Even under new ownership, Chrysler is still on track to sell China’s hot new world car, the Chery. Look for the car in Latin America by the end of next year. Introduction to the United States and Europe will be later, sometime in 2009, as the car is fitted with required safety and pollution controls. The car is heavy with parts from Visteon, but the fit and finish is poor, particularly for interior components. The plastic alloy cover for the air bag compartment, for example, isn’t quite flush with the dashboard. The car sells for $7,000 in China, and is assembled in a rural plant by workers who earn less than $2 an hour.
Ford and Unifi, maker of Repreve, will gather and recycle 2 million plastic bottles at CES and other shows for conversion into the Repreve seat fabric used in the 2012 Focus EV.
Thanks to embedded electronics, medical devices are getting smaller and smarter than ever. Pacemakers and implantable defibrillators are now able to call physicians. MRIs, CT scanners, and ultrasound machines are gaining mobility. And the venerable Band-Aid may soon be able to detect illnesses ranging from fevers to heart arrhythmias. On February 21, join Design News senior editor Charles Murray for a wide-ranging discussion, "Embedded Angles for Medical Products," which will explore the latest developments in medical electronics. The discussion will examine advances in medical device technology and offer an inside look at the embedded electronics behind it.
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