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Ford Launches 'Rolling with Ford AND The BET Awards Contest'

Ford Launches 'Rolling with Ford AND The BET Awards Contest'

Ford is looking to give one winner the opportunity of a lifetime at the 2013 BET Awards. The "Rolling with Ford AND The BET Awards Contest" will award one consumer with a VIP experience to the 2013 BET Awards in Los Angeles June 30. The winner and his or her companion will be Ford's official guests on the red carpet an ... Continue reading

Toyota Introduces 2013 Prius Plug-in MPG Challenge

Toyota Introduces 2013 Prius Plug-in MPG Challenge

Toyota announced today the launch of the first Prius MPG Challenge rewarding environmentally-conscious, charitable organizations in the tri-state area with contributions totaling $20,000. The Challenge --which consists of five separate waves of competition, each with up to eight challengers --awards those participants ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor America Commits $200,000 to Oklahoma Tornado Relief Efforts

Hyundai Motor America Commits $200,000 to Oklahoma Tornado Relief Efforts

Hyundai Motor America today announced a $200,000 donation to the American Red Cross in support of tornado relief efforts underway in Oklahoma. "The massive devastation caused by last week's tornado in Oklahoma calls for wide-scale recovery efforts and Hyundai pledges to do its part," said John Krafcik, President and CE ... Continue reading

A Sober Driver Is The Most Valuable Person (MVP) At Your Summer Party

A Sober Driver Is The Most Valuable Person (MVP) At Your Summer Party

Whether attending a backyard barbecue, going to an outdoor concert or enjoying a lazy day on the river, Texans are planning for summer fun. As plans are made, more thought must also go into planning for a sober driver if drinking is involved. Over the past five summers, alcohol-related fatalities increased by more than ... Continue reading

Commercial Vehicle Group To Present At J.P. Morgan Diversified Industries Conference

Commercial Vehicle Group To Present At J.P. Morgan Diversified Industries Conference

Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. , a leading supplier of fully-integrated system solutions for the global commercial vehicle market, today announced that Chad M. Utrup, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the J.P. Morgan Diversified Industries Conference on Tuesday, June 4 at 2:45 PM (ET) at the JP Morgan offices lo ... Continue reading

BBK Advises Detroit Technologies on Acquisition of Formed Fiber Technologies

BBK Advises Detroit Technologies on Acquisition of Formed Fiber Technologies

BBK Holdings (BBK), the international business advisory firm, today announced that it served as the lead financial and operational adviser to Detroit Technologies, Inc. (DTI) on its acquisition of Formed Fiber Technologies, Inc. (FFT). "BBK's deep automotive experience, both financially and operationally, combined with ... Continue reading

Hydroformed Aluminum Frame Rails from Vari-Form Help GM Reduce Weight of the New-Generation 2014 Corvette Stingray

Hydroformed Aluminum Frame Rails from Vari-Form Help GM Reduce Weight of the New-Generation 2014 Corvette Stingray

Participation in the much-anticipated debut of the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray successfully extends the collaboration between Vari-Form and General Motors. This summer, Vari-Form will begin production of all-aluminum hydroformed frame rails for the new-generation 2014 Corvette Stingray. This advanced technology yi ... Continue reading

European Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Market Becoming Increasingly Self Sustaining, Says Frost & Sullivan

European Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Market Becoming Increasingly Self Sustaining, Says Frost & Sullivan

Market to be bolstered by improved strategic access to charging stations and development of robust business models The electric vehicle (EV) charging industry in Europe is in the midst of transformation, with the focus on ramping up EV charging infrastructure for the rapidly expanding EV market. Significant growth is o ... Continue reading

ORC International presents AutoZone with top award for employee engagement

ORC International presents AutoZone with top award for employee engagement

Global market research firm ORC International, today announced it has awarded leading automotive retailer AutoZone Inc. a top prize for its achievements in employee engagement. The annual award, given to the organization which achieves outstanding results among ORC International's North American employee research clien ... Continue reading

