Doug Speck, Senior Vice President Marketing, Sales and Customer Service at Volvo Car Group, literally rolled out another Volvo world first in automotive safety at a press conference at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. He introduced a new safety feature – a technology that detects and automatically brakes for cyclists swerving out in front of […]
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TRW Automotive is revealing a new seat belt concept in collaboration with Rinspeed at the Geneva Motor Show. Instead of a seat belt buckle and tongue, the technology features a ‘webbing catcher‘ which enables semi-automatic buckling and unbuckling. The system is being introduced on the microMAX commuter vehicle concept designed to travel short distances in
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The hydraulic full-hybrid powertrain technology, which Bosch is developing in collaboration with PSA Peugeot Citroën, is clear in its aims: to supply a hydraulic hybrid powertrain that will significantly reduce fuel consumption and CO2 emissions in compact cars. The hydraulic hybrid is designed to enable a boost effect that would normally be offered only by complex electric drives.
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The Nissan Safety Shield runs using data captured by the single rear wide-view camera, the image taken by this crucial lens is all-important. The Note’s camera is trained on the Nissan’s Geneva motorshow stand as last minute preparations are carried out ahead of the official opening to the world’s press tomorrow. Ordinarily, the device provides
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Honda Motor Co., Ltd. established the world’s first process* to reuse rare earth metals extracted from nickel-metal hydrid batteries for new nickel-metal hydrid batteries. So far, Honda has been extracting an oxide containing rare earth metals from used nickel-metal hydrid batteries at the plant of Japan Metals & Chemicals Co., Ltd. (JMC). Now, by applying molten salt
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