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A.M. Best Webinar to Discuss How Insurers Can Identify Commercial Use Vehicles

A.M. Best Webinar to Discuss How Insurers Can Identify Commercial Use Vehicles

OLDWICK, N.J.—A.M. Best will host a webinar in which a panel of insurance and technology experts will examine how insurers can use data on actual use to identify commercial use vehicles, allowing insurers to underwrite more accurately, and reduce fraud and coverage disputes. New technology can help determine whether ... Continue reading

Canada and Quebec Governments Investing in Major Works on Autoroute Henri-IV

Canada and Quebec Governments Investing in Major Works on Autoroute Henri-IV

QUEBEC CITY, Aug. 28, 2017 /CNW Telbec/ - Safe efficient road networks are key to maintaining economic productivity and a high quality of life for all Quebeckers. ... Continue reading

Suparna Airlines, eine Tochtergesellschaft von HNA Modern Logistics, eröffnet Xi'an-Jaen Frachtfluggesellschaft

Suparna Airlines, eine Tochtergesellschaft von HNA Modern Logistics, eröffnet Xi'an-Jaen Frachtfluggesellschaft

XI'AN, China, 28. August 2017 -- Das B747 Frachtflugzeug von Suparna Airlines, einer Tochtergesellschaft von HNA Modern Logistics, rollte langsam auf den Runway des Xi'an Xianyang International Airport und eröffnete damit offiziell die „Xi'an-Jaen" Frachtfluggesellschaft, die zweite europäische Frachtfluggesellscha ... Continue reading

Suparna Airlines, subsidiaria de HNA Modern Logistics, inaugura aerolínea de carga Xi'an-Jaén

Suparna Airlines, subsidiaria de HNA Modern Logistics, inaugura aerolínea de carga Xi'an-Jaén

XI'AN, China, 28 de agosto de 2017 -- El avión de carga B747 de Suparna Airlines, subsidiaria de HNA Modern Logistics, ingresó lentamente a la pista del Aeropuerto Internacional Xianyang de Xi'an, lo que marcó la apertura oficial de la línea aérea de carga "Xi'an-Jaén", como segunda línea aérea de carga europea ... Continue reading

Universal Studios Hollywood Unleashes "Insidious: Beyond the Further," an All-New Terrifying "Halloween Horror Nights" Maze and Living Trailer for Universal Pictures and Sony Pictures' Stage 6 Films Insidious: Chapter 4

Universal Studios Hollywood Unleashes "Insidious: Beyond the Further," an All-New Terrifying "Halloween Horror Nights" Maze and Living Trailer for Universal Pictures and Sony Pictures' Stage 6 Films Insidious: Chapter 4

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif., Aug. 28, 2017 -- Click Here to "Further" Experience the Horror that Awaits, Beginning Friday, September 15 Beginning Friday, September 15, paranormal activity grips "Halloween Horror Nights" at Universal Studios Hollywood in the all-new disturbing maze, "Insidious: Beyond the Further," inspired ... Continue reading

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Market Worth 1,206.9 Million USD by 2023

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Market Worth 1,206.9 Million USD by 2023

PUNE, India, August 28, 2017 -- According to the new market research report "Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Market by Type (Shallow, Medium, and Large AUVs), Technology (Navigation, Imaging), Payload (Cameras, Sensors, Echo Sounders), Application (Military & Defense, Archeological and Exploration), Region - Global Forec ... Continue reading

Carnival Corporation's OCEAN Original Network TV Programs Sail into Second Season

Carnival Corporation's OCEAN Original Network TV Programs Sail into Second Season

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 28, 2017 -- A year following the award-winning debut of its first original travel experience programming, Carnival Corporation & plc , the world's largest leisure travel company, today announced at the American Society of Travel Agents (ASTA) Global Convention that its hit series have been extended for ... Continue reading

Club Med's SUNsational Sale Is Shining Savings On Vacations With Rates From $125 Per Person

Club Med's SUNsational Sale Is Shining Savings On Vacations With Rates From $125 Per Person

MIAMI, Aug. 28, 2017 -- Winter might be right around the corner but Club Med isn't ready to say goodbye to the bright beach days of summer just yet: Club Med's new SUNsational Sale offers rates as low as $125 per person*, per night at resorts in Mexico, Florida and the Caribbean.  As the pioneer of the all-inclusive ... Continue reading

