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  • SOUTHEAST ASIA: THAILAND, INDONESIA REPORT

    Thailand May Become New Car Sales Leader in 2019

    New car sales from January to June in six major countries in Southeast Asia were 1.7 million, unchanged from the same period of the previous year.

    Thailand and Indonesia are the two major markets. Thailand, where consumption is strong, increased by 7% year-on-year, while Indonesia, which faces a decline in resource prices, decreased by 13%. Thailand could be ranked first this year for the first time in six years.

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  • Recession May Come Before CASE Is Realized

    GUEST EDITORIAL


    President and Founder, Japan Electrification Research Institute, Ltd.

    SUMMARY. The global auto industry is bubbling with changes and dramatic new ideas, but the current declining financial performances of Japanese auto OEMs may force them to drop out of the race temporarily before they can take advantage of the growing demand for autonomous vehicles.

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  • PowerTALK August 2019

    The August 2019 issue of PowerTALK, the monthly report of world news and analysis from Power Systems Research, contains an economic outlook report for North America and a guest editorial by Mr. Kenichiro Wada who discusses the near-term problems facing Japanese auto OEMs as they develop autonomous vehicles.

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  • Power Systems Research Funds $2,500 Scholarship

    Power Systems Research Funds $2,500 Scholarship

    Olivia Funk, a senior at Eastview High School, Eagan, Minnesota, is the recipient of the 2019 Power Systems Research $2,500 academic scholarship.

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  • PSR-STA Experimental Vehicle Team Repeats as National Winner

    For the second time, the PSR-STA experimental vehicle won the Drivers’ World Championship Americas! 

    Power Systems has sponsored the high school Experimental Vehicle team at St. Thomas Academy in suburban St. Paul, Minnesota, USA, for several years.

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  • How Student Teamwork Built a World Championship Car

    Editor’s Note: Caroline Little teaches all levels of French and moderates an engineering co-curricular at St. Thomas Academy, an all-boys school in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. Here she provides a report on the program and the benefits it provides to participating students.

    Power Systems Research has been a lead sponsor of the special Experimental Vehicle Team (EVT) at St. Thomas for many years. This year, the team won its class in the Shell Eco-Marathon international competition in London. This report from Ms. Little discusses the program and the benefits it provides for high school students interested in science, technology, engineering and match (STEM).

    By Caroline Little

    Every year for the past twenty the Saint Thomas Academy Experimental Vehicle Team (STA EVT) has built a new vehicle from the ground up to give our students the best engineering experience a high-schooler can get. The internationally recognized program started in 1997. My fellow moderator Mark Westlake and I believe in the importance of learning from mistakes. That the most important life lessons come from experience, that science is not always easy and that the answers are not always found in the back of the book.

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  • POWER SYSTEMS RESEARCH (PSR): Another in Our Series of EGSA Member Company Profiles

    This article appeared in the July/August 2016 issue of Powerline Magazine, published by EGSA (Electrical Generating Systems Association)

    This is the story of a 40-year-old company that carried on
    and succeeded following the sudden and tragic death of its
    Founder and President last year. Early in 2015, George Zirnhelt,
    the dynamic and creative Founder and President of Power Systems
    Research (PSR), passed away from injuries sustained in an
    accident while vacationing in Mexico.

    The PSR global team rebounded from this loss, immediately
    implementing a crisis operations plan and a management transition
    program that were both already put in place. Instead of losing
    ground, the company finished 2015 strong, by following through
    on several strategic tasks that George had initiated and implemented
    to position the company for future growth and expansion.

    Already in Q1, 2016 revenue was the best in more than a decade
    – a sign that the company is moving forward despite tragic loss.
    PSR is an internationally-recognized leader in the collection,
    analysis and forecasting of production information for engines

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  • 2014 Experimental Vehicle Team

    PSR helps to sponsor international award-winning St. Thomas Academy (St. Paul, Minn.) Experimental Vehicle Team. This is a record of their 2014 winning effort.

    https://youtu.be/A_r_Z0g4cUs

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