Volkswagen is recalling 589,000 Caddy small delivery vans globally to fix a condition that may cause an open tailgate to snap shut.
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KSPG obtains $342M in contracts for new compact EGR valve
Pierburg GmbH, a member of the KSPG Group, has been awarded contracts worth a lifetime total of €250 million (US$342 million) for a newly developed compact exhaust-gas recirculation valve. Ordered by European and North American automakers, the valve will be installed in engines designed to comply with the Euro 6 emission norm.
European Parliament backs law for 95g/km CO2 from new cars by 2020
The European Parliament backed new rules designed to achieve the CO2 emission reduction target of 95g/km for new cars by 2020. The text—approved by 499 votes in favor, 107 against and 9 abstentions—retains this target, albeit with a one-year “phase-in” period in 2020. It also allows “super credits”, whereby the cleanest cars in each manufacturer’s range count for more than others, to apply from 2020 to 2022.
WSU researcher creates cooking-oil based bio-asphalt
Haifang Wen, assistant professor of Civil Engineering in the Washington State University (WSU) Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has developed a technology to substitute restaurant cooking oil for the crude oil used traditionally in the production of asphalt, creating a sustainable bioasphalt that looks and handles just like its petroleum-based counterpart.
BASF targets EV battery market as growth area
Burning cars and bankruptcies have marred the market for batteries powering electric vehicles. That isn’t deterring the world’s biggest chemical maker, BASF, from investing in the space.The German company is betting that customers will flock to electric cars and is using its chemical products to create a battery that will enable vehicles to run longer.
BASF, with an annual 1.7 billion euro ($2.3 billion) research budget, has made battery materials one of 10 areas it’s targeting for growth.