CommutAir, a United Express® Carrier, Announces Expansion of Flight Training Center and Aircraft Maintenance Facilities to Support Aircraft Growth

CommutAir, a United Express® Carrier, Announces Expansion of Flight Training Center and Aircraft Maintenance Facilities to Support Aircraft Growth

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio, Aug. 28, 2017 -- United Express carrier CommutAir announced that it would double the size of its Washington-Dulles Flight Training Center and expand its Albany, New York Maintenance Hangar campus. ... Continue reading

Dealership Buy/Sells Steady in the First Half; Increased Activity Likely in Q3 and Q4, according to The Blue Sky Report™ released by Kerrigan Advisors

Dealership Buy/Sells Steady in the First Half; Increased Activity Likely in Q3 and Q4, according to The Blue Sky Report™ released by Kerrigan Advisors

IRVINE, Calif.—Dealership buy/sell activity during the first half of 2017 reveals a notable willingness by auto dealers to take on minority and majority equity partners, according to analysis from the Blue Sky Report®, a Kerrigan Quarterly. Released today, the report also shows that buy/sell activity through the fir ... Continue reading

EPA Awards CSRA Contract With Potential $115 Million Value

EPA Awards CSRA Contract With Potential $115 Million Value

FALLS CHURCH, Va., Aug. 28, 2017 -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Environmental Information (OEI) has awarded a contract to SRA International Inc. a subsidiary of CSRA Inc. . The contract has a potential value of $115 million. CSRA was one of seven awardees for the EPA Information Technolog ... Continue reading

Faurecia Launches 8th Annual Fuels Food Drive With The Goal Of Raising Over 1 Million Meals

Faurecia Launches 8th Annual Fuels Food Drive With The Goal Of Raising Over 1 Million Meals

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Aug. 28, 2017 -- For the eighth year in a row, Faurecia North America employees are kicking off the annual Faurecia Unites with Employees for Local Service (FUELS) Community Food Drive. ... Continue reading

GCC Tire Market - Opportunity and Forecasts to 2022 - Key Players are Bridgestone, Michelin, Continental, Goodyear & Yokohama - Research and Markets

GCC Tire Market - Opportunity and Forecasts to 2022 - Key Players are Bridgestone, Michelin, Continental, Goodyear & Yokohama - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—The "GCC Tire Market: Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2017-2022" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The GCC tire market reached a volume of nearly 40 Million Units in 2016, growing at a CAGR of more than 6% during 2009-2016. ... Continue reading

Houston's Magical Winter Lights Returns November 10th

Houston's Magical Winter Lights Returns November 10th

HOUSTON, Aug. 28, 2017 -- The 2017 Magical Winter Lights (MWL) will return as a signature holiday event in Houston for its third year at Gulf Greyhound Park in La Marque, TX this winter from November 10, 2017 to January 2, 2018 including Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day. ... Continue reading

Lambert, Edwards & Associates Adds Award-Winning Automotive and Business Reporter to Its Detroit Team

Lambert, Edwards & Associates Adds Award-Winning Automotive and Business Reporter to Its Detroit Team

DETROIT, Aug. 28, 2017 -- Lambert, Edwards & Associates (LE&A), Michigan's largest public relations and public affairs firm and a top-15 investor relations firm nationally, today announced it hired veteran automotive and business journalist Brent Snavely as a director. ... Continue reading

Leading Automotive Industry Lawyer Halbert Rasmussen Joins The Scali Law Firm In Los Angeles

Leading Automotive Industry Lawyer Halbert Rasmussen Joins The Scali Law Firm In Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 28, 2017 -- The Scali Law Firm announced today that Halbert "Bert" Rasmussen has joined the firm as a Partner in the Los Angeles office. ... Continue reading

Lucas Oil - Los Angeles County Fair - 2017

Lucas Oil - Los Angeles County Fair - 2017

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For immediate release: Lucas Oil to display full range of products at the LA County Fair Sept. 1-24 Drawings for elite motorsports event tickets with product purchase ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ... Continue reading

Milacron to Display the Plastics Industry’s Most Comprehensive Global Product Offering at Fakuma 2017

Milacron to Display the Plastics Industry’s Most Comprehensive Global Product Offering at Fakuma 2017

