GLG News by Brake and Friction Components Experts

Chrysler is pursuing two strategies to improve the fuel economy of its product offerings: focusing it limited resources on developing a flexible mid-sized platform capable of producing a large variety of vehicles and working with other manufacturers to badge engineer smaller sized automobiles. While...

General Motors has been exploring and developing alternative drivetrains for many years. These designs have not yet reached the stage of commercial viability for a variety of reasons. However recent events such as increased fuel prices, tougher fuel economy regulations, increased public concerns for...

In the short time Robert Nardelli has been at Chrysler, he has sent very powerful signals to the dealership body, the employees, and now to the supply base as well.  He may not be an auto guy but he moves quickly and listens.  The hiring of Jim Press from Toyota was a shot heard round the...

This interesting article by Jerry Flint, a respected automotive commentator, summarizes a number of recent events that taken together present a troubling problem for Toyota. As Mr. Flint points out, it not the end of the world, but it does indicate that the mighty Toyota company can stumble in its businesses...

The decision by Bear Sterns to recommend Ford Motor Company over General Motors seems very misguided to me. Ford is literally just beginning its turn around efforts and they may not save the company. General Moors has already taken many steps of cost reduction and new product introductions and moreover...

Both management and labor are acutely aware of their mutual dependency and know that neither can succeed without the other party's support. Towards these ends, the parties are negotiating in areas that are new and uncharted; this is necessarily time consuming because of bounded rationality which...

Volvo has shown a concept hybrid powertrain in a modified C30 vehicle, quite similar to the design that General Motors showed earlier this year at the North American Automotive show in Detroit. This technology when fully developed will be able to substantially improve fuel economy and drastically reduce...

After some 10 years of painfully slow growth and inflation, Brazil is seeing an unexpected revival. Is this growth sustainable? What about the complete supply chain? Will Tier2s and 3s be able to cope with this increased demand?

Is Chrysler’s Chery strategy the right one? Will investment pay-off?

Impressive indeed….. If it wasn’t for the fact that this powertrain technology is some 12 years old (counting from the last known engineering publication).