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Pearson Fuels Opens 250th E85 Fueling Station in California

Pearson Fuels Opens 250th E85 Fueling Station in California

Pearson Fuels announced today the opening of its 250th retail E85 flex fuel station located at 201 Monterey Street in Salinas. SAN DIEGO, Feb. ... Continue reading

2019 Hyundai Santa Fe and 2019 Sonata Ranked Most Dependable by J.D. Power

2019 Hyundai Santa Fe and 2019 Sonata Ranked Most Dependable by J.D. Power

Hyundai’s 2019 Santa Fe and Sonata were named the most dependable Midsize SUV and Midsize Car in the 2022 J.D. Power U.S. Vehicle Dependability Study (VDS), which analyzes the long-term dependability of three year old models. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Uses Chicago Auto Show to Announce New Safety Test and Investigation Laboratory Facility

Hyundai Uses Chicago Auto Show to Announce New Safety Test and Investigation Laboratory Facility

Today, Hyundai announced the establishment of a Safety Test and Investigation Laboratory (STIL) at its Michigan-based research and development center, Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI). The new facility will further augment existing safety testing and analysis. ... Continue reading

Midwest Automotive Media Association Awards 2022 Kia Carnival as Family Vehicle of the Year and 2022 Genesis GV70 as Luxury Family Vehicle of the Year

Midwest Automotive Media Association Awards 2022 Kia Carnival as Family Vehicle of the Year and 2022 Genesis GV70 as Luxury Family Vehicle of the Year

CHICAGO--Today at the 2022 Chicago Auto Show Media preview, the Midwest Automotive Media Association (MAMA) named the 2022 Kia Carnival as its 12th annual Family Vehicle of the Year, and the 2022 Genesis GV70 as the winner of the fourth annual Luxury Family Vehicle of the Year award. To qualify for the award, vehicles ... Continue reading

Upgraded Lexus Lineup to Make 2022 Chicago Auto Show Debut

Upgraded Lexus Lineup to Make 2022 Chicago Auto Show Debut

Chicago (Feb. 10, 2022) – Lexus is bringing style, technology and efficiency to the 2022 Chicago Auto Show, including the all-new 2022 Lexus LX 600, NX and IS 500 SEMA Build. ... Continue reading

STUDY: OHIO POISED TO LEAD ELECTRIC VEHICLE AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN

STUDY: OHIO POISED TO LEAD ELECTRIC VEHICLE AUTOMOTIVE SUPPLY CHAIN

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 10, 2022 -- The report "Ohio Battery Supply Chain Opportunities" released today highlights Ohio's unique positioning to become an industry leader and hub for advanced technologies that can reduce emissions and innovate the automotive industry for decades to come. "Ohio Battery Supply Chain Opport ... Continue reading

CEOs of Ford Motor Company and PG&E Corporation to Speak at CERAWeek by IHS Markit 2022 in Houston

CEOs of Ford Motor Company and PG&E Corporation to Speak at CERAWeek by IHS Markit 2022 in Houston

HOUSTON--The CEOs of Ford Motor Company and PG&E Corporation will address delegates in a special dialogue at CERAWeek by IHS Markit 2022 in Houston, March 7-11. CEOs James D. Farley, Jr. ... Continue reading

CPSC Posts Recall to its Web Site

CPSC Posts Recall to its Web Site

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10, 2022 -- The CPSC announces today the following recall is posted in cooperation with the firm listed below. ... Continue reading

Europe EV Powertrain Testing Services Markets to 2030 by Vehicle Type (Light Duty, Medium Duty, Heavy Duty), Propulsion (BEV, HEV, PHEV & FCEV), & Sourcing (Outsourcing, In-House) - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Europe EV Powertrain Testing Services Markets to 2030 by Vehicle Type (Light Duty, Medium Duty, Heavy Duty), Propulsion (BEV, HEV, PHEV & FCEV), & Sourcing (Outsourcing, In-House) - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Europe EV Powertrain Testing Services Market, 2016- 2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The European EV Powertrain Testing Services Market was valued at USD5,605.88 million in 2020, and it is anticipated to grow with a CAGR of 22.02% to reach USD37,904.30 million in 2030. ... Continue reading

GREATER COMMERCIAL LENDING COMPLETES FINANCING FOR TWO LANDFILL-GAS TO RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS PROJECTS IN NORTH CAROLINA

GREATER COMMERCIAL LENDING COMPLETES FINANCING FOR TWO LANDFILL-GAS TO RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS PROJECTS IN NORTH CAROLINA

RENO, Nev., Feb. 10, 2022 -- Greater Commercial Lending (GCL), which provides loans to businesses and organizations in under-served and rural communities, has completed nearly $73 million in financing for two facilities in North Carolina that will turn a natural byproduct of landfills into renewable natural gas. ... Continue reading

Powering Chicago is the Premier Sponsor of the 2022 Chicago Auto Show

Powering Chicago is the Premier Sponsor of the 2022 Chicago Auto Show

CHICAGO, Feb. 10, 2022 -- Powering Chicago, the labor-management partnership between the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 134 and the Electrical Contractors' Association of Chicago and Cook County (ECA), is announcing its premier sponsorship of the 2022 Chicago Auto Show. ... Continue reading