CINCINNATI—Milacron Holdings Corp. , a leading industrial technology company serving the plastics processing industry is pleased to announce their upcoming participation at Fakuma 2017. This year’s Fakuma marks its 25th anniversary. ... Continue reading

NADA Mobilizes Emergency Relief Fund for Dealership Employees Impacted by Hurricane Harvey

NADA Mobilizes Emergency Relief Fund for Dealership Employees Impacted by Hurricane Harvey

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NADA Mobilizes Emergency Relief Fund for Dealership Employees Impacted by Hurricane Harvey SUGAR LAND, Texas (August 28, 2017) -- Wyatt Wainwright, a resident of Sugar Land, Texas, about 20 miles southwest of Houston, said he found out in the middle of the night about orders to evacuate his home. ... Continue reading

New Xtime Research Shows That Online Scheduling Drives Revenue And Customer Loyalty At The Dealership

New Xtime Research Shows That Online Scheduling Drives Revenue And Customer Loyalty At The Dealership

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 28, 2017 -- Your dealership might be closed, but that doesn't mean your customers aren't trying to schedule their next service appointment. ... Continue reading

RateGenius Reached Milestone of Over 334K Unique Auto Loans

RateGenius Reached Milestone of Over 334K Unique Auto Loans

AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 28, 2017 -- RateGenius, an online auto refinancing platform, has reached a milestone by refinancing over 334,738 unique loans, saving customers an estimated $350,500,000 since its inception in 1999. ... Continue reading

Toyota Creates "Connected Technologies" to Advance In-Car User Experience

Toyota Creates "Connected Technologies" to Advance In-Car User Experience

PLANO, Texas, Aug. 28, 2017 -- Toyota Motor North America today announced the decision to form a new group focused on delivering industry-leading user experiences and new technologies for its Toyota and Lexus vehicles. ... Continue reading

UATP Wins Technology & Transaction Partner of the Year Award at 2017 American Society of Travel Agents Global Convention

UATP Wins Technology & Transaction Partner of the Year Award at 2017 American Society of Travel Agents Global Convention

SAN DIEGO, Aug. 28, 2017 -- ASTA members have voted UATP as their Technology & Transaction Partner of the Year during their annual awards ceremony that recognizes professionals and businesses that make lasting contributions to the travel industry. ... Continue reading

Xenia Hotels & Resorts Provides Hurricane Harvey Update

Xenia Hotels & Resorts Provides Hurricane Harvey Update

ORLANDO, Fla., Aug. 28, 2017 -- Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc. ("Xenia" or the "Company") today announced that preliminary physical inspections of its hotels directly impacted by Hurricane Harvey have indicated no significant property damage. ... Continue reading

AgentCars Expands Its Successful Cooperation With Discover the World To Turkey

AgentCars Expands Its Successful Cooperation With Discover the World To Turkey

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 28, 2017 -- AgentCars, the world's easiest online car rental platform, has expanded its successful sales and marketing representation by Discover the World to Turkey beginning in August. ... Continue reading

Global Automotive Composite Suspension Components Market: 2017-2022 - Research and Markets

Global Automotive Composite Suspension Components Market: 2017-2022 - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—The "Global Automotive Composite Suspension Components Market: 2017-2022" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The global automotive composite suspension components market is still at a nascent stage but possesses significant growth potential over the next five years to reach US$ 83.7 milli ... Continue reading

Passenger Car Component and Spare Part Market in Russia 2016-2017 - Research and Markets

Passenger Car Component and Spare Part Market in Russia 2016-2017 - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—The "Passenger Car Component and Spare Part Market in Russia" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The report contains three parts. ... Continue reading

Suparna Airlines, subsidiary of HNA Modern Logistics Opens Xi'an-Jaen Cargo Airline

Suparna Airlines, subsidiary of HNA Modern Logistics Opens Xi'an-Jaen Cargo Airline

XI'AN, China, Aug. 28, 2017 -- The B747 Cargo Aircraft of Suparna Airlines, a subsidiary of HNA Modern Logistics slowly came out on to the runway of Xi'an Xianyang International Airport - this marked the official opening of "Xi'an-Jaen" cargo airline, as the second European cargo airline of Suparna Airlines after " ... Continue reading

Alaska Airlines inaugurates service from San Jose, California to Austin, Texas and Tucson, Arizona

Alaska Airlines inaugurates service from San Jose, California to Austin, Texas and Tucson, Arizona

