CHRYSLER, GM PAIRING SIGNALS NEW TREND OF COOPERATION.Byline: Brian S The name Brian (sometimes spelled Bryan) comes from an Irish backround. It is of Celtic origin and its meaning may be "hill" or "strong, noble, and high"[1]. . Akre Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Chrysler's decision to have General Motors' parts subsidiary help develop its low-pollution ``fuel-cell'' car is an example of the growing trend of high-tech partnerships in the auto industry. Chrysler announced Tuesday that GM's Delphi Automotive Systems See ITS, embedded system, drive-by-wire, adaptive cruise control, collision avoidance system, autonomous vehicle, heads-up display, DSRC, lane departure system, CAN bus, FlexRay and SYNC. would develop the electric powertrain for the car, which will feature a new system that converts gasoline to hydrogen as the car is driven. The Big Three automakers increasingly have been working together on the cars and trucks that will replace today's vehicles powered by conventional internal combustion engines Internal combustion engine A prime mover, the fuel for which is burned within the engine, as contrasted to a steam engine, for example, in which fuel is burned in a separate furnace. . Much of the work has come under the government-sponsored Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles The Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles was a cooperative research program between the U.S. government and major auto corporations, aimed at establishing U.S. leadership in the development of extremely fuel-efficient (up to 80 mpg) vehicles while retaining the features . Chrysler's fuel-cell prototype and its partnership with Delphi are being done independently. Some industry analysts say such cooperation is inevitable for such a big undertaking. Delphi's partnership with Chrysler is a natural fit, as Delphi already has been working on related technologies, said Bernard Robertson, vice president of engineering technologies. |
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