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Green Automotive Company Announces the Launch of Its 100% Electric Shuttle Bus in Las Vegas Mid February

Green Automotive Company Announces the Launch of Its 100% Electric Shuttle Bus in Las Vegas Mid February

Green Automotive Company (OTCQB: GACR), a state-of-the-art niche vehicle design, engineering, manufacturing, and sales company, driving innovation in the use of cutting edge zero and low emission technologies, today announced that its Californian subsidiary Newport Coachworks is planning to launch its 100% electric shu ... Continue reading

Recall Kia Sportage and Kia Soul in Australia

Recall Kia Sportage and Kia Soul in Australia

Kia has issued a recall for some of its models, like the Sportage and the Soul, which will affect almost 3,000 units in Australia, because of a seatbelt pretensioner fault. According to the car manufacturer, a total of 2,941 units of the Kia Sportage an Kia Soul will be affected by this recall in Australia and their ow ... Continue reading

Land Rover of Redwood City, CA Sells First Land Rover with Bitcoin Using BitPay

Land Rover of Redwood City, CA Sells First Land Rover with Bitcoin Using BitPay

BitPay Inc., the world leader in business solutions for virtual currencies, announces that Land Rover of Redwood City California is it’s most recent business to start accepting bitcoins using BitPay . Serving the San Francisco metro area, Land Rover of Red wood City is the first Land Rover Dealership to accept bit ... Continue reading

New 2015 Silverado HD Stars in Chevrolet Super Bowl Ad

New 2015 Silverado HD Stars in Chevrolet Super Bowl Ad

DETROIT – The new 2015 Chevrolet Silverado HD makes a bullish first impression in its new commercial that will air during the Super Bowl XLVIII broadcast on FOX on Sunday, Feb. 2. The 2015 Silverado HD’s first TV ad, “Romance,” is a charming story about a man, his truck and a new bachelor in town. I ... Continue reading

Akebono Congratulates General Motors on "North American Truck of the Year" Award for Chevrolet Silverado

Akebono Congratulates General Motors on "North American Truck of the Year" Award for Chevrolet Silverado

Akebono Brake Corporation congratulates General Motors on receiving the North American Truck of the Year award for the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado. The award-winning truck is equipped with foundation brake components provided by Akebono, which improve brake performance, extend rotor life and reduce noise and vibration. "W ... Continue reading

nanoFLOWCELL AG Stages World Premiere at Geneva Motor Show: the new QUANT - the First e-Sportlimousine with nanoFLOWCELL Drive

nanoFLOWCELL AG Stages World Premiere at Geneva Motor Show: the new QUANT - the First e-Sportlimousine with nanoFLOWCELL Drive

VADUZ, Liechtenstein, January 29, 2014 -- nanoFLOWCELL AG is to stage a world premiere as part of the Geneva International Motor Show 2014: the QUANT e-Sportlimousine - the first car equipped with nanoFLOWCELL drive. With the new QUANT, head of development Nunzio La Vecchia and his team of engineers and designers are p ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group Reports Full-Year 2013 Net Income of $2.8 Billion, Including a $962 Million Non-Cash Tax Benefit

Chrysler Group Reports Full-Year 2013 Net Income of $2.8 Billion, Including a $962 Million Non-Cash Tax Benefit

Chrysler Group LLC's full-year net income was $2.8 billion, including a $962 million non-cash tax benefit related to the release of valuation allowances on deferred tax assets; full-year 2012 net income was $1.7 billion Adjusted Net Income(a) for the year increased 9 percent to $1.8 billion, from $1.7 billion in 2012 N ... Continue reading

Thailand Facility Builds Ford EcoSport Urban SUV

Thailand Facility Builds Ford EcoSport Urban SUV

RAYONG, Thailand, Jan. 29, 2014 -- All-new EcoSport is produced at state-of-the-art Ford Thailand Manufacturing (FTM) facility in Rayong Global all-new EcoSport builds on Ford's successful product-led transformation, adding another segment-leading vehicle to Ford's growing showroom in ASEAN markets An aspirational alte ... Continue reading

S-Class Star Shines Bright With Third Award Win Of 2014

S-Class Star Shines Bright With Third Award Win Of 2014

The stunning new S-Class has collected its third honour of 2014 - Luxury Car of the Year in the BusinessCar Awards, voted for by the readers of BusinessCar. ... Continue reading

It's The Business: Volkswagen Golf Named Businesscar Car Of The Year

It's The Business: Volkswagen Golf Named Businesscar Car Of The Year

The Volkswagen Golf has added yet another impressive accolade to its trophy cabinet, having been named BusinessCar of the Year 2014 at the BusinessCar awards. ... Continue reading

Bournemouth Revs Up For An Adrenaline Fuelled Wheels Festival

Bournemouth Revs Up For An Adrenaline Fuelled Wheels Festival

2014 sees Bournemouth welcome the inaugural Wheels Festival to town from Saturday 24 May to Monday 26 May ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor Strengthens European Fleet Team To Drive Qualitative Growth

Hyundai Motor Strengthens European Fleet Team To Drive Qualitative Growth

Hyundai Motor Europe has appointed Adrian Porter to the newly-created position of European Fleet Director, based at the company's European headquarters in Offenbach, Germany. ... Continue reading

Renault UK Appoints New Marketing Director

Renault UK Appoints New Marketing Director

Renault UK has announced the appointment of Mihai Bordeanu as Marketing Director succeeding Phil York who is promoted to a new global marketing role based in Paris. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Genesis wins prestigious European design award