SEATTLE, Aug. 28, 2017 -- Alaska Airlines this week begins daily, nonstop service from San Jose, California to Austin, Texas, and Tucson, Arizona. ... Continue reading

Audi Canada Announces its Official 2017 Event Lineup for Toronto's Largest Cinematic Festival

Audi Canada Announces its Official 2017 Event Lineup for Toronto's Largest Cinematic Festival

TORONTO, Aug. 28, 2017 /CNW/ - Audi Canada announces its 2017 event lineup as myriad artists, actors, musicians and cultural icons prepare to descend upon the city in celebration of the art of film this September. ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Produces Engine Timing System for Renault Kadjar in China

BorgWarner Produces Engine Timing System for Renault Kadjar in China

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Aug. 28, 2017 -- BorgWarner produces engine timing chains, primary tensioners, guides, arms, balancer chains and balancer tensioners for the Renault Kadjar 2.0L sport utility vehicle, Dongfen Renault Automotive Company's (DRAC's) first vehicle built at its new plant in Wuhan, China. Designed for ... Continue reading

Choice Hotels to Develop New Cambria Hotel in Burbank, Calif.

Choice Hotels to Develop New Cambria Hotel in Burbank, Calif.

ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 28, 2017 -- Choice Hotels International, Inc. , one of the world's largest hotel companies, signed an agreement with S3D Partner to develop its first Cambria hotel in Burbank, Calif. ... Continue reading

DHL eCommerce Gets Logistics Technology Platform - FarEye on Board

DHL eCommerce Gets Logistics Technology Platform - FarEye on Board

NEW DELHI, August 28, 2017 -- FarEye, a Logistics Management Solution became a partner of choice for DHL eCommerce to enhance its customer experience, optimize its resources and deliver its brand promise 'real-time'. DHL eCommerce is a division of the world's leading logistics company, Deutsche Post DHL Group. The Grou ... Continue reading

eHi Car Services Announces Second Quarter 2017 Results

eHi Car Services Announces Second Quarter 2017 Results

Net revenues increased by 27.6% year-over-year to RMB639.7million Net income was RMB30.4 million comparing to RMB0.8 million year-over-year Non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA increased by 31.4% year-over-year to RMB286.2 million Continued margin expansion by achieving non-GAAP adjusted EBITDA margin of 44.7% SHANGHAI, Aug. 28, 2 ... Continue reading

European Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicles (MHCV) Market 2017-2026 - Top 6 Companies are Daimler, Volvo, MAN Truck & Bus, Scania, Iveco & DAF - Research and Markets

European Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicles (MHCV) Market 2017-2026 - Top 6 Companies are Daimler, Volvo, MAN Truck & Bus, Scania, Iveco & DAF - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—The "European Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicles (MHCV) Market - 2017-2026 - Market Dynamics, Competitive Landscape, OEM Strategies & Plans, Trends & Growth Opportunities, Market Outlook" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The European Medium & Heavy Commercial Vehicles market continues t ... Continue reading

Foresight Signs a Pilot Agreement with One of China's Top Three Largest Car Manufacturers

Foresight Signs a Pilot Agreement with One of China's Top Three Largest Car Manufacturers

NESS ZIONA, Israel—Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd., a leading developer of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (NASDAQ and TASE: FRSX), announced today that it has signed another agreement for a pilot project to test its Eyes-OnTM advanced driver assistance system, with one of China's top three largest car manufact ... Continue reading

Global Industrial Smart Motors Market 2017-2021 - Key Vendors are HSD, Lenze, Moog, Servotronix Motion Control & TECHNOSOFT - Research and Markets

Global Industrial Smart Motors Market 2017-2021 - Key Vendors are HSD, Lenze, Moog, Servotronix Motion Control & TECHNOSOFT - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—The "Global Industrial Smart Motors Market 2017-2021" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The global industrial smart motors market to grow at a CAGR of 6.22% during the period 2017-2021. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Product Planning Veteran Brandon Ramirez Joins The Communications Team

Hyundai Product Planning Veteran Brandon Ramirez Joins The Communications Team

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 28, 2017 -- The communications team at Hyundai Motor America has added Hyundai veteran Brandon Ramirez as the senior group manager of Product Communications. ... Continue reading

LAST CALL for VW SHAREHOLDERS – Registration of Volkswagen claims related to KapMuG Proceeding against VW in District Court in Braunschweig before September 8, 2017

