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2018 Acura RDX Earns Parents Magazine Spot on '10 Best Family Cars 2018' List

2018 Acura RDX Earns Parents Magazine Spot on '10 Best Family Cars 2018' List

Jun 5, 2018 - TORRANCE, CA. The 2018 Acura RDX has been named as one of the ‘10 Best Family Cars 2018’ by the experts at Parents magazine and Edmunds.com. ... Continue reading

Fuse5 Automotive Software Selected By Hayes Wholesale Parts

Fuse5 Automotive Software Selected By Hayes Wholesale Parts

Coralville, Iowa. – Fuse5 Automotive Software (FAS), a US based provider of Business Management Solutions for the automotive aftermarket, is proud to announce that it has signed Hayes Wholesale Parts of Lawrenceville, GA on the industry's first cloud-based solution for the Automotive Aftermarket: Fuse5 Automotive Sof ... Continue reading

HyperBlock and CryptoGlobal Provide Market Update

HyperBlock and CryptoGlobal Provide Market Update

CryptoGlobal (TSXV: CPTO) Trading to Resume June 7, 2018Merger to Create Diversified North American Leader Complete Crypto Ecosystem TORONTO, June 5, 2018 /CNW/ - As the proposed merger of CryptoGlobal (TSXV: CPTO) with HyperBlock Technologies Corp. ("HyperBlock") moves ahead, both companies are pleased to provide an ... Continue reading

Silvercar Rental Adds Audi A5 Cabriolet to its Fleet

Silvercar Rental Adds Audi A5 Cabriolet to its Fleet

Today, the company known for offering exclusively silver Audi A4 sedans and Audi Q5 SUVs, introduces drop-top vehicles to its fleet for the first time. ... Continue reading

World Cup 2018: The Ultimate Road Trip

World Cup 2018: The Ultimate Road Trip

Select Car Leasing have created the ultimate road trip around Russia for diehard England fans traveling to support their team through the groups stages of the competition. From information on each England game, places of interest and amazing places to eat out to quirky driving laws, the handy guide aims to help fans av ... Continue reading

Penske Truck Leasing Unveils Updated Customer Website

Penske Truck Leasing Unveils Updated Customer Website

READING, Pa., June 5, 2018 -- Penske Truck Leasing announces the launch of Fleet Insight™, a proprietary website designed exclusively for Penske customers to save them time and provide visibility and control. Fleet Insight is part of Penske's overall connected fleet suite of products, offering customers a connected, ... Continue reading

TomTom and Toyota to Offer Drivers a Navigation App that Mirrors to In-Dash Screens

TomTom and Toyota to Offer Drivers a Navigation App that Mirrors to In-Dash Screens

DETROIT--TU-Automotive --Today, TomTom (TOM2) launched a new navigation app that can be mirrored to Toyota vehicles’ in-dash screens using SmartDeviceLink (SDL) technology – a first for both TomTom and Toyota. The TomTom Navigation App is available at no extra cost to Toyota drivers in Argentina, Brazil and Paragua ... Continue reading

Ballard Power Systems Inc. Opens the Market

Ballard Power Systems Inc. Opens the Market

TORONTO, June 5, 2018 /CNW/ - Randy MacEwen, CEO, Ballard Power Systems Inc. (BLDP), joined Arne Gulstene,to open the market to celebrate 25 years listed on Toronto Stock Exchange. Ballard Power Systems provides clean energy fuel cell products enabling optimized power systems for a range of applications. ... Continue reading

TomTom to Integrate what3words Addressing into its Navigation Offering

TomTom to Integrate what3words Addressing into its Navigation Offering

TomTom (TOM2) and what3words today announced that they will collaborate to bring what3words addressing to TomTom’s customers globally. what3words is a simple way to talk about location. ... Continue reading

West Coast Fleets Deploy XL Hybrid Electric Technology to Save Fuel, Reduce Emissions

West Coast Fleets Deploy XL Hybrid Electric Technology to Save Fuel, Reduce Emissions

Los Angeles County, Cities of Long Beach and Seattle electrify fleets with XL hybrid-electric technology to improve MPG and promote sustainability. ... Continue reading

AccuWeather & Garmin To Show Off New Driver Centric Integrated Weather Innovation at TU-Automotive Show

AccuWeather & Garmin To Show Off New Driver Centric Integrated Weather Innovation at TU-Automotive Show

New Driver Centric Integrated Weather Innovation at TU-Automotive Show Each year in the U.S., there are over 1.3 million crashes that are weather-related. AccuWeather Go monitors all drive-relevant weather conditions and provides drivers peace of mind, offering advance notification of impending weather that will impact ... Continue reading

Sacramento Becomes First City to Deploy Digital License Plates

Sacramento Becomes First City to Deploy Digital License Plates

Sacramento has outfitted its auto fleet of Chevy Bolts with Rplate Pro’s. The City has installed 24 of the plates so far and will be installing another 11 when it receives more of the vehicles. Mayor Darrell Steinberg said the installation of digital plates is another step in the city’s evolution into a testing gro ... Continue reading

The New Face of the Q Family: the Audi Q8

The New Face of the Q Family: the Audi Q8

The Audi Q8 combines the elegance of a four-door luxury coupé with the practical versatility of a large SUV. Richly equipped, comprehensively connected and tough enough for off-road duty, it is a confident companion for business and leisure. ... Continue reading

Barrett-Jackson Brings its 3rd Annual Northeast Auction to Online Buyers on Proxibid

Barrett-Jackson Brings its 3rd Annual Northeast Auction to Online Buyers on Proxibid

1953 was the 50th anniversary of Buick, and the company celebrated by producing only 1,690 Skylark Convertibles, including this rare vehicle up for bid in Barrett-Jackson's 3rd Annual Northeast Auction June 21-23 at Mohegan Sun and online on Proxibid. ... Continue reading

Watch Live Broadcast of Audi Brand Summit Right Here Today +VIDEO

Watch Live Broadcast of Audi Brand Summit Right Here Today +VIDEO

At the Audi Brand Summit in the technology hotspot Shenzhen, the brand will present its Chinese market initiative with models from the Q family and mobility topics for the future. ... Continue reading

Full-Size Lego McLaren 720S Now On Display in Los Angeles at Petersen Automotive Museum

Full-Size Lego McLaren 720S Now On Display in Los Angeles at Petersen Automotive Museum

Fans of McLaren Automotive and LEGO now have the opportunity to see the full-size LEGO McLaren 720S on display at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. The 1:1 scale model was completed with help by museum visitors, who placed the final orange bricks on the LEGO McLaren 720S on Saturday, June 2nd. The full-siz ... Continue reading

Volvo USA Introduces Next Generation Roadside Assistance

Volvo USA Introduces Next Generation Roadside Assistance

Volvo Car USA has introduced a new generation of roadside assistance technology that will dramatically improve response time to Volvo customers in need. With the use of advanced tracking technology, Volvo customers can pin-point where help is with real-time information. ... Continue reading

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