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Skyworks Exceeds Q2 FY13 Revenue and EPS Guidance

Skyworks Exceeds Q2 FY13 Revenue and EPS Guidance

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. , an innovator of high performance analog semiconductors enabling a broad range of end markets, today reported second fiscal quarter 2013 results for the period ending March 29, 2013. Revenue for the quarter was $425.2 million, up 17 percent when compared to $364.7 million in the second fiscal ... Continue reading

Toyota's North American Proving Ground Celebrates 20 Years

Toyota's North American Proving Ground Celebrates 20 Years

“ Toyota Arizona Proving Ground (TAPG), Toyota’s largest vehicle evaluation investment in the United States, today celebrated its 20th anniversary with team members and executives. TAPG is located about 40 miles outside Phoenix. This 12,000-acre facility features a 10-mile high speed oval track and several miles ... Continue reading

Chinese Automotive Supplier to Build $45M Manufacturing Facility in Kansas City

Chinese Automotive Supplier to Build $45M Manufacturing Facility in Kansas City

The Kansas City Area Development Council announced today that Yanfeng USA Automotive Trim Systems will construct a new 258,000 square-foot manufacturing plant in the Kansas City area. The Michigan-based subsidiary of Yanfeng Visteon of China, a General Motors supplier, plans to build the $45 million manufacturing and s ... Continue reading

In First, Electric Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Sells Power to PJM Power Grid

In First, Electric Vehicle-to-Grid Technology Sells Power to PJM Power Grid

Joined by government and industry leaders, the University of Delaware and NRG Energy are celebrating an important milestone for its eV2g project today: becoming an official resource of PJM Interconnection and proving for the first time that electric vehicle-to-grid technology can sell electricity from electric vehicles ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Automotive Seating Systems Report 2013 Featuring JCI, Lear, Toyota Boshoku and Faurecia

Research and Markets: Automotive Seating Systems Report 2013 Featuring JCI, Lear, Toyota Boshoku and Faurecia

DUBLIN--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Automotive Seating Systems Report 2013" report to their offering. The global seating market is clearly led at the tier one level by two US companies and one European company, JCI, Lear and Faurecia. Lear and JCI are also very strong in China owing to their ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Spark Most Efficient U.S. Retail Electric Vehicle

Chevrolet Spark Most Efficient U.S. Retail Electric Vehicle

Electric range EPA estimated at 82 miles NEW YORK – The 2014 Chevrolet Spark EV is the industry benchmark in retail electric vehicle efficiency with a combined city/highway EPA estimated range of 82 miles when fully charged and an EPA-estimated combined city/highway 119 MPGe fuel economy equivalent. Compared to th ... Continue reading

Breaking down Cadillac's New Headlamp Design

Breaking down Cadillac's New Headlamp Design

LED, bi-functional HID projectors add functionality and aggressive look DETROIT – A deep look into the next generation of Cadillac models reveals new approaches to how designers are streamlining the form and function of headlamps, what designers call the “eyes” of a car. The upcoming all-new 2014 Cadilla ... Continue reading

Goodyear Reports Higher First Quarter Earnings

Goodyear Reports Higher First Quarter Earnings

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company today reported higher earnings for the first quarter of 2013 compared to the year-ago quarter. "Despite a tough economic environment, we continue to achieve solid earnings improvement," said Richard J. Kramer, chairman and chief executive officer. "Our first quarter earnings demonstra ... Continue reading

Autoliv: Financial Report January - March 2013

Autoliv: Financial Report January - March 2013

Autoliv, Inc. (STO:ALIVSDB) Sales: $2,135 million EPS: $1.29‚ Cash Flow:‚ $141 million For the three-month period ended March 31, 2013, Autoliv, Inc. -- the worldwide leader in automotive safety systems -- reported an operating margin, excluding costs for capacity alignments and antitrust investigations, of 8.8%, bea ... Continue reading

Honda Reports Consolidated Financial Results For The Fiscal Fourth Quarter Ended March 31, 2013

Honda Reports Consolidated Financial Results For The Fiscal Fourth Quarter Ended March 31, 2013

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (HMC; NYSE) today announced its consolidated financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, 2013. Fourth Quarter Results Honda's consolidated net income attributable to Honda Motor Co., Ltd. for the fiscal fourth quarter ended March 31, 2013 totaled JPY 75.7 billion (USD 805 milli ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: 2013 Deep Research Report on Global and China Electric Vehicle Industry

Research and Markets: 2013 Deep Research Report on Global and China Electric Vehicle Industry

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "2013 Deep Research Report on Global and China Electric Vehicle Industry" report to their offering. '2013 Deep Research Report on Global and China Electric Vehicle Industry' This 2013 Deep Research Report is a professional and in-depth research report on the Chin ... Continue reading

Group 1 Nissan Reinvents Vehicle Showroom Advertising

Group 1 Nissan Reinvents Vehicle Showroom Advertising

South African vehicle showroom advertising has taken a leap forward with the launch of the new "Reinventing Awesome" YouTube Advertising Campaign from Group 1 Nissan. Group 1 Nissan in South Africa has launched one of the country's first showroom YouTube campaigns that not only highlights the exclusive prices of the Ni ... Continue reading

Nike, NASA, US State Department & USAID Seek Innovations to Revolutionize Sustainable Materials

