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Michelin-shod teams guilty but will appeal as FIA delays any punishment
Added: 30 Jun 2005
Paris--The F1 teams who failed to race at Indianapolis two weeks ago have been found guilty of fail…

Bridgestone increases large earthmover tyre capacity
Added: 30 Jun 2005
Tokyo--Bridgestone Corp. has announced that it will expand production capacity for large and ultral…

Hydrogen-powered car used 1g fuel in 20 km
Added: 29 Jun 2005
Ladoux, France--The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology -- ETH Zurich has set a new world record …

FIA publishes correspondence with Edouard Michelin
Added: 29 Jun 2005
Paris--Following publication of extracts of a letter from Edouard Michelin to the FiA president Max…

Michelin offers refund to USGP fans; will give away 20 000 tickets to 2006 event
Added: 29 Jun 2005
Clermont-Ferrand, France--Michelin has offered to refund USGP ticket holders the cost of their tick…

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Added: 29 Jun 2005
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Senate passes energy bill with rolling resistance amendment
Added: 29 Jun 2005
Washington DC--The US Senate has passed a wide-ranging energy bill that includes an amendment by Se…

Goodyear's Assurance tyre wins design award
Added: 29 Jun 2005
Akron, Ohio--Goodyear´s popular "any condition" tyre, the Assurance featuring TripleTred technolog…

Michelin changes F1 tyre design model following Indianapolis investigation
Added: 29 Jun 2005
Clermont-Ferrand, France--Michelin has concluded its investigations into the US Grand Prix at India…

VW to work earlier, more closely with suppliers
Added: 28 Jun 2005
By Edmund Chew, Automotive News Europe
Hanover, Germany -- Volkswagen AG says it will cut costs by w…

Sponsor The World's Largest Rubber Band Ball
Added: 28 Jun 2005
Gainseville, Florida--Florida resident, Marc Levitt is proposing to construct the world's largest r…

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Added: 28 Jun 2005
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Freudenberg-NOK names new general manage, CFO
Added: 28 Jun 2005
Plymouth, Michigan -- Freudenberg-NOK recently appointed Craig Barnhart as general manager of its g…

Toyo setting up separate US sales company for Nitto brand
Added: 28 Jun 2005
Osaka, Japan --Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. will spin off the Nitto brand division of its Toyo Tire …

Goodyear selling Wingtack adhesives resins unit
Added: 28 Jun 2005
Akron, Ohio --Goodyear has agreed to sell its Wingtack adhesives resins business to Sartomer Co. In…

BRMA director, Dorken walks for charity
Added: 28 Jun 2005
London--John Dorken, Honorary Secretary of the charity Medical Aid and Relief for the Children of C…

Study: Suppliers add r&d, risk
Added: 27 Jun 2005
By Ulrich Viehover
June 27, 2005
Stuttgart, Germany -- European automakers are forcing suppliers to t…

Big suppliers got bigger in '04
Added: 27 Jun 2005
By Bradford Wernle, Automotive News
Automakers are racing to load vehicles with more features and ga…

Folz wants scrap incentive
Added: 27 Jun 2005
PARIS -- The CEO of PSA/Peugeot-Citroen SA has proposed that European governments pay owners of old…

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Added: 27 Jun 2005
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