Getrag Ford Transmissions, a joint venture between Ford and the Germany’s Getrag, has named Sue Slaughter (photo above) as its chief operating officer. Slaughter, 45, takes up the role on January 1 and succeeds Kevin O’Neill, who is retiring.
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Nissan doubles production in Russia to counter ruble decline
Nissan is boosting production in Russia as the collapse in the ruble hits its profits. The company started production of its X-Trail SUV at its St. Petersburg factory this week and will add the Qashqai next year as part of a €167 million investment that has doubled the plant’s annual capacity to 100,000 units.
Chrysler agrees to expand air bag recall
By TOM KRISHER
Chrysler is bowing to demands from U.S. safety regulators and will add about 179,000 vehicles to a recall for air bags that could explode with too much force.
New high-entropy alloy is light as aluminum, stronger than titanium alloys
| Ashby plot of strength vs. density for engineering materials. (Yield strength for metals and polymers, tear strength for elastomers, compressive strength for ceramics, and tensile strength for composites.) The low-density HEA is indicated with the star. Youssef et al. |
Researchers from North Carolina State University and Qatar University have developed a new high-entropy alloy that has a higher strength-to-weight ratio that they say is unmatched by any other metallic material.
Ford reboots touch-screen system with new Sync 3
By Bernie Woodall and Ben Klayman
Ford hopes to get a fresh start and erase bad memories for some owners when it launches the new version of its in-car, interactive touch-screen system next fall.
