The car component of the driving simulator was removed for the purpose of the experiment.
Unlike Toyota's truck-based 4Runner S.U.V., the Highlander relies on car components, many of them purloined from the Camry and Avalon sedans.
The requirement to reduce the weight of car components as a result in part of the introduction of legislation limiting emission has triggered renewed interest in magnesium.
Rodney O'Neal, a cousin of Stan's, who grew up in Dayton, Ohio, and is the chief executive of Delphi Corporation, a manufacturer of car components, visited Wedowee every summer.
But the two companies have lost the chance, at least for now, to merge other divisions (including the chance to create one of the world's largest manufacturers of car components).In this section And never the twain shall meet . . .
Geometrical modifications, be it via shape or via topology optimisation, are not the only option of improving the fluid dynamic performance of car components or the entire vehicle.
He said this jeopardised the viability of car components manufacturers that supported Toyota.
For instance, this month his firm is advising Chinese investors who are buying a Spanish manufacturer of car components.
In the past, the effort has been organized by an umbrella group financed by insurance companies, auto manufacturers and suppliers of car components, called the Air Bag and Seat Belt Safety Campaign.
Continental, which makes a full range of car components, including brake systems, powertrain and chassis systems, said revenue slid 9.4percenttoto 5.3 billion euros.
