Flanders' DRIVE presents a new generation of powertrain.
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Europe / Belgique (25-04-2013) |
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 Développement économique /
R & D - University
Over the past three years, Flanders' DRIVE, the Flemish automotive research center, has worked intensively with 12 leading partner companies on the project "Electric Powertrain." This consortium has designed and developed a powertrain for the next ge... |
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USA: Atmospheric CO2 transformed into fuel?
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North-America / Etats Unis d'Amérique (04-04-2013) |
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Développement économique /
R & D - University
Researchers from the University of Georgia in the U.S. have discovered a way to transform CO2 in the atmosphere into products that could be used for industry. The research is still at a preliminary stage but this discovery could eventually help make ... |
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Six new projects approved by Move'o.
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Europe / France (26-03-2013) |
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Développement économique /
R & D - University
During the fifteenth call for proposals of the Unique Interministerial Fund (FUI), 72 new R&D projects have been selected from the 143 cases submitted, involving 50 clusters for a total amount of state aid of 63.5 million euros. They will also benefi... |
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Japan: trucks without drivers to save fuel.
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Asia / Japon (15-03-2013) |
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Développement économique /
R & D - University
The Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, NEDO, in Japan tested a cohort of automatic driving trucks (without driver). Thus, a convoy of four trucks was launched on the road: the first was driven by a human-being, the next three ... |
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Urbee 2: Record autonomy for the first 3D printed car.
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North-America / Canada (14-03-2013) |
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 Développement économique /
R & D - University
Two years ago, the Urbee of the Canadian company Kor was considered as a project to propose the first vehicle to see its structure created entirely in 3D printer. Kor Ecologic is now working on a new version capable to swallow more than 4,800 km with... |
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Bosch, European leader of patents in 2012.
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Europe / Allemagne (07-03-2013) |
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Développement économique /
R & D - University
The German company Bosch was the European company, which filed the most patents at the European Patent Office in 2012. In the world, the OEM filed more than 4,700 patents last year.
Bosch allocates each year more than 8% of its turnover in research ... |
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Germany is working to develop electric pickups.
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Europe / Allemagne (27-02-2013) |
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Développement économique /
R & D - University
Since 2009, a team of engineers from the University of Applied Sciences in Bochum, Germany, develops an electric pickup called BOmobil. This vehicle has a range of over 150 km, a top speed of 130 km/h, an empty weight of 1,200 kg and a total authoriz... |
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RobotCar UK: The Autonomous Car Made in England.
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Europe / 0 Royaume Uni (25-02-2013) |
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Développement économique /
R & D - University
The Oxford University is committed in the research on vehicles with autonomous driving and has presented its prototype.
The Autonomous vehicle system is based on a different approach of the one developed by Google, reference and pioneer in the fiel... |
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IFP/PSA/Tuck: Creating a chair on biofuels.
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Europe / France (29-11-2012) |
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Développement économique /
R & D - University
A Chair on biofuels has been created by IFP School, the Tuck Foundation and PSA Peugeot Citroën. Over a 3-year period, it revolves around teaching and research activities to develop knowledge about the impact of the use of biofuels in motor vehicles.... |
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PSA expands its network Open Lab with a new office in Bordeaux.
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Europe / France (26-11-2012) |
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Développement économique /
R & D - University
The University Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, PSA Peugeot Citroën and the CNRS Aquitaine signed a constitutive convention of the laboratory "OpenLab Competitive Intelligence," which combines the research group of Theoretical and Applied Economics (GREThA) ... |
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