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AAPEX 2017 Keynote Speaker Looks at Future of Mobility and Implications for Aftermarket

AAPEX 2017 Keynote Speaker Looks at Future of Mobility and Implications for Aftermarket

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Neal Ganguli, automotive supplier consulting leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP, delivers an AAPEX 2017 keynote session on the future of mobility. (Photo: Business Wire) Neal Ganguli, automotive supplier consulting leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP, delivers an AAPEX 2017 keynote session on ... Continue reading

AutoNation Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results

AutoNation Reports Third Quarter 2017 Results

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 2, 2017 -- AutoNation, Inc. , America's largest automotive retailer, today reported third quarter 2017 net income from continuing operations of $98 million, or $1.00 per share. ... Continue reading

Axalta Congratulates Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport on a Winning Formula OneTM Season

Axalta Congratulates Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport on a Winning Formula OneTM Season

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Axalta congratulates Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport on its fourth consecutive Formula One Constructors’ Championship achievement. (Photo: Axalta) Axalta congratulates Mercedes-AMG Petronas Motorsport on its fourth consecutive Formula One Constructors’ Championship achievement. ... Continue reading

Competitive Intelligence Study on Automotive Components – Assessment on Market Trends and Challenges Now Available from Infiniti

Competitive Intelligence Study on Automotive Components – Assessment on Market Trends and Challenges Now Available from Infiniti

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Competitive Intelligence Assists an Automotive Components Company to Understand Their Current Market Position. (Photo: Business Wire) Competitive Intelligence Assists an Automotive Components Company to Understand Their Current Market Position. ... Continue reading

Eastman Performance Films Recognized at SEMA as "2017 PRO Manufacturer of the Year"

Eastman Performance Films Recognized at SEMA as "2017 PRO Manufacturer of the Year"

KINGSPORT, Tenn., Nov. 2, 2017 -- The SEMA "2017 PRO Manufacturer of the Year" has been awarded to Eastman's Performance Films business, in recognition as an outstanding manufacturer in the restyling industry whose creativity, dignity, integrity, industriousness and accomplishments have enhanced the stature and growth ... Continue reading

Global Automotive Position Sensor Market 2017-2021 - Increase in EVs Launch to Drive Position Sensor Market - Research and Markets

Global Automotive Position Sensor Market 2017-2021 - Increase in EVs Launch to Drive Position Sensor Market - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—The "Global Automotive Position Sensor Market 2017-2021" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The global automotive position sensor market to grow at a CAGR of 6.79% during the period 2017-2021 . Global Automotive Position Sensor Market 2017-2021 , has been prepared based on an in-depth mar ... Continue reading

Hoffa: New House Tax Bill Benefits Big Business, Wealthy Over U.S. Workers

Hoffa: New House Tax Bill Benefits Big Business, Wealthy Over U.S. Workers

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa in response to the rollout of a new House Republican tax proposal today that would give corporations and the nation's wealthiest households a huge tax cut at the expense of hardworking Americans. ... Continue reading

Motorcycle AC Generator Market - Drivers and Forecasts by Technavio

Motorcycle AC Generator Market - Drivers and Forecasts by Technavio

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Technavio has published a new report on the global motorcycle AC generator market from 2017-2021. (Graphic: Business Wire) Technavio has published a new report on the global motorcycle AC generator market from 2017-2021. ... Continue reading

Qualcomm, Hyundai, Ford among Top Assignees of Electric Vehicle Charging Patents

Qualcomm, Hyundai, Ford among Top Assignees of Electric Vehicle Charging Patents

NEW YORK—Netscribes, Inc., a global market intelligence and content management firm, today announced the findings of its report on the electric vehicle (EV) charging technology landscape. According to Netscribes research, nearly 800 patents focused on EV charging were filed between 2014 and 2017, many of them by Qual ... Continue reading

SF Motors Closes Acquisition Of Commercial Automotive Assembly Plant In Indiana

SF Motors Closes Acquisition Of Commercial Automotive Assembly Plant In Indiana

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 2, 2017 -- SF Motors, a Silicon Valley electric vehicle (EV) company, today announced that the acquisition of AM General's commercial assembly plant ("CAP") has closed. ... Continue reading

The Future Of Driving: When Will Autonomous Vehicles Take Over The Road?

The Future Of Driving: When Will Autonomous Vehicles Take Over The Road?

Hi Carey, Here's a very informative and unpublished article I wanted to offer to you. Also, please let me know if I can schedule an interview witht he CEO of Route4Me about this topic or anything related to logistics/route planning. ... Continue reading

UQM Technologies Reports Strong Third Quarter Operating Results

UQM Technologies Reports Strong Third Quarter Operating Results

LONGMONT, Colo.—UQM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: UQM), a developer of alternative energy technologies, today announced operating results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2017. Total revenue for the quarter was $2.8 million compared to $1.0 million in the third quarter last year, an increase of 169%. Ne ... Continue reading

BMW Group October 2017 U.S.Sales

BMW Group October 2017 U.S.Sales

WOODCLIFF LAKE, N.J.—Sales of BMW brand vehicles decreased 3.4 percent in October for a total of 23,208 compared to 24,017 vehicles sold in October 2016. Year-to-date, the BMW brand is down 4.2 percent in the U.S. on sales of 243,383 vehicles compared to 254,150 sold in the first ten months of 2016. ... Continue reading

POET-DSM Achieves Cellulosic Biofuel Breakthrough +VIDEO

POET-DSM Achieves Cellulosic Biofuel Breakthrough +VIDEO

POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels has achieved a major breakthrough in cellulosic biofuels production at its Project LIBERTY plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa. The company has solved the critical challenge in pretreatment, overcoming what has been the No. ... Continue reading

Toyota Celebrates 60 Years in the U.S.

Toyota Celebrates 60 Years in the U.S.

When Toyota launched its North American headquarters in a Hollywood, Calif., dealership on October 31, 1957, it was, no doubt, a frightening affair. ... Continue reading

Farewell Subaru WRX STI: Swansong Final Edition Launched

Farewell Subaru WRX STI: Swansong Final Edition Launched

WRX STI is the iconic Subaru model; the modern incarnation of yesteryear’s Impreza, conjuring images of special stage success and rallying legends pushing to the limit. Today, Subaru UK launch the WRX STI Final Edition, strictly limited to 150 models to say farewell to this brand icon and mark the end of this era of ... Continue reading

New Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio

New Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio

The Alfa Romeo Stelvio Quadrifoglio, the first Quadrifoglio SUV, is set to become the new benchmark in the premium compact SUV segment. With its awe-inspiring design, performance and technology, the Stelvio Quadrifoglio is the "fastest SUV around the circuit", having clocked the new record for its class on the iconic N ... Continue reading

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