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Chevrolet Volt Named Winner of Green Car Journal's 2016 Green Car of the Year

Chevrolet Volt Named Winner of Green Car Journal's 2016 Green Car of the Year

Milestone Extended Range Electric Car Wins Auto Industry's Most Important Environmental Award at Los Angeles Auto Show November 19 LOS ANGELES, Nov. 19, 2015; The second-generation 2016 Chevrolet Volt, an all-new and significantly improved version of the automaker's groundbreaking extended range electric vehicle that f ... Continue reading

Audi Declares at Least 25% of U.S. Sales Will Come from Electric Vehicles by 2025

Audi Declares at Least 25% of U.S. Sales Will Come from Electric Vehicles by 2025

Audi of America President Scott Keogh today announced the company’s commitment to achieve at least 25% of U.S. sales from electric vehicles by 2025 as he presented a clear roadmap to electrification in the world’s biggest EV market. The announcements came out of the Audi presentation at this year’s Los A ... Continue reading

Bosch Technology Honored as Finalist for 2016 Automotive News PACE Awards

Bosch Technology Honored as Finalist for 2016 Automotive News PACE Awards

Bosch has been named a finalist in the 2016 Automotive News PACE (Premier Automotive Suppliers’ Contributions to Excellence) Awards for its innovative Linear Force Solenoid (LFS) technology, which enables transmission manufacturers to develop more efficient, high-speed transmissions without increasing weight or de ... Continue reading

Scion Brings Curb Appeal to the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show +VIDEO

Scion Brings Curb Appeal to the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show +VIDEO

Prepare to take a second – or third – look at Scion’s style. During the Los Angeles Auto Show, Scion’s modern approach comes to life in its newest concept car, a clothing collaboration and multiple creative projects. “Our goal was to interject this spirit in our LA Auto Show activations and dem ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Volt Named Winner of Green Car Journal's 2016 Green Car of the Year

Chevrolet Volt Named Winner of Green Car Journal's 2016 Green Car of the Year

Milestone Extended Range Electric Car Wins Auto Industry's Most Important Environmental Award at Los Angeles Auto Show November 19 LOS ANGELES -- November 19, 2015: The second-generation 2016 Chevrolet Volt, an all-new and significantly improved version of the automaker's groundbreaking extended range electric vehicle ... Continue reading

Honda Reports on its Environmental Performance and Progress in North America

Honda Reports on its Environmental Performance and Progress in North America

Honda today released its 2015 North American Environmental Report (NAER) detailing the company's environmental impacts and its ongoing efforts to minimize those impacts, with a continuing strong focus on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that contribute to global climate change.</p> <p>In FY2015, the company unveiled its ... Continue reading

Honda Accord Wins a Record 30th 10Best Cars Award from Car and Driver Magazine

Honda Accord Wins a Record 30th 10Best Cars Award from Car and Driver Magazine

Accord recognized more than any other model in the magazine's history TORRANCE, CA -- November 18, 2015: For a record 30th time in the 32-year history of the award, Car and Driver magazine has named the Honda Accord to its prestigious annual list of the 10Best Cars in America. "Do something special once, you might be c ... Continue reading

Spirit of Detroit Joins Ford Volunteer Corps, Dresses in Ford Blue to Celebrate 10 Years of Building Stronger Communities

Spirit of Detroit Joins Ford Volunteer Corps, Dresses in Ford Blue to Celebrate 10 Years of Building Stronger Communities

Spirit of Detroit sculpture dons Ford Volunteer Corps T-shirt like the one worn to feed the hungry, build homes, help children read and improve communities Ford Volunteer Corps is celebrating 10 years of community service that has contributed more than one million hours of support in 48 countries around the world Ford ... Continue reading

Ram Trucks Tow Parade Floats at 89th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Ram Trucks Tow Parade Floats at 89th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade

Ram is Official Truck of the Thanksgiving Day holiday tradition Parade marks start of brand's #RamGivesThanks promotion honoring local volunteers and small businesses More than 25 Ram trucks will kick off the holiday season in style as they tow all the floats in the 89th annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade®, Thursda ... Continue reading

Herman Moore to Serve as Spokesperson for Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit

Herman Moore to Serve as Spokesperson for Quick Lane Bowl at Ford Field in Detroit

Quick Lane has chosen Disabled American Veterans as this year’s fundraising partner Quick Lane Bowl is expected to feature teams from the Big Ten Conference and Atlantic Coast Conference The game is scheduled for 5 p.m. EST Monday, Dec. 28 DEARBORN, MI -- November 18, 2015: Quick Lane Tire & Auto Center announced ... Continue reading

The Minds Behind the Ford Multimodal Journey

The Minds Behind the Ford Multimodal Journey

– A lawyer, a nationally ranked skier, a designer who launched his career as a clay modeler, and an avid mountain biker; the minds behind Ford Motor Company’s multimodal journey experiments are proof that disparate interests and experiences can merge to create dynamic, revolutionary results. Bill Coughlin, Br ... Continue reading

