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Big Oil's Anti-E15 Campaign Filled with Gross Exaggerations and Misinformation +VIDEO

Big Oil's Anti-E15 Campaign Filled with Gross Exaggerations and Misinformation +VIDEO

The people who rammed lead down our throats for nearly a century, and denied it was harmful, have a new story to peddle By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL AUTO CENTRAL - May 16, 2012: A bit more than 18-months ago, the EPA issued a study finding and held a teleconference to announce tha ... Continue reading

American Coalition for Ethanol Responds to Big Oil Claims on E15

American Coalition for Ethanol Responds to Big Oil Claims on E15

SIOUX FALLS, SD — May 16, 2012: The Senior Vice President for the American Coalition for Ethanol, Ron Lamberty responded May 16 to recent testing results on E15 blends from the American Petroleum Institute. “The real problem here is that people may read about this project and think that it actually has some c ... Continue reading

Big Oil's Research Tests Show E15 Damages Vehicle Engines +VIDEO

Big Oil's Research Tests Show E15 Damages Vehicle Engines +VIDEO

WASHINGTON - May 16, 2012: The American Petroleum Institute and two auto maker associations, Global Automakers and Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, presented a long expected rebuttal API’s President and CEO Jack Gerard told reporters this morning that testing by the Coordinating Research Council showed that u ... Continue reading

La Brea Bakery Keeps Rolling out the Dough And Now Electric Delivery Trucks Too

La Brea Bakery Keeps Rolling out the Dough And Now Electric Delivery Trucks Too

La Brea Bakery, the nation's favorite artisan bread brand, announces four new electric trucks will be rolling out in Los Angeles to deliver the bakery's award-winning fresh baked loaves, rolls and baguettes. 'The City is appreciative of businesses who share our goal of building a more sustainable LA.“With LA's dedicat ... Continue reading

Great American Group Schedules June Auction for Auto Manufacturing Equipment

Great American Group Schedules June Auction for Auto Manufacturing Equipment

A variety of automotive component manufacturing equipment will be available for sale during a live webcast auction beginning at 11 a.m. (EDT) Thursday, June 14 hosted by Great American Group, LLC (OTCBB: GAMR), a leading provider of asset disposition, valuation and appraisal services. 'Before they closed their doors, F ... Continue reading

Praxair Announces Price Increases for Gases and Facility Fees Effective June 1, 2012

Praxair Announces Price Increases for Gases and Facility Fees Effective June 1, 2012

DANBURY, Conn.--Praxair, Inc. and its divisions and subsidiaries (Praxair Distribution, Praxair Healthcare Services, Praxair Canada Inc., and Praxair Puerto Rico N.V.) are notifying bulk and packaged industrial, electronics, specialty, and medical gases customers in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico of increas ... Continue reading

STAR Releases its 2012 XML/ DTS Repository and Transport Guidelines

STAR Releases its 2012 XML/ DTS Repository and Transport Guidelines

Standards for Technology in Automotive Retail (STAR), the global information technology (IT) standards body for retail automotive and related industries, has released a new major version of its transport specifications. The STAR 2012 XML and DTS repository continues to be actively modified and developed by the membersh ... Continue reading

Digi-Key Corporation and T-Global Technology Sign Global Distribution Agreement

Digi-Key Corporation and T-Global Technology Sign Global Distribution Agreement

Global electronic components distributor Digi-Key Corporation, recognized by design engineers as having the industry's largest selection of electronic components available for immediate shipment, and t-Global Technology, a leading supplier of advanced thermal management solutions, today announced the two companies have ... Continue reading

Alcantara Interiors Showcased at Beijing Auto Show

Alcantara Interiors Showcased at Beijing Auto Show

Alcantara materials were featured on some of the world's most prestigious brands displayed at the recent 2012 Beijing International Auto Show, including Porsche, Audi, Maserati, Lamborghini, Ferrari and Mercedes. Porsche and Audi both unveiled vehicles with Alcantara interiors in Beijing. The Porsche Cayenne GTS with a ... Continue reading

Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Announces Good News for California Drivers

Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones Announces Good News for California Drivers

Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today announced important changes to the California Low Cost Automobile Insurance Program. Beginning May 15, the cost of an annual premium for the program has decreased up to nine percent across California's 58 counties and the income eligibility caps for qualifying for the program hav ... Continue reading

Environmental Enthusiasts Excel With Mercedes-Benz F-CELL

Environmental Enthusiasts Excel With Mercedes-Benz F-CELL

Actress Diane Kruger is one of more than 35 environmental enthusiasts and early adopters in California enjoying the benefits of the Mercedes-Benz hydrogen electric fuel cell vehicle, the B-Class F-CELL‚ the first zero-emissions vehicle available from Mercedes-Benz in the US. Kruger, who stars in "Farewell, My Queen," ... Continue reading

