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Wind River teams with BMW and Magneti Marelli on infotainment system

Wind River and automotive component manufacturer Magneti Marelli announced they’re collaborating on the first in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) solution based on the open source Genivi Alliance spec. Based on Linux (and MeeGo, most likely), the system…

Four-cylinder engines power 65.4% of cars built in 2010

Four-cylinder engines power 65.4% of cars built in 2010

Wards Auto, quoted by Autoblog, states that in 2010, approximately 65 percent of vehicles built for the U.S. market were powered by four-cylinder engines. As a direct consequence to the soaring gas prices in 2008,…

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2011 World Green Car of the Year finalists announced

2011 World Green Car of the Year finalists announced

The committee behind the 2011 World Car of the Year Award releases the names of the six candidates competing for the most green car in the world. As expected, the most hyped vehicles in 2010, Nissan Leaf…

BMW & PSA partner up to produce hybrid technologies

BMW & PSA partner up to produce hybrid technologies

The BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroën have decided to enter into a new phase of their collaboration, by signing an agreement to set up a 50-50 equity joint venture named BMW Peugeot Citroën Electrification….

World Premiere: MINI Cooper SD and Countryman SD

World Premiere: MINI Cooper SD and Countryman SD

MINI Cooper SD – new 2.0 liter engine with 143 horsepower Just a few months after the market launch of the new MINI family and the MINI Countryman, the start of 2011 has brought another…