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Thursday, July 6, 2017

Chris Hales Chasing Elusive First Win at Southern National

Chris Hales Chasing Elusive First Win at Southern National

Chris Hales Chasing Elusive First Win at Southern National [image: Inline image 1] *Chris Hales, pictured at Southern National Motorsports Park. (Photo credit: Andy Marquis/SNMP)* LUCAMA, NC – Chris Hales is a relative newcomer onto the racing scene at Southern National Motorsports Park, but he has already made ... Continue reading

Electric Mobility: innogy Launches Subsidiary in the USA

Electric Mobility: innogy Launches Subsidiary in the USA

ESSEN and DORTMUND, Germany, July 6, 2017 -- innogy has established a new subsidiary, which is to enter the e-mobility market in the USA. The new company, trading under the name of innogy e-mobility US LLC, will be based in Los Angeles and serve the US market as a provider of technology and services. ... Continue reading

Global Automotive Super Swamper Tires Market 2017-2021 - Key vendors are Bridgestone, Continental, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Michelin & Interco Tire - Research and Markets

Global Automotive Super Swamper Tires Market 2017-2021 - Key vendors are Bridgestone, Continental, Goodyear Tire & Rubber, Michelin & Interco Tire - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Automotive Super Swamper Tires Market 2017-2021" report to their offering. The analysts forecast the global automotive super swamper tires market to grow at a CAGR of 14.05% during the period 2017-2021. ... Continue reading

Global Motorcycle Hill Hold Control System Market - Key Drivers and Forecasts from Technavio

Global Motorcycle Hill Hold Control System Market - Key Drivers and Forecasts from Technavio

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Technavio has published a new report on the global motorcycle hill hold control system market from 2017-2021. (Graphic: Business Wire) ???pagination.previous??? ???pagination.next??? Technavio has published a new report on the global motorcycle hill hold control system market from 2017 ... Continue reading

INRIX And APCOA Partner To Provide The Most Comprehensive Parking Data In Europe

INRIX And APCOA Partner To Provide The Most Comprehensive Parking Data In Europe

Landmark deal means INRIX and APCOA customers will benefit from the most comprehensive static and dynamic parking data in Europe KIRKLAND, Washington and STUTTGART, Germany, July 6, 2017 -- INRIX, Inc., the world leader in connected car services and movement analytics, and APCOA Parking Group, the largest European par ... Continue reading

Intel Editorial: Meet the Leader of Intel’s Silicon Valley Autonomous Vehicle Lab

Intel Editorial: Meet the Leader of Intel’s Silicon Valley Autonomous Vehicle Lab

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Intel’s Kathy Winter, (from left) Doug Davis and Patti Robb cut the entrance ribbon, officially opening Intel’s Silicon Valley Center for Autonomous Driving in San Jose, California, on May 3, 2017. (Credit: Intel Corporation) SANTA CLARA, Calif.—The following is an opinion editor ... Continue reading

Jim Ellis Automotive First Responders Campaign

Jim Ellis Automotive First Responders Campaign

Jim Ellis Automotive Group recently wrapped up a fundraising campaign to support local first responders. A total of $65,000 was raised during the month of May with a portion of each new and pre-owned vehicle sold at our 14 Jim Ellis dealerships going towards the fundraising campaign. ... Continue reading

Mansea Metal Featured on the No. 9 Axalta Chevrolet at Kentucky Speedway

Mansea Metal Featured on the No. 9 Axalta Chevrolet at Kentucky Speedway

PHILADELPHIA—Axalta Coating Systems , a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has partnered with Mansea Metal to feature Mansea as the primary sponsor on the hood of JR Motorsports’ No. 9 Axalta Chevrolet driven by William Byron at Kentucky Speedway on Friday, July 7, 2017. Byron captured his secon ... Continue reading

Marine Products Corporation Announces Date for Second Quarter 2017 Financial Results and Conference Call

Marine Products Corporation Announces Date for Second Quarter 2017 Financial Results and Conference Call

ATLANTA, July 6, 2017 -- Marine Products Corporation announced today that it will release its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2017 on Wednesday, July 26, 2017 before the market opens.  In conjunction with its earnings release, the Company will host a conference call to review the Company's fin ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Canada Fuel Cell Division recognized among 2017's Best Workplaces in Manufacturing

Mercedes-Benz Canada Fuel Cell Division recognized among 2017's Best Workplaces in Manufacturing

TORONTO, July 6, 2017 /CNW/ - Mercedes-Benz Canada is pleased to announce that its Fuel Cell Division (MBFC) has made the 2017 List of Best Workplaces in Manufacturing. This accomplishment builds on the company's growing reputation as a leading Canadian employer, which was highlighted by its recognition in April as one ... Continue reading

