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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles May Be The Future of the Automobile, says Information Trends (But Until Then Replace Gasoline With Ethanol says The Auto Channel)

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles May Be The Future of the Automobile, says Information Trends (But Until Then Replace Gasoline With Ethanol says The Auto Channel)

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7, 2016 -- Worldwide, over 20 million hydrogen fuel cell vehicles would be sold cumulatively by 2032, according to a landmark report published by Information Trends. The sales would generate cumulative revenues upwards of $1.2 trillion for the auto industry, it said. Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles, with ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Honors Customers in Heart of Truck Country

Chevrolet Honors Customers in Heart of Truck Country

TEXAS — Chevrolet today launched Truck Legends, an exclusive community recognizing customers in the heart of truck country who have helped make Chevrolet Trucks some of the most iconic trucks in America. Truck Legends is open to all Texas residents who have more than 100,000 miles on their Chevy truck or have purchas ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Announces Special Edition SUVs

Chevrolet Announces Special Edition SUVs

Chevrolet announced it is expanding its popular special edition models to include the Equinox and Traverse SUVs for 2017. Equinox sales are up 8 percent and Traverse had its best month ever, with retail sales up 24 percent in the month of July as compact and midsize SUVs continue to be hot segments. Chevrolet retail cr ... Continue reading

Six Ways You Could be Killing Your Car

Six Ways You Could be Killing Your Car

BETHESDA, MD - September 7, 2016: Owning a car can be a dream or a nightmare depending on how well you take care of your vehicle, says the non-profit Car Care Council. The following are six things that many motorists do that can harm their car and their wallet. Ignoring the check engine light. Ignoring an illuminated c ... Continue reading

Consumer Watchdog Tells Uber to Make Robot Car Test Details Public; Poses 10 Key Questions

Consumer Watchdog Tells Uber to Make Robot Car Test Details Public; Poses 10 Key Questions

SANTA MONICA, Calif., Sept. 7, 2016 Consumer Watchdog today called on Uber to make public details of its testing of self-driving cars in Pittsburgh and to answer ten key questions about its robot car program and plans. "You have opted to use public roads as your laboratory and with that comes a responsibility to fully ... Continue reading

ABI Research Ranks Bosch, Harman, and Continental as Leading Tier One Vendors for Connected Cars

ABI Research Ranks Bosch, Harman, and Continental as Leading Tier One Vendors for Connected Cars

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 7, 2016 -- ABI Research ranks Bosch as the leader among 20 Tier One connected car suppliers considered in its latest competitive analysis. Harman and Continental received second and third place, respectively. Bosch's explosive sales growth last year, significant capital expenditures to fund fu ... Continue reading

Hyundai Hope On Wheels Awards $250,000 Research Grant To UW Kids Cancer Fund In Honor Of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

Hyundai Hope On Wheels Awards $250,000 Research Grant To UW Kids Cancer Fund In Honor Of National Childhood Cancer Awareness Month

MADISON, Wis., Sept. 7, 2016 -- Hyundai Hope On Wheels® (HHOW) and Madison-area Hyundai dealers will present Dr. Christian Capitini, a pediatric hematologist/oncologist at the American Family Children's Hospital, with a $250,000 Scholar Grant to research allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplants (allo-HSCT) wit ... Continue reading

Ram Truck Brand Launches New Spanish-language Campaign Recognizing Hard Workers Who Are Their Own Bosses

Ram Truck Brand Launches New Spanish-language Campaign Recognizing Hard Workers Who Are Their Own Bosses

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Sept. 7, 2016 -- 60-second 'Boss' anthem spot and two 30-second ads feature the Ram 1500 Limited and promote Ram brand's 'America's Longest-lasting Pickups' title Multinational campaign to air in the United States and Mexico; Latin American countries to run customized versions of spots Ram teams wi ... Continue reading

Group 1 Automotive to Present at Investor Conferences in New York City

Group 1 Automotive to Present at Investor Conferences in New York City

HOUSTON, Sept. 6, 2016 -- Group 1 Automotive, Inc. , an international, Fortune 500 automotive retailer, today announced that senior management will present in New York City at the following events: Goldman Sachs' 23rd Annual Global Retailing Conference DetailsLocation: The Plaza Hotel, New YorkPresentation Time an ... Continue reading

NASA Searches for the Next Big Idea from Students for In-Space Assembly of Spacecraft

NASA Searches for the Next Big Idea from Students for In-Space Assembly of Spacecraft

HAMPTON, Va., Sept. 6, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the 2017 Breakthrough, Innovative, and Game-changing (BIG) Idea Challenge, NASA is engaging university-level students in its quest to reduce the cost of deep space exploration. NASA's Game Changing Development Program (GCD), managed by the agency's Space Technol ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown, N.J.

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Old Bridge Township Raceway Park, Englishtown, N.J.

