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The Ministry of Education’s Office, the National Technological University, and Volkswagen Argentina SA signed two agreements, the Convention Center General Pacheco Regional School of the National Technological University, located at Hirohito Irigoyen 288, in the locality of the province of Buenos Aires.

One of the agreements provides for the implementation of the Centre for Research and Knowledge Development in the Automotive Industry, the other provides for the creation of the School of Management Technician in the Automotive Industry.

It is also envisaged the creation of Automotive Engineering, which is in process of accreditation. When the process expires, similar agreement is signed.

Signed agreements, the Secretary of University Policies, Alberto Dibber, the rector of the UTN, Hector Grotto, the president of Volkswagen America, Victor Lima, the dean of the regional Pacheco house of higher learning, Eugenio Ricciolini between others.

Last year, during the protocol visit of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to Germany, Minister of Education, Alberto Silone, and International President of Volkswagen, Martin Winterport, signed an agreement of cooperation. In it, declaring the commitment of the automotive company to invest more than $ 2.5 million in infrastructure and equipment with an area of ​​research and development (R & D) on issues related to this branch of industry.

Almost a year after the firm is ready for the official opening of the new races. The national government, through its institutions, will provide the necessary funds to cover non-teaching positions that require the creation and sustaining of Engineering in Automotive Management and technical programs of the Automotive Industry.

The Nissan LEAF will be remembered in automotive history as the first electric car manufactured in large numbers. With architecture similar to the Versa hatchback, the LEAF is slightly longer, wider and with a greater distance between axles. Aesthetically the green Nissan car has a front designed to get the best airflow possible. Like the Juke, it highlights the position of the lights of LEDs at the ends of the box. Instinct aerodynamic profile projects across a line that runs from the front to follow the shape of the fenders. LEAF Japanese roots are unquestionable as seen in the taillights with the classic white background. Not having an internal combustion engine helps the image of the vehicle look more pure. No grill, exhaust nor making gasoline.

As if it were a TV, just plug the LEAF only a power outlet to recharge the lithium ion batteries located under the floor, allowing the cargo area not look down your space.
In total it has the same volume as a BMW. Just lift the cover on the front of the car, right where the emblem is placed to run into the two outlets, the smallest of them to the household power de110 volts. To recharge the battery as a whole will have to spend about 16 hours, but if you want to do it in half the time will have to take home a 220-volt electrical system, but will cost because you must change the entire wiring monobasic make a two-phase transformation and that costs several thousand dollars. The larger plug is for fast reloads in space stations, to be of higher voltage, load 80% takes less than 30 minutes. In cities like Los Angeles, Tokyo and London are working hard to rise in a short period, the number of recharge centers.

How does LEAF? The battery pack lithium ion battery, which certainly have a lifespan of approximately ten years, responsible for feeding the electric motor, which generates a power of 80 Kwan to the front wheels. If we take these 80 Kwan to the converter gives us a result of 109 horsepower, power equivalent to that seen in an internal combustion engine normally aspirated 1.6-liter four-cylinder. In the line of torque, the delivery LEAF 207 lb / ft -30 lb/pie- more than the Mini Cooper S. The most interesting is that the maximum thrust available since we put the pedal to the metal, i.e. the 207 lb / ft we find from zero speed and linear fashion.

The new Audi R8 V10 Spider won the title of Best Convertible in the inaugural Topless in Miami 2011; a competition involving 19 of the best convertibles sold in the U.S. and was organized by the Southern Automotive Media Association (SAMA).

The Audi R8 Spider was elected with the votes of more than 40 members of SAMA, who spent a day testing the models 19 participants divided into categories: Best Luxury Convertible, Convertible Best Family, Best Sports Convertible, Convertible Top Compact and best Convertible.

The test site had, as the luxurious and exclusive hotel in Key Ritz Carlton Biscayne, where the journalists were at the wheel of each of the participating models to analyze all their attributes.

In the category Best Convertible Sedan, the winner was the Fiat 500c, which exceeded the vote to the Jeep Wrangler, Mazda MX5 and the MINI Cooper.

In the category of Best Sports Convertible, Chevrolet Corvette Roadster beat Nissan Z370 and BMW Z4. The Audi R8 Spider has been included in this category, but because competition rules prevented one car won in its category and the overall vote, the Corvette was the winner in this group.