LAST CALL for VW SHAREHOLDERS – Registration of Volkswagen claims related to KapMuG Proceeding against VW in District Court in Braunschweig before September 8, 2017

STAMFORD, Conn.—Claimants who did not previously register their claims against VW in Germany for losses in VW shares traded on Xetra Deutsche Börse (or otherwise commenced litigation) are urged to act now by contacting International Securities Associations and Foundations Management Company for Damaged VW Investors, ... Continue reading

Minnesota Woman Wins New Travel Trailer in Camping World’s Off to Adventure Sweepstakes

Minnesota Woman Wins New Travel Trailer in Camping World’s Off to Adventure Sweepstakes

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—Camping World Holdings, Inc. (“Camping World”), the nation’s largest network of RV-centric retail locations, announces Sue Freidman of Albert Lea, Minnesota as the lucky winner of a 2017 Coleman® 263BH travel trailer valued at over $26,000 in the Camping World Off to Adventure Sweepstakes. M ... Continue reading

Motorcycle Global Helmets Strategic Business Report 2017-2024 - SHOEI Leads the Way - Research and Markets

Motorcycle Global Helmets Strategic Business Report 2017-2024 - SHOEI Leads the Way - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—The "Motorcycle Helmets - Global Strategic Business Report" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US, Canada, Japan, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and Rest of World. ... Continue reading

Orbotech Announces Multi-Million-Dollar Deal With Unimicron Germany for Automotive, Renewable Energy and Industrial Manufacturing

Orbotech Announces Multi-Million-Dollar Deal With Unimicron Germany for Automotive, Renewable Energy and Industrial Manufacturing

YAVNE, Israel, Aug. 28, 2017 -- Orbotech Ltd., a leading global supplier of yield-enhancing and process-enabling solutions for the manufacture of electronics products, today announced a multi-million-dollar agreement with Unimicron Germany GmbH (formerly RUWEL International) for the purchase of Orbotech's direct imagin ... Continue reading

Rear-View Mirror Market for Automotive - Global Forecast to 2022 - Key Players are Magna International, Samvardhana Motherson Reflectec, Gentex Corporation, Ficosa International & Murakami Corporation - Research and Markets

Rear-View Mirror Market for Automotive - Global Forecast to 2022 - Key Players are Magna International, Samvardhana Motherson Reflectec, Gentex Corporation, Ficosa International & Murakami Corporation - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—The "Rear-View Mirror Market - Global Forecast to 2022" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The rear-view mirror market for automotive is projected to grow at a CAGR of 5.39% from 2017 to 2022, to reach a market size of USD 12.97 Billion by 2022. ... Continue reading

Refrigerated Transport Market Worth 3.25 Billion Tons by 2022

Refrigerated Transport Market Worth 3.25 Billion Tons by 2022

PUNE, India, August 28, 2017 -- The report "Refrigerated Transport Market by Product Type (Chilled and Frozen), Mode (Road, Sea, Rail, and Air), Vehicle Type (LCV, MHCV, and HCV), Technology (Vapor Compression Systems and Cryogenic Systems), and Region - Global forecast to 2022", published by MarketsandMarkets™, the ... Continue reading

Scott Powell Appointed President And Chief Executive Officer Of Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.

Scott Powell Appointed President And Chief Executive Officer Of Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc.

DALLAS, Aug. 28, 2017 -- The Board of Directors of Santander Consumer USA Holdings Inc. (SC) today announced that Scott Powell will succeed Jason Kulas as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. ... Continue reading

Sono Motors Launches a Unique Investment Campaign

Sono Motors Launches a Unique Investment Campaign

MUNICH, August 28, 2017 -- Sono Motors launched a unique investment campaign. On Seedrs and WiWin, investors can now acquire shares of the tech-start-up and/or grant loans to the company. ... Continue reading

The Trend for the Whole Year: Yourtyres.co.uk Has Observed Increasing Demand for All-Season Tyres

The Trend for the Whole Year: Yourtyres.co.uk Has Observed Increasing Demand for All-Season Tyres

HANOVER, Germany—The trend for all-season tyres continues to increase – this was also confirmed by Yourtyres.co.uk, Delticom’s online shop for retailers and commercial customers. The number of all-weather tyres sold during the first half of 2017 in the online shop in Germany has doubled, compared with sales figur ... Continue reading

