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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Toyota Industries Corporation Announces Extension of Cash Tender Offer for Shares of Cascade Corporation

Toyota Industries Corporation Announces Extension of Cash Tender Offer for Shares of Cascade Corporation

Toyota Industries Corporation (Tokyo Stock Exchange: 6201) today announced that Industrial Components and Attachments II, Inc. , an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of TICO, has extended its tender offer for all outstanding common shares of Cascade Corporation for $65.00 per share . The Offer was scheduled to expire at ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor America Matches MOLAA's $25,000 Fundraising Effort To Purchase A Bus To Offer Local Students Access To Modern And Contemporary Latin American Art

Hyundai Motor America Matches MOLAA's $25,000 Fundraising Effort To Purchase A Bus To Offer Local Students Access To Modern And Contemporary Latin American Art

Hyundai Motor America today announced a $25,000 donation to help the Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA) purchase a bus that will enable it to provide free tours and art workshops to students in the surrounding cities. MOLAA is the only museum in the United States exclusively dedicated to modern and contemporary Latin ... Continue reading

JAC Holds Third Passenger Car Plant Completion and S5 Offline Ceremony

JAC Holds Third Passenger Car Plant Completion and S5 Offline Ceremony

On the morning of January 5, 2013, JAC held its third passenger car plant completion ceremony, as well as the new SUV (S5) offline ceremony. JAC's passenger car plant reportedly has invested 2.18 billion yuan total, with an annual capacity of 240,000 units of cars for double shifts, and its equipment and technological ... Continue reading

Green Automotive Announces Major Increase in Order Book of Its Subsidiary Newport Coachworks as Don Brown Bus Sales Inc. Increases Initial Order by 50%

Green Automotive Announces Major Increase in Order Book of Its Subsidiary Newport Coachworks as Don Brown Bus Sales Inc. Increases Initial Order by 50%

Green Automotive Company today announced that its subsidiary, Newport Coachworks Inc., has received from Don Brown Bus Sales Inc., one of North America's leading bus distributors, a major increase to its original order. This supplementary order will result in Newport Coachworks increasing its production by 6 buses per ... Continue reading

WD-40/SEMA Cares Foose --53 Ford F-100 Raises $170K for Charities

WD-40/SEMA Cares Foose --53 Ford F-100 Raises $170K for Charities

WD-40 Company and Chip Foose partnered again to build and auction a custom charity vehicle, and their efforts paid off -- to the tune of $170,000 -- to help protect and care for children in need. 'It was a pleasure building a truck that commemorates one of the most iconic American products, one I've personally used in ... Continue reading

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Auto Insurance Claims Satisfaction Increases as Claimants Are Being Paid Faster

J.D. Power and Associates Reports: Auto Insurance Claims Satisfaction Increases as Claimants Are Being Paid Faster

As repairable and total loss claims are being paid faster, overall claimant satisfaction with the auto insurance claims process increases in the fourth quarter of 2012, compared with the fourth quarter of 2011, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2013 U.S. Auto Claims Satisfaction Study Wave 1 released today. Th ... Continue reading

Bosch Announces Clean Diesel Technology On 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Bosch Announces Clean Diesel Technology On 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee

Bosch, a leading global technology supplier, announced its clean diesel technology will be featured in the new 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee, which debuted January 14 at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The vehicle's new 3.0-liter EcoDiesel V-6 is equipped with a Bosch Common Rail Diesel Fuel Injection ... Continue reading

Voith SensoTop Technology Nets Up To 7% Fuel Savings for City Transit Buses

Voith SensoTop Technology Nets Up To 7% Fuel Savings for City Transit Buses

Field tests for Voith's SensoTop transmission technology showed impressive results, saving transit authorities up to 7% in fuel use for their heavy-duty transit buses. Savings were achieved across multiple transit authorities and routes varying in elevation and length. SensoTop represents an updated version of the soft ... Continue reading

China Automotive Systems Awarded "National Excellent Supplier of Steering Systems"

China Automotive Systems Awarded "National Excellent Supplier of Steering Systems"

China Automotive Systems, Inc. ("CAAS" or the "Company") , a leading power steering components and systems supplier in China, today announced that at the 9th National Top 100 Excellent Auto Parts Suppliers Awards in Beijing, CAAS's subsidiary, Hubei Henglong, was named as the "National Excellent Supplier of Steering Sy ... Continue reading

TomTom and LoJack Form Strategic Alliance to Deliver Fleet Efficiency and Protection to More Businesses

TomTom and LoJack Form Strategic Alliance to Deliver Fleet Efficiency and Protection to More Businesses

TomTom Business Solutions has joined forces with stolen vehicle recovery specialist LoJack to expand the North American distribution network for its market-leading fleet management technology. 'Working with TomTom will enable us to have a unique and important position in this market by leveraging our complementary capa ... Continue reading