AAA to Rescue More than Eight Million Motorists During the Summer Driving Season

AAA to Rescue More than Eight Million Motorists During the Summer Driving Season

More than 31 million Americans kicked off the summer travel season with a road trip Memorial Day weekend, but plans were damped for approximately a quarter of a million motorists that AAA needed to rescue at the roadside. AAA expects between the major summer holidays of Memorial Day and Labor Day to aid over eight mill ... Continue reading

I DRIVE SAFELY Unveils Behind-the-Wheel Training Program

I DRIVE SAFELY Unveils Behind-the-Wheel Training Program

I DRIVE SAFELY, the nation's leading provider of driver education training, announced today its entrance to the Behind-the-Wheel driver training market, with the addition of a brand new 2013 Volkswagen Jetta GLI Autobahn edition. Having provided top rated online drivers education programs for over 15 years, the additio ... Continue reading

CEBBCO's Total Income for FY 2013 at INR 502.90 Crore

CEBBCO's Total Income for FY 2013 at INR 502.90 Crore

Net Profit for FY 2013 at INR 18.50 Crore Commercial Engineers & Body Builders Co. Ltd. (CEBBCO), India's leading company for design & manufacture of bodies for commercial vehicles, has announced its financial results for the period ended March 31, 2013. The company has recorded total income of INR 502.90 crore and net ... Continue reading

App-Driven, No-Mesh Simulation from KARALIT to Be Demonstrated at ASME Turbo Expo 2013

App-Driven, No-Mesh Simulation from KARALIT to Be Demonstrated at ASME Turbo Expo 2013

KARALIT will be demonstrating version 2.0 of its app-driven, no-mesh CFD simulation software in booth #503 at ASME Turbo Expo 2013 next week in San Antonio. KARALIT CFD 3D V2.0 is scheduled for release later this year. “We think that KARALIT software is the simple, but powerful, CFD simulation solution that mechan ... Continue reading

Ford Warriors in Pink Launches 2013 Collection, Continues Celebrating Breast Cancer Survivors With Its 'Models of Courage' Campaign

Ford Warriors in Pink Launches 2013 Collection, Continues Celebrating Breast Cancer Survivors With Its 'Models of Courage' Campaign

The 2013 Ford Warriors in Pink collection of apparel and accessories is now available at www.fordcares.com; 100 percent of the net proceeds benefit breast cancer charities. Ford Warriors in Pink once again honors breast cancer survivors who have demonstrated strength and courage in their battle with its "Models of Cour ... Continue reading

For Customers Affected by Recent Storms, Ford Credit and Lincoln Automotive Financial Services Offer Financial Relief

For Customers Affected by Recent Storms, Ford Credit and Lincoln Automotive Financial Services Offer Financial Relief

Ford Motor Credit Company and Lincoln Automotive Financial Services are offering customers affected by the recent tornado and other storm damage the option to delay some car and truck payments. The disaster relief program allows qualified customers to delay one or two monthly payments, resuming their regular payment sc ... Continue reading

GENIVI Alliance Teams with W3C to Accelerate Adoption of Web Technologies in the Automotive Industry

GENIVI Alliance Teams with W3C to Accelerate Adoption of Web Technologies in the Automotive Industry

The GENIVI Alliance has joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to bring its automotive expertise into W3C's Automotive and Web Platform Business Group. The GENIVI Alliance, an automotive and consumer electronics industry association driving the development and adoption of an open in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) refer ... Continue reading

Airbiquity Named Winner Of The 2013 Red Herring Top 100 North America Award

Airbiquity Named Winner Of The 2013 Red Herring Top 100 North America Award

Airbiquity, Inc., a global leader in connected vehicle services, today announced it has received Red Herring's Top 100 North America award, honoring the year's most promising private technology companies in America. The Red Herring Top 100 list is one of the most prestigious awards given to exciting start-up companies ... Continue reading

