A New Face of Alternative Energy is Smiling in California
By Alan Anderson I know some of you have heard me talk about Mendota BioEnergy LLC and their ADVANCED BIOENERGY BEET CENTER in previous articles. Just this week I sat down with two instrumental people from the development team; Jim Tischer, Project Coordinator, and Leon Woods, Regulatory Affairs. They walked me through ... Continue reading
SAE International honored Marcello Canova, Ming-Feng Hsieh and Junmin Wang with the Vincent Bendix Automotive Electronics Engineering Award for their paper "Model Predictive Control Approach for AFR Control during Lean NOx Trap Regenerations." The award was presented during the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit. ... Continue reading
National Independent Automobile Dealers Association Supports Passage of Right to Repair Act
Cites new GAO report: Used car dealers do not receive defect notices from manufacturers The National Independent Automobile Dealers Association (NIADA), a national trade association representing independent automobile dealers, strongly urges Congress to pass the Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act (HR 1449) on be ... Continue reading
41 Drivers from YRC Worldwide Are Rolling On Over to the 2011 National Truck Driving Championships
YRC Worldwide Inc. announced today that 41 of its professional drivers will compete at the 2011 National Truck Driving Championships (NTDC) to be held Aug. 9 -- 13 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla. The YRC Worldwide team includes 33 drivers from YRC, five from Holland and three from Reddaway. "Rea ... Continue reading
Cummins Increases Dividend by More Than 50 Percent
COLUMBUS, Ind.--The Cummins Inc. Board of Directors today increased the Company's quarterly cash dividend on common stock by 52 percent to 40 cents per share from 26.25 cents per share. "As a result, we are further rewarding our shareholders for their support." The dividend is payable on Sept. 1, 2011 to shareholders o ... Continue reading
Ohio, Indiana and Michigan GM Plants Get $129 Million Infusion
General Motors Powertrain plants in Ohio and Indiana that make transmissions for Buick and Chevrolet models with eAssist fuel-saving technology will get the bulk of a $129 million investment GM announced Tuesday. The money is part of $2 billion being invested in 17 facilities in eight states over the next 18 months and ... Continue reading
OKLAHOMA CITY--In an effort to help break OPEC's 38-year stranglehold on the U.S. economy and to lower energy costs to American consumers, enhance national security, stimulate economic growth, create hundreds of thousands of high-paying jobs and improve the environment, Chesapeake Energy Corporation today unveiled its ... Continue reading
IMSA GT3 - Wright Motorsports Produces Best Finish Ever At Lime Rock
LAKEVILLE, July 12, 2011: Wright Motorsportsâ Mitch Landry of Lake Charles, La., posted his best finish to date in IMSA GT3 Challenge by Yokohama Gold Cup action when he placed second in the second half of a wild series doubleheader Saturday at Lime Rock Park. Earlier in the day Landry finished fifth in class in t ... Continue reading
FIA GP3 - American Racer Conor Daly Completes Spectacular Performance At Silverstone
Noblesville, July 12, 2011: MAZDASPEED driver Conor Daly, second-generation formula car racer, completed what can only be described as an epic run, overcoming a challenging start to the weekend to secure his place at the front of the GP3 Series field. As can always be expected, the English countryside just north of Lon ... Continue reading
Contential Tire Series - Gleason And Said Finish Fifth At Laguna Seca
SALINAS, July 12, 2011: While Chris Gleason Jr. was home in Wayne, Pa. waiting for his wife Tara to give birth to their first child, sports car standout Boris Said substituted for him in Saturdayâs Grand-Am Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Said enthusiastically joined right ... Continue reading
CONCORD, July 12, 2011: Kentucky Speedway, which is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., today issued the following statement regarding the fan experience at Saturday's âQuaker State 400.â� "To those fans that were not able to attend the Quaker State 400, we offer our sincerest apologies," s ... Continue reading
TACOMA, July 12, 2011: LeMay â Americaâs Car Museum (ACM) has issued an all-points bulletin for the coolest cars in the area to enter its Pre-Inaugural Collector Car Showcase, Aug. 7 at ACMâs headquarters in Fife, Wash. The judged car show, open to the first 120 entrants, will feature 12 classes â r ... Continue reading
2011 Chevrolet Cruze LT Review By John Heilig - VIDEO ENHANCED
2011 Chevrolet Cruze Review, Turbo Cruze, small cars, compact cars,good mpg, review, research, chevrolet comparisons, cruze compare ... Continue reading
TomTom Makes Driving Safer for Fleets with Active Driver Feedback
TomTom Business Solutions, the division dedicated to commercial fleets, today announced the availability of Active Driver Feedback and WEBFLEET OptiDrive two new features focused at further increasing TomTom's safety and efficiency benefits for businesses. ... Continue reading
Motorsports Venue - The Fan Experience Should Be Priority No. 1
