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2017 Lexus ES 300h Hybrid Sedan Review By Steve Purdy

2017 Lexus ES 300h Hybrid Sedan Review By Steve Purdy

2017 LEXUS ES 300H HYBRID SEDAN REVIEW by Steve Purdy The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau We like to begin these narratives with a review of where each vehicle fits in the market. As segments blur, though, that becomes a challenge. ... Continue reading

Boeing, Turkish Airlines Celebrate the Airline's First 777 Freighter

Boeing, Turkish Airlines Celebrate the Airline's First 777 Freighter

ISTANBUL, Dec. 7, 2017 -- Boeing [NYSE:BA] and Turkish Airlines celebrated the delivery today of the airline's first 777 Freighter, the world's longest-range twin-engine freighter. ... Continue reading

Global Automotive Data Monetisation Pricing and Business Models - Automotive IT Spending Increasing to $168.8 Billion in 2025 - Research and Markets

Global Automotive Data Monetisation Pricing and Business Models - Automotive IT Spending Increasing to $168.8 Billion in 2025 - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—The "Automotive Data Monetisation Pricing and Business Models" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. This study analyses the strategies, growth analysis, competitive landscape, business models, and future focus areas of OEMs, data aggregators, usage-based insurance (UBI) companies, and tier ... Continue reading

Honda Partners with SenseTime to Accelerate R&D of Smart AI Cars with Autonomous Driving

Honda Partners with SenseTime to Accelerate R&D of Smart AI Cars with Autonomous Driving

BEIJING, Dec. 7, 2017 -- SenseTime, China's leading artificial intelligence company, announced today they have signed a long-term development agreement with Japanese car manufacturer Honda to build smart AI cars with autonomous driving. ... Continue reading

International Truck Chooses PIT Group - New model and engine testing recognizes the value of unbiased, credible fuel efficiency evaluations

International Truck Chooses PIT Group - New model and engine testing recognizes the value of unbiased, credible fuel efficiency evaluations

MONTREAL, Dec. 7, 2017 - PIT Group, a research and engineering group focused on improving fleet maintenance and operations in the North American transportation industry, today announced that it was chosen by International Truck to test the fuel efficiency of its newest model and engine. ... Continue reading

Key Findings for the Global Automotive Remote Diagnostics Market | Technavio

Key Findings for the Global Automotive Remote Diagnostics Market | Technavio

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Technavio has published a new market research report on the global automotive remote diagnostics market from 2017-2021. (Graphic: Business Wire) Technavio has published a new market research report on the global automotive remote diagnostics market from 2017-2021. ... Continue reading

New Fuel Cell Engine Facility Commissioned in Shanghai

New Fuel Cell Engine Facility Commissioned in Shanghai

Shanghai Edrive, division of Broad-Ocean, is the first facility for Chinese produced Ballard fuel cell modules Ceremony attended by the Honourable Catherine McKenna, Canada's Minister of Environment and Climate Change VANCOUVER and SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 6, 2017 - Ballard Power Systems today announced that a subsidiary ... Continue reading

November Manheim Index

November Manheim Index

Earlier today, the Cox Automotive Industry Insights team, led by Chief Economist Jonathan Smoke, published Manheim's Used Vehicle Value Index for November. Commentary and the report are available here: http://bit.ly/1S5cXq6 Highlights include: * Wholesale used vehicle prices decreased 1.29% month-over-month in November ... Continue reading

Power Sunroof Market by Material, Glass Type, Vehicle, EV, Fabric & Region - Global Forecast to 2025 - Research and Markets

Power Sunroof Market by Material, Glass Type, Vehicle, EV, Fabric & Region - Global Forecast to 2025 - Research and Markets

DUBLIN—The "Power Sunroof Market - Global Forecast to 2025" report has been added to Research and Markets' offering. The global power sunroof market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 10.81% from 2017 to 2025, to reach USD 11.60 billion by 2025 from 5.10 billion in 2017. ... Continue reading

Safety Leader Touts Trucking's Safety Investment at Congressional Roundtable

Safety Leader Touts Trucking's Safety Investment at Congressional Roundtable

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, American Trucking Associations reiterated the industry's strong record of investing in and implementing innovative technologies to improve safety on the nation's highways. ... Continue reading

