US automakers Ford and Chrysler recalled on Friday hundreds of thousands of vehicles, most of them in North America, to fix faulty software and mechanical problems.The two companies, in separate recall announcements, said they did not know of any injuries or deaths linked to the defects.
Motiv Engines, LLC introduced the second-generation of its engine concept dubbed the MkII Clarke-Brayton Engine, which it intends to develop into a heavy-duty on-highway engine fueled by liquid natural gas (LNG). The prototype is fueled by diesel, a first step in proving the technology before developing a new LNG fuel system.
In its glory days, Ruse, a town along the Danube river trading route, was a thriving economic hub that was home to Bulgaria’s first chamber of commerce and known as ‘little Vienna’ for its Austrian-style buildings.
A hundred years on and after decades of economic decline under Communism, its location on the southeastern edge of Europe, near Turkey and bordering Romania, is helping attract investors in the form of auto suppliers.
European carmakers object to a looming trade deal between the EU and Japan, saying the accord would make it easier for Japanese automakers to sell cars in Europe without providing the same opportunity to European exporters.
The parents of a teenage girl who died of heat stroke in the family car at Madera South High School last year have sued BMW and the Madera Unified School District.