<b>Commentary By Roger Curtis, President, Michigan International Speedway</b> What should have been a shining moment for the sport of NASCAR and all the racetracks, especially those in the Midwest, has sadly, potentially, put all of us back several steps â maybe even years. A sellout NASCAR race at Kentucky Speedw ... Continue reading
125 Years of History Backs Up The Mercedes-Benz Classic Center
A typical day at the Mercedes-Benz Classic Center based in Irvine, California includes a 1950s Gullwing vehicle restoration, researching the owner history of a 1937 540K and finding a spare part among the 50,000 available for classic Mercedes-Benz cars. With the backing of 125 years of history, the Mercedes-Benz Classi ... Continue reading
IndyCar - De Silvestro Earns a Top-Ten Finish on the Streets of Toronto
Toronto, July 11, 2011: After 85 laps of chaos during the Honda Indy Toronto on Sunday afternoon, Simona De Silvestro crossed the finish line with a tenth-place finish and a sense of accomplishment. Not only did the result mark her third top-ten finish of the 2011 season, it also accomplished the comeback she was hopin ... Continue reading
NHRA Funny Car - Neff Earns Ford's 200th Funny Car Win
JOLIET, July 11, 2011: Scorching temperatures couldnât keep Mike Neff from making magic for Ford Racing at Route 66 Raceway near Chicago. Neff earned Fordâs 200th Funny Car win â an incredible statistic 44 years in the making - with a 4.246-second finish at 293.22 mph, defeating Jeff Arend in the final r ... Continue reading
Contential Tire Series - Kinetic Motorsports BMW Finishes Top 10 At Laguna
K Laguna Seca, July 11, 2011: It was the first time at Laguna Seca for both Jade Buford and Ben Clucas of the Kinetic Motorsports #33 BMW M3 E92 in the Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge, and the Laguna rookies brought it home in ninth place. Ben Clucas, in his second GS race with Kinetic Motorsports, started the #3 ... Continue reading
Indy Lights - Krohn Finishes Fifth On The Streets Of Toronto
TORONTO, July 11, 2011: Rookie Anders Krohn recorded his best qualifying result to date in Firestone Indy Lights with a fourth in Sunoco Qualifying on Saturday and then went on to duplicate his best race result so far this season with a fifth-place finish Sunday afternoon on Torontoâs 1.75-mile street course. Kroh ... Continue reading
LoJack Corporation , the company that created the stolen vehicle recovery market, celebrates its 25th anniversary this July. A venerable brand, LoJack has entered into the nation's vernacular. With a nearly 90 percent name recognition, the brand has literally become synonymous with "all things recovery." Since the LoJa ... Continue reading
Lexus: It's OK to not be the Most Popular.
SEE ALSO:Lexus Buyers Guide By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau The Auto Channel Chicago, July 2011; More often than not, significant attention is given in the media to being number one in the sales volume race, no matter what the consumer product. And that is especially true in the automotive sector. Well, i ... Continue reading
Penske Automotive Acquires Crevier BMW and MINI
Penske Automotive Group, Inc. , an international automotive retailer, today announced the acquisition of the Crevier BMW and MINI franchises in Santa Ana, California. "For approximately forty years, the Crevier family has grown this business by focusing on customer commitment, service, loyalty and dedication to the com ... Continue reading
Brazil Calls Alcoa One of It's Most Environmentally Friendly Companies
Alcoa in Brazil was ranked as the most sustainable company in the Metals sector and 11th overall of 100 companies considered in a study by major business media in Brazil. The list will be published in the August issue of the Brazilian national news magazine Imprensa. ... Continue reading
2012 Volkswagen Beetle Has Hella Lighting
The all-new 2012 Volkswagen Beetle features front and rear exterior lighting from Hella, including headlamps, fog lamps, front side markers, tail lamps, rear reflex reflectors and a center high-mounted LED stop lamp. Introduced earlier this year at the New York Auto Show, the U.S. version of the new Beetle underlines H ... Continue reading
TomTom Uses Traffic Modeling to Speed Drivers on Their Way
Today TomTom launches Custom Area Analysis, an important historical traffic product which gives customers access to highly granular speed and bottleneck information for road networks around the world. The product supports traffic modeling and analysis of road conditions and traffic performance. By providing a complete ... Continue reading
Auto Sensor Market Will Be A $21.9 Billion Dollar Industry By 2018 Says Study
The new Strategy Analytics study, Automotive Sensor Demand Forecast 2009 to 2018: BRIC Regions Drive Demand," predicts that the market for automotive sensors will rise from $12.9 billion in 2010 to $13.8 billion in 2011, a year-on year growth of 7 percent. The global economic recovery has triggered demand rebound for ... Continue reading
Under current utility electric vehicle (EV) tariffs, it is always cheaper to recharge an EV than to fuel a conventional gas-powered vehicle, according to a new study released today by Northeast Group, LLC. The study benchmarked and analyzed the first wave of EV-specific tariffs launched by electric utilities across the ... Continue reading
VINtek Helps Texas Keep Car Ownership Titles On the Straight and Narrow
