RPSA will close r&d site to reduce spendingMay 22, 2013 09:49 CET  PSA will shut a French r&d facility as part of a program to reduce spending.... Read More »
GM will invest 230 million euros to expand Opel test facilitiesApril 24, 2013 13:19 CET  General Motors will invest 230 million euros ($299 million) on test facilities for Opel as part of its effort to break even in Europe by 2015.... Read More »
8 Southern states unite to woo r&d 12:01 am U.S. ET | March 4, 2013 Eight Southern states, organized by a Michigan research group, are forming a coalition to encourage overseas automakers and suppliers to locate r&d centers in the Southeast.... Read More »
Volvo, Geely will establish joint R&D center in SwedenFeb. 20, 2013 13:50 CET  Volvo and its Chinese parent Geely will set up a joint research and development center in Sweden to produce technology for new cars from both carmakers.... Read More »
Auto industry raises safety concerns about broadened Wi-Fi usage 8:20 am U.S. ET | Feb. 12, 2013  Automakers and suppliers say a federal push to broaden Wi-Fi use could jam accident-prevention technology that may cost as little as $100 per vehicle and save thousands of lives annually.... Read More »
Auto execs turn away from EVs, focus r&d on downsizing, hybridsFeb. 8, 2013 06:01 CET  Optimism about electric cars is fading as manufacturers scale back investment in response to weak sales. Just 8 percent of auto executives said their companies would invest in pure battery technologies over the next five years.... Read More »
Audi plans to spend $17 billion on expansion in pursuit of BMWDec. 27, 2012 16:40 CET  Audi plans to spend 13 billion euros ($17 billion) through 2016 to develop new cars and expand production capacity as it pursues BMW's lead.... Read More »
Audi plans to spend $17 billion on expansion in pursuit of BMW 10:40 am U.S. ET | Dec. 27, 2012  Audi plans to spend 13 billion euros ($17 billion) through 2016 to develop new cars and expand production capacity as it pursues BMW's lead.... Read More »
BMW to collaborate with Boeing on carbon fiber 7:54 am U.S. ET | Dec. 12, 2012  BMW and Boeing are to exchange information about making carbon fiber, an emerging battleground among auto and plane makers. The deal intensifies competition between BMW and rival Volkswagen, which already has a collaboration deal with Boeing through its Italian sportscar unit Lamborghini.... Read More »
JESSE SNYDER The stuff that trumps more mega-hyper-data 12:01 am U.S. ET | Dec. 8, 2012  You don't have to be in the auto biz for long to notice the steady creep of … more. More facts, more data, more choices, more comparables … more information at hand to make decisions. Oh yeah, are there ever moredecisions. We all keep adding more responsibilities, without shedding old ones. We just wear morehats.... Read More »
U.S. launches new project to advance electric-vehicle batteries 2:25 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 30, 2012  The Obama administration launched a fresh $120-million research project Friday, aimed at developing cheaper batteries for electric vehicles, a sector that has faltered despite billions of dollars of prior government investment. The Energy Department will dole out the money over five years to establish a research hub for batteries and energy storage, backed by five national laboratories, five Midwestern universities and four private firms.... Read More »
GM opens China research center to focus on 'new energy' 2:16 am U.S. ET | Nov. 29, 2012  General Motors opened its latest global research center in China, taking advantage of the country's vast supply of engineering graduates to drive its development of a new generation of electric vehicles.... Read More »
General Motors seeks better fuel economy through tire technology 3:09 pm U.S. ET | Nov. 26, 2012  General Motors is partnering with researchers at the new National Tire Research Center in Virginia to improve fuel economy through the development of new tire technology.... Read More »
Bosch opens new r&d center, factory in southeastern ChinaOct. 26, 2012 10:26 CET  Robert Bosch is opening an r&d center and factory in Changsha, southeastern China, to produce starter motors, generators, thermal systems and wipers.... Read More »
DuPont opens automotive Innovation Center near Detroit 2:49 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 19, 2012  Supplier DuPont has opened an r&d operation in suburban Detroit aimed at boosting collaboration between its automotive customers and its 9,500 researchers around the world.... Read More »
Energy innovator Stanford Ovshinsky dead at 89 4:19 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 18, 2012  Stanford Ovshinsky, an inventor and founder of Energy Conversion Devices who dedicated his life to finding alternative forms of energy, died Wednesday of cancer at his home in suburban Detroit. He was 89.... Read More »
Lithium ion battery breakthrough could cut costs, U.S. researchers sayOct. 10, 2012 06:01 CET  University of California, San Diego researchers say they have developed a way to better estimate what goes on inside lithium ion batteries -- a breakthrough that could lead to lower battery costs and faster charging times for electric vehicles.... Read More »
Lithium ion battery breakthrough could cut costs, researchers say 3:24 pm U.S. ET | Oct. 9, 2012  University of California, San Diego researchers say they have developed a way to better estimate what goes on inside lithium ion batteries -- a breakthrough that could lead to lower battery costs and faster charging times for electric vehicles.... Read More »
German supplier Mahle to double size of r&d center in ChinaAug. 31, 2012 09:16 CET German supplier Mahle is more than doubling the size of its r&d center in the Chinese city of Shanghai. The expanded center is due to open in November.... Read More »
VW adds $27 million California technology center to aid sales 2:56 pm U.S. ET | Aug. 20, 2012  Volkswagen opened a $27 million technical center in California today to expand its engineering capabilities in the region as part of a push to accelerate U.S. sales.... Read More »
Michigan, auto industry begging for $100,000 engineers amid economic recovery 12:01 am U.S. ET | Aug. 19, 2012  Michigan's unemployment was the worst in the United States at 14.2 percent in August 2009, shortly after General Motors and Chrysler emerged from a government-backed rescue, and has since plunged to 8.6 percent, roughly in line with the national average. Employment in skilled positions is rising, reversing a decline under way since the turn of the century. Now Michigan and the auto industry are stretching to find the engineers needed to handle expansion.... Read More »
Ford boosts investment for battery-powered cars 12:50 pm U.S. ET | Aug. 15, 2012  Ford Motor, debuting five battery-powered models this year, is spending $135 million to design electric-drive parts and double battery testing capacity.... Read More »
DAVE GUILFORD Who will control electric vehicle technologies? 11:00 am U.S. ET | Aug. 13, 2012  No doubt, the near-term future of electrified vehicles in this country is dicey. But my guess is that -- however bumpy the next few years are -- within a decade or two, electric-drive vehicles will have a noticeable share of the fleet in the United States.... Read More »
2012 MANAGEMENT BRIEFING SEMINARS Honda's U.S. team goes on product offense 3:50 pm U.S. ET | Aug. 8, 2012  Honda America will take the lead in a growing list of global vehicle development projects to help the automaker fend off competitive challenges in North America and hedge against a strong yen. The United States organization will engineer and develop the new-generation Acura NSX sports car, the next-generation Civic compact car, and other models, says Erik Berkman, the new president of Honda R&D Americas.... Read More »
GM Canada to invest $834 million in r&d 3:58 pm U.S. ET | July 24, 2012  GM said today it plans to increase research and development in Canada significantly by 2016, meeting a commitment to boost those activities as part of the automaker's 2009 government bailout. GM said it will spend $750 million over the next five years, or $150-million a year until 2016.... Read More »
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