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Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Freudenberg-NOK's Custom Crankshaft Seals Help Brigham Young Roll to SAE Supermileage Victories

Freudenberg-NOK's Custom Crankshaft Seals Help Brigham Young Roll to SAE Supermileage Victories

Company's low friction, Energy Saving Seals reduced friction on race course PLYMOUTH, MI -- June 23, 2015: Earlier this month, a team of enterprising students from Brigham Young University achieved a fuel economy of 1,244 miles out of a single gallon of fuel. The team achieved these remarkable results, in part, by inst ... Continue reading

Jaguar Drives in London for Ralph Lauren Event Ahead of Wimbledon

Jaguar Drives in London for Ralph Lauren Event Ahead of Wimbledon

British luxury brand, Jaguar, supported global fashion icon Ralph Lauren’s glamorous event in London, to celebrate The Official Wimbledon Outfitter’s tenth anniversary as an AELTC partner on Monday 22 June. Jaguar, celebrating its 80th anniversary and first year as The Official Car of The Championships, Wimbledon, pr ... Continue reading

Nissan Says it's Saved 50 Million KG of CO2 Emissions in Europe, Unveils Latest Global Green Program 2016

Nissan Says it's Saved 50 Million KG of CO2 Emissions in Europe, Unveils Latest Global Green Program 2016

As Nissan unveils its Global Green Program 2016, the company highlights the crucial role of electric vehicles in emissions reduction and protecting the cities environment and life quality. Following the data collected by the car manufacturer they showed that the 41,100 pure electric Nissan LEAFs driven in Europe have a ... Continue reading

Tesla Model S Surpasses One Billion Electric Miles +VIDEO

Tesla Model S Surpasses One Billion Electric Miles +VIDEO

Tesla owners drive the equivalent of 40,000 trips around the Earth, emission-free MAIDENHEAD, UK -- June 23, 2015: Tesla, manufacturer of the award-winning Model S all-electric saloon, is today announcing its total vehicle fleet worldwide have driven over a billion miles. In just the three years since Model S hit the r ... Continue reading

Ford Has Cars that Can See Around Corners

Ford Has Cars that Can See Around Corners

Exiting blind junctions can be a nerve-wracking experience for drivers, as they inch forward into traffic and strain to see and hear oncoming vehicles. Ford is introducing a new camera technology that can see around corners, even when drivers cannot, to help avert accidents. The innovative Front Split View Camera – av ... Continue reading

"Intelligent production": Mercedes-Benz Ludwigsfelde Focuses on New Technologies and Efficiency in Van Production

"Intelligent production": Mercedes-Benz Ludwigsfelde Focuses on New Technologies and Efficiency in Van Production

t's really quiet in the Sprinter assembly hall south of Berlin. Unexpectedly quiet for a place that builds more than 200 large vans every single day. Whereas previously there were countless wire baskets, shelves and carriers full of material all around the assembly lines, and the employees had to pick the correct parts ... Continue reading

Daimler Trucks' "Convoy of Hope" Comes to the Aid of Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Daimler Trucks' "Convoy of Hope" Comes to the Aid of Syrian Refugees in Turkey

Under the banner of "Wings on Wheels - Convoy of Hope 2015", a fleet of eight Actros semitrailer trucks with some 120 tonnes of relief supplies on board set off today from the Mercedes-Benz plant in Untertürkheim to head for the Turkey-Syria border region. Once again, the mobile relief effort has been initiated by Dai ... Continue reading

GEICO sweeps top honors in Keynote's Mobile Insurance Scorecard

GEICO sweeps top honors in Keynote's Mobile Insurance Scorecard

GEICO continues to dominate the auto insurance industry’s mobile business sector. The company has achieved the top overall ranking in Keynote's Q2 2015 Mobile Insurance Scorecard. “Keynote's Mobile Insurance Scorecard's top ranking is a huge accomplishment for us. It reflects our commitment to deliver the bes ... Continue reading

Scion FR-S Team Set for Battle in the 93rd Running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Scion FR-S Team Set for Battle in the 93rd Running of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

Robert Walker Vies for Win in Famed 'Race to the Clouds' TORRANCE, CA -- June 23, 2015: Respected Time Attack competitor, Robert Walker will again campaign a Scion FR-S in Colorado’s legendary Pikes Peak International Hill Climb (PPIHC) on June 28. A collaborative effort between Evasive Motorsports, GReddy Racing ... Continue reading

Lexus to Compete in 2015 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with All-New RC F GT Concept

Lexus to Compete in 2015 Pikes Peak International Hill Climb with All-New RC F GT Concept

