Pennsylvania Game Commission Advises Motorists to Watch for Deer
Pennsylvania Game Commission Executive Director Carl G. Roe today advised motorists to slow down after sundown and before sunrise to reduce their risk of having a close encounter with a white-tailed deer. Deer collisions are an annual occurrence that will continue through Thanksgiving week and begin to slow down in mid ... Continue reading
Chevrolet Trio Lead at Michigan State Police Tests
Caprice PPV posts best-in-class top speed and best-in-class braking for second consecutive year Impala PPV posts best-in-class top speed among all V-6 entrants at 150 mph Tahoe PPV has segment-leading top speed and reduces stopping distance seven feet Chevrolet has three good reasons for scofflaws to behave on the road ... Continue reading
New customizer site lets fans dream up their ultimate Mustang Ford has put design in the hands of enthusiasts with a new customizer website featuring the 2012 Mustang. Fans can choose to customize a Mustang V6, GT, Boss 302 or Shelby GT500, choosing from among three different backgrounds and five different angles and u ... Continue reading
EV Drivers Will Prefer to Charge Their Vehicles at Home, Reveals a New Chartwell Survey
Utilities will need to ensure their distribution systems are ready for electric vehicles (EVs) because an overwhelming number of drivers envision they will charge their EVs at home, new Chartwell research shows. Coinciding with the launch of its EV Customer Strategy Research Council and Electric Vehicle Programs Summit ... Continue reading
Nissan Announces Senior Marketing Leadership Appointment
Nissan today announced that Fred Deperez is named director, Chief Marketing Manager for Nissan Marketing, effective Oct. 3. In his new assignment, Deperez will report to Jon Brancheau, vice president, Nissan Marketing, Nissan North America, and be responsible for leading lifecycle product marketing efforts supporting N ... Continue reading
What: Chrysler Group LLC will distribute 10 Plug-In Electric Hybrid (PHEV) Ram 1500 pickup trucks to Duke Energy officials as part of a national demonstration program for evaluation and testing of the trucks for three years. When: Thursday, Sept. 22 Press conference to start promptly at 11:00 a.m. followed by limited v ... Continue reading
Major Alt Fuel POW WOW Convenes in Washington Today with Intriguing, Questionable Participants
Major Alt Fuel POW WOW Convenes in Washington Today with Intriguing, Questionable Participants By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL WASHINGTON â September 21, 2011: The United States Energy Security Council (USESC), the highest level extra-governmental group ever assembled to address ... Continue reading
Continental Tire Series - Gleason Brothers Finish Ninth In Season Finale Saturday At Mid-Ohio
LEXINGTON, Sept. 20, 2011: The Gleason brothers started at the back of the field in the Street Tuner class in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge season finale at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course last Saturday, but they brought their car home ninth in the two-hour-and-30-minute race that was part of the EMCO Gears ... Continue reading
Sprint Cup - Conserving Fuel, Smith Finishes 17th At Chicagoland
JOLIET, Sept. 20, 2011: Furniture Row Racing driver Regan Smith conserved fuel in the closing laps to cap off a steady performance with a 17th-place finish in Monday's rain-delayed Geico 400 Sprint Cup race. Smith, who rode in the low to high teens for the majority of the 267-lap, 400-mile event at Chicagoland Speedway ... Continue reading
POWRi - Loyet Owns 10-point Midget Lead Over Knepper With Two Races Left
MACON, Sept. 20, 2011: Brad Loyet has taken a 10-point lead over Nick Knepper for the POWRi Lucas Oil National Midget Series championship with two events remaining, Saturday (Sept. 24) at Macon (Ill.) Speedway and Oct. 1 at Belle-Clair Speedway in Belleville, Ill. Loyet wonât decide to race at Macon until late Fri ... Continue reading
NHRA SportNationals - Elite Group In The Running For Prestigious JEGS Crown Trophy
COLUMBUS, Sept. 20, 2011: An elite field of 15 highly-skilled sportsman drag racers are in the running for the coveted JEGS Crown trophy, a special award that could be earned by each driver at next weekend's JEGS NHRA Northern SPORTSnationals at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio. The JEGS Crown is a specially desi ... Continue reading
The Chase - Smoke, Junior Go From Cellar Dwellers To Top Dogs
Daytona, Sept. 20, 2011: This doesnât make much sense, but: Two of NASCARâs most talked about and most thought about drivers â Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr. â entered the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup with little discussion, and mostly as afterthoughts. They were the only two Chase drivers w ... Continue reading
ExxonMobil Chemical to Build World-Scale Synthetic Lubricant Base Stock Plant
ExxonMobil Chemical announced today that it will build a world-scale facility to manufacture its metallocene polyalphaolefin (mPAO) synthetic lubricant base stocks at its integrated refining and chemical complex in Baytown, Texas. 'The drive for greater energy efficiency, improved durability and extended drain interval ... Continue reading
