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Fujitsu Ten developing compact 3D electronic scan mm-wave radar for automotive applications; delivery in 2014

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While making further improvements, the company intends to deliver this product to automobile manufacturers from 2014. The product can be mounted in a wide range of automobiles from large-sized automobiles to small-sized automobiles. Fujitsu Ten Ltd. This developed product is for frontward detection usage.

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Toyota and Tsinghua University extend joint research agreement for 5 years

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Tsinghua University and TMC have been conducting joint research in four fields—environmental science, energy, automobile safety technologies and materials science—since the establishment of the center in March 2006. The research center was established to realize even closer collaboration.

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Global production of Mazda3 reaches 4M units; currently ~30% of total sales

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Mazda Motor Corporation announced that cumulative production of the Mazda3 (known as Mazda Axela in Japan) reached four million units on 22 January 2014—ten years and seven months after production of the first-generation model commenced in June 2003. No other Mazda model has reached the milestone as quickly.

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Commercial vehicle and engine manufacturers establish global secretariat to move more agressively on global harmonization of regulations

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ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers’s Association) has been asked to establish the Global Secretariat in 2012. He has been involved in the organization of the Global Commercial Vehicle Industry Meetings since their start in 2003.

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Toyota to Use Bio-PET Ecological Plastic in Vehicle Interiors

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Ecological plastic is the collective name of plastics developed by Toyota for automobiles and that use plant-derived material and are more heat- and shock-resistant than conventional bio-plastics. Bio-PET is made by replacing monoethylene glycol with a biological raw material derived from sugar cane.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The 1979 Iranian crisis and related oil price shock accelerated Brazil’s conversion of its gasoline supply and automobile fleet. Automobile manufacturers were given tax breaks to produce cars that ran on hydrous ethanol, and, by 1980, every automobile company in Brazil was following this lead.

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Fiat passes 4 million mark with 1.3 16v MultiJet engine production

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Fiat called this a “prestigious achievement” testifying to the great success that this small diesel engine has achieved since 2003. The 4 millionth 1.3 16v MultiJet engine left the Fiat Powertrain plant in Bielsko Biala, Poland, on 4 February. The engine is the evolution of the Common Rail system invented by Fiat in 1997.

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