Enhancements To ANSYS HFSS Promote Streamlined Electromagnetic Simulation

Enhancements To ANSYS HFSS Promote Streamlined Electromagnetic Simulation

As electronics products become smaller and more functional, the need to include efficient electromagnetic analysis within traditional electronic design has increased dramatically. To address these issues, ANSYS recently updated its tool for simulating 3D full-wave electromagnetic fields, HFSS, to include a 3D electrica ... Continue reading

Kelley Blue Book Names 2014 Sorento to List of 10 Best SUV's Under $25,000

Kelley Blue Book Names 2014 Sorento to List of 10 Best SUV's Under $25,000

Kia Motors America's (KMA) top-selling CUV, the redesigned 2014 Sorento, was named to Kelley Blue Book's KBB.com list of the 10 Best SUV's Under $25,000. The list, which was compiled by editors at Kelley Blue Book, features stylish and sensible sport utility vehicles. Editors named the Sorento to the fifth spot on this ... Continue reading

Bentley Celebrates Best Of British Innovation And Excellence At The Coronation Festival

Bentley Celebrates Best Of British Innovation And Excellence At The Coronation Festival

Bentley Motors is helping to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of Her Majesty The Queen's Coronation by playing a headlining role in a special gathering of over 200 Royal Warrant Holders this July (11-14) in the unique setting of Buckingham Palace Gardens. ... Continue reading

Give Dad The Star Treatment On Father's Day With Prestige By Europcar

Give Dad The Star Treatment On Father's Day With Prestige By Europcar

Kids of all ages will be looking for ways to thank Dad for all his help and hard work this Father's Day. ... Continue reading

Your Favourite Music Mini Style: Mini Connected Gives You 25 Million In-Car Tracks.

Your Favourite Music Mini Style: Mini Connected Gives You 25 Million In-Car Tracks.

MINI has further increased the range of in-car online services. ... Continue reading

V12 Vantage S: Aston Martin Takes Vantage To Extremes

V12 Vantage S: Aston Martin Takes Vantage To Extremes

Aston Martin is taking sports car performance to extremes with the announcement of the new V12 Vantage S. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Lights Up Piccadilly Circus For The Next Five Years

Hyundai Lights Up Piccadilly Circus For The Next Five Years

Hyundai has confirmed it will retain its place on the iconic Piccadilly Lights in central London. ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Unveils New 576BHP VXR8

Vauxhall Unveils New 576BHP VXR8

An Eaton supercharger, 6.2-litre V8 driving the rear wheels, nearly 600bhp and a soundtrack guaranteed to make your hairs stand on end: welcome Vauxhall's new VXR8 GTS, which can be ordered from today with first deliveries at the end of the year. ... Continue reading

Chrysler Adds New SRT8 'Core' Performance Model to 300 Lineup

Chrysler Adds New SRT8 'Core' Performance Model to 300 Lineup

Enthusiast customers who crave power, handling and capability above all else have a fresh reason to get excited following Chrysler Australia's introduction of a new performance model to its 300 range. ... Continue reading

The Fiat 500L Lands In North America

The Fiat 500L Lands In North America

On the 23rd May, the ship carrying the first 3,000 Fiat 500L units for the North American market has docked in the port of Baltimore (United States) to unload its first consignment. ... Continue reading

car2go Expands Business Area In London

car2go Expands Business Area In London

car2go, the pioneer of simple-to-use carsharing-schemes from Daimler and Europcar, expands its business area in London starting June 2013. ... Continue reading

Thousands Of Visitors At The BMW Lso Open Air Classics In London's Trafalgar Square

Thousands Of Visitors At The BMW Lso Open Air Classics In London's Trafalgar Square

A capacity crowd of thousands visited Trafalgar Square on Monday evening, May 27, 2013, to be part of the BMW LSO Open Air Classics. ... Continue reading

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