In the category of Best Family Convertible, the winner was the Nissan Moreno Cross Cabriolet above the Chevrolet Camano, Chrysler 200, Ford Mustang GT and the Volkswagen EOS.
Finally, in the category of Best Luxury CoAnvertible, the winner was the BMW 650i, beating the Audi A5, the Infiniti G37, Jaguar XKR, Lexus IS250 and Mercedes-Benz SLK350.A

Revving the 21 automotive brands to participate in the first International Motor Guadalajara (SIAG), to be held from today until July 10. After three years without any event held in Mexico specializing in the automotive world, Guadalajara show the glamour and releases for 2012.

Brands like Dodge, Nissan, Ford, Acura, Alfa and Lincoln come with a card up his sleeve, news, new technologies that Mexican consumers will find available. A special section will be hybrid vehicles or clean, just as there will be specialized activities on trends in design, taught by Daniel Mastretta, creator of the first Mexican sports car bearing his name.

Ecology will have a very important, so much so that this item opens the week SIAG themed, with a space for experts show the efforts that the world is doing to transform the car into a good friendly with the planet.

There will be engineers and technicians will explain to the audience the new clean technologies introduced by the automotive industry to look after the environment in which we live.

One of the speakers wills Elrond Rodriguez of Fiat Power Train (FPT), who will talk about green technology engine of one of the most awarded companies for this service in the world.

From tomorrow until July 10, Expo Guadalajara, Jalisco will host the Guadalajara International Motor Show (SIAG), considered a world class event that frames all the information generated by national and international automotive industry and looking affect the Latin American market.

For 10 days the assembly plants show the public the news of their brands, launch new models nationally and internationally.

The program includes SIAG in five thematic days:

- Green Day
- Day of Design
- Women’s Day and the car
- Day of the auto industry
- Dealer Day

Remember that from 2011 the SIAG was established as a biennial event based institutional Expo Guadalajara, backed 100 percent by the state and municipal governments in the Metropolitan Area of Jalisco, to help promote regional economy.

Among the participating brands include: Ford, Fiat, Chrysler, Dodge, Acura, Alfa Romeo, Honda, Jeep, Lincoln, Mazda, Peugeot, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Renault, and Mitsubishi.

The public will have the opportunity to see major releases like the Nissan Versa, a compact sedan derived from the new V platform, the Mustang ST 2012, Wolf 2011 Harley Davidson and the new Ford Icon 2012 Hatch. Just as the Lincoln MKZ Hybrid 2011, among others.

On behalf of our client, a leading automotive company for the category, we are seeking highly qualified personnel to fill the position of Executive Demo.

Features:

• Find and contact customers with the right profile to be invited to test a car for 48 hours.
• Coordinate date and place of delivery and return the car.
• Coordinate schedules with the client to carry the vehicle where indicated.
• Undertake the delivery of cars to customers and report on the loan conditions, vehicle characteristics.
• Perform removal of cars with collecting relevant information provided by the customer on the loan and his experience with the brand.
• Manage and support the design of materials required to perform demos, such as chocolates, stationery, etc…
• Inform the technical support area of possible technical failures in vehicles, then the loans.
• Coordinate maintenance and vehicle condition. In addition to keeping track of documentation such as plates and insurance, among others.
• Monthly report on the results of the surveys to customers using the demo.
• Report weekly on loans to sales management.
• Provide support for promotional events, brand cars and sport events.

In the most advanced facilities for the manufacture of automotive chassis, the traditional techniques of welding have been replaced by laser joining techniques, where prefabricated sheets (known as plaques) are joined by laser welding and welding processes strong.

The manufacture of welded plates as one of the most important applications in the automotive manufacturing and the high demands of this industry in terms of quality, require extremely rigorous and consistent control of welds during all stages the production process.

This challenge has been overcome with the use of an automated control system that can inspect 100% of the weld. The system consists of a sensor integrated into a CMOS camera Photon focus, a laser line generator and a ring of LEDs, which analyze the profile, and pore structure of each weld. The defects are detected by a combination of laser triangulation (3D) analysis of the grayscale (2D) in 3 parallel proceedings: 3D profile analysis, analysis of the welding structure in 2D (texture analysis of the welding) and analysis of the pores in 2D.

