Strategy Analytics pegs TPMS at $1.7B
Tire pressure monitoring systems will become the fastest growing automotive electronic system with volume over the next few years, creating a $1.7 billion market opportunity, according to Simon Schofield, senior analyst with Strategy Analytics’ Automotive Electronics Practice. ...
Volkswagen Group turns to RAC Trafficmaster for real-time traffic data
RAC Trafficmaster Telematics has signed a three-year contract with Volkswagen Group United Kingdom Ltd. under which it will provide real-time traffic information to satellite navigation systems fitted to Audi vehicles. ...
TRW Automotive supplies new Pontiac Solstice
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. is supplying advanced steering, braking and occupant safety systems and components for the Pontiac Solstice. ...
Rolls picks BTU to build SOFC production line
Rolls Royce selected BTU International Inc. as its primary contractor for building one of the first automated solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) production lines. ...
60 V current mode synchronous step-down controller has onboard start-up regulator
Linear Technology Corporation has introduced the LT3800, a current mode, high-voltage step-down controller said to offer excellent line and load regulation as well as fast transient response that operates without the need for an auxiliary dc/dc regulator for startup. ...
AMI Semiconductor offers single-chip CAN repeater
AMI Semiconductor is sampling an ISO 11898-2 compatible CAN transceiver IC, AMIS-42700, which provides the interface between two physical CAN lines and the protocol controller in high-speed controller area networks (CANH). ...
u-blox maps road to lead-free GPS
GPS manufacturer u-blox AG said it will ensure that all of its products and processes comply with European Union environmental legislations at least six months before next July, when the new rules come into effect.
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Nissan system uses RFID to track dies
Nissan Motor Co. and NTT DoCoMo Inc. have jointly developed a radio frequency identification (RFID) system to manage the inventory of dies for automobile parts. ...
BMW Group names Lopez to head Palo Alto technology office
BMW Group has named Dr. Bernardo Lopez to head its technology office in Palo Alto, Calif., succeeding Dr. Joachim Stilla, who will assume new responsibilities at BMW headquarters in Munich, Germany. ...
Hybrid models triple since ‘03
In its quarterly QuickView of vehicle models and equipment, Autobytel Inc.'s Automotive Information Center said the number of available hybrid models and trims has tripled since 2003, from six trim types on three models to more than 21 trim types on nine models. ...
Hella head retires
Joseph V. Borruso has retired as president and CEO of Hella North America. ...
Johnson Controls expands operations in Russia
Johnson Controls has begun manufacturing seating systems for European models of the Ford Focus at a new just-in-time facility in St. Petersburg, Russia. ...
NEC Electronics gains Decree 8 license in China; realigns operations
NEC Electronics Corporation subsidiary NEC IC Design Company has been licensed by the Chinese government to import and sell semiconductor products designed and/or manufactured outside of China as per Decree 8 of the Ministry of Commerce Administrative Measures On the Investment In the Commercial Field by Foreign Investors.
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