Press Releases

Walser Automotive Group, a Minneapolis-area based dealer group, has announced it will buy Continental Nissan of Countryside, Illinois. The single-point purchase, which closed October 1, will mark Walser Automotive Group’s entrance into the Chicagoland market. The store will transition to the name of Countryside Nissan. "Continental Nissan and the Continental Automotive Group have a longstanding history in the greater Chicago area. Their commitment to serving their employe

Nuvve Corporation, a San Diego-based, green energy technology company and the global leader in vehicle-to-grid (V2G)O technology has been performing ongoing frequency regulation service for the Danish grid operator, Energinet, for four consecutive years. The first fleet of vehicles began service in September 2016 at Frederiksberg Forsyning, a municipal water and gas utility company in Denmark. The operation started in collaboration with Danish Technical University (DTU) which led se

Soteria Battery Innovation Group (BIG) has exclusively licensed and optioned a technology developed by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory designed to eliminate thermal runaway in lithium ion batteries due to mechanical damage. The technology complements Soteria's existing battery safety technology.  The licensed technology is for electrodes and foils for lithium ion batteries that are designed to break in a pre-defined geometry when the battery is

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (Bridgestone) announced it has been selected as the exclusive tire supplier for the MC20, Maserati's new flagship supercar. The collaboration between Bridgestone and Maserati focused on enhancing the exceptional performance capabilities of the new MC20 supercar through the development of premium, custom-engineered Bridgestone Potenza tires. Bridgestone played a significant role in improving the MC20's high performance capacity with its custom Poten

DENSO Products and Services Americas, Inc., an affiliate of leading global mobility supplier DENSO Corp., has introduced the J180 mount alternator to its line of PowerEdge (PE) aftermarket products. The addition of this model expands coverage of DENSO's high-performance PE starters and alternators to more than 90% of all Class 8 trucks on the road today. "We're excited to add the J180 to our line of 12-volt, 170-amp 24PE alternators whose quality, reliability and durabi

General Motors announced plans to invest $71 million into two Ohio manufacturing facilities, including $39 million at its Toledo transmission plant and $32 million at its Defiance casting plant. Work will begin immediately at the two locations. These investments will enable GM to retain 240 good-paying U.S. manufacturing jobs. The Toledo investment will be used to upgrade and enhance the production of GM's eight-speed rear-wheel-drive transmission and the Defiance investment wil

International Road Dynamics Inc., a Quarterhill Inc. ("Quarterhill") company, announced that its partnership with SEA Electronics LLC (SEA) has been awarded a US $3.3 million commercial vehicle enforcement systems contract in Ukraine. Under the terms of the contract, IRD will provide high-speed virtual Weigh-In-Motion (WIM) systems for six sites in Ukraine. These systems will provide commercial vehicle enforcement, traffic monitoring, and reporting capability through a web-based app

XPeng Inc., a leading Chinese smart electric vehicle (“Smart EV”) company, announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary in China, Guangdong Xiaopeng Motors Technology Co., Ltd. (“Guangdong Xiaopeng”), entered into a cooperation agreement (“Cooperation Agreement”) with Guangzhou GET Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. (“Guangzhou GET Investment”), a wholly owned investment company of Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone.

GreenPower Motor Company Inc., a leading manufacturer and distributor of zero emissions electric powered medium and heavy duty vehicles, announces that GreenPower's EV Star has been selected as an eligible vehicle for the Morongo Basin Transit Authority ("MBTA") and California Association for Coordinated Transportation ("CalACT") purchasing cooperative RFP for zero emissions shuttles. This two-year contract allows CalACT members, including transit authorities, other pu

The "Automotive Head Up Display (HUD) Market: Trends, Forecast and Competitive Analysis" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The future of the Head Up Display (HUD) market looks promising with opportunities in the large car, SUVs & crossovers, mid-size car, and light commercial vehicles market. The automotive Head Up Display market is expected to grow with a CAGR of 21% from 2019 to 2024. The major drivers for this market are increase in awa

Volvo Penta has developed an electric driveline for leading fire service vehicle manufacturer Rosenbauer's pioneering fire truck, named "Revolutionary Technology" (RT). The truck - which features groundbreaking drive technology, vehicle architecture, operability and connectivity - was officially launched at an event in Austria. The RTs will now be sent to fire departments in Berlin, Amsterdam and Dubai to begin real-world customer testing. Revolutionizing the f

Xilinx, Inc. and Continental today announced that Xilinx will power Continental’s new Advanced Radar Sensor (ARS) 540 with the Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC platform, creating the automotive industry’s first production-ready 4D imaging radar. The collaboration enables newly-produced vehicles equipped with the ARS540 to realize SAE J3016 Level 2 functionalities and will pave the way toward Level 5 autonomous driving systems. 4D imaging radar determines an object&rsqu

Geely Auto Group, the largest privately held auto manufacturer in China, unveiled the highly anticipated premium electric vehicle (EV), Zero Concept, from Lynk & Co – a brand under Geely Auto Group – at a Lynk & Co brand event held in conjunction with the Beijing Auto Show. The new Zero Concept EV will feature Lynk & Co’s CoPilot solution powered by Mobileye SuperVision™ surround-view advanced driver-assistance system (ADAS) with over-the-air (OTA) update c

BAE Systems has unveiled the newest addition to its unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) portfolio, the Riptide™ UUV-12. The 12” diameter vehicle is the company’s entry into the medium UUV market – joining three small UUV variants – and marks the first new vehicle since last year’s acquisition of Riptide Autonomous Solutions. “The Riptide UUV-12 system significantly extends the Riptide family of UUVs by taking us into the medium UUV market,&rdquo

PacStar®, a leading developer and supplier of advanced communications solutions for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), announced that it has been awarded a tactical network communications contract by the U.S. Army Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T). Under the contract, PacStar will deliver its PacStar 400-Series platform for SCOUT (Scalable Class of Unified Terminals) in support of the U.S. Army Integrated Tactical Network (ITN)