FIAT Displays Custom Painted 500e "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" Stormtrooper and Diane Von Furstenberg Custom-wrapped 500X at 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show +VIDEO

FIAT Displays Custom Painted 500e "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" Stormtrooper and Diane Von Furstenberg Custom-wrapped 500X at 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show +VIDEO

The FIAT brand will have two special custom-designed vehicles on display at the 2015 Los Angeles Auto Show. As part of the FCA US LLC support of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens," opening December 18, the FIAT brand will display a custom-painted Fiat 500e stormtrooper. Lucasfilm recently announced that it is collaborating ... Continue reading

Highest-Performing Auto Finance Providers Consistently Satisfy Consumers throughout Life of the Lease or Loan

Highest-Performing Auto Finance Providers Consistently Satisfy Consumers throughout Life of the Lease or Loan

Lincoln Automotive Financial Services Ranks Highest in the Luxury Segment; Ford Credit Ranks Highest in the Mass Market Segment WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif., Nov. 19, 2015 -- Automotive finance providers need to focus their efforts on servicing processes, anticipating the changing needs as well as the diversity of their cu ... Continue reading

Best and Worst Car Insurance Deals

Best and Worst Car Insurance Deals

Surprisingly, SUVs and Trucks Are Cheaper to Insure than Sedans SAN FRANCISCO -- November 19, 2015: The Ford Explorer is the best deal in car insurance and the Ford Focus is the worst, according to a new insuranceQuotes.com report which analyzed 20 of the most popular 2015 models. The study divided the average annual c ... Continue reading

Mazda Announces 2015 'Mazda Drive for Good' Nonprofit Recipients

Mazda Announces 2015 'Mazda Drive for Good' Nonprofit Recipients

Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) is again collaborating with St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®, American Red Cross, American Heart Association, and Mazda Foundation (USA), Inc. for its 2015 charitable giving event set to run throughout the 2015 holiday season. Customers who purchase or lease a new Mazda dur ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Successfully Completes Historic Carbon Reduction Initiative; Achieves Largest North America Environmental Carbon Reduction Program to Date

Chevrolet Successfully Completes Historic Carbon Reduction Initiative; Achieves Largest North America Environmental Carbon Reduction Program to Date

Bonneville Environmental Foundation (BEF) announces that it has successfully helped Chevrolet achieve its five-year Carbon Reduction Initiative (CRI) goal to reduce greenhouse gas (measured as carbon dioxide or CO2) emissions on behalf of the environment. To date, Chevrolet has invested approximately $40 million in car ... Continue reading

ZF TRW's New Center Airbag Targets Future Side Impact Requirements

ZF TRW's New Center Airbag Targets Future Side Impact Requirements

ZF TRW, the Active and Passive Safety Technology Division of ZF AG, has developed a new airbag that is designed to help vehicle manufacturers improve side impact protection. The center airbag is integrated into the inner side of the seat back and deploys to help protect the head, shoulder and torso areas of occupants i ... Continue reading

2015 Range Rover Sport SVR Review By Larry Nutson +VIDEO

2015 Range Rover Sport SVR Review By Larry Nutson +VIDEO

2015 Range Rover Sport SVR The first SVR By Larry Nutson Senior Editor, Chicago Bureau Chief The Auto Channel (DSC_3788) Spectre, the new James Bond film, is attracting lots of movie goers. I very recently saw Spectre just about a week after I completed my driving time with the 2015 Range Rover Sport SVR. Why the conne ... Continue reading

Renault-Nissan and Partners Install 90 New EV Charge Spots Around Paris for COP21

Renault-Nissan and Partners Install 90 New EV Charge Spots Around Paris for COP21

90 new charge spots powered by low-carbon electricity will refuel 200 Renault-Nissan electric vehicles during the COP21 climate change conference EV shuttle service is expected to log at least 400,000 kilometers over the two-week summit-without a single drop of oil Many of the most conveniently located quick chargers w ... Continue reading

EcoCAR 3 Announces Student-designed Powertrain Plans for Chevrolet Camaro

EcoCAR 3 Announces Student-designed Powertrain Plans for Chevrolet Camaro

EcoCAR 3's 16 competing university teams have unveiled their advanced, energy-efficient vehicle architecture for the 2016 Chevrolet Camaros donated by General Motors. "Our teams were tasked with designing a powertrain configuration that reduces energy consumption, as well as well-to-wheel greenhouse gas and tailpipe em ... Continue reading

Ally Financial Honors 2016 TIME Dealer of the Year Nominees

Ally Financial Honors 2016 TIME Dealer of the Year Nominees

Ally Financial is pleased to announce that 50 U.S. auto dealers have been selected as nominees for the 2016 TIME Dealer of the Year award. Now in its 47th year, this prestigious and highly coveted honor recognizes the nation's most successful auto dealers who also demonstrate a long-standing commitment to community ser ... Continue reading

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