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Non-Tech : Delphi Automotive Systems (DPH) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JakeStraw who wrote (293)	5/9/2002 10:24:16 AM
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Delphi Earns U.S. $60 Million Contract for EMS Motorcycle Business in China Delphi also earns EMS contract with major Indian motorcycle manufacturer biz.yahoo.com SHANGHAI, China, May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Delphi Corp. (NYSE: DPH) has been awarded a U.S. $60 million contract over five years for Engine Management Systems (EMS) motorcycle technology with Chongqing Zongsheng Motorcycle Group, one of the leading motorcycle manufacturers in China. This is Delphi's first production motorcycle business win in China. (Photo: newscom.com ) Delphi has also been awarded new EMS business with a major motorcycle manufacturer in India. Details of the contract remain confidential at the customer's request. Approximately 50 million motorcycles are manufactured annually in the Asia Pacific region, 10 million of which are manufactured in China, and 4.5 million are manufactured in India. "It is a natural evolution to provide Delphi's EMS technology for non- automotive applications," said Herman Chang, regional director, Dynamics & Propulsion Sector, Delphi. "We are leveraging our extensive EMS expertise and tailoring our systems to design them specifically for the motorcycle market. These solutions, which address both regulatory and consumer requirements, help reduce emissions and improve fuel economy." Engine management is the science of equipping and calibrating an engine to achieve clean exhaust emissions while providing the best possible performance, fuel economy and drivability. EMS is generally used on all modern cars that meet Euro II emission norms or equivalent. High pollution levels in China and India have been an issue of concern for the governments, manufacturers, environmentalists and consumers alike who are committed to bringing in more fuel-efficient vehicles that also help protect the environment. "We have been aggressively growing our EMS business in Asia Pacific and we expect to continue to see major growth in the region, with the non-automotive market providing a significant portion of this growth," said Steven Kiefer, EMS business line executive, Delphi. Worldwide in 2001, Delphi booked new orders for EMS worth more than U.S. $500 million. The Asia Pacific region generated much of this new business driven by evolving concern for improved emissions in high density, developing economies. The technology essentially entails the control of the engine air and fuel inflow and ignition by an onboard microcomputer also known as an engine control module (ECM). The ECM in turn controls a fuel injector and an ignition coil connected to the spark plug. Fuel injection and ignition is timed precisely to provide an optimal combustion situation for a wide variety of external variants like the load on the engine, air temperature and barometric pressure. Data on these variants is then coupled with additional input from sensors which measure the position of the crankshaft, engine temperature and throttle position to determine and create optimal combustion. The EMS replaces the existing carburetor and the ignition electronics. Multi-dimensional control of the fuel inflow for every conceivable driving condition results in lower emissions, better drivability, and improved acceleration, cold start performance and fuel consumption.