GKN Automotive, a tier one supplier of vehicle drive systems, has completed construction of a new manufacturing facility in Felsőzsolca, Hungary. The site has been built to give the company a base close to key OEM customers in the country, which has become a major player in the automotive industry, with 420,000 cars and 1.9 million engines produced in the country every year
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Aequita, an international industrial group, has strengthened its automotive portfolio through the acquisition of TMD Friction, a specialist in automotive brake friction technology. TMD Friction has been acquired from Nisshinbo Holdings, its Japanese parent company
A new release of Cruden’s Panthera motion simulator software, named 2023b, brings upgrades including Unity rendering upgrades and improved support for head-mounted devices (HMDs)
Pratt Miller, a UK-based engineering consultancy, has acquired an AB Dynamics Advanced Vehicle Driving Simulator (aVDS), primarily for use in motorsport applications. The driver-in-the-loop (DiL) simulator is expected to be operational by January 2024
Saietta Group, an electric drivetrain (eDrive) specialist, reports it has completed the development of an all-new Vehicle Control Unit (VCU), co-developed with HCLTech specifically for three- and four-wheeled lightweight electric vehicles (LEVs) in Asia
Prema Racing has signed up for a low-latency, high-bandwidth DMG (Dynisma Motion Generator) driving simulator from Dynisma, to be used in race car development, track setup and driver seat-time
Continental and Amazon Web Services are collaborating to accelerate automotive software development, with a Virtual Electronic Control Unit (vECU) that helps automakers identify issues earlier in the development cycle and can shorten development times by up to a year
Automotive simulation provider, VI-grade, has released the final agenda for its North American Zero Prototypes Summit, taking place on 20th September, 2023 in Michigan
Honda is equipping its new all-electric e:Ny1 SUV model with the 3-in-1 EMR3 integrated axle drive from Vitesco Technologies
Dymag has partnered with Hankuk Carbon, a composites material specialist, to develop an advanced carbon hybrid wheel technology that will enhance the dynamics of Hyundai’s N Performance vehicles