AT&T Calls On Maine Customers To Pledge: Never Text And Drive
AT&T* New England today is urging all Maine drivers to pledge never to text and drive. AT&T's New England team is educating drivers across the region on the dangers of texting while driving, and urging them to take AT&T's "Txting & Drving: It Can Wait" pledge never to text and drive. The team has set a goal of gatherin ... Continue reading
Universal Technical Institute Hosts Car Seat Inspection Event on Campus
Universal Technical Institute (UTI) --the leading provider of automotive, diesel, motorcycle and marine technician training -- is hosting a car seat inspection event in conjunction with National Safe Kids Day ââ¬â a global initiative to raise awareness and funds to protect children from injury. Free and ope ... Continue reading
Quantum Technologies Closes Sale of Providence Bay Wind Farm to Leader Resources
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. , a global leader in natural gas storage systems, integration and vehicle system technologies, today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Schneider Power Inc., has completed the sale of its 1.6 Megawatt (MW) Providence Bay operational wind farm to Leader Resources ... Continue reading
International Rectifier, IR , a world leader in power management technology, today introduced a family of automotive-qualified COOLiRFET MOSFETs delivering benchmark on-state resistance (Rds(on)) for heavy load applications including electric power steering (EPS), braking systems and other heavy loads on internal combu ... Continue reading
Volvo Buses: 75% lower fuel consumption: Volvo's plug-in hybrid bus to hit the streets
Tomorrow's bus is already here -- silent, cleaner and with dramatically lower fuel consumption. Volvo Buses new plug-in hybrid buses will hit the streets of Gothenburg, Sweden in May as part of a field test. The innovative technology will facilitate a reduction in fuel consumption by a full 75% compared with current di ... Continue reading
Cummins Power South launches new diesel engine technician training program
Cummins Power South (CPS) recently launched a new comprehensive diesel engine training program. The three-month graduate program, entitled CPSUniversity (CPSU), is designed to provide rigorous in-depth training on Cummins Heavy-Duty and Mid-Range engine products and is currently being offered to diesel engine technolog ... Continue reading
GENIVI Alliance Honors Wind River with Most Valuable Contributor Award
-Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, is a winner of the Most Valuable Contributor (MVC) award in the Company category from the GENIVI Alliance. The GENIVI award recognizes companies and individuals who have made outstanding and significant contributions of source code and other assets to the GEN ... Continue reading
Ford Sollers Accelerates Growth Plan in Russia with New Engine Plant and Launch of Ford EcoSport SUV
Ford Sollers to build an all-new, $274 million (10 billion Russian Rouble) engine plant in Elabuga, Tatarstan --the first passenger car engine plant in the region Initial production of up to 105,000 engines a year begins in December 2015, with capability to build up to 200,000 engines a year. The plant will employ 500 ... Continue reading
Corrected: Tire Recall Exposes Need for Tire Destruction
Kumho Tire's recent scramble to find thousands of recalled tires that were resold to used tire dealers, instead of being scrapped, underscores the need for a total destruction system for unsafe tires, says the inventor of CompacTire. Last week, the Vietnamese tire company and Liberty Tire Recycling, one of the nation's ... Continue reading
Mercedes-Benz USA has started rolling out the smart electric for two, the most affordable electric vehicle in the U.S. market (based on Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price), to smart dealers across the country. The smart electric drive has the smallest footprint of any car on U.S. roads and its cabriolet sibling is t ... Continue reading
"Every aspect of the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety (DADSS) research project -- from the ongoing engineering work over several years to the Congressional endorsement of the program included in last year's Federal surface transportation reauthorization legislation --is based on the national standard of 0.08 ... Continue reading
Autoliv Introduces New Safety Cameras
The new Autoliv system will help vehicle manufacturers meet the new test criteria that EuroNCAP recently announced to promote Autonomous Emergency Braking, Intelligent Speed Assist, Lane Departure Assists and Pedestrian Protection. Autoliv's new active safety system can also be used for four additional applications. Au ... Continue reading
The new Volvo FE and Volvo FL -- Optimised for City and Suburban Deliveries
The new Volvo FE and Volvo FL trucks are now even easier to drive in city conditions where the demand is for fast, smooth and clean transport. The new trucks feature an enhanced driver environment, and the Volvo FL range is extended with a very competitive four-cylinder, 5-litre engine. ... Continue reading
Nissan and CarCharging to Expand Electric Vehicle Quick Charger Network