The City of Sioux Falls Switches to Universal Lubricants' Recycled Motor Oil ECO ULTRA
In a move to increase urban sustainability--the City of Sioux Falls' public transportation system fleet has made the switch to Universal Lubricants' ECO ULTRA, an environment-friendly and American Petroleum Institute (API) certified recycled motor oil that meets Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) requirements and cu ... Continue reading
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Vehicle Telematics 2011- 2015" report to their offering. This research provides analysis of the global telematics market including technologies and operational measures taken by various companies. It evaluates challenges and market drivers for both commercial and ... Continue reading
ConocoPhillips Customer Surpasses 500,000-Mile Mark Using Kendall Motor Oil
ConocoPhillips Company, the nation's fourth-largest lubricants supplier, today introduced an inspiring testimonial featuring one of its long-time Kendall Motor Oil customers who has put more than 500,000 miles on his car, reinforcing the oil's benefits to passenger car motorists including remarkable engine wear and fri ... Continue reading
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Alternative Automotive Fuels Report 2011" report to their offering. This report looks at the factors currently driving the market for alternative fuels and examines regional policies and usage data. Futhermore, the report considers the biofuel debate, and looks at ... Continue reading
Toyota Halftime Hand Off Rallies Support for Sports-Related Causes
Toyota today announced its "Halftime Hand Off: A Rally for Causes" program airing on the NBC Sunday Night Football halftime show, which will award a total of $150,000 to deserving sports-related nonprofit organizations based on public vote. Carrying on the philanthropic spirit of the 100 Cars for Good and Ideas for Goo ... Continue reading
Ford and SABEResPODER Join Efforts to Empower Hispanics Through Education
Ford Motor Company andSABEResPODER, the leading provider of comprehensive and culturally relevant educational media solutions for Spanish-dominant Latinos in the United States, are joining forces once again to educate and empower Hispanics through an innovative educational media campaign in selected Hispanic markets ac ... Continue reading
The FBI's newly published 2010 Uniform Crime Report demonstrated that the national number of motor vehicle thefts is decreasing. While that's good news, LoJack Corporation cautions consumers that the percentage of vehicles stolen and not recovered continues to drop and is at its lowest point in more than 25 years. In f ... Continue reading
Hertz Expands Value Car Brand "Advantage" in Europe
Advantage Rent a Car opens new locations at London, Frankfurt and Geneva after establishing strong market presence in France, Italy and Spain - With Photo Hertz, the world's leading general use car rental brand, is further accelerating the European expansion of its value brand, Advantage Rent a Car, from three markets ... Continue reading
NADAguides Releases Quarterly Current Car Buyers Market Report
News Highlights NADAguides, the leading vehicle pricing and information provider on the Internet today, releases its Quarterly Car Buyers Market Report, which features nine current models from nine different manufactures Audi, BMW, Chevrolet, Ford, GMC, Hyundai, Land Rover, Toyota and Volkswagen earning placement withi ... Continue reading
TI introduces 36-volt op amp for the automotive market
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today introduced an automotive-qualified 36-V, single-supply, low-noise op amp (operational amplifier) that can operate on supplies ranging from +2.7 V to +36 V. The OPA171-Q1 offers high-precision performance in a cost-effective, low-power device. In addition to industry-standard pa ... Continue reading
Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation Announce Commitments at 2011 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation announced two commitments to prepare U.S. workers for manufacturing jobs and to increase the energy efficiency of its operations today at the 2011 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, a convening of global leaders founded by President Bill Clinton. ... Continue reading
TomTom Places iPhone App Now Available in 5 Countries
TomTom today announces that their recently launched iPhone application is now available in four more countries; Germany, Belgium, Portugal, and Denmark. The TomTom Places iPhone application has reached 75 000 downloads in the Netherlands alone in just the first few weeks after the launch. The TomTom Places iPhone appli ... Continue reading
International Fuel Technology's DiesoLiFTTM 10 Helps Combat Climate Change
International Fuel Technology, Inc. (IFT) (OTCBB:IFUE) announced today that use of its DiesoLiFTTM 10 fuel additive formulation helps combat climate change. scientific evidence and new analyses demonstrate that control of black carbon particles and tropospheric ozone through rapid implementation of proven emission redu ... Continue reading
WatchIt Technologies Begins V.2 of Fuel Reformer
