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XL Hybrids Announces 10 Million Customer Miles And More Than One Million Miles Driven Per Month

XL Hybrids Announces 10 Million Customer Miles And More Than One Million Miles Driven Per Month

XL Hybrids, Inc., the leader in fleet electrification solutions for commercial and municipal fleets, today announced that 10 million road miles have been collectively driven by globally-recognized brands, municipalities and nonprofits using the XL3 Hybrid Electric Drive System in their service, delivery and passenger f ... Continue reading

Searching and Finding: Daimler at re:publica 2015

Searching and Finding: Daimler at re:publica 2015

For the fourth time, Daimler is a partner at the internet conference #rp15, which takes place every year at the beginning of May in the German capital. Under this year's theme "Finding Europe", some 450 speakers from 45 countries are expected in STATION Berlin from 5 to 7 May. The over 6000 guests will have more than 3 ... Continue reading

Germany's First Hydrogen Filling Station on the Autobahn Opens

Germany's First Hydrogen Filling Station on the Autobahn Opens

GEISELWIND/BERLIN/MUNICH/STUTTGART -- May 4, 2015: Motorway service areas seen as possible locations for H2 filling stations on the autobahn</STRONG></DIV></LI></UL> <DIV class=c2cClass3>As part of the Clean Energy Partnership (CEP), Daimler, Linde and TOTAL have jointly taken an important step forward in the expansion ... Continue reading

Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell Price Announced: First Mass Production Fuel Cell Vehicle

Hyundai ix35 Fuel Cell Price Announced: First Mass Production Fuel Cell Vehicle

Hyundai Motor UK Announces Price of World’s First Mass Production Fuel Cell Vehicle ix35 Fuel Cell public retail price from £53,105 on-the-road (OTR) with part-funding from the HyFive project Hyundai’s zero-emission ix35 Fuel Cell represents one of the world’s most advanced alternative fuel vehicles o ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Group Publishes New Sustainability Report

Volkswagen Group Publishes New Sustainability Report

Winterkorn: “Sustainability is a real value driver for our business” For the first time, 57 model variants with a maximum of 95 grams CO2 / km are available Board members comment on strategic topics WOLSBURG/HANOVER -- May 5, 2015: The Volkswagen Group has published its new sustainability report, which includ ... Continue reading

Hyung Cheong Kim Appointed as President and CEO of Hyundai Europe

Hyung Cheong Kim Appointed as President and CEO of Hyundai Europe

Hyung Cheong Kim new President and CEO of Hyundai Motor Europe Mr Kim joins from executive role at Hyundai Motor Company’s America Group Responsible for business vision, leading management team in Europe HIGH WYCOMBE -- May 5, 2015: Mr Hyung Cheong Kim has been appointed as President and CEO of Hyundai Motor Europ ... Continue reading

Ford Transit Centres (UK) Will host Transit Show Live

Ford Transit Centres (UK) Will host Transit Show Live

Ford Transit Centres are the venues for a series of ‘Transit Show Live’ events that will showcase the latest technologies and features in the expanded Ford Transit commercial vehicle range. Transit Show Live, which runs from 16-25 May, will also launch the specialist Ford Transit Centre network, dedicated to ... Continue reading

Vauxhall/GM Marks 90 Year Annivesary as 500 Million Landmark Reached

Vauxhall/GM Marks 90 Year Annivesary as 500 Million Landmark Reached

GM celebrates 500 million vehicles produced Vauxhall has made ‘a significant contribution’ after 90 years of GM ownership GM & Vauxhall continue to innovate after more than a century in business LUTON/DETROIT -- May 5, 2015: General Motors today became the first car manufacturer in the world to produce 500 mi ... Continue reading

Toyota Sienna Named Best 3-Row Vehicle for Families

Toyota Sienna Named Best 3-Row Vehicle for Families

Parents love the new Sienna minivan for its upscale style and features, comfort and safety. Kids enjoy the 16.4-inch widescreen entertainment center. But auto writers are a much tougher group to please. As it turns out, the Greater Atlanta Automotive Media Association (GAAMA) finds the Sienna to be quite pleasing as we ... Continue reading

Ford Motor Company Expands Innovative Career Academies to Detroit to Help Students Improve Technical Job Skills

Ford Motor Company Expands Innovative Career Academies to Detroit to Help Students Improve Technical Job Skills

Ford to help students learn science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) skills as part of a broader focus on technical careers Ford, in collaboration with the UAW, plans to add four career academies in Detroit to growing national network supported by the Ford Next Generation Learning initiative, part of Ford Motor ... Continue reading

