BorgWarner's R2S® Turbocharging System Receives Automotive News PACE Environmental Award
BorgWarner Turbo Technology Earns Acclaim for Reducing Emissions, Saving Fuel at Inaugural Green Car Conference & Exhibition AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Nov. 17 - BorgWarner's R2S® regulated two-stage turbocharging system received a 2008 Automotive News PACE Environmental Award during the recent Green Car Conference and Exhibition in Novi, Michigan. Sponsored by Automotive News, Ernst & Young and TRC ...

Futuris Lowers 2009 Profit Forecast on Forestry, Automotive
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Futuris Corp. , whose businesses range from forestry to rural and automotive services, cut its 2009 profit forecast on expectations of lowering contributions from several of its units including forestry and automotive.

Automotive Components Using DuPont Materials Honored as the Most Innovative of 2008
The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Automotive Division has named two automotive components that use DuPont engineering resins in the association's 2008 ''Most Innovative Uses of Plastics'' awards. (PRWeb Dec 1, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Plastics/Thermoplastics/prweb1690674.htm

NBK 'struts out' a striking showcase of iconic automotive brands during Doha's first Private Drive Motor Show
Nasser Bin Khaled, one of Qatar's leading business conglomerates, recently showcased a gamut of its most prestigious automotive brands crowning Qatar's first ever Private Drive Motor Show with multinational icons the likes of Maybach, Mercedes-Benz and others.

Senate leaders face problems in trying to obtain $25 billion for the automotive industry
Senate members began debates on a possible $25 billion bailout of the Big Three automotive companies, but Sen. John Cornyn and other Republican Senators oppose the way the Democratic Senate leaders are pushing its passage.

DGAP-News: iQ Power AG: Superb Results: Automotive Batteries from iQ Power last over twice as long as conventional ...
» DGAP-News: iQ Power AG: Superb Results: Automotive Batteries from iQ Power last over twice as long as conventional batteries.

Ford weighs selling Volvo amid industry downturn
DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. is considering selling Volvo Car Corp. as the U.S. automaker seeks to raise cash and survive tight credit markets and a global automotive sales crisis.

Internal Heat Exchanger targets automotive applications.
Using coaxial tube design integrated in refrigerant circuit, IHX replaces part of suction and liquid refrigerant lines in traditional R134a system and exchanges energy in counter-flow arrangement. Intelligent solution uses unique design for adapter blocks, eliminating need to machine tube ends. Heat exchanger supports European Commission's plans for more efficient mobile air conditioning systems ...

Neil Young: Automotive Entrepreneur?
Neil Young, yes that Neil Young, has a new gig and it has nothing to do with music. The Linc Volt project aims to "Repower the American Dream", by proving that a zero-emission, electric vehicle is possible, economical and easy to implement. To that ...

Porsche stops production, German auto industry hurting
The troubles facing the automotive industry have reached beyond Detroit - thousands of miles beyond, in fact - all the way into Germany.

MORNING AUTO REPORT: Marketing budgets collapse; Mini convertible lifts lid
The best of today's automotive news, reviews and commentary -- as well as the cool and weird -- from Freep.com and other Web sites. Check back for updates throughout the morning.

Ford weighs selling Volvo amid downturn
Ford is considering selling Volvo as the beleaguered US automaker seeks to raise cash and survive tight credit markets and a global automotive sales crisis.

Ford weighs selling Volvo amid industry downturn
Ford Motor Co. is considering selling Volvo Car Corp. as the beleaguered U.S. automaker seeks to raise cash and weather a global automotive sales crisis. Goteborg-based Volvo Cars, which Ford bought in 1999, has been struggling against a weak U.S. dollar and...

Ford weighs selling Volvo amid industry downturn
DETROIT -- Ford Motor Co. is considering selling Volvo Car Corp. as the beleaguered U.S. automaker seeks to raise cash and weather a global automotive sales crisis.

Ford weighs selling Volvo amid industry downturn
Ford Motor Co. is considering selling Volvo Car Corp. as the struggling U.S. automaker seeks to raise cash and weather a global automotive sales crisis.

UAW contract GOP will demand workers' sacrifice: End of Jobs Bank?
Washington, DC December 1, 2008: Harry Stoffer writing for Automotive News reported that before voting on aid to ailing automakers, Republicans in the Senate will take aim at the UAW and some benefits that many Americans find excessive.

MotorCities National Heritage Area Increases Its 2008 Grant Allocation for Michigan Non-Profit Organizations
DETROIT, December 1, 2008: MotorCities National Heritage Area (MotorCities), an affiliate of the National Park Service designed to preserve, promote and interpret the automotive heritage of Southeast Michigan, continued providing support for Michigan non-profit organizations by doubling its 2008 grant allocation program to $100,000.

Car sales slide shows auto crisis worsening
PARIS (Reuters) - The global automotive industry faced a fresh wave of bad news Monday, as data showed drops in Swedish, Japanese and South Korean November car sales, with figures for France, Spain and Italy due out later in the day. Automakers are cutting production as well as seeking help from governments to survive as they battle against the effects of the financial crisis and worsening ...

I.C. auto parts supplier lays off 37 more
The dramatic downturn in auto sales brought 37 layoffs last week at an Iowa City factory that manufactures plastic interior parts for Detroit's big three automakers.The layoffs have reduced employment at International Automotive Components' Iowa City plant to 685, down about 170, or 20 percent since September.Detroit-based International Automotive Components has operated the former Lear Corp. ...

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Rolls-Royce is cutting 40 temporary jobs at its West Sussex headquarters because of the economic downturn. The luxury carmaker, which employs about 900 workers at the factory in Goodwood, will also stop production for four weeks starting before Christmas.