Nike, NASA, US State Department & USAID Seek Innovations to Revolutionize Sustainable Materials

LAUNCH members NIKE, Inc. , NASA, the U.S. Agency for International Development and the U.S. Department of State convened 150 materials specialists, designers, academics, manufacturers, entrepreneurs and NGOs this week to catalyze action around one of the world's biggest challenges -- the sustainability of materials an ... Continue reading

Research and Markets: Looking at Hybrid-Electric Light Vehicles Report: 2013 Edition

Research and Markets: Looking at Hybrid-Electric Light Vehicles Report: 2013 Edition

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Looking at Hybrid-Electric Light Vehicles" report to their offering. Aruvian's R'search now brings a report focusing on this niche industry itself - Looking at Hybrid-Electric Light Vehicles - which explores the early stages of hybrid development programs and the ... Continue reading

Jaguar Land Rover Collaborates with Xchanging and Arynga for a Software over the Air Proof of Concept

Jaguar Land Rover Collaborates with Xchanging and Arynga for a Software over the Air Proof of Concept

Xchanging, the business process, procurement and technology services provider and integrator, today announced that Jaguar Land Rover, the UK's leading manufacturer of luxury vehicles, has been collaborating with Xchanging and Arynga to create a proof of concept that allows remote software and firmware updates to be sen ... Continue reading

Delphi named Edison Awards Gold Winner for Connected Car Technology

Delphi named Edison Awards Gold Winner for Connected Car Technology

Delphi Automotive's Connected Car, a first-in-its-class product that provides car-to-cloud/cloud-to-car connectivity service, was named a 2013 Gold Award Winner by the Edison Awards at their Annual Gala, held in Chicago last night. ... Continue reading

ADEPT Driver Releases Research Summary on Danger of Hands-Free Texting While Driving

ADEPT Driver Releases Research Summary on Danger of Hands-Free Texting While Driving

ADEPT Driver, a California company that develops proven crash reduction programs, released a new research summary on the risk of hands-free texting while driving. ADEPT's research review looks at 36 studies on distracted driving, texting while driving, and hands-free texting while driving, including new research conduc ... Continue reading

Mazda's New Ad Campaign is a "Game Changer"

Mazda's New Ad Campaign is a "Game Changer"

Following the road less-traveled is something Mazda has been doing since it first came to the shores of the United States in 1970. Since then, Mazda has continued to push the envelope in design, engineering, and driving dynamics in order to make their vehicles stand apart from the rest. To better showcase Mazda's lates ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company Fund Donates $1 Million to College for Creative Studies

Ford Motor Company Fund Donates $1 Million to College for Creative Studies

The College for Creative Studies (CCS) announced today that Ford Motor Company Fund will donate $1 million over five years, strengthening its commitment to one of the world's leading art and design colleges and providing educational opportunities to Detroit youth. The funds are being used to establish the Henry Ford Ac ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group Plans to Invest Nearly $20 Million in Toledo Machining Plant

Chrysler Group Plans to Invest Nearly $20 Million in Toledo Machining Plant

Investment to increase capacity for production of torque converters for new generation, fuel-efficient nine-speed transmission Company's total investment in U.S. facilities over $5.2 billion since June 2009 Chrysler Group LLC announced today that it will invest $19.6 million in its Toledo Machining Plant in Perrysburg, ... Continue reading

Ford And Schaeffler Demonstrate eWHEELDRIVE Project

Ford And Schaeffler Demonstrate eWHEELDRIVE Project

Ford Motor Company and Schaeffler today demonstrated the Fiesta-based eWheelDrive car, a driveable research vehicle that could lead to improvements in urban mobility and parking by making possible smaller, more agile cars. ... Continue reading

Mazda 'Planning For 20% Growth' In 2013

Mazda 'Planning For 20% Growth' In 2013

Mazda UK is planning for growth from a base of 26,200 sales in 2012 and has set bold, but entirely realistic sales objectives on the back of introducing cars to new segments and entering new sales channels. ... Continue reading

Fiat Chrysler Group Announces Management Changes

Fiat Chrysler Group Announces Management Changes

Fiat Chrysler Asia Pacific (APAC) announces a new management team for Fiat Chrysler Group Australia. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor Announces 2013 Q1 Business Results

Hyundai Motor Announces 2013 Q1 Business Results

Hyundai Motor Company has announced 2013 first-quarter earnings results. ... Continue reading

BMW i and SOLARWATT cooperate on sustainable charging solutions

BMW i and SOLARWATT cooperate on sustainable charging solutions

SOLARWATT GmbH and BMW i will be teaming up to supply combined rooftop and carport photovoltaic solutions for future BMW i customers. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Group Presents Most Comprehensive Sustainability Report

Volkswagen Group Presents Most Comprehensive Sustainability Report

At the recent Annual General Meeting in Hanover, the Volkswagen Group presented its most comprehensive sustainability report to date ... Continue reading

Audi TT ultra quattro concept at Worthersee

Audi TT ultra quattro concept at Worthersee

Audi is turning the Wörthersee 2013 into the "Home of quattro". ... Continue reading

Mustangs Muster for Shannons Melbourne Sale

Mustangs Muster for Shannons Melbourne Sale

Four magnificent Mustangs - three with rare manual gearboxes and three with right hand drive - have been mustered for Shannons Melbourne Autumn Classic Auction on Monday ... Continue reading

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