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2013 Toyota Hybrid World Tour - Bob Carter

2013 Toyota Hybrid World Tour - Bob Carter

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2014 Kia Soul Pricing

2014 Kia Soul Pricing

2014 Soul. When it goes on sale during the fourth quarter, the Soul will be offered in three unique trim levels: Base, Plus and Exclaim, with the Base trim starting $14,700 MSRP, not including destination charges of $795. Since going on sale in 2009, the Soul has become one of KMA’s top-selling models and the all- ... Continue reading

2015 Prius, Fuel Cell Models At Toyota High MPG Model World Tour - Michigan

2015 Prius, Fuel Cell Models At Toyota High MPG Model World Tour - Michigan

Toyota hybrids from around the world -- along with electic vehicles and the FCHV-adv -- "gather" at the Toyota Hybrid World Tour in Ypsilanti, Mich. on Aug. 28, 2013. Toyota advanced fuel vehicles "gather" at the Toyota Hybrid World Tour in Ypsilanti, Mich. on Aug. ... Continue reading

2013 Toyota Hybrid World Tour - Satoshi Ogiso

2013 Toyota Hybrid World Tour - Satoshi Ogiso

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Just Add Water: Possible Key to Energy Storage for Electric Vehicles

Just Add Water: Possible Key to Energy Storage for Electric Vehicles

GE and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) may have just the recipe for next-generation electric vehicle (EV) batteries that achieve desired driving range and cost for consumers. GE scientists are developing will enable a flow battery that derives its power from a novel electro-chemical reaction that a ... Continue reading

New 2013 Report 'Online Car Dealers in the US' Will Drive Industry Growth

New 2013 Report 'Online Car Dealers in the US' Will Drive Industry Growth

Online Car Dealers in the US report to their offering. The Online Car Dealers industry experienced its share of wear and tear during the Great Recession, which led to a downturn in per capita disposable income and corporate profit and, thus, drops in consumer and business spending on cars. Improving economic conditions ... Continue reading

Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo Kicks Off with Green Automotive Company's Thoughts

Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo Kicks Off with Green Automotive Company's Thoughts

Green Automotive Company (OTC: GACR) today announced that Director Ian Hobday will be delivering a keynote address at the 2013 Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo on Wednesday, September 18th. Hobday will be providing the opening panel presentation, Lightweight Electric Commercial Vehicles: The Strongest Potentia ... Continue reading

Make Labor Day Travel Safe!

Make Labor Day Travel Safe!

The American Trucking Associations is urging the 34.1 million motorists that are expected to travel on the highways this Labor Day weekend to follow the safety tips from the America's Road Team Captains, a team of professional truck drivers with millions of accident-free miles. ... Continue reading

It's Cheaper to Buy An Electric Car Now, So More Are On the Road

It's Cheaper to Buy An Electric Car Now, So More Are On the Road

Competitive Pricing and Introduction of New Models Drives Success of Global Electric Vehicle Market, Finds Frost & Sullivan Automakers have launched trials for inductive charging; standardisation of inductive charging likely in 2014 ... Continue reading

Ford Fiesta is Delicious Wrapped in Bacon

Ford Fiesta is Delicious Wrapped in Bacon

Ford Introduces First Bacon-Wrapped Car, Satisfying Even the Most Insatiable Appetite ... Continue reading

Hyundai Owners Have Generously Opened Their Wallets for Children

Hyundai Owners Have Generously Opened Their Wallets for Children

Hyundai Hope On Wheels Launches Initiative To Thank Hyundai Owners For Their Help In Donating Over $72 Million For Pediatric Cancer The Past 15 Years Hyundai Hope On Wheels Announces New Donations of $10.25 Million during September National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month ... Continue reading

Rush--Film About 1976 Formula 1 Season Features Chrysler's SRT

Rush--Film About 1976 Formula 1 Season Features Chrysler's SRT

Chrysler Group's SRT (Street and Racing Technology) Brand Partners with Universal Pictures to Promote 'Rush' ... Continue reading

Faurecia and its Employees Fuel FUELS and Feed the Hungry

Faurecia and its Employees Fuel FUELS and Feed the Hungry

Faurecia North America Sites Team Up to Feed Hungry Families and Community Spirit Faurecia North America kicks off its fourth annual community food drive next week, challenging employees in the U.S., Canada and Mexico to exceed last year's collection total of more than 700,000 meals donated to participating food banks ... Continue reading

Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication, Software Security and Diversified Autonomous Vehicle Lanes Enhance Safety and Drive the Commute of the Future

Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication, Software Security and Diversified Autonomous Vehicle Lanes Enhance Safety and Drive the Commute of the Future

The Need for High Speed: IEEE Experts Predict 60 Percent of the Vehicles on the Road Will Be Internet-Enabled by 2025 Vehicle-to-Vehicle Communication, Software Security and Diversified Autonomous Vehicle Lanes Enhance Safety and Drive the Commute of the Future ... Continue reading

Statement by the Board of Directors of Scania

Statement by the Board of Directors of Scania

The Board of Directors of Scania (STO:SCVA)(STO:SCVB) adopted on 25 July 2008 a policy pertaining to the cooperation within the Volkswagen Group to ensure that all corporate benefit issues with related parties are handled in accordance with the arms-length principle. The Board of Directors is continuously reviewing thi ... Continue reading

Inaugural Connected World Conference Heralds Arrival of the Connected Car Era at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show

Inaugural Connected World Conference Heralds Arrival of the Connected Car Era at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show

The new Connected World Conference, located within the 2014 Chicago Auto Show, celebrates the evolution of the automobile into our society's new communications and infotainment destination. The Chicago Auto Show is working with nationally acclaimed technology publication Connected World magazine to make this important ... Continue reading

USA Alt Fuel Auto Loans Resume

USA Alt Fuel Auto Loans Resume

U.S. to Revive $25 Billion Auto Loan Program A U.S. alternative-vehicle loan program criticized by Republican lawmakers for financing two failed startups will resume marketing to industry groups and possible applicants, an Energy Department spokeswoman said yesterday. Bloomberg reports that the $25 billion Advanced Tec ... Continue reading

FDOT Launches Florida 511 Android Traffic App Just In Time For Labor Day Holiday Travel

FDOT Launches Florida 511 Android Traffic App Just In Time For Labor Day Holiday Travel

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) today launched its Florida 511 mobile app for Android devices. The Florida 511 app now is available for both Android and Apple devices and can be downloaded for free on Google Play or iTunes. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Bolsters Fleet Operations With Three New Appointments

Hyundai Bolsters Fleet Operations With Three New Appointments

Hyundai is delighted to announce the appointment of three new members to its newly restructured Fleet sales team - two of which feature in all-new job roles for the brand. ... Continue reading

Smart Sips Its Way To The Top In Britain's Biggest Car Survey

Smart Sips Its Way To The Top In Britain's Biggest Car Survey

The iconic smart brand has left thirstier rivals trailing in its wake after winning a top award and earning two other commendations in Britain's newest and largest car owner survey. ... Continue reading

Mazda Increases SKYACTIV Engine Output By 25 Percent

Mazda Increases SKYACTIV Engine Output By 25 Percent

Strong demand for its new-generation SKYACTIV models has prompted Mazda Motor Corporation to boost SKYACTIV engine production capacity at its Hiroshima plant by one-quarter. ... Continue reading

Brand new plate, fantastic rate!

Brand new plate, fantastic rate!

While dealers are expecting to see plenty of interest in Chevrolet's fresh and funky model range in one of the car industry's busiest months of the year, the interest won't be on the finance packages - at least not for retail customers looking to buy a Spark, Aveo, Cruze or Orlando. ... Continue reading

Projecta Folding Solar Panel Kits - Convenient Power on the Move

Projecta Folding Solar Panel Kits - Convenient Power on the Move

Regular campers and four wheel drivers know that space is at premium when going away for a week or two. ... Continue reading

Emergency Assistance now available on new Fiesta ST

Emergency Assistance now available on new Fiesta ST

The new Fiesta ST will be the only B-segment hatchback in Australia to offer a potentially life-saving Emergency Assistance system when it goes on sale from September 1. ... Continue reading

All-New Volvo V40 Cross Country arrives in Australia

All-New Volvo V40 Cross Country arrives in Australia

The All-New Volvo V40 Cross Country brings contemporary Scandinavian design to a compact hatch. ... Continue reading

Siberia comes to a close, Moscow beckons

Siberia comes to a close, Moscow beckons

Siberia makes up almost 80 per cent of Russia's vast land mass and the All-New Mazda3s involved in the 2013 Mazda3 Hiroshima to Frankfurt Challenge Tour have almost got it conquered. ... Continue reading