Grand Am Rolex - Napleton Racing To Make Road Racing Debut At Daytona

Grand Am Rolex - Napleton Racing To Make Road Racing Debut At Daytona

DAYTONA BEACH, Jan. 24, 2013: Napleton Racing and drivers David Donohue, Shane Lewis, Dr. Jim Norman and Nelson Canache are set for the team’s GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series debut with the No. 16 Napleton Racing Porsche Cayman S in the new GX class in this weekend’s Rolex 24 At Daytona. The day-long Daytona ... Continue reading

Redesigned 2014 Toyota Tundra Full-Size Pickup Truck To Make World Debut At 2013 Chicago Auto Show

Redesigned 2014 Toyota Tundra Full-Size Pickup Truck To Make World Debut At 2013 Chicago Auto Show

Toyota will stage the world debut of the new 2014 Tundra full-size pickup truck at a press conference at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. The press conference will be held on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 9:00 a.m. (CST) in the Grand Ballroom at McCormick Place. ... Continue reading

TOYOTA Holds Special Talk On Themes Of Future, Paths, Sound And Earth, And Special Live Music Performance With Piano Powered By Prius Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle

TOYOTA Holds Special Talk On Themes Of Future, Paths, Sound And Earth, And Special Live Music Performance With Piano Powered By Prius Plug-In Hybrid Vehicle

Toyota Marketing Japan Corporation (TMJ) and Toyota Motor Sales and Marketing (TMSM) held a special talk event on January 20, 2013, on the themes of the future, paths, sound and the Earth with art director Chie Morimoto, astrophysicist and NASA researcher Dr. Haruo Saji, musician Masakatsu Takagi, and Takao Minai (TMSM ... Continue reading

Technologies from Dana Featured on Award-Winning Vehicles, Engines

Technologies from Dana Featured on Award-Winning Vehicles, Engines

Technologies from Dana Holding Corporation are improving the performance and efficiency of a number of award-winning vehicles. A wide range of Dana's innovative driveline, sealing, and thermal-management solutions are incorporated into the award-winning vehicles and engines, including the 2013 North American Car and Tr ... Continue reading

January Auto Sales Suggest the Good Times Will Keep Rolling in 2013

January Auto Sales Suggest the Good Times Will Keep Rolling in 2013

Edmunds.com forecasts that 1,045,587 new cars and trucks will be sold in the U.S. in January for an estimated Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate (SAAR) of 15.3 million light vehicles. The projected sales will be a 22.8 percent decrease from December but a 14.5 percent increase from January 2012. ... Continue reading

Red Light Cameras Decrease the Most Dangerous Violations

Red Light Cameras Decrease the Most Dangerous Violations

In the latest study confirming the benefits of red light cameras, researchers at the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) found that red light running rates declined at Arlington, Va., intersections equipped with cameras. The decreases were particularly large for the most dangerous violations, those happening ... Continue reading

Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 1.24.13

Fuel Prices - Regular Gas 1.24.13

<p>Regular Gas</p> <p> Current Avg. $3.810</p> Yesterday Avg.$3.813</p> Week Ago Avg. $3.789</p> Month Ago Avg.$3.858</p> Year Ago Avg. Current Avg. $3.810pp ... Continue reading

Special Motorsports Event - 2012 In Review For Americas Car Museum

Special Motorsports Event - 2012 In Review For Americas Car Museum

TACOMA, Jan. 23, 2013: From the June 2 grand opening to the Kirkland Concours d’Elegance and the Drive Down Hunger initiative during the holidays, 2012 was a successful first year for LeMay – America’s Car Museum (ACM)…for a number of reasons. “In just the last six months, we opened our doors t ... Continue reading

Motorsports Brands - ACAT Global Buys Stake In Oliver Racing Parts

Motorsports Brands - ACAT Global Buys Stake In Oliver Racing Parts

CHARLEVOIX, Jan. 23, 2013: Advanced Clean Air Technologies Global (ACAT), manufacturers of lightweight catalytic converter substrates, has made a significant investment in Oliver Racing Parts (formerly Oliver Connecting Rods), the Grand Rapids, Mich. – based manufacturer of high-performance connecting rods. The fi ... Continue reading

Fuji Electric Releases Newly Designed EV Charging Station

Fuji Electric Releases Newly Designed EV Charging Station

Fuji Electric Corporation of America announced today that it will introduce a new generation of UL-Certified 25kW DC Quick Charging Stations for electric vehicles, offering a slimmer, sleeker version to suit a wider variety of applications and site locations. The release will be the fourth generation DC Quick Charger f ... Continue reading

