At a press conference on the occasion of the Equip Auto show, Magneti Marelli Aftermarket announced a great many new products for the French market.

Faurecia today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to acquire the remaining 50% of its SAS joint venture from Continental.

The acoustic warning system increases the road safety of electric, hybrid and fuel cell vehicles.

Webasto, global innovative systems partner to the automotive industry, has started the production of batteries for electric vehicles in Germany.

Passengers have heightened sense of noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) in autonomous vehicles, requiring renewed focus by manufacturers and suppliers // Vibracoustic is seeking to maximize comfort for all passengers of autonomous vehicles // Innovative air springs, chassis and motor mounts can significantly improve passenger comfort and ride experience in current and future mobility platforms

MAHLE has developed a new, fully integrated and modular hybrid drive that can be tailored to suit a wide range of vehicle applications. The MAHLE Modular Hybrid Powertrain (MMHP) is a fully integrated, plug-in hybrid drive that incorporates a highly efficient 2- or 3-cylinder, turbocharged gasoline engine featuring the latest technologies from MAHLE. In comparison with established hybrid technologies, it offers several advantages: it is more cost-efficient, more compact, and lighter.

The automated actuation of tailgates is meanwhile now widespread and can be found not only in luxury-class vehicles, but also in the compact class. As far as the side doors of vehicles are concerned, opening and closing are still largely manual. However, the first concepts for electrical assistance in the opening and closing functions are already fit for series production.

The first 2MW electrolysis plant in Switzerland will start operations producing green hydrogen at the end of 2019 at the Gosgen hydropower plant.

GS Yuasa Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6674; “GS Yuasa”) announced that GS Yuasa Hungary Ltd. (established in October 2017 in Hungary) has launched its operations.

Building electric vehicles easy and reliably - that's possible. Even with a significantly shorter development time.