VINtek has helped with the drafting of legislation that eliminates the cost and exposure to fraud associated with paper vehicle titles with liens in the state of Texas. VINtek is a provider of automotive collateral management, electronic lien and title (ELT) services and direct finance processing for automotive lenders ... Continue reading
2.5 Million Volkswagens Delivered in the First Half of 2011--A Company Record
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand re, July 12, 2011 The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand reported a further rise in vehicle deliveries during the first half of 2011, handing over more than 2.5 million units during this period. ... Continue reading
Saab Picks Microsoft Dynamics CRM To Improve Its Call Center
First Tech Direct, LLC, a leading provider of Microsoft Dynamics solutions, announced that Saab Cars North America (SCNA), the company responsible for marketing and distributing Saab vehicles throughout North America, selected Microsoft Dynamics CRM to improve their call center operations and efficiency. ... Continue reading
Pandora will Broadcast from Scion and Ford
Pandora , the popular internet radio service, today announced that it has increased its automotive footprint via a new relationship with Scion and an expansion of its relationship with Ford Motor Company where the service will be available in 10 Ford vehicles and two Lincoln vehicles. Currently, Pandora has in-vehicle ... Continue reading
WASHINGTON D.C.--Simply “plugging in�?? one million electric cars could add $750 million in annual wholesale energy costs unless "smart charging" is adopted, according to a joint study conducted by PJM and Better Place, released by Better Place today. Similarly, consumers who choose to leverage time-of-use p ... Continue reading
Unregulated Plugging In of One Million EV's Could Add $750 Million in Annual Wholesale Energy Costs
WASHINGTON D.C.--one million electric cars could add $750 million in annual wholesale energy costs unless "smart charging" is adopted, according to a joint study conducted by PJM and Better Place, released by Better Place today. Similarly, consumers who choose to leverage time-of-use pricing can see some The study mode ... Continue reading
Listen To Pandora Internet Radio In Your Car
Internet radio company expands presence in Ford vehicles and announces a new relationship with Scion OAKLAND, Calif., July 12, 2011; Pandora announced that it has increased its automotive footprint via a new relationship with Scion and an expansion of its relationship with Ford Motor Company where the service will be a ... Continue reading
The New BMW London 2012 Performance Editions
To celebrate BMW's sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, and inspired by the BMW London 2012 Performance Team, BMW has introduced two new Performance Edition models based on the popular BMW 1 Series and 3 Series. ... Continue reading
Volkswagen Passenger Cars Sets First Half Year Record With More Than 2.5 Million Vehicles Delivered
The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand reported a further rise in vehicle deliveries during the first half of 2011, handing over more than 2.5 million units during this period. ... Continue reading
Ford and Recycled Polymeric Materials (RPM) have teamed up to deliver environmentally friendly gaskets and seals made from recycled tires and bio-renewable content such as soy More than 2.2 million pounds of rubber from recycled tires has been made into seals and gaskets and more than 210,000 used tires have been recyc ... Continue reading
Sir Stirling Moss Becomes One of First Aston Martin Cygnet Customers
At the prestigious Royal Automobile Club last night, international motorsport legend, Sir Stirling Moss took delivery of his newly purchased Aston Martin Cygnet; a surprise birthday present for wife, Lady Moss. ... Continue reading
After the launch of the 508 Saloon and SW, acclaimed for their styling elegance, high-level build quality and attention to detail, the 508 RXH again raises the profile of the entire Peugeot brand, reinforcing its technological and environmental leadership. ... Continue reading
'Sizzling Summer' VAT Free And Finance Offers From Suzuki
As part of its mid-Summer campaign, Suzuki GB PLC is pleased to announce its latest headline offers with no VAT payable on Alto SZ2 and Swift SZ2 until the end of September. ... Continue reading
Corsavan Flexes Green Muscle With Class-Leading Co2 Emissions
Vauxhall's new Corsavan ecoFLEX, the Luton-based manufacturer's most economical commercial vehicle ever, is top of the small van pack offering class-leading CO2 emissions of just 95g/km. ... Continue reading
More Audi A7 Sportbacks Ready To Get To Grips With Winter 2011
As the UK drifts inexorably towards another potentially slippery winter, Audi is bolstering the defences of its A7 Sportback range by offering quattro all-wheel-drive reassurance for more versions of the acclaimed executive class fastback. ... Continue reading
Once again, Honda Jazz owners in the UK have voted they are the most satisfied small car owners. Data just released from the JD Power Customer Satisfaction Survey shows the Honda Jazz coming out on top for the fifth consecutive year. ... Continue reading
A Grand Carnival for Chris O'Brien Lifehouse
Kia Motors Australia has thrown 8-seat support behind Dr Chris O'Brien's Lifehouse at RPA by providing the organisation with a Kia Grand Carnival. ... Continue reading
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