UQM Technologies Announces the Signing of a Definitive Stock Purchase Agreement with China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd. (“CNHTC”), Parent Company of Sinotruk, a Leading Chinese Commercial Vehicle Manufacturer

UQM Technologies Announces the Signing of a Definitive Stock Purchase Agreement with China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd. (“CNHTC”), Parent Company of Sinotruk, a Leading Chinese Commercial Vehicle Manufacturer

LONGMONT, Colo.—UQM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE MKT: UQM) announced today that it has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement (“Agreement”) with China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd. through its wholly owned subsidiary, Sinotruk (BVI) Limited (collectively, “CNHTC”), the parent company of Si ... Continue reading

Worldwide IoT Fleet Management Market to Touch US$15,870.0 Million by 2025, Finds TMR

Worldwide IoT Fleet Management Market to Touch US$15,870.0 Million by 2025, Finds TMR

ALBANY, New York, August 28, 2017 -- A recent study by Transparency Market Research (TMR) on the global IoT fleet management market suggests that the number of participants is growing, with International players maintaining leading positions via financial might as well as technological expertise, whereas some of the ... Continue reading

WOW air Announces $69 Flights To Paris And Seven Other European Destinations

WOW air Announces $69 Flights To Paris And Seven Other European Destinations

REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Aug. 28, 2017 -- Today WOW air, Iceland's ultra-low cost transatlantic airline, announced it will offer $69 one-way fares to eight European cities, including Paris, Berlin and London from six of its destinations in the United States. ... Continue reading

XCMG's Largest Loader Completes 20,000-hour Fault-free Operation In the Arctic Circle

XCMG's Largest Loader Completes 20,000-hour Fault-free Operation In the Arctic Circle

XUZHOU, China, Aug. 28, 2017 -- Two massive pieces of construction equipment from XCMG, the world's leading manufacturing company, the LW1200K, the largest-tonnage loader in China, and two DL900A big wheel-type bulldozers, have successfully completed more than 20,000 hours of fault-free operations in the extreme weathe ... Continue reading

GasBuddy Unveils First-of-its-Kind Gasoline Savings Program Giving U.S. Drivers a Discount on Virtually Every Gallon of Gas They Will Ever Pump

GasBuddy Unveils First-of-its-Kind Gasoline Savings Program Giving U.S. Drivers a Discount on Virtually Every Gallon of Gas They Will Ever Pump

Pay with GasBuddy, a new payment service that provides U.S. drivers with a discount off of virtually every gallon of gas they will ever purchase. There are more than 200 million drivers in the U.S., spending more than $315 billion on gasoline each year. ... Continue reading

Top Universities to Join AutoMobili-D in Detroit for 2018 North American International Auto Show

Top Universities to Join AutoMobili-D in Detroit for 2018 North American International Auto Show

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Clemson University have joined an ever-growing list of acclaimed and respected universities from across the U.S. and Canada that will showcase their schools' mobility and automotive focuses as part of AutoMobili-D. "As incubators of ideas and developers of the next genera ... Continue reading

Toyota Technology To Reduce Rear End Collisions By 90%

Toyota Technology To Reduce Rear End Collisions By 90%

Toyota Announces Toyota Safety Sense and ICS Safety Support Technologies that Together Reduce Rear-End Collisions by 90% ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALLS SUMMARY: August 28, 2017 - BMW, Dodge, Land Rover, International, Ride The DUCK, RAM, Jaguar, HINO, Others

NHTSA RECALLS SUMMARY: August 28, 2017 - BMW, Dodge, Land Rover, International, Ride The DUCK, RAM, Jaguar, HINO, Others

Your vehicle MAY be involved in a safety recall and MAY create a safety risk for you or your passengers. If left unrepaired, a potential safety defect could lead to injury or even death. ... Continue reading

2017 Ford F-150 Raptor First Drive Report By Larry Nutson +VIDEO

2017 Ford F-150 Raptor First Drive Report By Larry Nutson +VIDEO

2017 Ford F-150 Raptor First Drive Report By Larry Nutson ... Continue reading

2017 Honda Ridgeline, Designed For Every Day- A Review By Larry Nutson

2017 Honda Ridgeline, Designed For Every Day- A Review By Larry Nutson

2017 Honda Ridgeline, Designed For Every Day- A Review By Larry Nutson ... Continue reading

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