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Advance Auto Parts Reports Second Quarter 2022 Results

Advance Auto Parts Reports Second Quarter 2022 Results

RALEIGH, N.C.--Advance Auto Parts, Inc. , a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider in North America, that serves both professional installer and do-it-yourself customers, announced its financial results for the second quarter ended July 16, 2022. "In Q2 we delivered another quarter of growth in net sales and adj ... Continue reading

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 1.1% in July

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Decreased 1.1% in July

Index 5.1% Above July 2021 WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 -- American Trucking Associations' advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index fell 1.1% in July after rising 0.5% in June. ... Continue reading

Classic Chevrolet Sugar Land Uses First 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Allocation to Raise $71,000 For Houston Charities

Classic Chevrolet Sugar Land Uses First 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Allocation to Raise $71,000 For Houston Charities

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Classic Chevrolet Sugar Land's First 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Allocation Raises $71,000 for Houston Charities using Carbingo.com online auction. (Graphic: Business Wire) Classic Chevrolet Sugar Land's First 2023 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Allocation Raises $71,000 for Houston Charities ... Continue reading

Faraday Future Announces Partnership with Gameloft Asphalt 8 Popular Mobile Simulation Game

Faraday Future Announces Partnership with Gameloft Asphalt 8 Popular Mobile Simulation Game

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Faraday Future today announced a joint partnership with Gameloft, a leader in the creation and development of games. FF’s first concept car, the FFZERO1, will be featured inside Asphalt 8, Gameloft’s most downloaded and multi-awarded mobile racing game. ... Continue reading

Fuel Retailers, Truckstops Urge U.S. DOT to Encourage Private Investment in EV Charging Stations

Fuel Retailers, Truckstops Urge U.S. DOT to Encourage Private Investment in EV Charging Stations

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 23, 2022 -- NATSO, representing truckstops and travel centers, along with SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers and the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), urged the U.S. Department of Transportation to incentivize the nation's existing refueling locations to incorporate EV chargi ... Continue reading

Global Bullet Train / High-Speed Rail Market Report 2022: U.S. Market is Estimated at 52 Units in 2022, While China is Forecast to Reach 3.7 Thousand Units by 2026

Global Bullet Train / High-Speed Rail Market Report 2022: U.S. Market is Estimated at 52 Units in 2022, While China is Forecast to Reach 3.7 Thousand Units by 2026

DUBLIN, Aug. 23, 2022 -- The "Bullet Train / High-Speed Rail - Global Market Trajectory & Analytics" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. ... Continue reading

Global Connected Light Commercial Vehicles Outlook 2022: Last-mile Delivery, Electrification, Driver-centric Solutions Presents Opportunities - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Global Connected Light Commercial Vehicles Outlook 2022: Last-mile Delivery, Electrification, Driver-centric Solutions Presents Opportunities - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Global Connected Light Commercial Vehicles Outlook, 2022" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The global connected light commercial vehicles outlook focuses on the global micro and macro trends surrounding the LCV telematics market with geographical deep-dive market analyses and mar ... Continue reading

Legacy Expeditions Announces the Triple 7 Expedition: 7 Skydives - 7 Continents - 7 Days

Legacy Expeditions Announces the Triple 7 Expedition: 7 Skydives - 7 Continents - 7 Days

Folds of Honor to benefit from Record- breaking expedition to raise $7M for the military foundation to provide educational scholarships for spouses and children of service members AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. 23, 2022 -- Legacy Expeditions, a veteran-owned extreme expedition company, is raising awareness and inspiring action t ... Continue reading

NASA Invites Media to Witness World's First Planetary Defense Test

NASA Invites Media to Witness World's First Planetary Defense Test

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 -- NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), the world's first mission to test technology for defending Earth against potential asteroid or comet hazards, will impact its target asteroid—which poses no threat to Earth—at 7:14 p.m. EDT on Monday, Sept. ... Continue reading

NASA, Rice University Mark 60th Anniversary of John F. Kennedy Speech

NASA, Rice University Mark 60th Anniversary of John F. Kennedy Speech

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 -- NASA and Rice University in Houston will host multiple events in September to celebrate the 60th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's historic speech at Rice Stadium, rallying the nation to land astronauts on the Moon before the end of the decade and bring the crew safely back to Earth. ... Continue reading

