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Ujet Shakes Up How We Will Move Around our Cities as it Launches New Generation Electric Scooter

Ujet Shakes Up How We Will Move Around our Cities as it Launches New Generation Electric Scooter

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Velodyne Displays Solid State, Highest Performing LiDAR for ADAS

Velodyne Displays Solid State, Highest Performing LiDAR for ADAS

Windows Media Video Quicktime MPEG-4 Video Loading media player... Windows Media Video Quicktime MPEG-4 Video (Photo: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail (Photo: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail SAN JOSE, Calif.--Velodyne LiDAR Inc., the world leader in LiD ... Continue reading

CES Auto Show: Nissan Leaf Brain-to-Vehicle Technology

CES Auto Show: Nissan Leaf Brain-to-Vehicle Technology

The new generation of the Nissan LEAF, the world's best-selling electric vehicle, combines the excitement of 100% electric driving with advanced technologies such as ProPILOT ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel Journalists' Latest New Car and Truck Reviews

The Auto Channel Journalists' Latest New Car and Truck Reviews

Latest New Car and Truck Reviews Includes In-depth Specs, Side By Side Comparisons 2018-1993 specs comparisons and reviews ... Continue reading

Crooks Now Hacking Door Lock Code - BEWARE!

Crooks Now Hacking Door Lock Code - BEWARE!

This is a copy of a letter that was passed on to The Auto Channel: January 7, 2018; From an Auto Channel reader...I locked my car. As I walked away I heard my car door unlock. ... Continue reading

50th Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to Discuss National Security Threat of Aluminum Imports on Jan. 10 at The National Press Club in Washington D.C.

50th Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich to Discuss National Security Threat of Aluminum Imports on Jan. 10 at The National Press Club in Washington D.C.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5, 2018 -- CTTF (China Trade Task Force), will hold a high-profile media event at the National Press Club to discuss the threat posed to U.S. national security by the significant deterioration of the U.S. primary aluminum industry and the need to adjust imports for the industry to restart idled produc ... Continue reading

GM Financial to Release Fourth Quarter and Calendar Year 2017 Operating Results

GM Financial to Release Fourth Quarter and Calendar Year 2017 Operating Results

FORT WORTH, Texas--GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY, INC. (“GM Financial” or the “Company”) will release its fourth quarter and calendar year 2017 operating results on Tuesday, February 6, 2018. Management will record remarks addressing the results and this recording, along with the presentation slides and pres ... Continue reading

New Year's Resolution: Drive a Race Car at Irwindale!

New Year's Resolution: Drive a Race Car at Irwindale!

PICTURE YOURSELF AND A COUPLE OF FRIENDS ALL DRIVING 450-HORSEPOWER RACE CARS LIKE THIS ONE AT IRWINDALE SPEEDWAY... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "I can't believe it ... What a Rush! " Su ... Continue reading

Valvoline Announces Opening of New Quick-Lube Center in Savannah Area

Valvoline Announces Opening of New Quick-Lube Center in Savannah Area

LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 5, 2018 -- Valvoline Inc. – a leading worldwide supplier of premium branded lubricants and automotive services – announced today the opening of a new Valvoline Instant Oil ChangeSM (VIOC) service center in Pooler, Ga., a suburb of Savannah. ... Continue reading

Valvoline Announces Opening of New Quick-Lube Location in Niagara Falls Area

Valvoline Announces Opening of New Quick-Lube Location in Niagara Falls Area

LEXINGTON, Ky., Jan. 5, 2018 -- Valvoline Inc. – a leading worldwide supplier of premium branded lubricants and automotive services – announced today the opening of a new Valvoline™ Express Care™ location in Niagara Falls, Ontario, expanding the company's growth in the Canadian market. ... Continue reading

Peruvian riders achieve historic results in the first stage of the 2018 Dakar

Peruvian riders achieve historic results in the first stage of the 2018 Dakar

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peruvian riders achieve historic results in the first stage of the 2018 Dakar * Aníbal Aliaga and his co-driver Juan Pedro Cillóniz ended in the 1st position in the SXS category before the watchful eye of the Pisco fans. * Nicolas Fu ... Continue reading

Unveiling at CES 2018: autoaid’s Automotive Bulb Camera Enables Massive Data Collection for Autonomous Driving

Unveiling at CES 2018: autoaid’s Automotive Bulb Camera Enables Massive Data Collection for Autonomous Driving

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Retrofit Automotive Bulb Camera by autoaid (Photo: Business Wire) Retrofit Automotive Bulb Camera by autoaid (Photo: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail BERLIN--At CES 2018, Berlin-based start-up autoaid exhibits for the first time its pat ... Continue reading

GAC Motor to release signature sedan and electric concept car at 2018 NAIAS

GAC Motor to release signature sedan and electric concept car at 2018 NAIAS

GUANGZHOU, China, Jan. 6, 2018 -- GAC Motor, China's fastest-growing automaker, will present its elite vehicle lineup featuring its existing sedan, SUV, minivan and NEV at the 2018 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), which demonstrates the brand's sincerity and determination to enter the North American mark ... Continue reading

ESCORT Unveils the First Connected Car Radar / Laser Detection System

ESCORT Unveils the First Connected Car Radar / Laser Detection System

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2018 -- ESCORT, the leader in high-performance radar and laser detection technology, today announced the launch of the new ESCORT MAX 360c, the first radar and laser detector designed for the connected car. ... Continue reading

Takata Recalls Additional 3.3 Million Arbags Ordered By NHTSA

Takata Recalls Additional 3.3 Million Arbags Ordered By NHTSA

Washington DC January 6, 2018; Craig Trudell writing for Bloomberg reported that Takata Corp., the parts supplier that filed for bankruptcy after sparking the largest auto recall in history, called back 3.3 million airbags as part of a U.S. order that scheduled repairs of the potentially deadly devices over several yea ... Continue reading

Go In Snow - The New Mercedes-Benz G-Class

Go In Snow - The New Mercedes-Benz G-Class

Every G-Class has to conquer the SchoĢˆckl. Mercedes-Benz uses the 1,445 meter high local mountain near the Austrian city of Graz as a test track. ... Continue reading

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