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Full-Scale Operations Begin for Showcase Project to Supply Wind Power-Generated, Low-Carbon Hydrogen to Fuel Cell Forklifts

Full-Scale Operations Begin for Showcase Project to Supply Wind Power-Generated, Low-Carbon Hydrogen to Fuel Cell Forklifts

Toyota City, Japan, Jul, 12 2017 - (JCN Newswire) - A Japanese partnership, consisting of the Kanagawa Prefectural Government, the municipal governments of the cities of Yokohama and Kawasaki, Iwatani Corporation, Toshiba Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Industries Corporation, Toyota Turbine and Systems, ... Continue reading

Every Mazda Tested for 2017 Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Rating

Every Mazda Tested for 2017 Earns IIHS Top Safety Pick+ Rating

- Results confirm exceptional safety performance of SKYACTIV-Body and i-ACTIVSENSE advanced safety features - HIROSHIMA, Japan, Jul, 12 2017; Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that all U.S.-specification 2017 Mazda models tested by the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), including the all-new Mazda ... Continue reading

Disney Vacation Club Announces Next Planned Development: Disney Riviera Resort

Disney Vacation Club Announces Next Planned Development: Disney Riviera Resort

CELEBRATION, Fla., July 15, 2017 -- Today at D23 Expo in Anaheim, Calif., Bob Chapek, Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, announced the next planned development for Disney Vacation Club will be an entirely new resort near Epcot called Disney Riviera Resort and that a new skyway transportation system will connect ... Continue reading

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Bob Chapek Announces Extraordinary Line-up of Experiences Coming to Disney Parks around the Globe

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Chairman Bob Chapek Announces Extraordinary Line-up of Experiences Coming to Disney Parks around the Globe

Star Wars, Marvel, Pixar and a seventh cruise ship among the experiences coming for guests ANAHEIM, Calif., July 15, 2017 -- Today at D23 Expo 2017, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts announced an extraordinary line-up of brand new attractions and experiences coming to its parks and resorts around the world as it continues ... Continue reading

MHI Receives Order for 66 New-Type Carriages for "Astram Line" Automated Guideway Transit System in Hiroshima

MHI Receives Order for 66 New-Type Carriages for "Astram Line" Automated Guideway Transit System in Hiroshima

- Cars to Replace Current Carriages, with Deliveries Commencing in FY2019 - TOKYO, Jul, 14 2017; Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received an order from Hiroshima Rapid Transit Co., Ltd. ... Continue reading

Taxpayer Support for Palestinian Terrorist Salaries Becoming Impossible to Defend

Taxpayer Support for Palestinian Terrorist Salaries Becoming Impossible to Defend

Special Feature from EDWIN BLACK The Cutting Edge News The issue of government subsidies for Palestinian terrorist salaries is again in the international spotlight. What began in November 2013, as a barely believable revelation - that taxpayers in Great Britain, the US, and other Western nations were bankrolling terror ... Continue reading

Valtteri Sets the Friday Pace at Silverstone

Valtteri Sets the Friday Pace at Silverstone

Valtteri topped the morning session with Lewis just 0.078s shy in P2 The Finn ended the day with the fastest time in the afternoon session, with Lewis in P2 Valtteri ran the Soft and Medium compound tyre in FP1, while Lewis ran the Soft# Valtteri then used the SuperSoft and Medium rubber in FP2, Lewis the Soft and Supe ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB RADIO LIVE SATURDAY MORNING! - Auto Lab Call-In Radio Worldwide From New York City LIVE 7-9 AM Saturdays

AUTO LAB RADIO LIVE SATURDAY MORNING! - Auto Lab Call-In Radio Worldwide From New York City LIVE 7-9 AM Saturdays

Robert Sinclair Jr.- AAA Northeast E-Z PASS' DIRTY LITTLE SECRET; MILLIONS OF USERS CHARGED CASH RATE Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for t ... Continue reading

World's First Driverless Electric Racing Car Makes U.S. Debut in New York City

World's First Driverless Electric Racing Car Makes U.S. Debut in New York City

Roborace’s Robocar makes its U.S. debut in Times Square in New York City. ... Continue reading

2017 Toyota Avalon Review by Steve Purdy +VIDEO

2017 Toyota Avalon Review by Steve Purdy +VIDEO

Beginning life as a 1994 model the first Avalon replaced the Cressida as Toyota’s full-size sedan. It was plain as white bread but as competent as anything on the market and imbued with Toyota’s legendary quality. Avalon shared the Camry platform with front-wheel drive and V6 power and became a quintessential old p ... Continue reading

2017 Volkswagen Passat 1.8T SE Review by Mark Fulmer

2017 Volkswagen Passat 1.8T SE Review by Mark Fulmer

By Mark Fulmer Editor-in-Chief The Auto Channel Even though it has been a hellish year for VW, the fact remains that their alt mpg crisis was caused by a handful idiotic executives and techies, and the other over half million employees continued to design and construct outstanding vehicles. Case in point: the Passat. ... Continue reading

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