Factory Installed Automotive Navigation Solutions to Surpass PND Shipments by 2015, Says ABI Research

Factory Installed Automotive Navigation Solutions to Surpass PND Shipments by 2015, Says ABI Research

PND manufacturers are making the right moves as the in-car navigation market is forecast to rapidly diverge into smartphone-based applications and dedicated in-car solutions. The total in-car navigation market is set to grow with a CAGR of 25.9% over the next five years, representing a strong market with plenty of oppo ... Continue reading

London Leading the Way in Electric Vehicle Mobility but Collaboration is Key to Accelerate the EV Revolution, Says Hertz

London Leading the Way in Electric Vehicle Mobility but Collaboration is Key to Accelerate the EV Revolution, Says Hertz

Everyone has a role to play in encouraging the further adoption of electric vehicles throughout the UK according to industry experts Office of Low Emissions Vehicles, Transport for London, PwC and Hertz - Continued collaboration efforts should focus on education, financial incentives, creating opportunities to trial an ... Continue reading

The Jeep Brand Receives 2012 Silver OBIE Award from the Outdoor Advertising Association for America for Jeep Wrangler Call of Duty Billboard Design

The Jeep Brand Receives 2012 Silver OBIE Award from the Outdoor Advertising Association for America for Jeep Wrangler Call of Duty Billboard Design

Award given to Jeep Wrangler Call of Duty electroluminescent billboard campaign titled 'Any World -- Night Vision' National OBIE Award recognizes agency design teams that produce outstanding outdoor advertising campaigns Any World -- Night Vision' featured three large completely backlit electroluminescent billboards ex ... Continue reading

New Poll: Hispanic Teens Are Aware Of The Dangers Of Texting While Driving, Yet 54 Percent Are Guilty Of This Risky Behavior

New Poll: Hispanic Teens Are Aware Of The Dangers Of Texting While Driving, Yet 54 Percent Are Guilty Of This Risky Behavior

Findings from a new survey commissioned by AT&T* as part of the "It Can Wait" campaign indicate Hispanic teens are highly vulnerable when it comes to texting while driving. A shocking 54 percent of Hispanic teens admit to texting while driving, compared to 41 percent of Caucasian and 42 percent of African-American teen ... Continue reading

FedEx Closes in on Vehicle Fleet Fuel Efficiency Goal Years Ahead of Schedule

FedEx Closes in on Vehicle Fleet Fuel Efficiency Goal Years Ahead of Schedule

FedEx Express, a unit of FedEx Corp. , has made significant progress towards its goal to make its vehicle fleet 20 percent more fuel efficient by 2020, announcing today that the FedEx Express vehicle fleet is now 16.6 percent more fuel efficient through FY2011 than it was in 2005. Twenty percent of the FedEx Express di ... Continue reading

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Reports On-Airport Corporate Store Openings

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Reports On-Airport Corporate Store Openings

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. is pleased to announce three corporate location openings. The Company has opened two since January 1, 2012 and has plans for a third location in July. The openings include a Thrifty Car Rental location at the John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) in New York, NY which opened on March 1, 20 ... Continue reading

Great Deals Await Consumers On New Vehicles Headed For 2013 Redesign

Great Deals Await Consumers On New Vehicles Headed For 2013 Redesign

According to Kelley Blue Book www.kbb.com, the leading provider of new car and used car information, auto sales are rebounding in the United States due to the plethora of redesigns and new introductions during the last few years. Shoppers in the market for a new-car bargain who have little care for owning the most up-t ... Continue reading

AAA, Detroit Tigers, Michigan State Police and Office of Highway Safety Planning Team up for "Teen Driving Safety Night" at Comerica Park

AAA, Detroit Tigers, Michigan State Police and Office of Highway Safety Planning Team up for "Teen Driving Safety Night" at Comerica Park

Car crashes end more teen lives every day than cancer, suicide and homicide combined. That's why AAA Michigan, the Detroit Tigers, Michigan State Police (MSP) and the Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP) joined together today (May 16) to encourage teens to be safe drivers this Memorial Day weekend, the start of the ... Continue reading

SAE International Formula SAE Michigan Winners Announced

SAE International Formula SAE Michigan Winners Announced

SAE Internationalhosted the Formula SAE Michigan competition on May 11-12. The competition takes college students out of the classroom and encourages them to apply textbook theories to real engineering processes. With two days of competition, student teams representing more than 118 colleges and universities, from nine ... Continue reading