On June 28<sup>th</sup>, Lexus will compete in the Time Attack class of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The luxury automaker will be campaigning the all-new RC F GT Concept, a vehicle that builds upon the legacy of the IS F CCS-R vehicles that last competed at Pikes Peak in 2013. This historic event, now in it ... Continue reading

Statement of Rick Schostek, Executive Vice President, Honda North America before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

Statement of Rick Schostek, Executive Vice President, Honda North America before the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation

Thank you, Mr. Chairman, Ranking Member Nelson and members of the committee. My name is Rick Schostek, executive vice president of Honda North America, based in Marysville, Ohio. I appreciate the opportunity to update the committee regarding the efforts made by Honda with respect to the recall of Takata airbag inflator ... Continue reading

GM Student Corps Adds Pontiac High in 2015

GM Student Corps Adds Pontiac High in 2015

130 students from 13 schools revitalize their communities, develop leadership skills DETROIT -- June 23, 2015: General Motors announced today that Pontiac High School will join the 2015 GM Student Corps this summer, for a total of 130 students from 13 schools in Metro Detroit and Flint. Student Corps provides high scho ... Continue reading

Ford Spends Weekend Mentoring Young Men with Steve Harvey

Ford Spends Weekend Mentoring Young Men with Steve Harvey

Ford Motor Company joined radio personality Steve Harvey pre-Father’s Day weekend in Dallas for his annual Steve Harvey Mentoring Weekend for Young Men program. The program is executed by the Steve and Marjorie Harvey Foundation. ... Continue reading

Carfax Earns Top 10 Ranking In Washington Post Top Workplaces 2015

Carfax Earns Top 10 Ranking In Washington Post Top Workplaces 2015

Employees' Vote Raises Company Rank to #6 for Midsize Employers For the second straight year, Carfax employees have voted Carfax as one of the Top Workplaces for The Washington Post's annual ranking of area businesses. Based on employee feedback, Carfax rose from eighth to sixth this year on the list of midsize compani ... Continue reading

Advanced Diesel Technologies Featured During Sustainable Transportation Day In Washington D.C.

Advanced Diesel Technologies Featured During Sustainable Transportation Day In Washington D.C.

The latest clean diesel innovations are on display at the Department of Energy's showcase of sustainable transportation solutions The latest near-zero emissions and fuel savings technologies will be on display at the U.S. Department of Energy's Sustainable Transportation Day June 22nd at the National Mall in Washington ... Continue reading

Thrice is nice! PEMCO Insurance Ranks Highest in Customer Satisfaction for the 3rd Year in a Row

Thrice is nice! PEMCO Insurance Ranks Highest in Customer Satisfaction for the 3rd Year in a Row

PEMCO Insurance is proud to announce it has earned the highest ranking for customer satisfaction in the Northwest Region from J.D. Power for the third consecutive year. Since J.D. Power began evaluating the Northwest Region in 2013, PEMCO has earned the highest ranking for each year among award-eligible auto insurers i ... Continue reading

Kia Motors America Renews Partnership With The Ecology Center And Provides Soul EV To Support Community Outreach Efforts

Kia Motors America Renews Partnership With The Ecology Center And Provides Soul EV To Support Community Outreach Efforts

Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced the renewal of its partnership with The Ecology Center, a San Juan Capistrano, California-based non-profit eco-education center dedicated to creating a healthy and abundant future for all of Southern California and beyond. In its third year as a "Visionary" partner, Kia is provi ... Continue reading

Bosch Develops Warning System For Wrong Way Ghost Drivers +VIDEO

Bosch Develops Warning System For Wrong Way Ghost Drivers +VIDEO

By Henny Hemmes Sr. European Editor THE AUTO CHANNEL STUTTGART - June 23, 2015: Automotive supplier and development company Robert Bosch GmbH has showed a system that warns drivers when they are about to drive up an exit and become a ghost driver. The system can also warn drivers when a ghost driver is heading in their ... Continue reading

Ducati Arrives in India

Ducati Arrives in India

At an event held in New Delhi at the largest Ducati Store in the world, the iconic Italian motorcycle brand made its first official press conference since entering India and Ducati India Pvt. Ltd. took the occasion to announce the arrival of two new variants of the Scrambler.</p> <p>Ducati India Pvt. Ltd is the younges ... Continue reading

Stefan Hantke Assumes the Position of President Sales and Engineering at Schaeffler Industrial

Stefan Hantke Assumes the Position of President Sales and Engineering at Schaeffler Industrial

Worldwide responsibility for Sales SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY -- June 22, 2015: On June 1, 2015, Stefan Hantke (48) assumed global management of Sales and Engineering of the Industrial division of Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG. In his new position, Hantke is member of the Industrial Division's Management Board and is r ... Continue reading

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