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Volkswagen and Consumer Class Confirm Agreement in Canada Involving 3.0L Diesel Vehicles

Volkswagen and Consumer Class Confirm Agreement in Canada Involving 3.0L Diesel Vehicles

Proposed nationwide class settlement in Canada provides benefits for approximately 20,000 3.0L Volkswagen, Audi and Porsche diesel vehicles. Cash payments available to owners and lessees of affected model year 2013-2016 vehicles who receive the recall for an emissions repair to bring their vehicle into full compliance ... Continue reading

Osram Lasers Promote Adoption of Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Vehicles

Osram Lasers Promote Adoption of Autonomous and Semi-Autonomous Vehicles

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Osram high-power infrared pulse lasers with 905 nm wavelength are used in a multitude of LIDAR applications from a wide variety of companies. (Picture: Osram) SUNNYVALE, Calif.--At this year’s North American International Auto Show’s AutoMobili-D 2018, Osram Opto Semiconductors is ... Continue reading

ROAD TRIP: Francis Ford Coppola Winery Returns As The Go-To Wine Of Award Season

ROAD TRIP: Francis Ford Coppola Winery Returns As The Go-To Wine Of Award Season

GEYSERVILLE, Calif., Jan. 12, 2018 -- Francis Ford Coppola Winery announced today its return as the go-to wine for award season with the renewal of partnerships with the Sundance Institute and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. ... Continue reading

INFINITI Achieves Eighth Consecutive Global Sales Record -Reveals Q Concept At 2018 NAIAS

INFINITI Achieves Eighth Consecutive Global Sales Record -Reveals Q Concept At 2018 NAIAS

INFINITI will reveal the Q Inspiration on Jan. 15 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Representing the next step in INFINITI design, the exterior of Q Inspiration features clear and concise lines and eschews classical sedan forms with its elongated silhouette. It's the first manifestation of INFIN ... Continue reading

INFINITI Achieves Eighth Consecutive Global Sales Record -Reveals Q Concept At 2018 NAIAS

INFINITI Achieves Eighth Consecutive Global Sales Record -Reveals Q Concept At 2018 NAIAS

INFINITI will reveal the Q Inspiration on Jan. 15 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. Representing the next step in INFINITI design, the exterior of Q Inspiration features clear and concise lines and eschews classical sedan forms with its elongated silhouette. It's the first manifestation of INFIN ... Continue reading

2018 Detroit Auto Show: New IndyCar Reveled

2018 Detroit Auto Show: New IndyCar Reveled

Executives from INDYCAR engine suppliers Chevrolet and Honda also will be on hand to discuss how OEMs are benefitting from INDYCAR’s initiatives. ... Continue reading

THE DRIVE HOME III Winter Road Trip Adventure By Steve Purdy

THE DRIVE HOME III Winter Road Trip Adventure By Steve Purdy

The idea for this brilliant promotional project was hatched a couple years ago by two dapper fellows who tend to think big and well outside the box. Rod Alberts, director of the North American International (Detroit) Auto Show, and David Madiera, executive director of the LeMay: America’s Car Museum in Tacoma, Washin ... Continue reading

World Premiere of 2019 G-Class in Detroit : "Stronger Than Time": 1979 G-Class cast in amber

World Premiere of 2019 G-Class in Detroit : "Stronger Than Time": 1979 G-Class cast in amber

Stuttgart. With the world's biggest installation of synthetic resin Mercedes‑Benz is putting the world premiere of the new G-Class on 14 January 2018 in the spotlight at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit. ... Continue reading

Mitchell to Demonstrate Cloud-Based, End-to-End Repair and Claims Management at January 17 Freedom Experience

Mitchell to Demonstrate Cloud-Based, End-to-End Repair and Claims Management at January 17 Freedom Experience

SAN DIEGO--Mitchell International, Inc. (Mitchell), a leading provider of technology, connectivity and information solutions to the Property & Casualty (P&C) claims and Collision Repair industries, will demonstrate new technology for attendees of its January 17, 2018 Program Freedom Experience in Palm Springs, Cali ... Continue reading

General Dynamics Awarded $1 Billion Contract to Deliver PIRANHA 5 Wheeled Armored Vehicles to Romanian Army

General Dynamics Awarded $1 Billion Contract to Deliver PIRANHA 5 Wheeled Armored Vehicles to Romanian Army

MADRID, Jan. 12, 2018 -- Today, General Dynamics European Land Systems signed a contract to deliver up to 227 PIRANHA 5 wheeled armored vehicles in six different configurations to the Romanian Armed Forces. ... Continue reading

New Bondurant Drag Racing Course Featuring the 840-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Demon Added To High Performance Driving School +VIDEO

New Bondurant Drag Racing Course Featuring the 840-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Demon Added To High Performance Driving School +VIDEO

