DETROIT, Mich.–TMD Friction has announced that effective from 1st August 2019 David Baines will be appointed as TMD Friction Group CEO and President. Mr. David Baines will replace current CEO Mr. Tetsuya Kumakawa, who will leave TMD Friction and be appointed…
NEW YORK, NY–KPS Capital Partners (“KPS”) announced today that it has signed a put option agreement to sell its portfolio company Chassis Brakes International Group (“Chassis Brakes” or the “Company”) to Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. (“Hitachi Automotive”), a wholly-owned subsidiary…
DETROIT, Mich.–Volkswagen is nearing a deal to cooperate with Ford on electric-car technology and self-driving vehicles, according to chief executive officer Herbert Diess, who also called for a faster transformation of the German manufacturer. The deal could also result in…
DETROIT, Mich.–Increased shared mobility options are creating more liability issues than the owners of the options had anticipated, in some cases because of the willful mischief of the users. Cities like Los Angeles and Detroit have added shared electric scooters,…
DETROIT, Mich.–Would you pay more for a car or SUV that warns you if you’re falling asleep or not paying attention behind the wheel? Auto companies are figuring that because your life could depend on it, you will. As safety…
Source: Simply Wall Street DETROIT, Mich.–This month, we saw the Advanced Braking Technology Limited (ASX:ABV) up an impressive 286%. But don’t envy holders — looking back over 5 years the returns have been really bad. In that time the share…
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.–ZF, the world’s leading supplier of automotive cameras, has developed the Dual-cam two lens camera specifically designed for the commercial truck market and to be used in concert with other ZF ADAS technologies. Part of ZF’s S-Cam4 family…
AUBURN HILLS, Michigan–WABCO Holdings Inc. (NYSE: WBC), a leading global supplier of braking control systems and other advanced technologies that improve the safety, efficiency and connectivity of commercial vehicles, today announced that WABCO USA has received the 2018 GOLD Performance Award…
DRESDEN, Germany–Keronite is exhibiting new braking technology – developed in partnership with InnovateUK and Alcon–high performance, low cost, aluminum brake rotors with ceramic coatings. The tech was recently shown at EuroBrake 2019. By replacing typical iron brake rotors with aluminum…
STOCKHOLM, Sweden–Swedish carmaker Volvo on Wednesday unveiled an XC90 prototype fitted with all of the hardware necessary for full self-driving capability. The SUV has been designed to operate on self-driving software being developed by Uber. The two companies have worked closely…
CERRITOS, CA–Brake parts manufacture DFC (Dynamic Friction Company) announced that it has once again been honored by the Friction Materials and Standards Institute (FMSI) annual award for New Assignments and Applications. This marks the third consecutive year DFC has been…
MCHENRY, Ill. – June 11, 2019 – Brake Parts Inc LLC (BPI) recently received a silver Content Excellence Award for its Raybestos® web catalog from the Automotive Content Professionals Network (ACPN) during its recent conference for catalog and content managers.…
Conserving resources is the best way to protect the climate. Remanufacturing makes it possible to save a great deal of energy and materials – compared with the supply of new parts. ZF anticipated this environmental goal very early in 1962…
DETROIT, Mich.–Norman Dewis, the longtime development driver for Jaguar who had a hand in creating everything from the C-Type to the XJ6, and who played a role in the introduction of disc brakes and mono-coque bodies on both production and…
Article by: Juan Jesús García, PhD, Product Manager, Braking Systems in Applus IDIADA Brake judder investigation requires the understanding of the vibration transmission paths that define how the vibration energy generated by the fluctuating brake torque is transmitted to the…
LANDSKRONA, Sweden–The board of directors of Haldex named Helene Svahn CEO. Svahn, a Haldex board member and professor at KTH Royal Institute of Technology and currently Head of Research and Innovation at Permobil, will assume the role as CEO from…
2009 Launch Sparked an Unprecedented Decade of Technological Advances ELYRIA, Ohio – May 30, 2019 – Every day, a growing number of fleets and owner-operators adopt the robust Bendix® Wingman® family of solutions, which is marking a decade of innovation, progress, and helping…
LOS ANGELES, May 21, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Motorcar Parts of America, Inc. (MPA) today announced Rick Mochulsky, senior vice president of sales, will assume the additional responsibility of managing the marketing team across all product lines. The company also…
Source Forbes.com DETROIT, Mich.–In a reported recent incident, a Tesla on Autopilot (according to the driver) rammed into a stalled vehicle on a highway, doing so while the Tesla was moving along at a speed of around 60 mph and a…
DETROIT, MICH.–General Motors Co. is facing resistance from federal regulators for permission to test some 5,000 driverless cars without steering wheels or brake pedals on public roads. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has received comments of opposition from groups…
DETROIT, Mich.–European regulators recognized Toyota‘s Pre-Collision system in giving the Corolla sedan and RAV4 its top ratings–Five Stars–in the Euro NCAP test. The cars performed strongly across the board in the protection given to adult and child occupants as well…
DETROIT, Mich.–ZF Aftermarket last year introduced the first brake pad specifically designed for Electric Vehicles under the TRW brand. With 97-percent of the European electric-car park covered within months of launch, including Tesla and Nissan Leaf, demand, projects ZF, is…
DRESDEN, Germany–After the participation in the Brazilian edition of one of the main events of the braking industry in the world, the 14th SAE Brazil International Colloquium of Brakes & Engineering – Motion Control, Fras-le executives linked to research, development…
US AVs Lapping Chinese in Beijing BEIJING, China–The autonomous Lincoln MKZ started turning left at a Beijing intersection when a speeding truck aggressively cut in front of it. Sensors in the car detected the approach and instantly froze it in…
DETROIT, Mich.–Formula 1 wants to bring the costs of running teams down in 2021, and one way of doing this is by standardizing parts: Gearboxes, wheels but also brakes among other things are looking to be standardized. Brake manufacturer Brembo…
