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Road To New Vehicle Purchase Often Bumpier For Women

Road To New Vehicle Purchase Often Bumpier For Women

Men Generally More Confident Car Shoppers, Perform Less Research than Feature-Focused Females When it comes to car shopping, women are driven by features – engaging in extensive research to find the best fit – while from the outset many men are revved about a particular car brand, according to a study just re ... Continue reading

NACS: Price Advantage Makes Selling and Using E15 Gasoline Attractive

NACS: Price Advantage Makes Selling and Using E15 Gasoline Attractive

Retailers need to be aware that the transition to ethanol does require some changes, including requirements for new hoses and labeling, other related equipment and RVP management. O’Brien advised ... Continue reading

Ford and NextEnergy Have a Technology Innovation Challenge for Industry Lighting Suppliers

Ford and NextEnergy Have a Technology Innovation Challenge for Industry Lighting Suppliers

The Ford Motor Company, NextEnergy-led automotive lighting challenge aims to inspire industry suppliers to create advanced new automotive lighting products Ford’s collaboration with NextEnergy affirms the automaker’s intention to lead the industry with solid-state/LED lighting Initiative will help strengthen ... Continue reading

Chevy Silverado HD Strong Arms the Competition

Chevy Silverado HD Strong Arms the Competition

Frame twist test shows importance of strong materials in big job pickups DETROIT – How tough are heavy-duty trucks? A recent frame-twisting test found that the use of roll-formed steel in its bed allowed the tailgate of the 2015 Silverado 2500HD pickup to be lowered on uneven terrain while greater twisting of one ... Continue reading

GM Delivers its Best Third Quarter Global Sales Since 1980

GM Delivers its Best Third Quarter Global Sales Since 1980

Chevrolet up 9 percent in North America Cadillac up 63 percent in China Buick global sales up 7 percent General Motors Co. sold 2,449,595 vehicles around the world in the third quarter of 2014, up 2 percent compared with a year ago. It was the company’s best third quarter since 1980. In the first nine months of 20 ... Continue reading

Clean Energy Delivers Record 50.6 Million CNG Gallons in Q3

Clean Energy Delivers Record 50.6 Million CNG Gallons in Q3

Expands Market Reach by Acquiring Controlling Interest in NG Advantage to Bring Natural Gas to Customers Beyond the Pipeline NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--Clean Energy Fuels Corp. today reported it delivered for the first time over 50 million compressed natural gas (CNG) gallons in one quarter. The company plans to grow its C ... Continue reading

BYD Unveils World's Largest Battery Electric Vehicle

BYD Unveils World's Largest Battery Electric Vehicle

HOUSTON--BYD Motors kicked off the 2014 American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Expo in Houston this week with a new product-unveiling ceremony and over 300 in attendance. The ceremony began with an invitation to attendees to “throw off the shackles of a single-fueled system – an electric platform i ... Continue reading

Meritor Simulator Brings the Reality of Driving Military Vehicles in Afghanistan to AUSA 2014

Meritor Simulator Brings the Reality of Driving Military Vehicles in Afghanistan to AUSA 2014

U.S. Department of Defense and military industry customers will get a real-world look at driving conditions in the mountains of Afghanistan when Meritor® showcases the capabilities of its defense products at the AUSA 2014 Annual Meeting and Exposition Oct. 13-16. Visitors to Meritor's booth No. 7229 can ride a new s ... Continue reading

U.S. Public Transit Agencies Adopting New Clean Diesel Technology At Faster Rate Than National Average

U.S. Public Transit Agencies Adopting New Clean Diesel Technology At Faster Rate Than National Average

Advancements in new clean diesel technology that has resulted in a transit buses with near zero emissions is being adopted by U.S. transit officials at a faster pace than other large vehicle sectors, according to Ezra Finkin, the Director of Policy for the Diesel Technology Forum. Finkin made his comments today at the ... Continue reading

The Augmentation of Female Influence in the Automotive Industry

The Augmentation of Female Influence in the Automotive Industry

Complimentary Analyst Briefing from Frost & Sullivan gives insights into the market potential of the largest and most influential vehicle customer segment LONDON, Oct. 15, 2014 -- Latest research reveals that women are progressively dominating the car-buying process. With an increase in licences issued to women, there ... Continue reading

Subaru Of America Wins Global Award For Innovation In Sales And Marketing

Subaru Of America Wins Global Award For Innovation In Sales And Marketing

IAIR award reflects Subaru Record Sales Growth in U.S. Market CHERRY HILL, N.J., Oct. 15, 2014 -- At a global awards evening in Milan Italy, Subaru of America was recognized with an award for its 'Innovation in Sales and Marketing' by IAIR, the International Alternative Investment Review. The award is given based on th ... Continue reading

Honda CR-V Named 2015 Motor Trend Sport/Utility Of The Year

Honda CR-V Named 2015 Motor Trend Sport/Utility Of The Year

Refreshed CR-V chosen for its fuel economy, driving dynamics, long list of new safety features and overall refinement - Noted for its new Touring trim with Honda Sensing safety and driver-assistive safety technologies - America's best-selling SUV over the past decade NEW YORK -- Oct. 15, 2014: The Honda CR-V has won Mo ... Continue reading