Three Companies to Help NASA Advance Solar Array Technology for Moon

Three Companies to Help NASA Advance Solar Array Technology for Moon

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23, 2022 -- NASA has selected three companies to further advance work on deployable solar array systems that will help power the agency's human and robotic exploration of the Moon under Artemis. ... Continue reading

Toyota's Collaborative Safety Research Center Adds Four New Projects to Latest Five-Year Research Phase

Toyota's Collaborative Safety Research Center Adds Four New Projects to Latest Five-Year Research Phase

Research will explore the diverse safety needs of the evolving mobility ecosystem by further engaging projects with expertise of nationally recognized universities: University of Virginia, University of Michigan Medical School, University of California San Diego, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Iowa State Univer ... Continue reading

United Kingdom Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Market Analysis Report 2022: Focus on London, East Anglia, Southwest, Southeast, Scotland, East Midlands, and Yorkshire & Humberside - ResearchAndMarkets.com

United Kingdom Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Market Analysis Report 2022: Focus on London, East Anglia, Southwest, Southeast, Scotland, East Midlands, and Yorkshire & Humberside - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "United Kingdom Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Market, By Vehicle Type, By Type, By Charging Mode, By Installed Location, By Connector Type, By Type of Charging, By Region, Competition Forecast & Opportunities, 2017-2027" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. United Kingdom e ... Continue reading

Consumers want electric vehicles more than autonomous vehicles, according to Ipsos' latest research. Here's what automakers should do.

Consumers want electric vehicles more than autonomous vehicles, according to Ipsos' latest research. Here's what automakers should do.

DETROIT, Aug. 23, 2022 -- For years, automakers have talked about electric vehicles and autonomous driving as two connected parts of the future of cars. ... Continue reading

5 Key Routes to Better Li-Ion Batteries, Discussed by IDTechEx

5 Key Routes to Better Li-Ion Batteries, Discussed by IDTechEx

BOSTON, Aug. 24, 2022 -- The current iteration of Li-ion batteries, which are based on graphite anodes, liquid electrolytes, and cathode materials such as NMC and LFP, are generally considered to be reaching their performance limits. ... Continue reading

Automotive In-Vehicle Air Purifier Market to Record a CAGR of 9.78%, Growth in Multi-functional Car Air Purifier to be a Key Trend - Technavio

Automotive In-Vehicle Air Purifier Market to Record a CAGR of 9.78%, Growth in Multi-functional Car Air Purifier to be a Key Trend - Technavio

NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 -- One of the key trends in the automotive in-vehicle air purifier market is the growth in multi-functional car air purifiers. ... Continue reading

CARNIVAL LUMINOSA OPENS FOR SALE AS THE NEWEST FUN SHIP PREPARES TO JOIN THE CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE FLEET

CARNIVAL LUMINOSA OPENS FOR SALE AS THE NEWEST FUN SHIP PREPARES TO JOIN THE CARNIVAL CRUISE LINE FLEET

Now Accepting Reservations for Australia and Alaska Sailings from Nov. 6, 2022 through April 2024 MIAMI, Aug. ... Continue reading

Crude Oil Desalter Market Size to Grow by USD 11.93 mn, Agar Corp. and Alfa Laval Corporate AB Among Key Vendors - Technavio

Crude Oil Desalter Market Size to Grow by USD 11.93 mn, Agar Corp. and Alfa Laval Corporate AB Among Key Vendors - Technavio

NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2022 -- A crude oil desalter is a device that is used in petroleum refineries to remove inorganic salts, water, and sediment from the incoming petroleum crude oil feedstock before it is refined. ... Continue reading

European Electric Truck Charging Infrastructure Market Report 2022-2030 - Increased OEM Partnerships with Charging Infrastructure Participants for Quicker Technology Adoption

European Electric Truck Charging Infrastructure Market Report 2022-2030 - Increased OEM Partnerships with Charging Infrastructure Participants for Quicker Technology Adoption

