Several applications of a simple dual-speed drive unit have emerged from Antonov Automotive Technologies that can help make cars more fuel and CO2 efficient, boasts the UK automatic transmission developer. The dual-speed drive units reduce fuel consumption by allowing alternators,

Clean diesel technology powered the top three winning vehicles and 12 of 17 entries overall in an American national engineering competition known as 'Challenge X' to design the 'green' cars of the future, an achievement warmly welcomed by the Diesel

Lysanda, the UK developer of emissions monitoring software, has completed a second round of venture capital funding led by Logispring, a transatlantic venture and growth capital investor. The latest investment of £1,25m will enable the company's first product, branded "Eco-Log",

The aftermarket parts distributor Andrew Page will part company with the UK Parts Alliance (UKPA) buying group that it helped to form nine years ago with effect from 1st July, following management changes in the company.

German legislators have drafted a new "Volkswagen law" which still retains Lower Saxony's de facto veto ruled illegal by Brussels last year, according to a justice ministry spokeswoman quoted by business media including the German paper Bild. It may, however,

Ford Motor Company has announced that its Board of Directors has determined that Ford will express no opinion and is neutral with respect to Tracinda Corporation's tender offer to purchase up to 20 million shares of Ford's common stock at

Ford Motor Company today said it is making adjustments to its production plan and revising downward its short-term North American automotive profit outlook, while planning further manufacturing capacity realignments, additional cost reductions and changes to its product mix to respond

Germany and France are close to an agreement on the planned EU CO2 emissions limits for cars, a Germany government source said yesterday, as reported by Reuters/Planet Ark. Germany, with a preponderance of large cars produced in the country, has

A low cost technical solution to soaring fuel prices could be as simple as electric superchargers boosting the performance of small internal combustion engines, says the UK CO2 emissions specialist Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) whose micro-hybrid technologies are designed to

The Highways Agency is to change the method by which vehicles and related services are procured and delivered for the Traffic Officer Service, and is seeking expressions of interest for a new contract to provide the provision and re-supply of