INFINITI VC-Turbo: The world’s first production-ready variable compression ratio engine
INFINITI VC-Turbo: The world’s first production-ready variable compression ratio engine ... Continue reading
QX Sport Inspiration: A daring new SUV vision from INFINITI
QX Sport Inspiration: A daring new SUV vision from INFINITI ... Continue reading
Sep 29, 2016 INFINITI VC-Turbo engine technology, QX Sport Inspiration and upgraded 2017 Q50 sports sedan presented in Paris ... Continue reading
World Premiere of Lexus UX Concept At Paris Auto Show
PARIS (September 29, 2016) – Showcasing Lexus’ vision for a compact SUV of the future, the UX Concept will make its world debut at the 2016 Paris Motor Show. Designed by ED2, Lexus' design center in the South of France, the UX Concept represents a new step in the company's design journey and a redefinition of the d ... Continue reading
Task force to examine new technologies, education and awareness OTTAWA, Sept. 29, 2016 /CNW/ - The Government of Canada understands that cyclists and pedestrians expect their roads to be safe. They rely on them to commute to work, to explore their communities, and to get their families home safely. The Honourable Marc ... Continue reading
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29, 2016 -- Community priorities for smart city technologies, the current status of smart city initiatives, procurement patterns, and motivators and barriers to the implementation of smart city technologies were just a few of the topics explored during a recent survey of local governments conducted b ... Continue reading
Honda Civic Type R Prototype Debuts in Paris
Honda Civic Type R Prototype North American Debut at the 2016 SEMA Show in Las Vegas TORRANCE, Calif. Sep 28, 2016; Fresh on the heels of the sales launch of the 2017 Civic Hatchback, the next-generation Civic Type R had its global debut in prototype form today at the 2016 Paris auto show. The radical new Civic Type R, ... Continue reading
HARRISBURG, Pa., Sept. 29, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Hunters and other outdoors enthusiasts heading into Pennsylvania's state-owned woodlands this autumn will find additional roads open in 18 of the 20 state forest districts, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources announced today. "We know improved ... Continue reading
AMSTERDAM, Sept. 29, 2016 -- Constellium N.V. (NYSE and Euronext: CSTM) unveiled today a first-of-its-kind application for the automotive industry, which will allow OEMs and businesses to browse through the wide array of Constellium aluminium product offerings available for the automotive sheet and extrusions market. ... Continue reading
RICHMOND HILL, ON., Sept. 29, 2016 /CNW/ - The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) determined that a passenger's unsafe behaviour and intoxication led to him falling overboard from the vessel Northern Spirit I in Toronto, Ontario, and subsequently drowning. The investigation also found that the crew's emergency ... Continue reading
DriveRightData opens new wheel testing facility in the US
DriveRightData opens new wheel testing facility in the US DriveRightData, the leading independent supplier of automotive, wheel and tire data have established a new testing facility based in Fullerton, Los Angeles, facilitating the ability to provide the industry with wheels tested to international standards. The compa ... Continue reading
Leckner Automotive Services, LLC Purchases Muhlenberg Ford
WOODSTOCK, Va., Sept. 29, 2016 -- Carl Leckner took over as owner of Muhlenberg Ford on Tuesday, September 27, 2016 and has renamed the dealership at 430 Hoover Rd, Woodstock, VA 22664, Leckner Ford of Woodstock. The dealership was purchased from Allen Peer. Originally opened in 1941 Muhlenberg Ford is situated at the ... Continue reading
Pegasus TransTech Enters Telematics Market with NextGen Solution