WatchIt Technologies Inc. (OTC: WTCT) The Board of Directors of WTCT announced it has begun development of a second generation or V.2 of its patent pending fuel savings device, the fuel reformer. The investment group, who has asked to remain anonymous, requested that the company investigate the possibility of upgrading ... Continue reading
Toyota Helps to Speed Post-Katrina Homebuilding, Reports Major New Orleans Nonprofit
The St. Bernard Project (SBP), one of the primary housing recovery organizations in New Orleans, today announced preliminary results of the work it has been doing with Toyota to improve the efficiency of its operations and speed up the pace of post-Katrina rebuilding efforts. "For those recovering from disasters, time ... Continue reading
Wineman Technology Introduces INERTIA for Real-Time Control Applications
Wineman Technology, Inc. today announced INERTIA, a software add-on for NI VeriStand that provides an integrated control solution for test cell applications. NI VeriStand is a software environment for creating real-time testing applications more efficiently, and by using NI VeriStand with INERTIA, control engineers can ... Continue reading
Hyundai UAE to Participate in the First "World Service Advisor" Contest
Hyundai UAE, one of the leading companies of Juma Al Majid group is participating in "Hyundai Local Service Advisor Contest" in Korea. 18th September 2011 marks the day for the Hyundai Local Service Advisor contest, on this day Juma Al Majid chooses the best local service advisor for 2011 to represent Hyundai UAE at th ... Continue reading
Numetrics to Provide Project Planning Tools to STMicroelectronics
Numetrics, the leading provider of fact-based resource and schedule estimation tools for semiconductor and embedded software projects, announced a multi-year agreement concluded recently with the Automotive Product Group (APG) of STMicroelectronics, a global leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics a ... Continue reading
Citroen Sailors Join Team Gb For Olympics In 2012
Citroen welcomes the news that sailors Iain Percy and Andrew Simpson will be competing at next year's Olympic Games. The gold medal-winning pair join nine other sailors as the first official members of Great Britain's 2012 Olympic team. Citroen has been Official Car Supplier to Iain and Andrew since 2009. ... Continue reading
County Contractors Celebrates 35th Anniversary With Arrival Of New Renault Fleet Vehicles
Fourteen brand new Renault cars and vans have just taken to the road with South West firm County Contractors. ... Continue reading
Hydrogen Refuelling Station Opens At Honda In Swindon
The UK's first open access hydrogen vehicle refuelling station has been officially opened at Honda's manufacturing facility in Swindon. Built and operated by industrial gases company BOC, a member of The Linde Group, the venture is the result of a partnership between Honda, BOC and economic development company Forward ... Continue reading
British Gas To Power The Rac Future Car Challenge
British Gas is the official energy and electric vehicle (EV) charging partner for the annual RAC Future Car Challenge, the world's leading low-energy driving challenge which requires entrants to drive a 60-mile route from Brighton to London using the least amount of energy possible. ... Continue reading
Goodwood Revival Is Music To Jeep's Years
A swinging 1950s rock and roll band and a lively dance group were among the musical highlights of a highly successful Goodwood Revival weekend for Jeep. ... Continue reading
All-New Barina to be Launched with Five-Star Safety Rating
The all-new Holden Barina hatch has joined the popular Commodore and Cruze range by being awarded a maximum five-star safety rating from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP). ... Continue reading
Award-Winning Skoda Fabia is the Perfect All-Rounder
With sales of well over 1.5 million worldwide, the Skoda Fabia is now on Australian shores. The combination of low running costs, advanced powertrain technology and Skoda's legendary value for money makes Fabia the perfect all-rounder. ... Continue reading
Peugeot 4007 Becomes the Bargain of the SUV Market
The strong Australian dollar has helped Peugeot Automobiles Australia significantly reposition one of its most engaging models, the 4007 sports utility vehicle. Buyers can now drive away in a stylish new 4007 for just $37,990, or $133 a week to approved business use buyers. ... Continue reading
26 Years in the Making - All New Barina is Holden's Best Ever Light Car
Holden launched an all-new Barina hatch today bringing strong, sporty Holden design language, must-have technology and five-star safety to the light-car segment. ... Continue reading
Vehicle Safety Figures Prompt VACC to Call for Year-Round Random Vehicle Inspections
VACC, the peak automotive industry body in Victoria, has called for Victoria Police to be given resources to conduct year-round random vehicle inspections. ... Continue reading
ECOCar and PowerTorque Magazines Finalists in the Maggies
Both PowerTorque and ECOCar Magazines have been selected as finalists in the 2011 Maggies Awards which recognise the best magazines in the market. ... Continue reading
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