ZF Launches Offer to Take TRW Automotive
Germany’s ZF Friedrichshafen AG launched an offer to buy U.S.-based TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. According to Bloomberg News, which first reported on the bid last week, the proposal comes as major automakers race to introduce autonomous driving features in more vehicles and improve the safety of cars and trucks. The proposed bid, disclosed on July
Continental Technology Shines Through in Driverless Test
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) In what Continental AG is calling a “high-tech triumph,” the “Boss,” a self-driving Chevrolet Tahoe equipped with Continental technology, won the DARPA Urban Challenge 2007.
EPA Headaches Ahead: Compliance is Getting Harder. What Can You Do to Protect Your Business?
Until a few years ago, a dumpsite in sleepy southern New Hampshire, near Plaistow, had been federally approved, annually inspected and EPA certified. Even the transporters who regularly deposited their loads there were EPA licensed, and all the businesses that used the site for their refuse assumed that they, too, were in 100% compliance. Imagine,