Ford GT Alan Mann Heritage Edition Celebrates Experimental GT Race Car Prototypes from 1966 at 2022 Chicago Auto Show

Ford GT Alan Mann Heritage Edition Celebrates Experimental GT Race Car Prototypes from 1966 at 2022 Chicago Auto Show

2022 Ford GT Alan Mann Heritage Edition pays tribute to Alan Mann Racing’s lightweight 1966 Ford GT experimental race cars Limited-edition livery features Alan Mann Racing’s signature red and gold exterior with contemporary touches of exposed carbon fiber and Frozen White accents Ford GT Alan Mann Heritage Edition ... Continue reading

Last off the line 2016 Land Rover Defender 110 Adventure with just 52 miles set to break auction sales record

Last off the line 2016 Land Rover Defender 110 Adventure with just 52 miles set to break auction sales record

The final Land Rover Defender 110 Adventure ever produced is set to break the world record public price for the model, and it is now live for bids on the market-leading Collecting Cars auction platform. The global automotive marketplace already holds world record results for three other Defender variants; achieving £1 ... Continue reading

Preview Of Nissan's New Vehicles Revealed at 2022 Chicago Auto Show

Preview Of Nissan's New Vehicles Revealed at 2022 Chicago Auto Show

CHICAGO February 10, 2022– Nissan is bringing a truckload of Southern California vibes to the 2022 Chicago Auto Show with a trio of custom Frontier trucks created by its San Diego-based design team. The three Nissan Design America (NDA) project trucks are based on the 2022 Frontier, which is available now at Nissan d ... Continue reading

Extreme Adventure Special-Edition 2022 Ford Bronco With Everglades Trim Preview +VIDEO

Extreme Adventure Special-Edition 2022 Ford Bronco With Everglades Trim Preview +VIDEO

2022 Ford Bronco® Everglades™ special edition SUV is made for customers who want to venture deep into the wild with the assurance of a factory-installed snorkel, integrated 10,000-pound ZEON 10-S WARN® winch* and Sasquatch™ Package Class-exclusive* Ford-designed snorkel with quick-swap, reversible air vent helps ... Continue reading

Airbag Systems Market in South Africa to Record 11.84% Y-O-Y Growth Rate in 2022|Evolving Opportunities with Airbag Systems & Autoliv Inc| Technavio

Airbag Systems Market in South Africa to Record 11.84% Y-O-Y Growth Rate in 2022|Evolving Opportunities with Airbag Systems & Autoliv Inc| Technavio

NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2022 -- Airbag systems Market in South Africa Facts at a Glance- Attractive Opportunities in Airbag Systems Market in South Africa by Type and Vehicle Type - Forecast and Analysis 2022-2026 Total Pages: 120 Companies: 10+ – Including Airbag Systems, Autoliv Inc., Continental AG, DENSO Corp., HASCO ... Continue reading

Automotive Interior Materials Market - 52% of Growth to Originate from APAC|Rise in Improved Passenger Car Sales due to Financing Flexibility to Boost Market | 17000+ Technavio Reports

Automotive Interior Materials Market - 52% of Growth to Originate from APAC|Rise in Improved Passenger Car Sales due to Financing Flexibility to Boost Market | 17000+ Technavio Reports

NEW YORK, Feb. 10, 2022 -- The automotive interior materials market is expected to grow by USD 26.43 billion from 2020 to 2025, progressing at a CAGR of  4.24% as per the latest market report by Technavio. 52% of the market's growth will originate from APAC during the forecast period. ... Continue reading

Autonomous Cars Market to Grow at 22.0% During 2021-2026

Autonomous Cars Market to Grow at 22.0% During 2021-2026

RAIPUR, India, Feb. 10, 2022 -- Stratview Research, a leading market research firm has launched a report on the Autonomous Cars Market which provides an in-depth analysis of the market dynamics, current and emerging trends, industry forecast, and competitive landscape. ... Continue reading

EL KIA TELLURIDE GANA EL PREMIO "BEST CAR FOR THE MONEY" 2022 DE U.S. NEWS

EL KIA TELLURIDE GANA EL PREMIO "BEST CAR FOR THE MONEY" 2022 DE U.S. NEWS

IRVINE, California, 10 de febrero de 2022 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- El Kia Telluride 2022 fue reconocido como el SUV de tres filas de mejor valor de precio por los editores de U.S. News Best Cars, en la selección anual de los ganadores de "Best Car for The Money" de la publicación. La presentación del premi ... Continue reading

Group 1 Automotive Announces Record 4Q21 & FY21 Financial Results

Group 1 Automotive Announces Record 4Q21 & FY21 Financial Results

HOUSTON, Feb. 10, 2022 -- Group 1 Automotive, Inc.  ("Group 1" or the "Company"), an international, Fortune 300 automotive retailer with 202 dealerships located in the U.S. and U.K., today reported the highest fourth quarter revenue and earnings per share in company history. ... Continue reading