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 12, 2018 -- New Bondurant Drag Racing Course Featuring the 840-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Demon Opens One-day performance-packed drag racing course offered at no additional charge. . ... Continue reading

AI star from China: AIcorrect Translator rocking at CES

AI star from China: AIcorrect Translator rocking at CES

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 12, 2018 -- The top-of-the-line trade show for the global consumer electronics industry - CES 2018 at Vegas has been open to the world since January 9th. Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology and products brought by Chinese companies are among the most impressive at the show, out of which, AIcorre ... Continue reading

A Newspaper Renaissance Begins: Innovative Digital Technology Developed by Publishers at the Columbus Post Fundamentally Changes, Improves Business Model for Newspaper Industry

A Newspaper Renaissance Begins: Innovative Digital Technology Developed by Publishers at the Columbus Post Fundamentally Changes, Improves Business Model for Newspaper Industry

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 12, 2018 -- Alan W. Sorter, publisher and president of the Columbus Post, has achieved a decades-old dream of developing a "newspaper that talks." The Electronic Home Delivery Program, also known as the "Chloe Process," is a technological breakthrough made possible by today's powerful computing dev ... Continue reading

China Passenger Car Telematics Industry Report, 2017-2021 - Research and Markets

China Passenger Car Telematics Industry Report, 2017-2021 - Research and Markets

DUBLIN--The "China Passenger Car Telematics Industry Report, 2017-2021" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. From January to October 2017, a total of 4.0993 million passenger cars were preinstalled with telematics in China, with market penetration standing at 21.02%, and the industrial scale will ... Continue reading

China Vehicle and Vehicle Parts Directory 2018 - Research and Markets

China Vehicle and Vehicle Parts Directory 2018 - Research and Markets

DUBLIN--The "China Vehicle and Vehicle Parts Directory 2018" directory has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The market potential of the china vehicle & vehicle parts sector is enormous and business opportunities abound. ... Continue reading

EIA: U.S. Natural Gas for Power Generation to Reach One-Third Share in 2018-19, an Industrial Info News Alert

EIA: U.S. Natural Gas for Power Generation to Reach One-Third Share in 2018-19, an Industrial Info News Alert

SUGAR LAND, Texas, Jan. 12, 2018 -- Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) latest Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) provides forecasts for a variety of trends to be seen this year and in 2019.  Among these is that utility-scale power generation fr ... Continue reading

UQM Technologies Receives Follow-on Order from DANNAR for Mobile Power Station Utility Vehicle (MPS) Powered by UQM Electric Drive Systems

UQM Technologies Receives Follow-on Order from DANNAR for Mobile Power Station Utility Vehicle (MPS) Powered by UQM Electric Drive Systems

LONGMONT, Colo.--UQM Technologies, Inc. (NYSE American: UQM) today announced a follow-on order from Muncie, Indiana-based DD DANNAR, LLC (“DANNAR”). UQM will ship HD 950T electric propulsion systems from this order to DANNAR in early 2018. DANNAR has introduced its Mobile Power Station® (MPS), a heavy-duty EV desi ... Continue reading

The Croatian Rally

The Croatian Rally

Some of the best driving roads in Europe, including Austria, Switzerland, Slovenia and Croatia with stunning scenery and luxurious hotels, all combine to make this a stunning journey of a lifetime. We have, as always selected the finest cuisine, hospitality, hotels and roads that Europe has to offer, for a truly memora ... Continue reading

ROAD TRIP: Free Admission into the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum \in Honor of National Day of Racial Healing

ROAD TRIP: Free Admission into the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum \in Honor of National Day of Racial Healing

JACKSON, Miss., Jan. 12, 2018 In honor of the second annual National Day of Racial Healing (NDORH), the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) is supporting free admission for the public into the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum and Museum of Mississippi History on Saturday through Tuesday, Jan. ... Continue reading

Performance And Precision: The Bentley Bentayga V8

Performance And Precision: The Bentley Bentayga V8

Since its introduction, the Bentley Bentayga has defined a new sector and set the luxury SUV benchmark, offering customers the ultimate Grand Touring experience unrestricted by landscape or conditions. ... Continue reading

Tesla Not the Only Company Working on Electric Semi-Trucks: American Truck Showrooms Launches a New Electronic Power Unit for Long-Haul Truckers

Tesla Not the Only Company Working on Electric Semi-Trucks: American Truck Showrooms Launches a New Electronic Power Unit for Long-Haul Truckers

American Truck Showrooms is in its final test phase with their new “Trucker Electric Load Assist Power Unit” that brings electrification efficiencies to truckers today, while all-electric vehicles remain years away. “The recent announcement of a fully electric heavy-duty truck by Elon Musk from Tesla is exciting, ... Continue reading

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