Most volume automakers face double trouble in the crucial compact segment. They need to find a way to win sales from the dominant Volkswagen Golf while also defending against premium brands aggressively pushing into the segment.
Daily Archives: April 23, 2014
Bespoke Rolls-Royce Pinnacle Travel Phantom unveiled at Beijing
Rolls-Royce has unveiled a Pinnacle Travel Phantom to “celebrate China’s love of travel and the success of Bespoke programme in China”.
Daimler, BYD show production-ready Denza EV in Beijing
Daimler and China partner BYD Auto have unveiled a production-ready version of their Denza electric car at the Beijing auto show ahead of a sales launch in September.
Renewable Energy Group has sold 1 billion gallons of biodiesel
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (REG) announced that it has sold a cumulative one billion gallons of biodiesel during its 17-year history. The company started by marketing 30,000 gallons of biodiesel in 1996; last year, it sold more than 258 million gallons.
old tyre Crumb rubber can lower road noise and reduce need for road maintenance
With funding from The National Science Foundation (NSF), Magdy Abdelrahman, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering at North Dakota State University, is experimenting with “crumb” rubber—ground up tyres of different sized particles—and other components to improve the rubberized road materials that a number of states already are using to enhance aging asphalt.
