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Looking For Some Good Laughs? Read The Silly Comments People Make About Ethanol - They're Hilarious

Looking For Some Good Laughs? Read The Silly Comments People Make About Ethanol - They're Hilarious

And Learn The Truth About Ethanol At The Same Time AUTO CENTRAL - September 29, 2015: The latest incorrect comments made about ethanol are a real doozy. Where do these things come from? Oh, that's right, they come from the oil industry. They're silly and sometimes even stupid; but they're almost always funny, especiall ... Continue reading

No Ad Blocking Here - The Auto Channel Audience Welcome Relevant Car Maker Advertising

No Ad Blocking Here - The Auto Channel Audience Welcome Relevant Car Maker Advertising

Now car makers can place their latest TV commercials and magazine ads directly within unequaled award winning editorial content of the brand's Research and Buyers Guide. Auto Central September 22, 2015; Historically, car shoppers have not only sought-out editorial content that focused on their auto purchase considerati ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce And American Airlines To Dissolve Texas Aero Engine Services LLC Partnership

Rolls-Royce And American Airlines To Dissolve Texas Aero Engine Services LLC Partnership

Today, Rolls-Royce and American Airlines announced plans to dissolve Texas Aero Engine Services LLC (TAESL). TAESL is a 50-50 joint venture between Rolls-Royce and American Airlines Group in Fort Worth, Texas, that provides maintenance, repair, and overhaul services on aircraft engines. The combination of reductions in ... Continue reading

BRP Sponsors Free Avalanche Awareness Seminars to Promote Snowmobilers' Safety

BRP Sponsors Free Avalanche Awareness Seminars to Promote Snowmobilers' Safety

For the sixth straight year, BRP (TSX:DOO) is taking the lead in promoting avalanche education and awareness by sponsoring 23 seminars in Canada and 34 in the United States this fall. Offered in multiple locations where avalanches can occur, BRP invites riders of all brands to attend and encourages those who register t ... Continue reading

Toyota Adds Vellfire Car Model to Rollout of Microchip MOST50 Networking Devices in Toyota Infotainment Systems

Toyota Adds Vellfire Car Model to Rollout of Microchip MOST50 Networking Devices in Toyota Infotainment Systems

MOST50 Technology Continues to Ensure High-Quality Digital Audio in Toyota Vellfire Executive-Lounge Vehicles CHANDLER, AZ -- Sept. 29, 2015: Microchip Technology Inc. , a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced that its MOST50 Intelligent network Interface Cont ... Continue reading

Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Names Cooper Standard as Veteran-Friendly Employer

Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Names Cooper Standard as Veteran-Friendly Employer

Celebrating its support of military veterans, Cooper Standard today announced the Company was recently named a Veteran-Friendly Employer by the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA). Cooper Standard earned the Veteran-Friendly Employer silver status for meeting and exceeding many key metrics for veteran programs, esp ... Continue reading

Escort Unveils Max 360, Its Smartest, Most Intuitive Radar and Laser Detector

Escort Unveils Max 360, Its Smartest, Most Intuitive Radar and Laser Detector

The cutting edge detector features dual antenna detection technology that uses arrows to show drivers where a threat is coming from - front, rear or side WEST CHESTER, OH -- Sept. 29, 2015: Escort Inc., the industry leader in radar and laser detection technology, today unveils Max 360™, its smartest, most intuitiv ... Continue reading

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Could Avert Almost 30 Percent of Crashes, Says a New Study

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Could Avert Almost 30 Percent of Crashes, Says a New Study

If widely adopted, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) could generate tremendous benefits to society, sharply reducing the number, cost, and severity of automotive accidents, says a new study from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). "Because the vast majority of crashes in the United States are caused by driver er ... Continue reading

Then: Two Women on a Cross-Country Motorcycle Mission; Now: One Hundred Women Riding Cross-Country in Their Honor

Then: Two Women on a Cross-Country Motorcycle Mission; Now: One Hundred Women Riding Cross-Country in Their Honor

ONE HUNDRED YEARS, ONE HUNDRED WOMEN. Alisa Clickenger announces plans for the Sisters' Centennial Motorcycle Ride, July 4-24, 2016. A cross-country motorcycle adventure for women, the event commemorates the 100th anniversary of Adeline and Augusta Van Buren's historic ride across the United States from New York to San ... Continue reading

Texas Auto Writers Association Names Winners of Excellence in Craft Competition

Texas Auto Writers Association Names Winners of Excellence in Craft Competition

Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA) announced the winners of their ninth annual Excellence in Craft Competition at a lunch event held at the Music Hall at Fair Park September 25. The six categories and winning entries follow: English Language Newspaper, judged by esteemed newsman, author, and four-time Pulitzer Prize ... Continue reading

Zero Motorcycles Set To Launch 2016 Electric Motorcycles

Zero Motorcycles Set To Launch 2016 Electric Motorcycles

Innovations in Technology and Expanded Model Range to Be Announced at AIMExpo Zero Motorcycles, the global leader in the electric motorcycle industry, today revealed that the company's 2016 line of motorcycles and accessories will be unveiled October 15-18th at the American International Motorcycle Expo (AIMExpo) in Or ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce to Open 7th UK Showroom in Bristol

