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Reducing Gasoline Dependence - Nah! EIA: 2014 Gasoline Use Rises 2 BILLION GALLONS In Past 10 Months

Reducing Gasoline Dependence - Nah! EIA: 2014 Gasoline Use Rises 2 BILLION GALLONS In Past 10 Months

Gasoline Use Rises 2 BILLION GALLONS In Past 10 Months, U.S ignores realistic alternative ... Continue reading

Make Something New with Toyota Urban Utility Concept Car

Make Something New with Toyota Urban Utility Concept Car

The do-it-yourself movement is transforming cities with invention-focused Maker Faire events, growing entrepreneurship, and a new Toyota concept to fit these trends. Inspired by a growing innovative spirit in urban areas, Toyota revealed today the Urban Utility concept vehicle – or U2 – at a private panel dis ... Continue reading

Subaru Revises 2014 Sales Forecast To 500,000 Vehicles

Subaru Revises 2014 Sales Forecast To 500,000 Vehicles

Brand predicted to exceed half a million U.S. sales for the first time by year end - 2014 sales expected to beat 2013 prior record year by more than 17 percent - Sales driven by strong performance across all model lines CHERRY HILL, N.J., Sept. 10, 2014 -- Subaru of America, Inc. today revised its 2014 full-year sales ... Continue reading

FIU brings STEM education to Miami-Dade County Public Schools with 'Engineers on Wheels'

FIU brings STEM education to Miami-Dade County Public Schools with 'Engineers on Wheels'

Chrysler Group and The Chrysler Foundation Drive Support for the Introduction of Innovative STEM Education Initiative September 9, 2014 , Miami - Florida International University's (FIU) College of Engineering and Computing will begin rolling engineering education into South Florida’s public school classrooms this ... Continue reading

Chrysler Canada: 2014 Ram 2500 Heavy Duty Wins Vincentric Best Value in Canada Award

Chrysler Canada: 2014 Ram 2500 Heavy Duty Wins Vincentric Best Value in Canada Award

Ram 2500 Heavy Duty named best-in-class for value in the Full-Size ¾-Ton Heavy Duty Pickup truck segment. Value is determined using a statistical analysis that incorporates the total cost of ownership of all vehicles for the 2014 model year along with the current market price of those vehicles. Ram 2500 delivers best- ... Continue reading

Wind Turbines Outperforming Expectations at Honda Transmission Plant

Wind Turbines Outperforming Expectations at Honda Transmission Plant

Just six months after the landmark installation of two power-producing wind turbines at Honda Transmission Mfg. of America, Inc., the turbines are producing more renewable, low emissions electrical power than was anticipated when the towers went into operation in January. The wind turbines have exceeded the projected p ... Continue reading

Nissan 'Project Titan' Truck Ready for Alaskan Adventure

Nissan 'Project Titan' Truck Ready for Alaskan Adventure

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--With help from the passionate Nissan Trucks Facebook fan base, the crowd-sourced, custom-made Project Titan is complete. The ruggedly tailored 2014 Nissan Titan, piloted by two Wounded Warrior Project® Alumni, is now primed with all the necessary equipment to take on the rigorous Alaskan wilderness ... Continue reading

Subaru Brings New Car and Driver, Scores Second at Rallye Défi

Subaru Brings New Car and Driver, Scores Second at Rallye Défi

Global debut of all-new rally-prepared 2015 Subaru WRX STI at Rallye Défi. Second-place finish for Subaru Rally Team Canada driver Martin Rowe and co-driver Nathalie Richard. MISSISSAUGA, ON, Sept. 9, 2014 /CNW/ - Subaru Canada resumes its battle for the Canadian Rally Championship (CRC) with the global debut of the a ... Continue reading

Buckle Up for Life: Toyota and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Increase Child Passenger Safety across the Country and Expand Program

Buckle Up for Life: Toyota and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Increase Child Passenger Safety across the Country and Expand Program

Three Out of Four Car Seats Installed Incorrectly; Program Shows Measurable Results New PSA, Timed To Child Passenger Safety Week, Takes Humorous Look at the Frustrations of Car Seat Installation September 10, 2014 New York, N.Y., Sept. 10, 2014 - What if there were a way to prevent a leading cause of childhood death, ... Continue reading

Big Brothers Big Sisters and Toyota Indiana Address Needs of Children and Families

Big Brothers Big Sisters and Toyota Indiana Address Needs of Children and Families

Bowl for Kids’ Sake Fundraiser to Kick off Campaign September 09, 2014 PRINCETON, Ind. - Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Ohio Valley has partnered with Toyota Indiana to give children in Gibson County the opportunity to have a long-lasting relationship with a mentor. The mentoring program will offer North Gibson S ... Continue reading

Charter Communications Ordered More than 800 Low-Roof, Regular-Wheelbase Ford Transit Vans

Charter Communications Ordered More than 800 Low-Roof, Regular-Wheelbase Ford Transit Vans