HARMAN Acquires Mixed Reality Pioneer Apostera

HARMAN Acquires Mixed Reality Pioneer Apostera

NOVI, Mich.--HARMAN International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced the acquisition of Apostera, a Germany-based automotive technology company. ... Continue reading

Introducing HARMAN Savari MECWAVE: Ultra Low-Latency Edge-Based Compute Platform for Turn-Key Connectivity

Introducing HARMAN Savari MECWAVE: Ultra Low-Latency Edge-Based Compute Platform for Turn-Key Connectivity

NOVI, Mich.--HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. focused on connected technologies and solutions for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced HARMAN Savari MECWAVE, an industry-first multi-access edge compute (MEC) software platform that enables automakers and mobile n ... Continue reading

New Acoustic Innovations From HARMAN Bring the Whole Family Together With Easy to Use, Integrated and Upgradable In-Vehicle Experiences

New Acoustic Innovations From HARMAN Bring the Whole Family Together With Easy to Use, Integrated and Upgradable In-Vehicle Experiences

NOVI, Mich.--HARMAN, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. focused on connected technologies and solutions for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced two new acoustic innovations, Ready Together and Software Enabled Branded Audio, during the HARMAN EXPLORE 2022 event. ... Continue reading

Nissan Shows Quartet of Modified 2022 Frontier Trucks, Along With 2023 Z Sports Car and Ariya Electric Crossover, at Chicago Auto Show

Nissan Shows Quartet of Modified 2022 Frontier Trucks, Along With 2023 Z Sports Car and Ariya Electric Crossover, at Chicago Auto Show

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail The three concepts – the Project 72X, Project Hardbody and Project Adventure – are all based on the 2022 Frontier that NDA played a primary role in designing. (Photo: Business Wire) The three concepts – the Project 72X, Project Hardbody and Project Adventure – are all based on ... Continue reading

Polestar to Debut First-Ever Super Bowl Ad

Polestar to Debut First-Ever Super Bowl Ad

GOTHENBURG, Sweden--Polestar, the pure-play premium electric car company, has announced that it will debut its first-ever Super Bowl ad during the game on February 13, 2022. The 30-second spot will air in the first quarter of the game, and the company has teased the spot with a 15-second preview. ... Continue reading

Uber And Silicon Valley Stealth Tech Startup's Kåre Kjelstrøm Joins Concordium To Lead Efforts For The Web 3 Decentralized Blockchain

Uber And Silicon Valley Stealth Tech Startup's Kåre Kjelstrøm Joins Concordium To Lead Efforts For The Web 3 Decentralized Blockchain

ZUG, Switzerland and ÅRHUS, Denmark, Feb. 10, 2022 -- Concordium, the first layer-1 blockchain with built-in protocol level user identity, announces today that as of March 1, 2022, Kåre Kjelstrøm will join Concordium, in a newly established position as Group CTO and CPO with the holistic responsibility for the Prod ... Continue reading

Vroom Announces Pricing of First Auto Loan Securitization

Vroom Announces Pricing of First Auto Loan Securitization

NEW YORK--Vroom , an innovative ecommerce platform that offers a better way to buy and sell used vehicles, today announced that United Auto Credit Corporation (UACC), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the company, priced an auto loan securitization offering of $296.17 million in aggregate principal amount of automobile rece ... Continue reading

Worldwide Car Wash Machine Industry to 2026 - Key Drivers, Challenges and Trends - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Worldwide Car Wash Machine Industry to 2026 - Key Drivers, Challenges and Trends - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Global Car Wash Machine Market 2022-2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The publisher has been monitoring the car wash machine market and it is poised to grow by $666.79 mn during 2022-2026, progressing at a CAGR of 3.51% during the forecast period. ... Continue reading

Experts Weigh In On Used Car Prices In 2022

Experts Weigh In On Used Car Prices In 2022

MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 10, 2022 -- According to a leading finance broker, National Loans, who provides various types of asset loans including car and boat finance as well as caravan finance, many Australians turn to the used car market to save money when they can't afford to purchase a brand-new car. ... Continue reading

Jeep® Grand Cherokee L With New Limited Black Package to Debut at 2022 Chicago Auto Show

Jeep® Grand Cherokee L With New Limited Black Package to Debut at 2022 Chicago Auto Show

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Feb. 10, 2022 -- New Limited Black Package for the 2022 Jeep® Grand Cherokee L pairs legendary Jeep 4x4 capability with unique Gloss Black exterior accents and features for a unique blacked-out appearance Limited Black Package is now available for order at local Jeep dealers The new 2022 Jeep® Gr ... Continue reading

Nissan Debuts Trio of 2022 Frontier Concepts at Chicago Auto Show

Nissan Debuts Trio of 2022 Frontier Concepts at Chicago Auto Show

The three concepts – the Project 72X, Project Hardbody and Project Adventure – are all based on the 2022 Frontier that NDA played a primary role in designing. ... Continue reading

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