DUBLIN, Aug. 24, 2022 -- The "European Electric Truck Charging Infrastructure Growth Opportunities" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. ... Continue reading

Gogoro Surpasses 500,000 Battery Swap Subscribers in Taiwan

Gogoro Surpasses 500,000 Battery Swap Subscribers in Taiwan

Since launching the Gogoro battery swapping network and Smartscooter in 2015, Gogoro has enabled more than 325 million battery swaps, 340,000 battery swaps per day, and now supports ten vehicle makers accounting for more than 92% of Taiwan's electric two-wheel refueling. TAIPEI, Taiwan, Aug. ... Continue reading

Green Hydrogen International Announces The Spirit of Scotia Green Hydrogen Hub - A Gigascale Green Hydrogen Production and Storage Complex to be Built in Nova Scotia, Canada

Green Hydrogen International Announces The Spirit of Scotia Green Hydrogen Hub - A Gigascale Green Hydrogen Production and Storage Complex to be Built in Nova Scotia, Canada

Spirit of Scotia will be an integrated green hydrogen production, storage, and transport project to be built in phases up to a potential 500GW in size to supply a secure source of green hydrogen to European and North American markets. AUSTIN, Texas, Aug. ... Continue reading

SUBARU SCORES TOP MARKS ACROSS SEVERAL CATEGORIES IN AMERICAN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION INDEX SURVEY AUTOMOBILE STUDY

SUBARU SCORES TOP MARKS ACROSS SEVERAL CATEGORIES IN AMERICAN CUSTOMER SATISFACTION INDEX SURVEY AUTOMOBILE STUDY

Subaru Recognized for Safety, Dependability and Product Quality for Second Consecutive Year CAMDEN, N.J., Aug. 24, 2022 -- Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that the automaker was ranked number one in Safety, Drive Performance and Service Quality, and was also top-rated amongst other automakers for Dependability, ... Continue reading

Trip Trends: Trip.com US travellers to Europe have increased by nearly 250%

Trip Trends: Trip.com US travellers to Europe have increased by nearly 250%

TripTrends series shares the data and trends defining the global travel revival and examine the latest Trip.com data to identify the patterns emerging as travel rebounds worldwide. This series reveals the growth in US visitor numbers travelling to European markets. ... Continue reading

Cost of Car Ownership in the U.S. Jumps 5%

Cost of Car Ownership in the U.S. Jumps 5%

SEATTLE--doxo, the innovative web and mobile bill pay service, today released two new doxoINSIGHTS reports for 2022, revealing that the cost of car ownership has increased 5% year over year to $5,722. The report also revealed that Americans as a whole spend $743 billion annually, on Auto Loans and Auto Insurance combin ... Continue reading

Test road named 'Mobility4All Parkway' in recognition of Toyota's five-year anniversary of becoming ACM founding sponsor

Test road named 'Mobility4All Parkway' in recognition of Toyota's five-year anniversary of becoming ACM founding sponsor

YPSILANTI, Mich., Aug. 24, 2022 Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) and the American Center for Mobility (ACM) today unveiled ... Continue reading

Fuel Cell Mania: Toyota, NREL Collaborate to Advance Megawatt-Scale Fuel Cell Systems

Fuel Cell Mania: Toyota, NREL Collaborate to Advance Megawatt-Scale Fuel Cell Systems

Toyota Motor North America (Toyota) is collaborating with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to build, install and evaluate a 1-megawatt (MW) proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell power generation system at NREL’s Flatirons Campus in Arvada, Colorado. ... Continue reading

Big Deal!: Consumer Alert: Important Hyundai and Kia Recalls for Fire Risk

Big Deal!: Consumer Alert: Important Hyundai and Kia Recalls for Fire Risk

The recalls involve 245,030 Model Year 2020-2022 Hyundai Palisade vehicles (NHTSA ID: 22V-633) and 36,417 Model Year 2020-2022 Kia Telluride vehicles (NHTSA ID: 22V-626). An accessory tow hitch sold through dealerships may allow moisture into the harness module, causing a short circuit. In some cases, an electrical sho ... Continue reading

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