Robots to Drive Polaris RANGER at DARPA Robotics Challenge

Robots to Drive Polaris RANGER at DARPA Robotics Challenge

Polaris® Industries Inc. , the leading manufacturer of off-road vehicles, today announced that its Limited Edition DARPA Polaris RANGER® XP 900 EPS and GEM electric vehicles will be used as part of the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) Finals to be held June 5-6, at the Fairplex, in Pomona, Calif. “This means i ... Continue reading

Nissan’s “Ride of Your Life™” Altima campaign returns bigger and better in second year

Nissan’s “Ride of Your Life™” Altima campaign returns bigger and better in second year

Interactive consumer experience starts at shopping mall, ends at race track Out-of-the-box Nissan marketing campaign features Smart Glass box with a 2015 Altima inside “Ride of Your Life” campaign showcases Altima’s positioning as “the most exciting sedan on the road” Two-minute video available ... Continue reading

New INRIX Insights' Platform Transforms Smart Cities Planning, Retail Analytics And Advertising Measurement

New INRIX Insights' Platform Transforms Smart Cities Planning, Retail Analytics And Advertising Measurement

INRIX Enables Businesses and Governments to Work Smarter with New Data from Connected Cars KIRKLAND, WA -- May 5, 2015: INRIX®, Inc., the leading global provider of transportation intelligence and connected car services worldwide, is introducing the first analytics platform to tap big data from the connected car for ... Continue reading

Goodyear Introduces Tires Containing Next-Generation Silica

Goodyear Introduces Tires Containing Next-Generation Silica

AKRON, OH -- May 5, 2015: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has begun using a next-generation silica to increase the fuel-efficiency of its tires. This new silica will be first used in the Goodyear EfficientGrip SUV tire, which is being launched this month in Latin American markets. Tires containing the silica also wi ... Continue reading

New Survey Shows Chicagoans Ditch Downtown Over Parking Headaches; ParkWhiz Unveils Affordable Pricing to Get Them Back

New Survey Shows Chicagoans Ditch Downtown Over Parking Headaches; ParkWhiz Unveils Affordable Pricing to Get Them Back

With Simple Price Parking, ParkWhiz cuts parking costs between 45 percent and 70 percent, boosting visitors and spending in downtown Chicago CHICAGO -- May 5, 2015: Chicago is one of America's worst cities for parking. To better understand the pain points of parking in the city, ParkWhiz surveyed more than 500 Chicagoa ... Continue reading

Airbiquity to Present at Leading Telematics Conference: TU-Automotive Detroit 2015

Airbiquity to Present at Leading Telematics Conference: TU-Automotive Detroit 2015

Future of Connected Car and User Experience Among Topics to be Addressed by Airbiquity Executives SEATTLE -- May 5, 2015: Airbiquity®, a global leader in connected car services, will exhibit and participate at TU-Automotive Detroit 2015. David Jumpa, Airbiquity Chief Revenue Officer, and Scott Frank, Airbiquity Vice ... Continue reading

Winners of the Fourth Annual Project Yellow Light Video Contest Announced

Winners of the Fourth Annual Project Yellow Light Video Contest Announced

U.S. Department of Transportation Partners with the Ad Council to Promote Peer-Produced Videos on the Dangers of Distracted Driving WASHINGTON, D.C., May 5, 2015 : Today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Mazda Motorsports, National Organizations for You ... Continue reading

Jeep Brand and World Surf League (WSL) Make Big Splash with Global Partnership

Jeep Brand and World Surf League (WSL) Make Big Splash with Global Partnership

The Jeep brand and the World Surf League (WSL) today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership that will make the Jeep Brand the official and exclusive global automotive partner of the WSL and the naming rights partner to the WSL Jeep Leaders Tour Rankings for men and women. This fully integrated, multi-year partnershi ... Continue reading

U.S. Auto Sales Up Slightly in April 2015

U.S. Auto Sales Up Slightly in April 2015

International Nameplate Dealers Announce Monthly Sales lexandria, VA (May 4, 2015) – The American International Automobile Dealers Association (AIADA) today released April 2015 sales figures for the international nameplate automobile industry. AIADA represents America’s approximately 10,000 international name ... Continue reading

Freudenberg-NOK Plans to Expand Findlay, Ohio Facility to Accommodate New Manufacturing Processes and Products

Freudenberg-NOK Plans to Expand Findlay, Ohio Facility to Accommodate New Manufacturing Processes and Products

The heart of American manufacturing is beating strong in Findlay, Ohio where Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies plans to expand its automotive sealing facility and hire new employees to meet increasing customer requirements for quality components. Freudenberg-NOK's Findlay plant produces approximately 700 high perfor ... Continue reading

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