Transflo Telematics in partnership with Geotab. (Photo: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail ???pagination.previous??? ???pagination.next??? Transflo Telematics in partnership with Geotab. (Photo: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail TAMPA, Fla.—Pegasus TransT ... Continue reading
Saudi Arabia Commercial Vehicles Market to Grow at 9% Till 2021: TechSci Research Report
NEW YORK, September 29, 2016 -- Anticipated stabilization of crude oil prices, implementation of favourable government initiatives, growing infrastructure construction and logistics industry to drive sales of trucks, buses & vans in the Kingdom According to "Saudi Arabia Commercial Vehicles Market Forecast & Opportun ... Continue reading
TomTom expands HD Map coverage to over 200K kilometres
TomTom expands HD Map coverage to France, totaling over 200K kilometres (Graphic: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail ???pagination.previous??? ???pagination.next??? TomTom expands HD Map coverage to France, totaling over 200K kilometres (Graphic: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Full Size ... Continue reading
TomTom Launches On-Street Parking Service to Help Drivers Find that Parking Spot More Quickly
TomTom Launches On-Street Parking Service to Help Drivers Find that Parking Spot More Quickly (Photo: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail ???pagination.previous??? ???pagination.next??? TomTom Launches On-Street Parking Service to Help Drivers Find that Parking Spot More Quickly (Photo: Business Wire) Full ... Continue reading
Ford Names Rajendra “Raj” Rao as Ford Smart Mobility LLC CEO
Ford Motor Company is announcing today the appointment of Rajendra “Raj” Rao as chief executive officer of Ford Smart Mobility LLC, Ford’s subsidiary working to design, build, grow and invest in emerging mobility services. (Photo: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail ???pagination.previous??? ???pagin ... Continue reading
New Ram 1500 Lone Star Silver Edition Unveiled at State Fair of Texas
Ram adds new Lone Star Silver Edition to exclusive Texas offerings New-for-2017 models, features and trims also make their first auto show appearance at State Fair of Texas Southwestern-themed Laramie Longhorn adds new luxury grille Top-of-the-line Ram Limited now available with black RAM tailgate letters Bilstein shoc ... Continue reading
Ram Reveals New Rebel TRX Concept - 100-mph Off-road Pickup Rips With 575 Supercharged Horsepower
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 29, 2016 -- Ram Rebel TRX concept is an engineering, design and consumer-interest study for an extreme performance half-ton pickup Supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI® V-8 delivers 575 horsepower, the most powerful factory-engineered half-ton pickup ever TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic transmissio ... Continue reading
Aeroflot Named Best Airline in Europe at Business Traveller Russia & CIS Awards
MOSCOW, September 29, 2016 -- Aeroflot has been named Europe's best airline at the prestigious Business Traveller Russia & CIS Awards. Russia's flag carrier also took first place in the Best Business-Class on Mid-Range Flights and Best Airline in Russia and CIS categories, seeing off competition from peers including Ai ... Continue reading
Aircraft Seating Market Worth 16.94 Billion USD by 2021
PUNE, India, September 29, 2016 -- The report "Aircraft Seating Market by Aircraft Type (NBA, WBA, VLA, and RTA), Seat Class (First, Business, Premium Economy, and Economy), Component (Seat Actuators, Foam & Fittings), Fit (Line-Fit, And Retrofit) and Region - Forecast to 2021", published by MarketsandMarkets, the glob ... Continue reading
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 29, 2016 -- AutoNation, Inc. , America's largest automotive retailer, today announced that it will release its financial results for the third quarter of 2016 on Friday, October 28, 2016. Mike Jackson, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Bill Berman, Executive Vice President an ... Continue reading
Can You Tell The Car By Its Brake Lights?