Netherlands-based Pon Holdings Signs Agreement to Enter North American Retail Automobile Market with Investment in Houston Texas based indiGO Auto Group

Netherlands-based Pon Holdings Signs Agreement to Enter North American Retail Automobile Market with Investment in Houston Texas based indiGO Auto Group

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Pictured L to R: Todd Blue, Founder and CEO of The indiGO Auto Group; Janus Smallbraak, CEO Pon Holdings, Paul Van Splunteren, President of Pon Luxury Cars (Photo: Business Wire) HOUSTON—Houston-based indiGO Auto Group and Pon Holdings BV of the Netherlands announced today that they ... Continue reading

Top 5 Vendors in the Global Wheeled Excavators Market from 2017-2021: Technavio

Top 5 Vendors in the Global Wheeled Excavators Market from 2017-2021: Technavio

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Technavio has published a new report on the global wheeled excavators market from 2017-2021. (Graphic: Business Wire) ???pagination.previous??? ???pagination.next??? Technavio has published a new report on the global wheeled excavators market from 2017-2021. ... Continue reading

Toyota Continues to Lead the Industry with the Most IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ Awards

Toyota Continues to Lead the Industry with the Most IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ Awards

PLANO, Texas, July 6, 2017 -- Toyota continues to top the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety's (IIHS) awards list of all manufacturers. Fourteen Toyota and Lexus vehicles are IIHS awards winners, with twelve receiving its highest award, the TOP SAFETY PICK+, the most of any manufacturer. ... Continue reading

Toyota Opens Billion-Dollar, State-of-the-Art North American Headquarters in Texas

Toyota Opens Billion-Dollar, State-of-the-Art North American Headquarters in Texas

PLANO, Texas, July 6, 2017 -- Toyota Motor North America, Inc. (TMNA) is celebrating the official opening of its new North American headquarters today in Plano, Texas with a gala event to be attended by hundreds of dignitaries, partners and community leaders who will get the first glimpse of Toyota's new corporate cam ... Continue reading

Travel Advisory - Update: VIA Rail services resuming between Quebec City and Montreal

Travel Advisory - Update: VIA Rail services resuming between Quebec City and Montreal

MONTRÉAL, July 6, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) wishes to inform its passengers that its train service between Montréal and Quebec City will be gradually resuming today. Delays are to be expected. ... Continue reading

World Upholstery & Trim is Now Manufacturing Reproduction Sun Visors for R107 Mercedes SL Roadsters

World Upholstery & Trim is Now Manufacturing Reproduction Sun Visors for R107 Mercedes SL Roadsters

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Sun Visors 107 (Photo: Business Wire) SANTA PAULA, Calif.—Specialist car restoration parts supplier World Upholstery & Trim has announced that it has added sun visors for Mercedes-Benz R107 Roadster models to its extensive line of reproduction interior components for foreign exotic c ... Continue reading

Top Safety Pick+ Winners; 2017 Lincoln Continental, 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class and 2017 Toyota Avalon: Close But No Cigar- 2017 Impala; 2017 Tesla; 2017 Taurus

Top Safety Pick+ Winners; 2017 Lincoln Continental, 2017 Mercedes-Benz E-Class and 2017 Toyota Avalon: Close But No Cigar- 2017 Impala; 2017 Tesla; 2017 Taurus

Three large cars join ranks of IIHS Top Safety Pick+ winners ARLINGTON, Va. — The Lincoln Continental, the Mercedes-Benz E-Class and the Toyota Avalon come out at the top of a group of six large cars recently evaluated by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. ... Continue reading

Volvo Cars To Go All Electric

Volvo Cars To Go All Electric

Volvo Cars, the premium car maker, has announced that every Volvo it launches from 2019 will have an electric motor, marking the historic end of cars that only have an internal combustion engine (ICE) and placing electrification at the core of its future business. The announcement represents one of the most significant ... Continue reading

All-New Lincoln Continental Earns Coveted Top Safety Pick+ Award from IIHS +VIDEO

All-New Lincoln Continental Earns Coveted Top Safety Pick+ Award from IIHS +VIDEO

The all-new Lincoln Continental's available crash protection system, along with its good rating on crash tests and optional adaptive LED headlamps, helped it achieve the IIHS ranking. ... Continue reading

Volvo's New XC60 Becomes Camera in the Hands of Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer +VIDEO

Volvo's New XC60 Becomes Camera in the Hands of Pulitzer Prize-winning Photographer +VIDEO

Volvo Cars, the premium car maker best known for its leadership in safety, has teamed up with three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and artist Barbara Davidson for a world-first - using the on-board safety cameras of the new Volvo XC60 to create a special collection of photographs. This is the first time ever ... Continue reading

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