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German automotive watchdog detects emissions breaches at Opel -Bild
July 14, 2018
Germany's motor vehicle authority KBA has found reliable evidence that exhaust gas treatment in some diesel models of PSA Group's Opel division shuts down during driving, Bild am Sonntag reported in a press release ahead of publication on Sunday, without citing the source of the information. Some 60,000 Opel cars worldwide of model lines Cascada, Insignia and Zafira equipped"...
Yamalube – A Liquid Engine Component: Glass Harp
July 12, 2018
Yamaha develops its oil alongside the engine it will be used in, and this duty is performed by the engineers themselves. Each Yamalube oil has been specially blended to deliver optimum performance through know-how garnered from use on city streets and racetracks to frozen landscapes, scorching deserts and the open sea. In this second Yamalube video, the oil provides the beautiful melody of a glass harp as it brings both performance and peace of"...
ExaGrid, Hyper-Converged Secondary Storage for Backup Leader, Reports Record Q2 Bookings and Revenue for Q2-2018
July 12, 2018
ExaGrid®, a leading provider of hyper-converged secondary storage for backup, today announced record Q2 bookings and revenue for Q2 2018. ExaGrid grew at a rate of 22% over the same quarter of the prior year, continuing its trend of progressive growth at a faster rate than that of the overall market and resulting in progressive market share gain. The company also continued its up-market trajectory, attracting increasing numbers of enterprise customers with hundreds of terabytes to petabytes of data to be backed up. “ExaGrid continues to drive up market with the most scalable backup storage in the industry that can ingest up to a 2PB full backup into a single system at 432TB/hr., which is twice the size of the Dell EMC Data Domain DD9800 with 3X the ingest performance,” said Bill Andrews, CEO and President of ExaGrid. In addition to record Q2 bookings and revenue, ExaGrid:......
Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation set to become the first Arabic dubbed film to be released in Saudi Arabia
July 12, 2018
Empire International, the exclusive theatrical distributor of Sony Pictures Releasing International in the Middle East is set to release Sony Pictures Animation’s Hotel Transylvania 3: A Monster Vacation across the region today. Along with the English movie, an Arabic dubbed version of the film will be out simultaneously featuring the voice of prominent TV personalities Raya Abi Rached and Qusai Kheder. Both voice talents attended several premieres this week in Dubai, Beirut and most notably in Riyadh yesterday. "...
Rolls-Royce names PR manager for MEA, India
July 11, 2018
Rolls-Royce has announced Rami Joudi as regional PR & communications manager, Middle East, Africa & India. He will be based in Dubai, UAE.
Joudi graduated from Lincoln University in the UK with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration. He started his career in 1999 as assistant editor for Motorsport Magazine in Dubai. As a journalist, his experience includes heading a number of Dubai-based publications, including editor at Gulf Auto Magazine and Auto News Magazine, and managing editor at Sport"...
VW to bring SEAT brand back to China in 2020/21
July 10, 2018
Volkswagen said its Spanish brand SEAT would return to the Chinese market in 2020/21 as part of an agreement with China's Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group (JAC) to develop electric vehicles.
It signed an agreement on the matter with JAC as Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met in Berlin on Monday. VW"...
Can Jeep Compass steer around Fiat’s fortunes in India?
July 9, 2018
Last month, Kevin Flynn got out of his office in Mumbai’s Bandra Kurla Complex, left behind the city’s sweltering heat and headed north, to embark on a long drive. The CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) India joined a group of 65 Jeep customers on a four-day adventure drive through Ladakh. “It was absolutely stunning. Amazing. The terrain, the"...
Methanol-powered Mercedes-Benz buses to run in Assam, Maha
June 28, 2018
The government plans to launch two pilot projects in Assam and Maharashtra wherein it would operate a total of 20 Mercedes-Benz buses fuelled by methanol as part of efforts to promote alternative fuels, a top official said today. The Mercedes-Benz logo is seen before the company's annual news conference"...
BAC Partners with Poseidon to Become the First Car Manufacturer to Go ‘Climate Positive’
June 28, 2018
(AETOS Wire) -- Briggs Automotive Company (BAC) based in Liverpool has become the first car manufacturer in the world to go ‘climate positive’, setting a new industry standard for climate action. Becoming climate positive means that BAC will contribute to the removal of more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than it emits. To deliver on its commitment to protect the environment, the maker of the world-famous Mono supercar has partnered with the Poseidon Foundation. Poseidon gives individuals, organisations and governments the opportunity to rebalance their carbon footprint by supporting forestry conservation projects around the world using blockchain technology. As the manufacturer of the world’s only single-seater, road-legal supercar used primarily to enjoy the sport of driving in its purest form, BAC is conscious of its environmental impact; and it will be taking measures......
Bajaj Auto Chief concerned over the performance of large ‘commuter’ segment
June 26, 2018
when companies issue their annual reports which give an overview of their company’s annual performance, the industry and the state of the economy.
It is in this annual progress report that the chairmen of companies lay bare before shareholders the high points of progress made by his firm, and also the challenges arising from macroeconomic headwinds or by competition.
In the first of the series, ET’s Nehal Chaliawala summarises Bajaj"...
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