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The automotive industry outlook for 2012 is extremely rosy, according to Toyota. Not only is Toyota shrugging off the collapsing Euro zone and the strong Yen that is hurting export earnings of Japanese companies (Toyota included), the company is expecting a whopping double digit increase in both domestic Japanese and [...]
If you have been following the auto industry for some years, surely you must have come across the two pictures above. You must’ve also known that that the Chery QQ is an illegal copy of the Chevrolet Spark, that Chery cloned the Chevy Spark, naming it QQ, and the Chinese [...]
CBT’s Annual Review is now out. Complimentary with every copy of today’s New Straits Times. Topics covered Automotive sector outlook for 2012 Daniel Wong’s test drive report on the Nissan Leaf electric vehicle in Japan CBT Car of the Year Awards 2011 Preview of this weekend’s Hot Imports Night Coverage [...]
Non-pneumatic design, does not require air. Made from recycled thermoplastics. Not commercially available yet. At this month’s Tokyo Motor Show, Japanese tire maker Bridgestone will be showing off a prototype for an airless tire designed for passenger vehicles. In place of conventional air pressure, Bridgestone’s airless tire concept supports the [...]
Watch how a software developer, Brandon Fiquett, hacked his Apple iPhone 4S to get his phone to remotely start his Acura. Best of all, it was all done using the iPhone’s fancy Siri conversational voice command recognition feature. His hacked Siri now recognizes words like “Start my car”, “Lock my [...]
Recovers otherwise lost energy during braking or engine over-run. Energy stored in a capacitor Improves fuel economy by 10% in urban stop-go driving environment Works with Mazda’s ‘i-stop’ engine auto-stop function to extend the period that the engine can be shut off while vehicle is idling. Mazda created another world’s [...]
There are car clubs, there are supercar clubs and then there are super elite supercar clubs. Unofficial reports by luxury lifestyle publications are saying that the Italian high performance car maker is considering a club for its super elite customers. To separate these super elite group from other regular ‘Ferrari [...]
BMW now owns 15.16% of carbon materials specialist SGL Carbon SE. BMW was vying for control over SGL with VW. Prior to this, BMW and SGL formed a joint venture SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers to manufacture automotive grade carbon fibre reinforced plastics (CFRPs) in USA. Germany based SGL Group is [...]
Awarded 2012 Technology of the Year By RJC – Automotive Researchers’ and Journalists’ Conference of Japan The RJC (Automotive Researchers’ and Journalists’ Conference of Japan) is a non-profit organization setup in 1991 by automotive academicians, automotive professionals and journalists. At the beginning of each year, RJC will give out awards [...]
Regular readers may have noticed the lack of updates lately. We have been busy putting together a new venture. Beginning this month, I will be devoting all my writing time to cbt.com.my. I apologize in advance the current CBT website’s less than satisfactory layout. There were some legacy issues but [...]
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