Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have advanced the use of DuAlumin-3D for high-temperature automotive components, opening new possibilities for stronger, lighter 3D-printed aluminium parts in engines and beyond. Aluminium has long been attractive for automotive components because it...
India’s public-sector banks have proposed putting electric vehicles, charging networks, battery-swapping infrastructure and climate-transition projects into a clearer priority-sector lending framework. The plan could direct more formal credit toward the systems needed to scale electric mobility,...
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Despite the plan to wind down subsidy program for EVs and plug-in hybrids in China by 2020, Chinese automakers are in a race to produce and launch more EVs in the market. The list of cars to be displayed at the Shanghai auto show indicates the growing trend. The state-owned automaker BAIC Motor Co....
A new blend of aluminium alloy has been developed by engineers from Fiat Chrysler, Mexican engine parts supplier Nemak in collaboration with Tennessee's Oak Ridge National Laboratory for cylinder blocks and heads. The new alloy will raise the optimum temperature range from 390 degrees currently to...
Jaguar Land Rover has reportedly launched a new aluminium recycling scheme, in a bid to reduce material wastage that comes from scrapping cars and minimise CO2 emissions throughout its entire production process. The manufacture will recover aluminium from end-of-life vehicles and melt down to...
This week Beijing has cut financial incentives for domestic electric vehicles and plug-in hybrids by some 75%. This has slashed subsidies on EV manufacturing in China and the government has barred provincial governments from allowing any extra subsidy. According to the government, the aggressive...
The U.S. auto industry is forming a strong lobby to push President Donald Trump against imposing new tariffs on imported cars and parts. They argue that such tariffs would handicap an industry which is already facing slow growth. The Groups have brought together automakers, dealers, parts suppliers...
China’s new light-vehicle sales again dropped in February 2019 registering a drop of 17% YoY to fewer than 1.22 million cars and light trucks, mostly driven by the sluggish growth in the economy. However, driven by the carbon credit program started by China government during the beginning of the...
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said sales of passenger cars in China fell 17.4 per cent in February from the same month a year earlier. Sales of passenger cars stood at 1.22 million units. This followed after a YoY drop of 17.71% in passenger vehicle sales in January....
Soon after the US Commerce Department filed a report on Monday, February 18, empowering President Donald Trump to impose imported car tariffs within the next 90 days, the European Union responded and vowed to retaliate, reported a European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas. He specifically...
A Courier-Journal reports that Braidy Industries that is constructing a massive aluminium rolling mill in north-eastern Kentucky in the U.S. is now seeking a new loan of up to US$800 million. The company is applying for the loan under a federal program that hasn’t given out a loan to any company in...
With economic growth saturating in China, demand for light vehicles has dipped to a considerable extent across China cities. Despite the discounts and offers during Chinese New Year holiday, showroom traffics dropped in this period. A report from China Association of Automobile Manufacturers says...
According to a Reuters report, the profit margins of Volvo Cars dropped in 2018, as a result of pricing pressure in the China market due to costs hike led by prolonged trade war between Washington and Beijing. The company CEO Hakan Samuelsson told Reuters that to indemnify the impact on margins...
Constellium has supplied aluminium structural components for new BMW X Model Sports Activity Vehicles. Aluminium products manufacturer supplies the new BMW X4 and X5 from its White, Georgia facility. The plant opened in 2017 to serve automakers in the Southeast U.S. and now employs 250 team...
Sanjeev Gupta’s global GFG Alliance has inaugurated Liberty Aluminium Dunkerque, Europe’s largest smelter, declaring its intention to expand into France’s industrial supply chain. GFG purchased the smelter for around US$500 million from Rio Tinto in December last year. GFG aims to make the...
Constellium N.V. is reportedly supplying front Crash Management Systems and other aluminium structural components to the new Mercedes-Benz A-Class from its plants in Gottmadingen, Germany, and San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The news came after the company itself declared about this on Thursday, January...
ALUCAST 2018, the biennial International Conference and Exhibition on Die Casting Technology – concluded successfully on 8th December, 2018 at the India Expo Mart, Noida. Organized by Aluminium Casters’ Association of India (Alucast), and produced by NürnbergMesse India, the three day event...
Innoval Technology has announced another training course about the application of aluminium automotive sheet after one successful course last year. The Aluminium Automotive Sheet training course offered by Innoval Technology will be 2.5 days long and will include a visit to Jaguar Land Rover’s...
Bajaj Auto’s flagship product Dominar 400 is awaited to appear in new, upgraded avatar later this month, and take the company’s sales to a whole new height. 2019 Bajaj Dominar will have various new features such as all-new twin exhaust system with brushed aluminium finish. The exhaust system is not...
According to a recent report, Audi has unveiled details of its Münchsmünster production site that produces key components such as chassis modules for Audi and other VW Group brand models. The Münchsmünster production site close to Ingolstadt extends over an area of 54 hectares and makes...