Volvo Car Group President & CEO Hakan Samuelsson To Headline At The LA Auto Show's Connected Car Expo

Volvo Car Group President & CEO Hakan Samuelsson To Headline At The LA Auto Show's Connected Car Expo

Volvo Joins Audi, Ford, Jaguar Land Rover and NVIDIA to break news at technology specific press and trade day on Nov. 18 LOS ANGELES, Oct. 15, 2014 -- The Los Angeles Auto Show's Connected Car Expo® (CCE), the auto industry's authoritative gathering of automotive and technology leaders, announced today that Volvo Car ... Continue reading

Annual Cost Of Gridlock In Europe And The US Will Increase 50 Percent On Average To $293 Billion By 2030

Annual Cost Of Gridlock In Europe And The US Will Increase 50 Percent On Average To $293 Billion By 2030

New Study Reveals that Urban Population Growth and Rising GDP are Key Trends that will Significantly Impact the Future Economic Costs of Congestion KIRKLAND, WA -- Oct. 14, 2014: INRIX, Inc., a leading international provider of real-time traffic information, transportation analytics and connected driver services, today ... Continue reading

Daimler's Industrial Free Cash Flow in the 3rd Quarter 2014 is Significantly Higher than Last Year

Daimler's Industrial Free Cash Flow in the 3rd Quarter 2014 is Significantly Higher than Last Year

Daimler AG (stock-exchange symbol DAI) achieved a free cash flow in its industrial business of approximately €5.4 billion in the third quarter of 2014 (Q3 2013: approximately €1.6 billion). Excluding the effects of acquisitions and disposals, the free cash flow of the industrial business amounted to approxi ... Continue reading

Elektrobit (EB) Introduces First AUTOSAR Multi-Core Safety 0perating System

Elektrobit (EB) Introduces First AUTOSAR Multi-Core Safety 0perating System

Elektrobit (EB) presents its new operating system EB tresos Safety Operating System (OS) Multi-Core for automotive electronic control units (ECU). It is the first safety operating system in the automotive industry that enables carmakers and suppliers to create AUTOSAR-based multi-core control units conforming to the hi ... Continue reading

Aygo: From Street To Manga Superhero

Aygo: From Street To Manga Superhero

Original adventure featuring Toyota’s city car to be launched at MCM London Comic Con The Toyota Aygo enters a new dimension, speeding from the city streets to the frames of an original Manga cartoon. Leading Manga artist Sonia Leong has been commissioned by Toyota to create an adventure story in which the superhe ... Continue reading

LC Super Hybrid Automotive Technology Awarded Green Product of the Year at the British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs)

LC Super Hybrid Automotive Technology Awarded Green Product of the Year at the British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs)

The low carbon LC Super Hybrid automotive technology being developed by Controlled Power Technologies (CPT) - supported by the European Advanced Lead-Acid Battery Consortium (EALABC) - has been awarded Green Product of the Year at the British Engineering Excellence Awards (BEEAs). ... Continue reading

All-New Mazda2 Wins Japan Car of the Year

All-New Mazda2 Wins Japan Car of the Year

New-generation subcompact aims to change the way people see this class of car Mazda secures Japan’s leading automotive award for second time in three years The all-new Mazda2 (Mazda Demio in Japan) was named the 2014-2015 Car of the Year Japan yesterday (13 October). Mazda’s next-generation supermini is there ... Continue reading

Maserati Supports Centre for Entrepreneurs Birthday Celebrations

Maserati Supports Centre for Entrepreneurs Birthday Celebrations

Last night Maserati helped 150 of Britain’s most successful entrepreneurs celebrate the first anniversary of the Centre for Entrepreneurs at an evening reception in Mayfair. Maserati brand ambassador and serial entrepreneur, Luke Johnson, founded the Centre for Entrepreneurs in October 2013. The centre is an indep ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Extends Cooperation with Chinese Partner FAW Group

Volkswagen Extends Cooperation with Chinese Partner FAW Group

Agreement signed in Federal Chancellery in presence of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Federal Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel Volkswagen and further Chinese joint venture partner SAIC agree on new proving ground in Xinjiang province Prof. Dr. Winterkorn: “Together with its strong partners Volkswagen is focusing on in ... Continue reading

Rainer Zietlow and His VW Touareg Reach Southern Tip of Africa in Record Time

Rainer Zietlow and His VW Touareg Reach Southern Tip of Africa in Record Time

As he set off in the early hours of 21 September from the North Cape (Norway) to the southern tip of South Africa, the primary goal of this latest project for long-distance record holder Rainer Zietlow from Mannheim was to test out the robustness of his Volkswagen Touareg. The journey was interrupted by an accident cau ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors in the UK Returns to TV with ASX after the Outlander PHEV Success

Mitsubishi Motors in the UK Returns to TV with ASX after the Outlander PHEV Success

Mitsubishi Motors in the UK has launched a new multi-media campaign featuring the ASX. The decision to invest in the campaign, created by Golley Slater, was planned and bought by Manning Gottlieb OMD and is a result of the earlier success of Mitsubishi’s return to TV spot advertising after a five year hiatus, feat ... Continue reading

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