EPN Automotive Electronics Blog

Trucks from China

While Europe and the USA don’t seem to get a grip on their economic troubles, China becomes stronger all the time. A few years ago, an east-western ‘joint venture’ meant a strong western company making a deal with a little Chinese rat-shop in order to browbeat the labour unions at home. Today, even market leaders in the West negotiate with would-be partners at eye level.

IAA 2011: An extra eye on the road

One of the hottest among the hot topics at IAA 2011 - Internationale Automobil-Ausstellung - in Frankfurt is safety. Safety for driver and passengers but also for pedestrians and all the other traffic on the road.

Kaluga’s drive to environmental protection

Russia is famous for many things, environmentalism not among them. In that huge country even small improvements can have a large impact - especially in heavily industrialized areas.