Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Tuesday, 19 April 2011

Ferrari Auction "Daft Punk" for Japan Disaster


UNITED STATES - Earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan's storm has been heartbreaking music group Daft Punk. Benefit package and hopefully rewarding for those who offered crazy fan of Ferrari at the same time a band from the French. An artificial black Ferrari in 1987 who has appeared in video clips "Electroma" of two French musicians who usually perform with the robot helmet will be auctioned on eBay.


Later, the buyers not only get the "honor" with a collection of Ferrari, but also get the "legalization" that Ferrari is true of Daft Punk because the license plate will be signed by the personnel. The results of this auction will then be submitted to the Japanese Red Cross which then is used to help repair the country's great earthquake and tsunami that occurred on Friday (03/11/2011).


This auction is one of several artists social action record label EMI against disaster. In addition to Daft Punk, some artists give their favorite items, like a jacket from Chris Martin (Coldplay) and Katy Perry's trampoline.


Auction can be viewed with the link ebay.com/EMIfamily4Japan and will be conducted on 11-15 April 2011. However, if you just want to simply melamat-lamati appearance in the Ferrari 412 Daft Punk video clips, we can see it in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF97zreDZ3c.

For your information, Ferrari 412 2 +2 seating configured and using artificial transmission of General Motors. Sport sedan with engine capacity of 4943 cc and powered by 340 PS it is claimed as the first Ferrari to use ABS brake technology.

Friday, 25 March 2011

Nissan scan they vehicle from Radioactive


Nissan cars exported from the port Oppama

TOKYO - Fire and leaks that occurred at the Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Fukushima, the earthquake and tsunami last March 11, also raises concerns about cars exported from Japan to various countries. As a result, Nissan Motor Co., late last week announced that the cars were exported continuously monitored from the possibility of a radioactive element.

Quoted many international media, sources Nissan Motor told, "In the future we will continue to implement that all Nissan products are marketed to various countries, received with global security standards. We make sure the car is sent free of the risk of radioactive contamination. "

Until now, the new Nissan announced it would monitor vehicles export free from radioactive contamination. While other manufacturers are still "off" production, not yet announced a guarantee that their vehicles are free of radioactive export.

Thanks to YouTube, Japanese Students Know Their Families Safe


Once an earthquake measuring 9 in Japan rocked on Friday (3/11/2011) Last week, Japan's telephone networks immediately interrupted. All busy trying meghubungi relatives, friends, or colleagues in Japan, eager to know he was doing. But, alas, the phone is not too connected.

Akiko vocabulary, students from Japan who was studying at the University of California at Riverside, United States, have lost hope about the safety of his family in Minami Sanriku. Moreover, the village inhabited by about 17,000 heads of families reportedly have been destroyed, leaving many casualties as high as a result of ocean waves more than 3 meters.

Vocabulary for three days trying to figure out his family situation. New at day-4 post-disaster he received an e-mail that her sister, Yukiko, have been rescued and evacuated in a school. However, what happened to his parents, grandparents, and his brother who previously lived under one roof, he did not know.

Until finally he got the news from one friend who contact him about the existence of a video lasting about 45 minutes on the website YouTube which show that the family house vocabulary is the only house still standing among the ruins of the village. The video reportedly showed his brother was waving to the camera reporter, saying, "We all survived."

Vocabulary panic when a day of searching on the internet, but did not find the video in question. Relief finally came through an e-mail that you attach a video link from him.

"I think they do not survive. I cried for three days, Friday, Saturday, Sunday." he said as he sobbed in an interview with CNN, Tuesday (15/03/2011) night.

When watching the video for the first time in the rented house in Riverside, California, vocabulary surprising reaction of all residents. "I shouted, making the guard houses are built and make them think something terrible has happened. They asked what happened, I said, they survived!" he shouted.

In the video, vocabulary sister, Shoko 24-year-old, was standing on the porch of the second floor of his house, just outside the room vocabulary. He tried to attract media attention that brought a video camera and told please convey to his brother in California that his family was fine.

When interviewed, vocabulary is still trying to send messages through video and other media with the aim of delivering a message to Japan that he had received messages sent by his family. Vocabulary still have to see a video featuring her father's condition, Natsumi, her mother, Noriko, and her grandparents.

Vocabulary into the family home the only one who survived in the village of Minami since about 5 years ago his father build a new reconstruction that divides the house into two parts complete with the basement. Other houses in the village had been eaten by age and not renewed.

In a YouTube video which was a relief to look older vocabulary holding a placard with "FAMILY vocabulary" and shout "Because our brother was in America, please convey that we all survived."

Monday, 21 March 2011

Components Company in Korea benefited from Japanese Tsunami


TOKYO - Disaster in Japan affecting the worldwide automotive industry, not least in South Korea. Some manufacturers in the Country of ginseng began to reassess its production because of fear of lack of supply components from Japan. This condition is then used Hyundai Mobis Company - South Korean component companies - to reach the open market.

"This condition can be a business opportunity for Hyundai Mobil because the assembly plant will begin to look for alternative supplies can be maintained production remains stable," said a spokesman Hyundai Cars Company Kye-Yong Cho, as reported by autonews, yesterday.

Some manufacturers are still dependent by the supply of Japan in South Korea is Korea's GM and Renault Samsung Motors Corporation (RSMC). Yena Cho, RSMC spokesman said the factory has begun to stop the activities of overtime on weekends, resulting in decreased production capacity of 2000-2500 units of this month (March 2011).

Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor Company admitted no effect with natural disasters in Japan, despite using the supply of components such as transmission and alternator from Aisin Seiki and Denso. HMC spokesman Frank Ahrens confessed, the number of Japanese components are used only 1 percent of all car parts. "Stock our component is still enough for one to two months in advance,"explained Ahrens.

Thursday, 10 February 2011

Hino Diesel Launch Hybrid Truck


Hino, specialized manufacturer of trucks from Japan which is under the Toyota group, also increasing the number of hybrid vehicles that are marketed in various countries, mainly in Japan and North America. Yesterday, Hino began to introduce hybrid trucks for the American market, which combines a diesel engine with an electric motor.

Introduced hybrid versions of these trucks are cab over engine (COE) or the engine is under the cabin. Two models are offered with hybrid drive is 155h with tonnage (gross vehicle weight or GVW), 6.5 ton and 8.8 ton tonnage195h.

Both trucks are using J05E Hino engine capacity of 5 liters and producing power 157 kW (210 PS) and 597 Nm of torque. To move the engine and electric motor power to the wheels, Hino uses automatic transmission 6-speed Aisin. For batteries, they use NiMH.

Specific technology that is added to the hybrid truck is Hybrid Adaptive Control System (Hybrid Adaptive Control System or HACS) is always communicating with the engine computer or engine control unit (ECU). In this way, driving and road conditions can be evaluated so that fuel consumption can be optimized.