Innovative Ford "Easy Fuel" System Counters Rising Fuel Thefts

Innovative Ford "Easy Fuel" System Counters Rising Fuel Thefts

Ford's Easy Fuel system which prevents the expensive mistake of misfuelling is also proving a deterrent to petrol and diesel thieves. ... Continue reading

Automotive Excellence Award Presented to General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Volt Team at 11th Annual Great Designs in Steel Seminar

Automotive Excellence Award Presented to General Motors Co.'s Chevrolet Volt Team at 11th Annual Great Designs in Steel Seminar

The Automotive Applications Council of the Steel Market Development Institute today honored General Motors Co.'s (GM) Chevrolet Volt design and engineering team with its annual Automotive Excellence Award. The team was recognized during the 11th Annual Great Designs in Steel (GDIS) seminar in Livonia, Mich. for its eff ... Continue reading

NHRA Pro Stock - Topeka Next Test

NHRA Pro Stock - Topeka Next Test

TOPEKA, May 15, 2012: Five-time world champion Jeg Coughlin Jr. and his JEGS.com/Mopar Dodge Avenger race team are hoping this weekend's 24th annual Dollar General NHRA Summernationals at Heartland Park Topeka will kick off a successful summer that will ultimately earn them a berth in the 2012 playoffs. "One of the pri ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Project - Project Libra Debuts Roush Yates V6 Twin-Turbo Engine With P5 Result

Special Motorsports Project - Project Libra Debuts Roush Yates V6 Twin-Turbo Engine With P5 Result

SALINAS, May 15, 2012: Perseverance paid off for Project Libra Saturday at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca as its Radical SR10 finished the grueling 6-hour American Le Mans Monterey Presented by Patrón. Marking the debut of the Roush Yates Ford-based V6 twin-turbo 3.2-liter engine in racing competition, the car placed fif ... Continue reading

Honda Announces New UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Device

Honda Announces New UNI-CUB Personal Mobility Device

Representing an evolution of the U3-X personal mobility concept device that Honda announced in 2009, the UNI-CUB features a compact design with comfortable saddle and offers the same freedom of movement in all directions that a person enjoys while walking. ... Continue reading

Porsche 918 Spyder Development Races Ahead +VIDEO

Porsche 918 Spyder Development Races Ahead +VIDEO

The Porsche 918 Spyder is on the road. Driving trials of the super sports car of the future has progressed a step further with completion of the initial prototypes. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Introduces Standard Dab Radio From Polo To Phaeton

Volkswagen Introduces Standard Dab Radio From Polo To Phaeton

Volkswagen is tuning in to customer demand and fitting DAB radios as standard on all models from the Polo to the Phaeton, giving buyers not only a wider choice of radio stations but also a higher quality of sound. ... Continue reading

Belfast Gets A Taste Of Life In The 'World Of Ferrari'

Belfast Gets A Taste Of Life In The 'World Of Ferrari'

Over 20 Ferrari cars lit up the slipways of Titanic Belfast this weekend as Ferrari Owners' Clubs from Ireland and Scotland gathered in the city as part of a special Ferrari event. ... Continue reading

Production Of The All-New Volvo V40 Starts With A Warm Welcome From Residual Forecasters

Production Of The All-New Volvo V40 Starts With A Warm Welcome From Residual Forecasters

The all-new Volvo V40 has received a warm welcome from the fleet industry just as order books open. ... Continue reading

Try This For Size...

Try This For Size...

Here's one chariot that looks set to swing low for the rest of 2012, as it gets crammed to the roof and beyond with rugby players... ... Continue reading

The Peugeot 4008 - Style and Safety

The Peugeot 4008 - Style and Safety

Peugeot Australia has released the all-new 4008 SUV with a rear camera standard across the range. ... Continue reading

Volvo's Royal Seal of Approval

Volvo's Royal Seal of Approval

Volvo Car Corporation will use 50 special-edition vehicles to transport 500 guests to Princess Estelle's christening in Stockholm's Royal Chapel on May 22. ... Continue reading

Audi and InStyle present 2012 Women of Style Awards

Audi and InStyle present 2012 Women of Style Awards

More than 300 people attended the fourth annual InStyle and Audi Women of Style awards in Sydney last night to recognize and celebrate the outstanding achievements of successful Australian women. ... Continue reading

Plus X Awards: Opel Named 2012 Most Innovative Automotive Brand

Plus X Awards: Opel Named 2012 Most Innovative Automotive Brand

Opel has taken out eight categories to be named the Most Innovative Automotive Brand at the 2012 Plus X Awards held in Cologne, Germany. ... Continue reading

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