Hyundai Genesis wins prestigious European design award

Hyundai Motor has received international recognition for its vehicle design at the prestigious 'iF Design Awards 2014' ceremony, held last night in Munich, Germany. ... Continue reading

Cycling great swaps helmets for Mazda3 Celebrity Challenge

Cycling great swaps helmets for Mazda3 Celebrity Challenge

Australian cycling legend, Robbie McEwen, will trade his bike helmet for a racing helmet at this year's Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix when he lines up for the Mazda3 Celebrity Challenge. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Announces ML 250 BlueTEC 'Special Edition'

Mercedes-Benz Announces ML 250 BlueTEC 'Special Edition'

Mercedes-Benz Australia/Pacific has announced an exciting new offering in the ever popular M-Class, the ML 250 BlueTEC 'Special Edition'. ... Continue reading

FRUGAL NEW ENGINE AND EVEN FULLER SPECIFICATION FOR AUDI Q3

FRUGAL NEW ENGINE AND EVEN FULLER SPECIFICATION FOR AUDI Q3

Acclaimed Audi compact SUV benefits from new top trim level and new TFSI unit majoring on efficiency New 1.4 TFSI unit now available to order in conjunction with SE and S line specification priced from £23,870 OTR to £28,115 OTR Available exclusively in conjunction with front-wheel-drive and with a choice of six- ... Continue reading

Ford Posts Full Year 2013 Pre-Tax Profit of $8.6 Billion, One of the Company's Best Years Ever; Net Income of $7.2 Billion+

Ford Posts Full Year 2013 Pre-Tax Profit of $8.6 Billion, One of the Company's Best Years Ever; Net Income of $7.2 Billion+

Full year 2013 pre-tax profit of $8.6 billion, an increase of $603 million from a year ago, was one of Ford’s best years ever; full year earnings per share of $1.62, an increase of 21 cents per share compared with a year ago Full year net income of $7.2 billion, or $1.76 per share, including pre-tax special item c ... Continue reading

Zero-emissions, Electric Chauffeur Fleet Four Years Ahead of London Deadlin

Zero-emissions, Electric Chauffeur Fleet Four Years Ahead of London Deadlin

BYD has teamed up with Thriev to provide twenty (20) BYD e6 electric sedans for London’s emission-free, chauffeur fleet -- vehicles officially launch on Feb 3rd, 2014. Last month, the Mayor of London announced that from January 1st, 2018 and forward, all new taxis would need to be zero-emissions in order to receiv ... Continue reading

Super Bowl Viewers Will Be Introduced To Kia's First-Ever Luxury Sedan In New Campaign Starring Laurence Fishburne In Iconic Role From The Matrix

Super Bowl Viewers Will Be Introduced To Kia's First-Ever Luxury Sedan In New Campaign Starring Laurence Fishburne In Iconic Role From The Matrix

Multifaceted Campaign for the All-New 2015 K900 Flagship Finds Morpheus Challenging Preconceived Notions and Opening Minds to a Side of Luxury Never Seen Before - 60-second "The Truth" spot is scheduled to air in the third quarter of the big game, followed by a phased rollout of additional elements, including broadcast ... Continue reading

Maserati GranTurismo Convertible Brings In Nearly Three Times Retail Price For Charity At Naples Winter Wine Festival

Maserati GranTurismo Convertible Brings In Nearly Three Times Retail Price For Charity At Naples Winter Wine Festival

Continuing a tradition which began in 2007 and continued last year with the all new 2014 Quattroporte GTS, Maserati has again brought Italian flair and desire to The Naples Winter Wine Festival. A 2014 GranTurismo Convertible Sport fitted in red with a light 'bianco pregiato' interior was offered via raffle, netting $4 ... Continue reading

2014 Toyota "Hands On" Contest Starts

2014 Toyota "Hands On" Contest Starts

Ten area residents are gearing up for their part in a homegrown reality show with the hopes of winning a brand-new car. The legendary Hands-On Contest at The Washington Auto Show® is back after a several-year hiatus, and contestants will "get in touch" with a 2014 Toyota Corolla starting at noon on Tuesday. With the e ... Continue reading

All-New 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage Named to American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) "Greenest Vehicles" List

All-New 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage Named to American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) "Greenest Vehicles" List

Mitsubishi Motors North America, Inc., (MMNA), has seen the company's all-new highly fuel-efficient 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage 5-door named to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy's (ACEEE) prestigious "Greenest Vehicles" list of the ACEEE's greenercars.org rankings for the 2014 model year. Greenercars.org ... Continue reading

Honda Releases 3D Data of its Concept Models

Honda Releases 3D Data of its Concept Models

Providing opportunity to experience Honda's "art of manufacturing" with a 3D printer - Honda Motor Co., Ltd. released three-dimensional (3D) data for exterior designs of concept models Honda has introduced in the past. The data is offered based on version 4.0 of Creative Commons* licenses, a new set of copyright licens ... Continue reading

NISSAN'S TAXI FOR LONDON TO BE BUILT IN COVENTRY

NISSAN'S TAXI FOR LONDON TO BE BUILT IN COVENTRY

ADV Manufacturing appointed for final assembly of new black cab Investment of £6 million Further boost for UK automotive manufacturing industry Nissan has revealed that Coventry-based ADV Manufacturing will be responsible for the final assembly of its new Taxi for London, due to hit the streets of the Capital later ... Continue reading

UK AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY FORECASTS STRONG GROWTH FOR 2014

UK AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY FORECASTS STRONG GROWTH FOR 2014

Vehicle sales could see double-digit rise in 2014 Industry leaders forecast growing consumer confidence Auto sector optimistic as recovery continues ... Continue reading

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