Hi There, Just to let you know that I've created a quiz entitled "Can You Tell The Car By Its Brake Lights?", which could be of interest to your readers. After driving for more than a few hours or so on a long distance drive, you tend to try and find things to do to keep yourself entertained to make the journey go quic ... Continue reading
SHANGHAI & FRANKFURT—China's “New Normal” of lower economic growth rates in combination with a transformation process that shifts to stronger domestic consumption models presents new challenges for foreign-invested manufacturing companies in the country. According to a new study by Technical University of Munich ... Continue reading
CYPRESS, Calif., Sept. 29, 2016 -- Clarion Corporation of America, a leader in consumer and commercial mobile electronics, announced today that Land 'N' Sea Distributing, Inc. has been appointed as a distributor of its marine systems and accessories targeting marine dealers and installers in the United States. Clarion ... Continue reading
Commercial Vehicle Group Awarded Caterpillar Platinum Certification
NEW ALBANY, Ohio, Sept. 29, 2016 -- Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (the "Company") , a leading supplier of fully integrated system solutions for the global commercial vehicle market, announced today that its wire harness facility in Liberec, Czech Republic (CVG PEKM) has been awarded Platinum Status by Caterpillar unde ... Continue reading
FINDLAY, Ohio—Marking its second year as a member of the National Association of Manufacturers’ (NAM) and Manufacturing Institute’s (MI) Dream It. Do It. program, Cooper Tire will connect with more than 10,000 students—primarily eighth graders—for Manufacturing Day (MFG Day) events throughout October. Cooper ... Continue reading
Delta Air Lines Announces New Routes to Connect New York-JFK, Boston to Europe
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2016 -- Delta Air Lines [NYSE: DAL] is expanding service from New York and Boston to Europe in summer 2017 with new service between Boston and Dublin and between New York and Lisbon, as well as returning service between New York and Berlin. Starting May 25, 2017, Delta will introduce nonstop season ... Continue reading
Delticom AG: Yourtyres.co.uk kicks off the winter season with new features
New search function facilitates and speeds up tyre purchases at Yourtyres.co.uk (Photo: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail ???pagination.previous??? ???pagination.next??? New search function facilitates and speeds up tyre purchases at Yourtyres.co.uk (Photo: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnai ... Continue reading
DUBLIN—Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Impact of Brexit on the Global Automotive Industry" report to their offering. This market insight provides a detailed analysis of the impact of the recently concluded Brexit vote, on the global automotive industry. It provides information on present, futu ... Continue reading
HOD HASHARON, Israel and DETROIT—Karamba Security today announced Autonomous Security for connected and autonomous vehicles, which empowers their electronic control units (ECUs) to protect themselves from hackers. Autonomous Security, a significant extension to the company’s Carwall ECU security platform, enables a ... Continue reading
NFC Forum Opens Registration for VISIONFC Automotive Summit
WAKEFIELD, Mass.—The NFC Forum announced today the opening of registration for VISIONFC Automotive Summit, taking place Tuesday, October 18, 2016, in Vienna, Austria. Co-located with the NFC Forum Member Meeting, the summit is a half-day series of sessions featuring lightning talks, presentations, and a moderated dis ... Continue reading
Parkopedia Announces Global Partnership with TomTom to Integrate Parking Content
PARIS MOTOR SHOW 2016, PARIS, September 29, 2016 -- Founded in 1991, TomTom is a global leader in navigation and mapping products and operates via its four customer-facing business units: Consumer, Automotive, Licensing and Telematics. Founded in 2007, Parkopedia provides detailed information on 40 million parking spac ... Continue reading
Parkopedia Announces Global Partnership with TomTom to Integrate Parking Content
PARIS MOTOR SHOW 2016, PARIS, September 29, 2016 -- Founded in 1991, TomTom is a global leader in navigation and mapping products and operates via its four customer-facing business units: Consumer, Automotive, Licensing and Telematics. Founded in 2007, Parkopedia provides detailed information on 40 million parking spac ... Continue reading
Raytheon chosen for cybersecurity research and support to U.S. Navy
DULLES, Va., Sept. 29, 2016 -- Raytheon Company has been awarded a $98 million contract by the U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Pacific for cyberspace science, research, engineering and technology integration. "Our team combines Raytheon's warfighting experience, cyber expertise and innovative syste ... Continue reading
