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The latest news from the automotive design and engineering industry brought to you by Automotive Design are listed below. All key topics are covered including company news, people movements, engine design updates, drivetrain initiatives, fuels and fluid developments, interior and exterior design concepts and compliance/legislation changes.

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Report highlights consumer desire for automated vehicles	17/05/2013
Cisco has revealed that half of all global consumers purchase cars on the technology reputation of the brand.

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Work begins on Volkswagen’s latest Chinese car plant	17/05/2013
A ceremony has marked the beginning of construction work on the new Volkswagen vehicle plant in Changsha in the province of Hunan, south-central China.

Production boosted at Eagle Ottawa	17/05/2013
Automotive leather supplier Eagle Ottawa is expanding its manufacturing facility at Szolnok in Hungary to meet increasing customer demand. The facility is expected to increase in size by 60% by the time the work is completed.

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Volvo near doubles production of V60 Plug-in diesel hybrid	16/05/2013
Volvo Cars is ramping up production of its world-first V60 Plug-in diesel hybrid by 90% to cope with strong demand for the cars across Europe.

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Ford encourages engineers to swap spanners for 3D glasses	16/05/2013
The room where Ford cars of tomorrow are fine-tuned appears slightly incongruous at first glance.

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Assistance systems reach the compact class	16/05/2013
Typically only seen on vehicles in the premium segment, automatic assistance systems are now making their way into the compact class.

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Engineering head and production site announced for Honda NSX	15/05/2013
Honda has announced that the all-new NSX supercar will be produced at a new Performance Manufacturing Centre in Ohio, United States.

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First Infiniti Q50 rolls off production line	15/05/2013
The first production model of the Infiniti Q50, the all-new premium sports saloon, has rolled off the assembly line at the Tochigi production plant.

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Reduced CO2 emissions for Toyota Auris Hybrid	15/05/2013
Toyota has announced that its Auris Hybrid hatchback is now available with CO2 emissions of 84g/km, the lowest of any car in the family hatchback class.

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Extra JLR engineering facilities for the Middle East	14/05/2013
Jaguar Land Rover today further enhanced its Middle East test programme by opening a new engineering test centre in Dubai, UAE, to conduct extreme hot weather vehicle research, development and testing.

Nexeon achieves quality certification	14/05/2013
Battery technology company Nexeon has announced that it has achieved certification to the ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management standard.

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Engineers given control over motion cueing in Cruden simulators	14/05/2013
Motion simulator company Cruden has developed an enhancement to its ePhyse external physics package which gives customers even more control over the motion-cueing on its simulators, using Simulink.

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Four-cylinder engine family launched by Volvo	13/05/2013
Volvo is now starting production of the first engine variants in the new, high-efficiency four-cylinder engine family.

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Technology and dynamics are highlights of Peugeot’s 308	13/05/2013
Peugeot has released first images of the New 308, a car launched to revitalise the brand's position in the ultra-competitive, compact family hatchback segment.

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Mouser and ADI announce global distribution agreement	13/05/2013
Mouser Electronics, Inc, has announced it has entered into a worldwide distribution agreement with Analog Devices, Inc, a leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications.

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F-Type supply contracts total £2.8 billion, says JLR	10/05/2013
As the first F-Type customer cars left Jaguar Land Rover's Castle Bromwich manufacturing facility, Jaguar revealed that contracts worth £2.8 billion have been agreed with suppliers.

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Bosch brings smartphones and vehicle diagnostics together	10/05/2013
Using the new, free fun2drive app from Bosch installed on a smartphone, drivers can read out fault codes via the vehicle's on-board diagnostics (OBD) interface while on the move, and send this data straight to the workshop.

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GKN announces plans for Chinese expansion	09/05/2013
GKN is continuing to expand rapidly in China with a new GKN Driveline forging plant in Wuhan, a GKN Sinter Metals facility in Yizheng, a new joint-venture for GKN Land Systems in Donhai and the expansion of manufacturing plants in Changchun and Shenjian.

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Shell and Kia extend technical partnership	09/05/2013
Shell Lubricants and Kia Motors Europe have renewed their technical partnership agreement, reconfirming Shell Lubricants as the car manufacturer's preferred European motor oil supplier.

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PTV Group supports European Road Safety Charter	09/05/2013
The European Road Safety Charter, ERSC, invites stakeholders to proactively implement measures within the sphere of their responsibility which help reduce road fatalities.

Bentley expands market presence	09/05/2013
Bentley has announced that it will expand its presence in the fast-growing Eastern Europe region later this year.

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Johnson Controls develops LED headliner and seating solutions for Opel	08/05/2013
Engineers and designers at Adam Opel AG and Johnson Controls have reached a milestone with the interior of the new Opel ADAM.

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ContiTech makes sealing components for brake systems	08/05/2013
ContiTech Vibration Control has expanded its range of sealing components for brakes.

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Alfonso Albaisa to head up Infiniti design	08/05/2013
Alfonso Albaisa has been appointed executive design director for Infiniti.

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Aston Martin engineering chief heads to Tesla	07/05/2013
Tesla has announced it has hired Aston Martin's chief engineer of vehicle engineering, Chris Porritt, to be its vice president of vehicle engineering.

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