Charter Communications, the fourth-largest cable operator in the United States, ordered more than 800 low-roof, regular-wheelbase Ford Transit vans to be used by technicians across its 29 state footprint Charter selected the 2015 Transit due to its superior fuel economy and cargo space Charter is one of the first large ... Continue reading

Cadillac to Introduce Advanced 'Intelligent and Connected Vehicle Technologies on Select 2017 Models

Cadillac to Introduce Advanced 'Intelligent and Connected Vehicle Technologies on Select 2017 Models

Cadillac will begin offering advanced “intelligent and connected” vehicle technologies on certain 2017 model year vehicles, General Motors CEO Mary Barra said Sunday during her keynote address at the Intelligent Transport System (ITS) World Congress in Detroit. In about two years, an all-new 2017 Cadillac veh ... Continue reading

GM's Mary Barra Addresses Intelligent Transport Society

GM's Mary Barra Addresses Intelligent Transport Society

General Motors CEO Mary Barra addressed the 21st annual Congress of the Intelligent Transport Society on Sunday. Her prepared remarks are below. As always, the speaker’s words are definitive. * * * Thank you for that warm welcome. It's a great pleasure to join you tonight. ... Continue reading

Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge at the Invictus Games

Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge at the Invictus Games

Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge to kick start the Invictus Games, with the first medals of the Games awarded. Teams from 11 Invictus Games nations to compete in all-terrain and tarmac driving stages, held at the Jaguar Land Rover Design and Engineering Centre in Gaydon, Warwickshire. Jaguar Land Rover is Presenting ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Delivered 4.03 (January-August 2013: 3.90) Million Cars in the First 8 Months of this Year

Volkswagen Delivered 4.03 (January-August 2013: 3.90) Million Cars in the First 8 Months of this Year

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 4.03 (January-August 2013: 3.90) million vehicles in the first eight months of this year; this represent an increase of 3.4 per cent. Volkswagen Passenger Cars handed over 471,000 (August 2013: 470,500; +0.1 per cent) vehicles to customers in August. “We are still feel ... Continue reading

MG Design to Feature at Superbrands London

MG Design to Feature at Superbrands London

MG to display latest design project at Superbrands London, 18-21 September 2014 First preview of MG3 show car to take place at 8pm, 18th September Debut of MG3 personalisation collection additions Superbrands event features the latest in global contemporary design Two MG Designers invited to speak at Supertalks Design ... Continue reading

Renault and Bolloré Joining Forces to Promote Electric Vehicles

Renault and Bolloré Joining Forces to Promote Electric Vehicles

Dieppe plant will assemble Bluecar electric vehicles for the Bolloré Group from second-half 2015 Joint-venture to sell complete electric car-sharing solutions Feasibility survey of a new Renault specific to car-sharing plans Following the letter of intent signed in September 2013, French groups Renault and Bolloré ar ... Continue reading

The Audi RS 5 TDI Concept

The Audi RS 5 TDI Concept

Upgrade to 48-volt electrical system will enable forthcoming models to exhibit even more Vorsprung durch Technik Important building block in electrification strategy More voltage and more power for new technologies Scalable platform concept suitable for wide-ranging uses In anticipation of a raft of new technological i ... Continue reading

MINI Celebrates Production Milestone Double

MINI Celebrates Production Milestone Double

Three million ‘New’ MINIs produced since 2001; over two million MINI vehicles exported from MINI Plant Oxford Three millionth MINI produced is a MINI 5-door hatch British brand now exports to over 110 markets on every continent USA is biggest MINI market, followed by UK, Germany, China and France Combined val ... Continue reading

Chargemaster Named One the the UK's Top Tech Companies

Chargemaster Named One the the UK's Top Tech Companies

The UK’s largest manufacturer of electric vehicle charging points, Chargemaster, has been ranked 32nd in the Sunday Times Hiscox Tech Track 100, which lists Britain's top 100 fastest-growing private technology companies. The league table ranks UK tech firms with the fastest-growing sales over the latest three year ... Continue reading

The AMG Melcher Engine

The AMG Melcher Engine

For 47 years AMG has been home to some of the fastest, mightiest, most exciting road and race cars ever created – the latest chapter of which is revealed at 19:30 GMT tonight. So this seems to be an excellent time to reminisce… AMG was formed by two motorsport enthusiasts - Hans-Werner Aufrecht and Erhard Mel ... Continue reading

NCSI: Auto Industry Reaches Record High with Mercedes-Benz in First Place

NCSI: Auto Industry Reaches Record High with Mercedes-Benz in First Place

LONDON--Customer satisfaction with restaurants declines this year, according to the latest results of the National Customer Satisfaction Index (NCSI-UK). Nearly every large restaurant chain shows deteriorating customer satisfaction, and for the first time, customers are more satisfied with quick-service restaurants tha ... Continue reading

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