Attention Media: Below is a press release and event fact sheet for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Old Bridge Township Raceway Park this weekend, Sept. 9-11. The release and fact sheet are also attached along with additional information on the event and the series. Please contact Eric Lotz, NHRA, (626) 250-228 ... Continue reading

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Tri-State Raceway, Earlville, Iowa

NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Tri-State Raceway, Earlville, Iowa

Attention Media: Below is a press release and event fact sheet for the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series at Tri-State Raceway this weekend, Sept. 9-11. The release and fact sheet are also attached along with additional information on the event and the series. Please contact Eric Lotz, NHRA, (626) 250-2287, elotz@nhra.c ... Continue reading

NHRA Summit Racing Series, Northwest Division Finals from Mission Raceway, Mission, B.C.

NHRA Summit Racing Series, Northwest Division Finals from Mission Raceway, Mission, B.C.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA SUMMIT RACING SERIES - NORTHWEST DIVISION Contact: NHRA Field Marketing (626) 914-4761 PACIFIC RACEWAYS TAKES TEAM TITLE, FOUR HEADED TO NHRA SUMMIT NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP MISSION, B.C. - Pacific Raceways captured the team championship while Sean Shaffer, John Leage, Mark Owens and Kevin Broml ... Continue reading

PAGE AND LINDBERG WIN BIG AT CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE US NATIONALS IN INDY

PAGE AND LINDBERG WIN BIG AT CHEVROLET PERFORMANCE US NATIONALS IN INDY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NHRA LUCAS OIL DRAG RACING SERIES Contact: NHRA Field Marketing (626) 914-4761 PAGE AND LINDBERG WIN BIG AT INDY NATIONALS BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Multiple winners were crowned in the action packed Chevrolet Performance US Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Ind. Champions were recognized in ... Continue reading

2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Review +VIDEO By Steve Purdy

2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Review +VIDEO By Steve Purdy

2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Review By Steve Purdy ... Continue reading

Israeli Researchers Transform Pond Slime Into Hydrogen Making Machine

Israeli Researchers Transform Pond Slime Into Hydrogen Making Machine

TEL AVIV - September 7, 2016; Iftach Yacoby and his team at Tel Aviv University genetically altered single-celled algae, which naturally emit hydrogen throughout the day, allowing the organism to increase its efficiency to five times its natural ability. Hydrogen fuel cells are already being introduced into vehicles, a ... Continue reading

New Consumers Union Report on Fuel Economy Savings for 2025 Cars Helps Continue Big Oil's Hold On America

New Consumers Union Report on Fuel Economy Savings for 2025 Cars Helps Continue Big Oil's Hold On America

Thanks to fuel economy standards, consumers buying a model year 2025 car or truck can expect thousands of dollars of savings over the life their vehicle,fueling-savings-report ... Continue reading

The All-New Peugeot 5008 - A New Dimension For SUVs

The All-New Peugeot 5008 - A New Dimension For SUVs

LONDON - September 7, 2016: The all-new PEUGEOT 5008 breaks new ground as a large seven-seater SUV in the C segment. As a new contender in this growing consumer market, it boasts many strengths. The all-new PEUGEOT 5008 SUV includes the latest digital version of the outstanding PEUGEOT i-Cockpit®, Efficient Modular Pl ... Continue reading

Thousands of Auto Companies and Professionals to Gather at Asia's Largest Auto Technology Show AUTOMOTIVE WORLD in Tokyo next January

Thousands of Auto Companies and Professionals to Gather at Asia's Largest Auto Technology Show AUTOMOTIVE WORLD in Tokyo next January

TOKYO, Sept. 7, 2016 -- Automotive World will come back on a largest-ever scale from Jan. 18 to 20, 2017. Thanks to the overwhelming success of the past shows, both the number of exhibitors and visitors of Automotive World are growing fast. Reed Exhibitions Japan Ltd., the host of the event, will welcome a record numbe ... Continue reading

Ford Posts Best-Ever August Sales in China; New Edge, Focus and Escort Drive 22% Increase

Ford Posts Best-Ever August Sales in China; New Edge, Focus and Escort Drive 22% Increase

SHANGHAI—Ford and its joint ventures in China have set another record for company performance in August, as sales for the month totaled 96,450 vehicles, up 22 percent compared to August 2015. Year-to-date sales for Ford, Changan Ford (CAF) and Jiangling Motor Corporation (JMC) have reached nearly 750,000 vehicles, up ... Continue reading

The World's First "Flat-Pack" Truck Revealed, Set To Bring Aid To Remote Parts Of The World

The World's First "Flat-Pack" Truck Revealed, Set To Bring Aid To Remote Parts Of The World

LONDON - September 7, 2016: The world’s first ‘flat-pack’ truck – the Global Vehicle Trust OX – has been revealed in London, designed to provide low-cost all-terrain mobility for remote parts of Africa and the developing world. Across Africa and other developing world, there is intense need for improved trans ... Continue reading

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