Source: AISIN announcement TORRANCE, Calif. – AISIN Aftermarket ushered in the new year with the official launch of the expanded ADVICS Ultra-Premium Disc Brake Pad line. Complementing its current line of Ultra-Premium Disc Brake Pads, ADVICS with its original-equipment (OE)…
Source: Continental announcement AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — Continental’s Transparent Trailer technology is being recognized this week with a 2021 CES Innovation Award in the Vehicle Intelligence and Transportation product category. The new product completes an award-winning portfolio of trailering technology…
Source: Foresight announcement NESS ZIONA, Israel — Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. (Nasdaq and TASE: FRSX), an innovator in automotive vision systems, announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Eye-Net Mobile Ltd., will begin a pilot project with the intelligent transport system division…
Source: AP Racing announcement COVENTRY, U.K. – AP Racing, a world-renowned brake and clutch supplier, has been chosen by TOCA and the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) to supply critical performance components for an additional six years. All racecars on…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Toyota brings seven basic sport utility/crossover utility vehicles (SUV/CUV) to the most competitive segment of the automotive market, ranging from the subcompact C-HR to the large Sequoia. Right in the middle, offering a set of features aimed…
Source: HLDI announcement ARLINGTON, Va. – Front automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems have greater potential to save lives, but rear AEB is saving drivers the hassle and expense of many a fender bender, an updated analysis from the Highway Loss…
Source: TIP announcement AMSTERDAM – TIP Trailer Services has launched BrakePlus, a dedicated Electronic Braking Performance Monitoring System (EBPMS) to provide fleet operators with an alternative to carrying out physical roller brake tests throughout the year. With BrakePlus, fleet teams…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Chrysler introduced the modern minivan as a 1984 model and during the four decades since has continuously improved, refined and perfected the genre, culminating in the new for 2021 Pinnacle version of the Chrysler Pacifica. Actually, Fiat…
Source: NJ Transit announcement KEARNY, N.J. — Governor Phil Murphy announced last week that NJ TRANSIT’s Positive Train Control (PTC) system had been certified by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) as meeting the December 31, 2020 deadline for implementation. This…
CHATHAM, Mass. – Jeep has added a 3-liter V6 diesel to the Gladiator line of midsize pickup trucks for 2021 providing both outstanding low-end torque and superb fuel economy. Like most modern automotive diesels, the Gladiator drives like a gasoline-engined…
Source: AP Racing announcement COVENTRY, U.K. – AP Racing, a world-renowned brake and clutch manufacturer, has announced an agreement to supply its forged aluminum mono-bloc Radi-CAL™ six-piston front and four-piston rear calipers to the all-new Hennessey Performance Venom F5 hypercar.…
Source: NHTSA announcement WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has announced the progress of 20 automakers toward manufacturing passenger vehicles with low-speed automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems. This is part of a…
Source: Applus IDIADA ADELANTO, Calif. – This is the third of three posts by Alvaro Esquer, Project Manager, ADAS in Applus IDIADA, about a study to determine the means of improving autonomous-emergency braking (AEB) performance in terms of efficiency and driver…
Source: Bendix announcement ELYRIA, Ohio – When Bendix Aviation Company and Westinghouse Air Brake established the Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Company in 1930, the internal-combustion-engine truck itself was barely 35 years old. Ninety years after that merger established the origins…
Source: Bendix announcement ELYRIA, Ohio – Guided by findings from the latest “Large Truck and Bus Crash Facts” report from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA), Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC highlights key takeaways for fleets and drivers when…
Source: Brembo announcement STEZZANO, Italy – Brembo has been recognized for leadership in corporate sustainability by global environmental non-profit CDP, securing a place on its prestigious ‘A List’ for tackling climate change, as well as acting to protect water security…
Source: ZF announcement SCHWEINFURT, Germany – ZF has named Philippe Colpron Executive Vice President to head the company’s Aftermarket division beginning January 1st, 2021. In parallel he will continue to lead Fleet Solutions – a business of ZF’s Commercial Vehicle…
Source: AP Racing announcement COVENTRY, U.K. – AP Racing scored its 850th Formula 1 victory as a supplier of racing brake and clutch components during last weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix. According to the company, “This outstanding result of cumulative victories…
CHATHAM, Mass. – The name maybe familiar, but everything else about the uniquely styled 2021 Toyota Venza mid-size sport utility/crossover vehicle (SUV/CUV) is new. All three variants of the Venza range share the Toyota Hybrid System II powertrain, all-wheel drive…
Source: Continental announcement AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Leveraging technology building blocks from its parent companies Nexteer Automotive and Continental, CNXMotion announces Brake-to-Steer (BtS) – a technology that provides driver safety through an additional layer of directional control for highly automated…
Shlok Sundaresh is the Engineering Manager for Techniques Surfaces USA (TS USA, a part of the HEF Group – North America, a global service provider of value-added surface treatments and coatings). Shlok holds a bachelor’s degree in Metallurgy and Materials…
CHATHAM, Mass. – The Subaru WRX is a performance car; a performance car inspired by the World Rally Championship- (WRC) dominating Subaru racers and produced for the street since 1992 for the world’s automotive enthusiasts. The original WRX was a…
Source: ZF Friedrichshafen AG announcement FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany – According to the experts at ZF Friedrichshafen AG, the braking systems of trucks and buses need special care during the colder seasons. This is because moisture can form in the compressed air…
Source: Luminar Technologies announcement PALO ALTO, CALIF. – Luminar Technologies, Inc., a global leader in automotive lidar hardware and software technology, has struck a deal with Mobileye, an Intel company, to supply Luminar lidar for the company’s Autonomous Vehicle (AV)…
Source: Velodyne Lidar announcement SAN JOSE, Calif. – Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR) announced a multi-year sales agreement with Local Motors, a leading digital vehicle manufacturer that develops sustainable mobility solutions to empower communities around the world. Local Motors uses…