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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Hyundai Hope On Wheels Awards $150,000 Research Grant To OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital In Honor Of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Hyundai Hope On Wheels Awards $150,000 Research Grant To OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital In Honor Of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 13, 2016 -- Hyundai Hope On Wheels® (HHOW) and Portland-area Hyundai dealers will present Dr. Lara Davis, assistant professor, Departments of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Medical Oncology, OHSU Doernbecher Children's Hospital with a $150,000 Young Investigator Grant to be used to expand the ... Continue reading

World's First Fully Autonomous, Driverless Public Transportation Service Launched by Keolis and NAVYA

World's First Fully Autonomous, Driverless Public Transportation Service Launched by Keolis and NAVYA

LOS ANGELES—Keolis, a world leader in public transportation, announced at the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Annual Meeting that it is joining forces with NAVYA to launch NAVLY, the world’s first autonomous, driverless public transportation service. NAVLY is now being tested in Lyon, France where ... Continue reading

Renault-Nissan Alliance Hits Milestone of 350,000 Electric Vehicles Sold, Maintains Position as Global EV Leader

Renault-Nissan Alliance Hits Milestone of 350,000 Electric Vehicles Sold, Maintains Position as Global EV Leader

PARIS and YOKOHAMA, Japan, Sept. 13, 2016 -- Alliance reaches historic EV milestone in August with 100,000 EVs sold in one year Nissan LEAF remains world's most popular electric vehicle with more than 230,000 units sold Renault delivers its 100,000th EV to a customer in Norway Alliance's EV offering continues to improv ... Continue reading

John Krafcik, CEO Of Google's Self-Driving Car Project, To Keynote Kickoff Of AutoMobili-D

John Krafcik, CEO Of Google's Self-Driving Car Project, To Keynote Kickoff Of AutoMobili-D

DETROIT, Sept. 13, 2016 -- The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) announced today that John Krafcik, CEO of Google's Self-Driving Car Project, will kick-off AutoMobili-D with a keynote presentation on Sunday, January 8, 2017. AutoMobili-D will run in conjunction with the 2017 NAIAS Press Preview and will fe ... Continue reading

Brand New Peugeot 3008 DKR Ready For Dakar Challenge

Brand New Peugeot 3008 DKR Ready For Dakar Challenge

LONDON - September 13, 2016: Coming off the back of a successful Dakar and Silk Way Rally campaign with the PEUGEOT 2008 DKR this year, Team Peugeot Total and Red Bull have revealed the new PEUGEOT 3008 DKR. This is the all-new successor to the famous machine with which Stéphane Peterhansel claimed his resounding 12th ... Continue reading

All-New 400PS Audi TT RS Ready To Launch

All-New 400PS Audi TT RS Ready To Launch

Much loved five-cylinder configuration is retained in the latest Audi Sport flagship delivering supercar-style pace with quattro adhesion LONDON - September 13, 2016: Character-building five-cylinder power continues to be the lifeblood of the Audi TT RS, which can be ordered in the UK from late September in all-new, 40 ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Debuts New Crafter Commercial Van + VIDEO

Volkswagen Debuts New Crafter Commercial Van + VIDEO

HANNOVER/OFFENBACH - September 12, 2016: Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has presented the new Crafter to around 350 international media representatives in Offenbach. With a maximum payload of 5.5 metric tonnes, a larger maximum cargo volume of 18.4 m3 and an excellent variety of drive types and derivatives, the new Cra ... Continue reading

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Offers 238 Miles of Range +VIDEO

2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV Offers 238 Miles of Range +VIDEO

DETROIT – September 13, 2016: Chevrolet promised to offer the first affordable electric vehicle with 200 miles or more of range and will exceed those expectations when the 2017 Bolt EV goes on sale later this year. With the vehicle’s EPA-estimated range of 238 miles, owners can expect to go beyond their average dai ... Continue reading

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