls a world gearbox in that it can be
either transverse or inline with up to 80 per cent common
parts. “We manufacture 200 at a time to keep the
cost down.”
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