Nissan and Car Charging Group, Inc. , a nationwide provider of convenient electric vehicle (EV) charging services, announced a joint initiative to make EV charging more readily available and to expand consumer awareness of the electric car market. CarCharging and Nissan will work together to determine the placement of ... Continue reading
Electric Moto Announces U.S. Government Approval Of Second Patent
Electric Moto Corporation, Inc. (OTCMarkets/Pink Sheets: EMOT) announced today that it had received official notification from the U.S. Patent Office that a second application "has been examined and is allowed for issuance as a patent." Brian Belton, Director of R&D for EMOT, explained that this is the second of the in ... Continue reading
FordDirect Introduces Trade-In Appraisal Tool, Credit Estimator to Dealer Websites
FordDirect, a joint venture between Ford Motor Company and its franchise dealers, today announced the addition of two new tools for dealers provided by Black Book Online. A trade-in appraisal tool and credit estimator tool will now be available for consumer use on all DealerConnection websites. Today's tech savvy consu ... Continue reading
Over a Hundred Visitors at Green Automotive's Open Day
Green Automotive Company organized its first Open Day on the 4th of May to present its new Newport Coachworks manufacturing facility in Riverside, California. Over a 100 shareholders, customers, potential investors and journalists joined the company to view the first buses to roll off the production line and to share t ... Continue reading
Ram Truck Brand Awards Scholarship Funding to Future Farmers of America Members
As part of a long-standing partnership with the National Future Farmers of America Organization (FFA), the Ram Truck brand is funding nearly 80 scholarships to FFA members across the country. The Ram Truck brand has awarded approximately $600,000 in scholarships throughout its 29 year sponsorship of the FFA scholarship ... Continue reading
GM to Source Small Cargo Vehicle from Nissan for U.S., Canada Markets
General Motors Co. and Nissan announced today the companies have signed an agreement for Nissan to produce a small cargo vehicle that GM will sell in the United States and Canada. GM will procure the vehicle from Nissan and distribute it through the Chevrolet dealer network. GM expects the Chevrolet City Express, based ... Continue reading
Hyundai Reveals All-New Assurance Connected Care Campaign Featuring Remixed Bob Marley Track
Building on its tradition of supporting innovation in music, Hyundai today unveils a new campaign for Assurance Connected Care with an all-new remix of "Three Little Birds" created by Bob Marley's son and ten-time Grammy winner, Stephen Marley. Hyundai's past music-focused programs include the RE:GENERATION Music Proje ... Continue reading
2nd China International Natural Gas Vehicle Summit 2013 Will Be Held in Qingdao in June
In this February, as oil price rose in China, private car owners adapted their oil-powered cars into gas-powered, which brought new opportunities to the Natural Gas Vehicle (NGV) market. It is said that there are around 2,500 CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) and 800 LNG (Liquid Natural Gas) fueling stations in China now. T ... Continue reading
'Fun-In-The-Sun' Prize Draw To Win A Mazda MX-5
To welcome the warmer weather, Mazda is offering every driver in Britain the chance to win an iconic Mazda MX-5 - the world's best-selling two seater sportscar - for four summer months in its new 'fun-in-the-sun' free competition. ... Continue reading
David Ovenden Joins Kia As Sales Director
David Ovenden has joined Kia Motors (UK) Ltd as its new Sales Director at the company's head office in Weybridge, Surrey. ... Continue reading
Volkswagen Passat R-Line: Family Favourite Gets Even More Style
Potential Passat purchasers now have an even wider model choice, thanks to the introduction of a new R-line trim level and a new, more-efficient 1.4-litre TSI petrol engine. ... Continue reading
The new E 63 AMG has been given a major high performance boost in the shape of the top-of-the-range E 63 AMG S Model. ... Continue reading
Ferrari: More Record Results In First Quarter Of 2013
The Board of Directors of Ferrari S.p.A. met on 10 May under the chairmanship of Luca di Montezemolo to examine the final results for the first quarter of 2013. ... Continue reading
Volkswagen's V6 Tdi Power-Pickup Amarok Concept Wows Woerthersee
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has wowed the crowds at the annual GTI enthusiasts' meeting on the shores of Lake Worthersee in Austria with an Amarok Power-Pickup concept featuring a 3.0-litre V6 TDI engine with a power output of 272 PS and 600 Nm of torque. ... Continue reading
Honda Announces Partnership With Arts Centre Melbourne
Honda Australia and Australia's largest performing arts centre, Arts Centre Melbourne, have today announced a one-year Official Partnership. ... Continue reading
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) announced that its all-new Outlander received the Japan New Car Assessment Program (JNCAP) JNCAP Five Star Award in addition to the JNCAP First Prize, cementing the SUV as a leader in automobile safety. ... Continue reading
Nissan FY2012 Net Income at 342.4 Billion Yen
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced financial results for the twelve-month period ending March 31, 2013. ... Continue reading
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