Automotive

Volkswagen looks away, batteries are the target. Despite the post-Covid shallows and the recession that has hit the passenger cars market hard,  Volkswagen invests on batteries technology in order to accelerate the optimization of the full electric technology. For first, we report the news concernin...

The supervisory board of the global company ZF (here, we talk about R&D) has approved the foundation of a new division dealing with e-mobility. Namely, the new division is conceived for electrified drivelines for passenger cars. Such a change will happen at the very beginning of 2021 and coincid...

Deutz and the on-highway sector: here we are, again. The German manufacturer’s comeback is closely connected to the recent plans involving China and Sany, the biggest construction equipment and truck manufacturing group in the Asian country. As a matter of fact, the Kingway 435 truck unveiled by San...

Audi and the electric drives. You say Audi (member of VW Group) and it’s no wonder you associate the four ring brand with electric propulsion research. What perhaps not everyone knows is that Audi is number one in terms of patents for electric drives. We forward you part of the press release r...

The dashboard developed by Geotab and Webfleet Solutions aims to monitor and analyze data on the commercial mobility recovery after the lockdown period due to the pandemic in several European and North American countries. The data comes from around 100,000 anonymous customers. We have published here...

The fact that the current year is an exceptional one is in front of everyone’s eyes. For FIAMM Energy Technology, perhaps even more so. First – and we were at the beginning of 2020 – the announcement of the acquisition of Hitachi Chemical by another Japanese group, Showa Denko K.K., which is n...

IHI is a primary brand worldwide among the manufacturers of turbochargers, with a market share of about 20 percent. The turbocharger segment is, however, just one of many that make up IHI Corporation, a true Japanese giant with interests ranging from aerospace to defense; from infrastructure to ener...

Isuzu D Max N60 and a Diesel engine. The Isuzu D-Max N60 and the 4-cylinder Diesel, obviously Japanese and Isuzu as well, are the proof that the cycle patented by Rudolf almost 130 years ago proves to be an excellent player. Let’s take a step back. For those who do not know, Isuzu is a [&helli...

Webfleet Solutions and Geotab (here a recent Geotab study on the impact of electrification on CO2 emissions) presented a new dashboard for the commercial mobility recovery program after the lockdowns due to the pandemic outbreak. The dashboard analyzes the activity of more than 3 million connected v...

DAF and hybrid, when the truck goes electric across the city and Diesel cycle on the motorway. The pivot of this ‘cross-over’ is the DAF PACCAR MX-11, one of the best on-road engines, which Diesel International would also like very well converted to boat pleasure applications (here find ...