2nd August, 2006
China's auto output to hit 7 mln units this year - Xinhua
Total auto output in China is expected to reach about seven mln units this year, compared with 5.7 mln in 2005, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
Citing Zhang Xiaoyu, vice-president of the China Federation of Machinery Industry (CFMI), the report said that China produced 3.89 mln vehicles in the ......
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2nd August, 2006
China-made Chery sedan to be assembled in Egypt
Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile announced on Tuesday in Cairo that the assembling lines of Chery sedan were officially kicked off in Egypt with the cooperation of an Egyptian car company.
The lines were under the cooperation with Chery's Egyptian partner Daewoo Motors Egypt (DME), a former partner of GM Daewoo ......
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30th July, 2006
Vietnam's automobile import down 41 percent in first 7 months
spent 367 million U.S. dollars importing automobiles and spare parts in the first seven months of this year, a year-on-year fall of 41.1 percent, according to the country's General Statistics Office on Friday.
In the period, Vietnam imported 7,000 completely-built automobiles worth 128 million dollars, seeing respective decreases of 37.3 ......
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30th July, 2006
Discarded tyres pose threat to environment
Hundreds of old, discarded automobile tyres have been dumped carelessly at various locations in the Industrial Area near Doha posing a severe threat to the environment. Wood, plastic and other waste material generated by furniture workshops also litters the area due to lack of proper disposal facilities.
Enquiries revealed, the ......
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27th July, 2006
Chinese automakers start selling cars in Venezuela
Two Chinese automobile companies have begun selling cars in Venezuela, according to a Dow Jones Newswire report.China’s Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., the largest automobile company in China, and Cinascar, a Chinese automaker owned by GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co., have set up car showrooms across the country to ......
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27th July, 2006
High Gasoline Prices, Fuel Efficiency Drive Changes in Automobile Industry
Dealers say new car buyers are turning to hybrids that run on gasoline and electricity. Others are turning to smaller vehicles, some, to those that can go places larger cars cannot.
But Saab Automobile Managing Director Jan Ake says the future does not necessarily mean smaller, slower cars. "This is ......
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24th July, 2006
Illinois automobile fluid maker cited for air violations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cited Champion Packaging and Distribution Inc. for alleged clean air violations at a company facility in Woodridge, Ill.
The EPA has accused Champion of building and operating a plant that emits methanol, a volatile organic compound and hazardous air pollutant, without first getting state construction ......
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24th July, 2006
Dead man found inside automobile in Biloxi River
Gulfport man identified as Bobby Hanson, 40, was found dead Sunday morning inside a black Mustang partially submerged in the Biloxi River.
Harrison County Coroner Gary Hargrove said death was due to head injuries and no autopsy is planned.
The scene was discovered by two boaters who were cruising near Jiggs ......
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24th July, 2006
Automobile Industry: China gears up for revolution
Since Chinas entry into the WTO regime in 2001, an increasing number of automobile companies have made their fore into the evolving market space. A majority of them have come up with a range of diversified products, catering to customer demand for speed and oomph. With zealously endorsed drive for ......
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22nd July, 2006
Automobile pollution and asthma
Scientists from Southern California have found that children who live near a motorway have more risk of suffering asthma. Scientists saw that concentrations at home of NO2 (a product of pollutants emitted from combustion engines in cars and trucks) from motorway traffic were stronger than pollution from other types of ......
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22nd July, 2006
Geely automobile group to settle in Nigeria
Relatively new in the global scene, Geely is making its intention public barely two weeks after Chery Motors, another Chinese off spring unfolded plans to sell more cars, expand dealership and after sales facilities.
Founded in July 2002, Geely said it has been "committed to internationalisation ever since its foundation." ......
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20th July, 2006
Automobile Data Recorders Come Under Scrutiny
Much like the black boxes found in airliners, some automobiles are now equipped with technology that allows investigators to see what happened moments before a crash. But some people aren't convinced that these data recorders are being used the right way.
Event Data Recorder (EDR) technology was intended to determine the ......
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20th July, 2006
Indian Automobile Sales will grow to 13008 million by 2010
The "Indian Automobile Industry: An analysis" report provides a detailed analysis of competition in the industry, the future prospects, opportunities and roadblocks in the growth of the Auto sector. The report gives an insight into the Indian Automobile sector with respect to recent trends and happenings. It has undertaken porter’s ......
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19th July, 2006
Automobile city in Nellore
Nellore : MLR, a motor company, is interested in establishing an Automobile city near Tada in Nellore district.
It has out forward a proposal to the state government to provide all the infrastructure facilities and attract various company units.About 6,000 acres of land will be necessary for the establishment of ......
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19th July, 2006
Czech automobile output up 75 percent in H1
Czech car makers produced 451,025 cars in the period, of which Skoda 291,739 and TPCA 159,282. Kaipan, a producer of replicas of the legendary Lotus 7, turned out four units.
Skoda exported 242,950 cars. TPCA produces small Citroens, Peugeots and Toyotas.
In contrast, the output of light utility cars fell by 15 ......
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19th July, 2006
'The automobile is a bad investment; it's just a fad'
1903 Year in which a president of a Michigan savings bank advised Horace Rackham, Henry Ford's lawyer, not to invest in his client's company, telling him, "The horse is here to stay, but the automobile is only a novelty -- a fad."
$5,000 Amount of Ford Motor Co. stock Rackham purchased ......
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19th July, 2006
Nanjing Automobile outlines CKD assembly plans for Longbridge
Nanjing Automobile will make an initial investment of £10 million in the Longbidge assembly plant it has leased from St Modwen and start production on the MG TF early next year, Nanjing Automobile president Yu Jianwei said on Monday at a briefing on the future of the MG brand acquired ......
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