SANHUA Automotive Attends International Auto Show, IAA 2016
HANNOVER, Germany, Sept. 29, 2016 -- SANHUA Automotive presented a full line-up of various new and innovative thermal management components at the 2016 IAA Show in Hannover, Germany. The IAA is the commercial vehicle industry's leading international trade show, taking place every two years. SANHUA Automotive introduce ... Continue reading
Sino Group Presents the Inaugural Gold Coast Motor Festival
HONG KONG, Sept. 29, 2016 -- Sino Group is delighted to present the inaugural Gold Coast Motor Festival, which will be held during the National Day Golden Weekend (1-2 October 2016), and is a new mega event that adds to Hong Kong's attraction and positively contributes to Hong Kong's tourism. Hong Kong's premier moto ... Continue reading
Spireon Continues to Deliver Telematics Innovation With New Solar-Powered Trailer Tracking Product
IRVINE, Calif.—Spireon Inc., the leading provider of GPS-based vehicle telematics and Business Intelligence solutions with over three million active subscribers, announced its first solar-powered trailer and asset telematics solution, providing customers with a new way to gain location information and Rich Data aroun ... Continue reading
Visteon to Announce Third-Quarter 2016 Results on Thursday, Oct. 27
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., Sept. 29, 2016 -- Visteon Corporation plans to release its third-quarter 2016 financial results prior to 7 a.m. ET on Thursday, Oct. 27. The company will host a conference call for the investment community at 9 a.m. ET to discuss the results and related matters. The conference call also is a ... Continue reading
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 29, 2016 -- BorgWarner supplies its advanced diesel cold-start system with ceramic glow plugs (CGPs) and glow plug control module for SsangYong's new 1.6-liter and 2.2-liter DTX engines. Featuring BorgWarner's fast-heating diesel cold-start technology, the glow plugs help optimize combustion ... Continue reading
New Maryland Law Allows Auto Dealers To Disclose Key Data on Safety, Reliability
Annapolis, Md., Sept. 29, 2016 Maryland drivers will benefit from much better access to safety and defect data about their cars when one of the nation's most consumer-friendly state safety disclosure laws goes into effect on Sat., Oct. 1. The law, passed as part of HB 525 by the General Assembly last April, prohibits c ... Continue reading
New World Range Record for the Kangoo ZE-H2, EV FC
PARIS—This is with a 22 kWh standard battery charge and with 1.8 kg of hydrogen for the Symbio FCell fuel cell range extender that the Renault electric light-duty vehicle travelled 367 kilometres in 10 hours 36 minutes, at night on a mixed journey of urban and peri-urban areas, with lights and heating turned on. This ... Continue reading
Rear View Safety Introduces Their RVS-BLB Brilliant Backseat
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2016 -- Rear View Safety, the industry leader in the sales and distribution of backup camera systems, as well as a strong and dedicated road safety advocate, introduced the RVS-BLB Brilliant Backseat Reminder System earlier this year. The Brilliant Backseat is designed from the ground up to remind d ... Continue reading
Robb Report Special 40th Anniversary Collector's Edition
NEW YORK, Sept. 29, 2016 -- Robb Report is celebrating 40 years as the leading voice in global luxury with its largest October issue in nearly a decade. The special collector's edition of the magazine—now on newsstands—remembers past moments, products, and pioneers whose status as luxury icons has been cemented thr ... Continue reading
U.S. Army Awards $409 Million FMTV Contract to Oshkosh Defense
Since 2009, Oshkosh has achieved record quality performance on the FMTV program. (Photo: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail OSHKOSH, Wis.—The U.S. Army has awarded Oshkosh Defense, LLC, an Oshkosh Corporation company, a $409 million contract to produce 1,661 Family of M ... Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz LIVE Press Conference at 2016 Paris Motor Show +VIDEO
Watch the complete press conference LIVE right here, Thursday 5AM ET, on TheAutoChannel.com PARIS - September 28, 2016: The design of the Mercedes-Benz stand at the Paris Auto Show already promises breaking news from Mercedes-Benz. Digital displays and interactive components set the tone for the world premiere of a sho ... Continue reading
Volkswagen Press Conference - LIVE from 2016 Paris Motor Show +VIDEO
VOLKSWAGEN PRESENTS AN ELECTRIC CAR FOR A NEW ERA Watch the entire press conference LIVE right here at 2AM ET Thursday PARIS - September 28, 2016: The presence of Volkswagen at this year's Paris Motor Show is all about 'Think New.': in presenting the world premiere of a design study, Volkswagen introduces a new ambassa ... Continue reading
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