The inspection system has reduced the time of detection and also helped to increase process safety, ensuring the high standard of quality required by today’s automotive industry. It also provides an efficient method for documenting the testing process of welding, thus improving the profitability of the manufacture of chassis.

This system has been used a camera MV-D1024 Photonfocus-80-CL-8 CMOS. Through the use of technology Lingo, this camera enables the capture of the laser line triangulation process and simultaneously records images to grayscale for the analysis of pores. The CMOS sensor of this camera has a linear response at low illumination levels and logarithmic response at high light levels, allowing you to simultaneously capture grayscale images and laser triangulation.

Under the 1st Automotive Alternative Energy Forum held at the Legislative Palace of San Lazar, the deputy said “we will enter it later today or as we have come late to many situations of this nation.”

He explained that the objective of 1st Automotive Alternative Energy Forum to be held tomorrow, Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 of this month, describing the various technology alternatives to fossil fuels on the market for light vehicles and heavy vehicles raise awareness among legislators about the benefits of these technologies and who can use this knowledge in the discussion and legislative decision making in the field.

Likewise, this will help encourage the governors in their respective states to implement incentives that trigger the development and commercialization of clean technologies that benefit not only consumers but also our environment.

In this sense Eduardo Solis Sanchez, CEO of the Mexican Association of Automotive Industry (AMIA) stated that the industry is not “can only research and implementation of alternative technologies, public policy requires that we are moving in this direction.”

The official explained that there are more than 200.000 billion in research and development in alternative technologies worldwide, but these efforts always accompanied by public policies.

Automotive and Allied SA, Nissan and Renault representative in Ecuador reached in France one of the most coveted trophies in the world of Renault dealers: Sales & Marketing Awards 2010.

Nicolas Espinosa, president and Gil Milo, vice president, traveled to Paris to receive recognition for having placed Renault in the exclusive Top 5 most preferred brands by Ecuadorians, from scratch 11 years ago. President Nicolas Espinosa was interviewed for details on this achievement.

How did it feel to receive this recognition?

I received with immense pride and pleasure and a sense that this recognition is the work achieved by the 680 people working in our company.

The consolidation of Renault in Ecuador thanks to the professionalism in the commercial and after sales. From 4 stores 10 years ago, we now have 23 showrooms and have spent between 2008 and 2010 from 2.8% to 4.9% market share of 130 000 units last year.

We have positioned as the fifth brand Renault, after Chevrolet, Hyundai, Kia and Nissan. As the third largest automotive company with Nissan and Renault.

What is the history of Motor Vehicles and Exhibits?

Was born 48 years ago Ayes importing Nissan. In 2000 we started bringing in models like Renault Scenic, Meganne, Twinge, Clio, and Kano then. Today we import Logan, Sander and Oleos 4×2 and 4×4.

What are your future plans with Renault?

Continue to project the brand and grow market share. We would like to import models from Brazil and Argentina, depending on the tariff conditions. I would like to resume imports from Europe, bring back the Meganne, Clio, Twinge, and Fluency. It is essential to have high-end vehicles of the brand.

President of the United States, Barrack Osama spoke today to present and future of the automotive industry in his country after deciding that the initial plans presented by General Motors and Chrysler Feb. 17, not enough to warrant a new aid package. “We cannot, we must not let our auto industry disappear,” vowed Osama. However, the flamboyant president said that “there are jobs that cannot be saved and plants not reopen” and that General Motors and Chrysler groups, supported by public funds must make “difficult decisions.”

“This sector is more than any other, an emblem of the American spirit and a symbol of U.S. success. It is one of the pillars of our economy, “Osama said. At the same time, said the plans presented by GM and Chrysler “are not sufficient to warrant the substantial new investments these companies are asking,” although the government will provide the first such money to run the next 60 days.

“The current plan (GM) is not enough. After consultation, I have confidence that wants to recover. As an initial step, gave the company president (Rick Wagoner). This does not mean a conviction for him, but we need a new vision, “said the president. He further clarified that his country has “no intention of managing GM. We want an opportunity to make a change. ”

Anyway, did not dismiss the bankruptcy of giant Detroit as a possible solution. Without hesitation, Bush said it is possible that the company required resorting to bankruptcy “as a mechanism to help restructure quickly and emerge stronger.”