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The markets for both electric and hybrid commercial vehicles are now established, albeit in niche market volumes. Hybrid-electric buses and light-duty trucks have been available fo[...]

Electrically-powered vehicles offer the promise of reducing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas associated with climate change, as well as reducing toxic emi[...]

In order for EVs to be adopted on a mass scale they will have to overcome some significant challenges, including the cost of battery packs, the lack of an extensive recharging infr[...]

The markets for alternative automotive fuels and the vehicles that can operate on them have been growing dramatically during recent years, stimulated by a growing list of factors a[...]

The body structure comprises the essential skeleton of every light vehicle, and its design, development and production remain among the most capital intensive areas of the automoti[...]

Passive safety systems include vehicle design features and restraint systems that are intended to protect vehicle occupants and pedestrians from injuries during a collision. Body d[...]

Automotive lighting was a relatively stable area of technology for many years with only the occasional advance such as the development of halogen bulbs and more complex headlamp re[...]

With battery-only electric vehicles (EVs), range-extended and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles at the point of entering the market in mass-production volumes, the need for a compre[...]

The market for hybrid-electric vehicles, although still small at only about 1.4% of the global new vehicle market in 2010, has been well established for some years and has stimulat[...]

Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) hold the promise of reducing toxic emissions and smog levels in urban areas as well as reducing emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main greenhouse gas[...]

The automotive industry is currently coming under constant pressure to help reduce the carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions that result from the combustion of fossil fuels. Fortunately, [...]

With fuel costs now significantly higher than they were only a few years ago, increasing global oil demand and growing concern regarding greenhouse gas emissions, the transportatio[...]

Driver assistance technologies are a set of electronically-controlled systems that range from convenience features through to sophisticated active safety systems that can intervene[...]

Advanced vehicle dynamics systems are currently in a strong growth phase backed by impetus from recent and forthcoming legislative requirements and increasing consumer demand. Lead[...]

Although light vehicle markets in the developed regions have been depressed during the last year and a half, hybrid sales have begun to increase and are forecast to continue increa[...]

Manual and planetary automatic transmissions look set to continue to lose market share to automated manuals (AMT) – both single- and dual-clutch systems – and continuou[...]

Emissions reduction requirements between now and 2020 will necessitate fundamental changes to the design of cars and the technologies they employ, to branding and market strategies[...]

China must overcome significant challenges in the next few years if it is to sustain the massive growth that has seen it overtake Japan and the US to become the world’s large[...]

The technologies that enable emissions control and reductions in light vehicles are manifold and include several exhaust after-treatment systems that are increasingly being integra[...]

According to the OECD, road transportation of passengers and goods accounts for almost half of global oil consumption, with heavy commercial vehicles of over 3,500kg gross vehicle [...]