Global automobile production will increase by 21 million units by 2021, and has grown by 25 million units since 2009 as the industry continues to recover from the impact of the global economic recession, according to a forecast by IHS Automotive.
Carlo Bonzanigo tells how PSA, Toyota made JV minicars more distinctive
The first generations of the Citroen C1, Peugeot 107 and Toyota Aygo sibling minicars looked too similar, the automakers admit. The partners did not discuss the designs of the second-generation models to prevent that from happening with the new models. Citroen C1 chief designer Carlo Bonzanigo explained the advantages of the strategy during a recent interview.
First oil from new Petrobras well in ultra-deep Lula field
Petrobras reports beginning production from well 7-LL-22D-RJS in the Santos Basin’s Presalt Lula field (Lula NE Pilot area). This ultra-deep well—the wellhead is located at a water depth of 2,130 meters (6,988 feet)—with a production potential of 26 thousand barrels per day (bpd), is connected to FPSO Cidade de Paraty via a new platform-connection system deployed for the first time in the Lula field.
Ford, Chrysler recall hundreds of thousands of vehicles
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.
UQM to provide electric propulsion systems for light commercial vehicles in Turkey
UQM Technologies Inc. and Derindere Motorlu Araclar (DMA), an electric vehicle manufacturer based in Turkey, signed a memorandum of understanding, making UQM the supplier of electric propulsion systems to DMA for its fully electric light commercial vehicles production.