Rolls-Royce to Open 7th UK Showroom in Bristol

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars to open a new showroom in Cribbs Causeway, Bristol Serving the South West, the state-of-the-art showroom will boost employment when it opens in spring 2016 Operated by Rybrook, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Bristol will deliver pinnacle customer care across a12,000 square mile region CHICESTER, UK -- Se ... Continue reading

A Streetcar Named Hyundai

A Streetcar Named Hyundai

To celebrate ten years of Hyundai Motor UK, the car manufacturer is embarking on a drive with a difference High Wycombe, 29 September 2015 - A Streetcar Named Hyundai is a world first initiative from Hyundai Motor UK that involves driving, photographing and filming over 2,000 miles of central London’s streets as d ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks: The First Econic Euro VI with Natural Gas Drive and Five Unimog U 530 Trucks Delivered to Vienna International Airport

Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks: The First Econic Euro VI with Natural Gas Drive and Five Unimog U 530 Trucks Delivered to Vienna International Airport

The first Euro VI-compliant Mercedes-Benz Econic NGT (Natural Gas Technology) has been delivered to Vienna International Airport. The natural-gas-powered truck will operate as a catering truck equipped with a lifting mechanism manufactured by Doll. Econic’s low cab enables a very low delivery height from catering vehi ... Continue reading

vAuto's Conquest System Selected As Chicago Innovation Awards Finalist

vAuto's Conquest System Selected As Chicago Innovation Awards Finalist

Tool provides dealers market-based new vehicle inventory, pricing insights vAuto has been selected as a 14th Annual Chicago Innovation Awards finalist for the development of its Conquest new vehicle inventory management and pricing system. “It’s inspiring to see the range of vision and the depth of talent amo ... Continue reading

Latest Space Communications Learnings from St. Petersburg University Help Ford Advance Connected Cars of the Future

Latest Space Communications Learnings from St. Petersburg University Help Ford Advance Connected Cars of the Future

Ford Motor Company and St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University developed a data communications system prototype of high reliability for the advancement of connected cars of the future Research leverages university telematics expertise in space robot communications A team of scientists applied the same multichannel ... Continue reading

Falken Tires Becomes Official Tire Of Major League Baseball

Falken Tires Becomes Official Tire Of Major League Baseball

Leading Ultra High Performance Tire Brand Reaches First Partnership with Pro Sports League RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., Sept. 28, 2015 -- Falken Tires and Major League Baseball (MLB) announced today a multi-year integrated marketing agreement, designating Falken Tires as the Official Tire of Major League Baseball. The new ... Continue reading

Subaru Partners With Google Expeditions To Help Excite, Educate And Engage Students Around The Globe

Subaru Partners With Google Expeditions To Help Excite, Educate And Engage Students Around The Globe

Auto brand to serve as official vehicle provider and lend its environmental expertise in creating future expeditions Subaru of America, Inc. has announced its partnership with Google in support of the Expeditions Pioneer Program, an initiative that will take Google's educational virtual reality field trip kits on the r ... Continue reading

FCA to Supply 9,113 New 2016 Ram ProMaster Vans to U.S. Postal Service

FCA to Supply 9,113 New 2016 Ram ProMaster Vans to U.S. Postal Service

Ram Commercial to supply 9,113 new 2016 Ram ProMaster 2500 cargo vans to U.S. Postal Service Ram ProMaster 2500 is a highly customizable van designed to exceed the demands of commercial customers Customized outfitting for national mail and package delivery service Segment exclusive front-wheel-drive system enhances all ... Continue reading

Fireball Tim - This Is The Week That Was: Range Rovers to Corvette to EV Cars +VIDEO

Fireball Tim - This Is The Week That Was: Range Rovers to Corvette to EV Cars +VIDEO

September 13-19, 2015 HOLLYWOOD USA: Fireball Tim Lawrence lives the dream. He and his wife Kathy reside in fabulous Malibu, California; he works in two of the most fantastic industries (automobile and film); he's got exciting friends and glamorous acquaintances; and he's always got his hands full. Join Fireball and Mr ... Continue reading

Dongfeng and Renault Agree to Manufacture Electric Vehicles in China

Dongfeng and Renault Agree to Manufacture Electric Vehicles in China

On the occasion of the visit of ZHU Yanfeng, Chairman of Dongfeng Group, at the Renault R&D center, Dongfeng Renault Automotive Company (DRAC) announces the production of its first electric vehicle in China. As part of the Joint Venture between Dongfeng and Renault, DRAC will produce an electric vehicle that is based o ... Continue reading

PPG Marks 30 Years of Coatings Application Development at Flint, Michigan, Center

PPG Marks 30 Years of Coatings Application Development at Flint, Michigan, Center

PPG Industries recently marked 30 years of developing and testing automotive coatings products and processes at its application development center complex in Flint, Michigan. “The Flint center has helped us become the world leader in transportation coatings by offering both PPG and our customers an opportunity to ... Continue reading

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