Sizzling FR-S And Interactivity Are Key Elements At Scion Exhibit

Sizzling FR-S And Interactivity Are Key Elements At Scion Exhibit

Scion, the youth brand of Toyota, will be incorporating cutting-edge interactivity and dazzling, award-winning vehicles to showcase its iconic lineup at the 2013 Chicago Auto Show. Central to the exhibit will be the 2013 Scion FR-S compact rear-wheel drive sports car, which went on sale last spring. Since that time, th ... Continue reading

TravelCenters of America Opens New TA in Holbrook, Arizona

TravelCenters of America Opens New TA in Holbrook, Arizona

TravelCenters of America LLC (TravelCenters), operator of the TA and Petro Stopping Centers travel center brands, has announced the acquisition and rebranding of a travel center in Holbrook, Arizona, to the TA brand. TA Holbrook is located at I-40, Exit 283 (3747 Express Dr.) in Navajo County. The opening of this locat ... Continue reading

The World's Largest Nanotechnology Exhibition - nano tech 2013

The World's Largest Nanotechnology Exhibition - nano tech 2013

The nano tech Executive Committee is pleased to present nano tech 2013, the 12th International Nanotechnology Exhibition & Conference, from January 30 to February 1 at Tokyo Big Sight (Tokyo International Exhibition Center), East Exhibition Halls 4, 5, and 6 and Conference Tower. Being held for the 12th time, the event ... Continue reading

Ram Truck Brand's Sponsorship of World Champion Snocross Athlete Tucker Hibbert Continues at X Games Aspen 2013

Ram Truck Brand's Sponsorship of World Champion Snocross Athlete Tucker Hibbert Continues at X Games Aspen 2013

With support from the Ram Truck brand, two-time FIM Snowcross World champion, six-time national snocross champion and 10-time ESPN X Games medalist Tucker Hibbert will return to X Games Aspen 2013 to compete for the first-ever gold six-peat on Sunday, Jan. 27 on Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colo. "Having the Ram Truck ... Continue reading

Jaguar Land Rover Launch Locally-Built Jaguar XF In India

Jaguar Land Rover Launch Locally-Built Jaguar XF In India

Jaguar Land Rover is commencing production of the Jaguar XF saloon at its facility in Pune, India, from components supplied from the company's Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham, UK. ... Continue reading

New Generation Santa Fe Named The Safest In Its Class Of 2012

New Generation Santa Fe Named The Safest In Its Class Of 2012

The Hyundai New Generation Santa Fe has been named as the safest car in its class assessed by Euro NCAP during 2012. ... Continue reading

British Built Qashqai Takes Business Car 2013 "Crossover Of The Year" Crown

British Built Qashqai Takes Business Car 2013 "Crossover Of The Year" Crown

Nissan has won the inaugural 2013 Business Car award for Crossover of the Year. ... Continue reading

Sir Chris Hoy Launches Jaguar Cycle Event At The London Bike Show

Sir Chris Hoy Launches Jaguar Cycle Event At The London Bike Show

Sir Chris Hoy MBE was present to show support for the launch of the Jaguar Cycle Event, Velo-Jaguar, at The London Bike Show 2013 ... Continue reading

Good News For Buyers Of Volkswagen Touareg And CC Models

Good News For Buyers Of Volkswagen Touareg And CC Models

Volkswagen has created an even more sumptuous version of the upmarket Touareg SUV, with the introduction of the new Touareg R-Line. ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Honoured By Business Car Manager Website

Vauxhall Honoured By Business Car Manager Website

Vauxhall has won the Best SME Company Car Programme category at the Business Car Manager Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Company Car of the Year Awards, which were presented today in London ... Continue reading

Vauxhall Service Club Offers Free £40 Masterfit Voucher To New Members

Vauxhall Service Club Offers Free £40 Masterfit Voucher To New Members

Vauxhall is offering a free £40 MasterFit voucher for any Vauxhall owner who signs up to its MasterFit Service Club before the 31st March. ... Continue reading

Alfa Mito & Giulietta Keep Their Cool In The Snow With Intelligent All-Weather Control

Alfa Mito & Giulietta Keep Their Cool In The Snow With Intelligent All-Weather Control

While snow continues to hamper thousands of driver journeys across the UK, the Alfa MiTo and Giulietta models are keeping their cool, thanks to Alfa's innovative D.N.A. system, which features an All-Weather driving mode for tackling some of the most wintery road conditions. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi EV Network Expands

Mitsubishi EV Network Expands

Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited (MMAL) today reaffirmed that it has no plans to remove the i-MiEV 100% electric vehicle from the Australian market. ... Continue reading

Audi Drives Progress in Lighting Technology

Audi Drives Progress in Lighting Technology

Audi continues to drive progress in lighting technology. ... Continue reading

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