Scania Unveils Future-oriented City Trucks

Scania Unveils Future-oriented City Trucks

SÖDERTÄLJE, Sweden, Dec 7, 2017 -- Scania now completes its new truck generation. Following the introduction of trucks for long-haulage and construction, the focus is now on urban and additional low-carbon transport solutions. ... Continue reading

Southwest Airlines Reports November Traffic

Southwest Airlines Reports November Traffic

DALLAS, Dec. 7, 2017 -- Southwest Airlines Co. (the "Company") today reported its November and year-to-date preliminary traffic statistics. ... Continue reading

The Toro Company Reports Record Fiscal 2017 Results

The Toro Company Reports Record Fiscal 2017 Results

BLOOMINGTON, Minn.—The Toro Company today reported net earnings of $267.7 million, or $2.41 per share, on a net sales increase of 4.7 percent to $2.505 billion for its fiscal year ended October 31, 2017. In fiscal 2016, the company delivered net earnings of $231.0 million, or $2.06 per share for the year, on net sale ... Continue reading

Vail Resorts Reports Fiscal 2018 First Quarter Results and Season Pass Results

Vail Resorts Reports Fiscal 2018 First Quarter Results and Season Pass Results

BROOMFIELD, Colo., Dec. 7, 2017 -- Vail Resorts, Inc. today reported results for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 ended October 31, 2017 and provided season pass sales results and certain early ski season indicators. ... Continue reading

VIDEO NEWS RELEASE : Mark Webber to be inducted into Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame

VIDEO NEWS RELEASE : Mark Webber to be inducted into Australian Motor Sport Hall of Fame

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World Premiere of "FRANCHISE FREEDOM - a Flying Sculpture by Studio Drift in Partnership With BMW" During Art Basel in Miami Beach

World Premiere of "FRANCHISE FREEDOM - a Flying Sculpture by Studio Drift in Partnership With BMW" During Art Basel in Miami Beach

MIAMI BEACH, FL, Dec. 7, 2017 /CNW/ - Last night at South Beach, Amsterdam based Studio Drift, Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta, presented their latest work "FRANCHISE FREEDOM - a flying sculpture by Studio Drift in partnership with BMW". On the occasion of Art Basel in Miami Beach, 300 illuminated drones moved across t ... Continue reading

2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Named Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Award Winner

2018 Mitsubishi Outlander Named Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Award Winner

IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK winner when equipped with optional front crash prevention and specific headlights.* The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is an independent, non-profit scientific and educational organization that researches, performs evaluations and assesses safety ratings in crash testing of productio ... Continue reading

Hyundai Mobis Makes the Future of Mobility Tangible at CES 2018

Hyundai Mobis Makes the Future of Mobility Tangible at CES 2018

'The Hyundai Mobis New Mobility Experience' at CES 2018 in Las Vegas. It will introduce its vision of the car of the future, new and original future car technologies, as well as disclose its developments in autonomous driving, electrification and cockpit experience, including products that have the potential to be mass ... Continue reading

Introducing the Rinspeed SNAP +VIDEO

Introducing the Rinspeed SNAP +VIDEO

Self-driving cars, stuffed full of short-lived IT components, will help solve the transport problems in urban areas in the foreseeable future - and not just there. To this end, Swiss powerhouse of ideas Rinspeed has designed an elaborate and unparalleled mobility ecosystem in its latest concept car, the "Snap." Rinspee ... Continue reading

Toyota Earns A Total Of Eleven 2018 IIHS Awards

Toyota Earns A Total Of Eleven 2018 IIHS Awards

A total of eleven Toyota and Lexus vehicles are 2018 IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK award winners, with the new 2018 Camry receiving its highest award, the TOP SAFETY PICK+. According to IIHS, the TOP SAFETY PICK and TOP SAFETY PICK+ requirements were strengthened for 2018 and the majority of winners qualify only when optionally ... Continue reading

Genesis G90 Declared Most Loved Luxury Car in Strategic Vision Study; Brand Rated Second Overall +VIDEO

Genesis G90 Declared Most Loved Luxury Car in Strategic Vision Study; Brand Rated Second Overall +VIDEO

The Genesis G90 was named the Most Loved Luxury Car of 2017 in Strategic Vision’s annual New Vehicle Experience Study (NVES). The Genesis brand finished second among luxury makes -- most of them long-established industry icons. The annual study surveyed more than 34,000 new vehicle owners after 90 days of ownership o ... Continue reading

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