Proton's All-New Hatchback Australia Bound

Proton's All-New Hatchback Australia Bound

PROTON Holdings Berhad (PROTON) has unveiled the latest member of its next-generation models, the Proton Suprima S hatchback in Malaysia. ... Continue reading

Used Commercial Vehicle Registrations Up More Than 9%

Used Commercial Vehicle Registrations Up More Than 9%

Used commercial vehicle registrations during the first half of the 2013 calendar year are up more than nine percent over the same period last year, according to Polk, the global automotive market intelligence firm recently acquired by IHS . Nearly 357,100 used commercial registrations were recorded during the January-J ... Continue reading

Minneapolis Marks the 11th car2go city in North America

Minneapolis Marks the 11th car2go city in North America

car2go Introduces a New Way of Carsharing in Minneapolis -- Large network of car2go vehicles available for shared use beginning September 14 -- Registration opens today with free membership for a limited time car2go North America LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Daimler North America, will launch its unique point-to-p ... Continue reading

Bonneville Salt Flats Sees a Successful Win by Blind Motorcyclist Dan Parker

Bonneville Salt Flats Sees a Successful Win by Blind Motorcyclist Dan Parker

Dan Parker Completes Successful Run on Bonneville Salt Flats National Federation of the Blind Congratulates Blind Motorcyclist The National Federation of the Blind (NFB) today congratulated Dan Parker, who yesterday became the second blind man to publicly operate a vehicle independently and the first blind man to race ... Continue reading

Nissan Sees A Driverless Car by 2020

Nissan Sees A Driverless Car by 2020

Nissan Announces Unprecedented Autonomous Drive Benchmarks - Nissan will be ready with revolutionary commercially-viable Autonomous Drive in multiple vehicles by the year 2020 - Program underway in Japan to construct first dedicated, purpose-built autonomous drive proving ground - The goal is availability across the mo ... Continue reading

Dealers Get Great Dashboard Tools

Dealers Get Great Dashboard Tools

DealerSocket Enterprise Dashboard Reporting is a Finalist for Most Innovative Dealership Solution of 2013 Enterprise Dashboard Reporting selected by dealers as DrivingSales Innovation Cup Award finalist; Enterprise Dashboard Reporting to be presented on stage at DrivingSales Executive Summit ... Continue reading

Where Can You Find Diesel? A New App Points the Way

Where Can You Find Diesel? A New App Points the Way

Find Diesel: Locator Apps, QR Codes & Search Services Provide One-Stop Shop to Aide Diesel Car Drivers As Clean Diesel Vehicle Availability Increases in U.S, the Diesel Technology Forum Is Providing Quick & Easy Diesel Fuel Locators ... Continue reading

Toyota Boshoku Establishes a New Automotive Interior Components Company in Thailand

Toyota Boshoku Establishes a New Automotive Interior Components Company in Thailand

Toyota Boshoku Corporation (TOKYO:3116), a premier manufacturer of automotive interior systems, is pleased to announce that its Asian regional management hub, Toyota Boshoku Asia Co., Ltd., will establish a new automotive interior components production company, BOSHOKU AUTOMOTIVE (THAILAND) CO., LTD., to supply interio ... Continue reading

Light Vehicles and Nissan

Light Vehicles and Nissan

Nissan Targets Light Commercial Vehicle Leadership Position By 2016 -- Nissan on target to be the world's leading LCV manufacturer by 2016 ?-- Global LCV sales already account for more than 20 per cent of all Nissan sales ... Continue reading

General Motors Foundation Donates $50,000 to the National Park Foundation

General Motors Foundation Donates $50,000 to the National Park Foundation

GM Foundation Supports 50th Anniversary of MLK's 'I Have a Dream' Speech The General Motors Foundation donated $50,000 to the National Park Foundation to help fund the 50th anniversary commemoration of the historic 1963 March on Washington and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. The Foundation grant w ... Continue reading

'Shared Mobility'--More than a Three--Legged Race--Maybe the Way of the Future

'Shared Mobility'--More than a Three--Legged Race--Maybe the Way of the Future

Could Vehicle Sharing become Mainstream Travel? Summit to Address the Way Forward Shared-Use Mobility Summit, The following is being released by Mineta Transportation Institute: Transportation is often the second-largest expense for a typical household, following the cost of housing. But suppose shared vehicles could r ... Continue reading

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