Ford will cut production of its Fiesta subcompact at its plant in Cologne, Germany, in the fourth quarter because of slowing demand in some of the region’s key markets, the automaker said today.
Monthly Archives: September 2014
2015 VW Jetta earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ award
The 2015 Volkswagen Jetta earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s highest award, Top Safety Pick+, after a structural upgrade to improve small overlap protection and the addition of an optional front crash prevention system.
Although the car didn’t get a full redesign, the A-pillars and door sills were strengthened for the 2015 model year. As a result, the Jetta’s small overlap rating improved to good, compared with the marginal rating of earlier models.
BMW using ams data acquisition IC for battery management system in i3
BMW is using the AS8510, an integrated automotive data acquisition front-end integrated circuit (IC) from ams AG, a leading provider of high performance analog ICs and sensors, to provide extremely accurate battery voltage and current measurements in its i3 electric vehicles (EVs).
2015 Mercedes C 63 AMG doing final testing on the Nürburgring
The new Mercedes-Benz C-Class has been out for some time and you have probably noticed first cars in the traffic with a very nice design, competing with the new BMW 3 Series and Audi A4.
ArcelorMittal develops two steel solutions to reduce weight
ArcelorMittal, the world’s largest steel and mining company, has created two sets of steel solutions to reduce the average weight of pick-ups, following on from the award-winning launch of its S-in motion catalogue for standard, C-segment cars. ArcelorMittal has refined and extended these innovations to help meet the specific challenges facing the North American light truck market.
The first set uses currently available advanced high strength steels and press-hardenable steel grades such as Usibor 1500 and Ductibor 500 and can reduce weight by up to 174 kg (384 lbs) or 23% of the combined weight of a pick-up’s cab, box, frame and closures, compared with a modern (2014) baseline vehicle.
