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GM recall: Chevrolet and GMC Pickup Side Air Bags Can Explode

GM recall: Chevrolet and GMC Pickup Side Air Bags Can Explode

The recall covers certain 2015 and 2016 Chevrolet and GMC Sierra 1500, 2500, and 3500 trucks. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz wins car connectivity benchmark test executed by ADAC, connect and umlaut, closely followed by BMW

Mercedes-Benz wins car connectivity benchmark test executed by ADAC, connect and umlaut, closely followed by BMW

2021/07/09 - Compared to the first edition of our connectivity comparison test in 2020, the participating manufacturers have improved considerably. Mercedes-Benz performed best overall with a grade of good and a score of 846 out of 1,000 points. ... Continue reading

Global $19.4 Bn Alternatively Powered Commercial Vehicles Fuel Market to 2026: Ethanol, Methanol, CNG, LPG, LNG, Dimethyl Ether, Compressed Hydrogen, Liquid Hydrogen, Hythane

Global $19.4 Bn Alternatively Powered Commercial Vehicles Fuel Market to 2026: Ethanol, Methanol, CNG, LPG, LNG, Dimethyl Ether, Compressed Hydrogen, Liquid Hydrogen, Hythane

The global market for alternative fuel for all classes of commercial vehicles with oil prices at $40 per barrel should grow from $11.1 billion in 2021 to $19.4 billion by 2026 with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.8% for the period of 2021-2026. ... Continue reading

Automotive Dashboard Camera Market | Evolving Opportunities with DOD Tech and Garmin Ltd. | Technavio

Automotive Dashboard Camera Market | Evolving Opportunities with DOD Tech and Garmin Ltd. | Technavio

NEW YORK, July 7, 2021 -- The automotive dashboard camera market is set to grow by USD 3.89 billion, progressing at a CAGR of 27.48% during 2021-2025. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, the latest trends and drivers, and the overall market environment. ... Continue reading

Black Knight Completes Top of Mind Acquisition, Adding Robust CRM and Marketing Automation to Integrated Mortgage Technology Ecosystem

Black Knight Completes Top of Mind Acquisition, Adding Robust CRM and Marketing Automation to Integrated Mortgage Technology Ecosystem

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., July 7, 2021 -- Today, Black Knight, Inc. , an award-winning software, data and analytics provider to the mortgage and consumer loan, real estate and capital markets verticals, announced the completion of its acquisition of Top of Mind Networks (Top of Mind). Top of Mind is the creator of Surefire, ... Continue reading

Camping World Announces Strategic Investment in Happier Camper

Camping World Announces Strategic Investment in Happier Camper

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.--Camping World Holdings, Inc. (“Camping World”), America’s Recreation Dealer, is pleased to announce a strategic investment in Los Angeles-based, Happier Camper, Inc., the developer of the innovative and patented modular van conversion system - Adaptiv™ for vans. This partnership will deliver ... Continue reading

CarDr.Com Launches New Smartphone App For Automotive Dealers To Save Time And Money By Providing On-board Diagnostics And Immediate Appraisal Data

CarDr.Com Launches New Smartphone App For Automotive Dealers To Save Time And Money By Providing On-board Diagnostics And Immediate Appraisal Data

CHICAGO, July 7, 2021 -- CarDr.com, an automotive technology company, announces the launch of its smartphone Vehicle Appraisal Application.  The new automotive technology delivers original equipment manufacturer (OEM) accuracy appraisal data via a smartphone and pocket-sized Bluetooth On-board diagnostics (OBD) scann ... Continue reading

Classic Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles Now Open for Bidding after HiBid Closes $35 Million Week

Classic Cars, Trucks and Motorcycles Now Open for Bidding after HiBid Closes $35 Million Week

OCALA, Fla., July 7, 2021 -- HiBid.com facilitated the sale of more than $35 million (gross auction proceeds) in assets last week, with over 390,000 lots sold in 1,045 online-only and webcast auctions. From June 28th through July 4th, an average of 813,000 bidders placed 1.3 million bids each day. ... Continue reading

Dealerware selected as preferred partner of the Ford and Lincoln Courtesy Transportation Program

Dealerware selected as preferred partner of the Ford and Lincoln Courtesy Transportation Program

AUSTIN, Texas, July 7, 2021 -- Dealerware, the leading connected car platform for automotive retailers, has been selected as a preferred vendor to Ford and Lincoln through a competitive bidding process. Dealerware will provide their fleet management platform and connected car services to Ford and Lincoln dealerships wh ... Continue reading

El Kia Stinger 2022 recibe el reconocimiento Top Safety Pick+ del IIHS

El Kia Stinger 2022 recibe el reconocimiento Top Safety Pick+ del IIHS

IRVINE, California, 7 de julio de 2021 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- El sedán deportivo Stinger 2022 recibió la calificación Top Safety Pick Plus (TSP+) del Instituto de Seguros para la Seguridad en las Carreteras (IIHS) gracias a la implementación de faros LED estándar. Anteriormente clasificado como Top Safet ... Continue reading

Fort Worth Woman Files Lawsuit Against TxDOT, Others over Deadly I-35 Pileup

Fort Worth Woman Files Lawsuit Against TxDOT, Others over Deadly I-35 Pileup

FORT WORTH, Texas, July 7, 2021 -- A Fort Worth woman has filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation, I-35 Tarrant County tollway operators and maintenance companies, and various trucking company owners and operators over a massive multi-fatality pileup on Interstate 35 ... Continue reading

Global Biofuels Market Growth Analysis in Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Industry | Technavio

Global Biofuels Market Growth Analysis in Oil & Gas Exploration & Production Industry | Technavio

NEW YORK, July 7, 2021 -- The biofuels market is poised to grow by USD 23.21 billion during 2021-2025, progressing at a CAGR of over 3% during the forecast period. Here is an Exclusive report talking about Market scenarios, Estimates, the impact of lockdown, and Customer Behaviour.Get a FREE Sample Report Now! Techna ... Continue reading

Goodyear All American Speedway opener set for July 31st

Goodyear All American Speedway opener set for July 31st

Here is an announcement about the upcoming inaugural race at Goodyear All American Speedway, formerly known as the oval at Coastal Plains Raceway Park. For background information and more information about this track, please feel free to reference the Short Track Scene story from June: https://www.shorttrackscene.com/l ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor Teases Bold Sonata N Line in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

Hyundai Motor Teases Bold Sonata N Line in Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins

SEOUL, July 7, 2021 -- If you thought you knew Hyundai Sonata, you're about to 'do a 180'. Hyundai Motor Company's Sonata N Line sport sedan revs up the new Paramount Pictures' action film Snake Eyes: G.I. Joe Origins, which makes its global debut on July 23, 2021. Hyundai Motor Company’s Sonata N Line sport sedan re ... Continue reading

Lakefront Mega Lots for RV's and Travel Trailers Offered by Waters Edge Properties Inc., Broker

Lakefront Mega Lots for RV's and Travel Trailers Offered by Waters Edge Properties Inc., Broker

CLIFTON, Tenn., July 7, 2021 -- A crowd is gathering on Kentucky Lake Saturday, July 31st, to attend a real estate Liquidation Event. A limited number of waterfront properties in The Landings, a private gated RV community, are being sold off at the event. ... Continue reading

NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman's August Launch from Virginia

NASA Invites Media to Northrop Grumman's August Launch from Virginia

WASHINGTON, July 7, 2021 -- Media accreditation is open for the launch from Virginia of Northrop Grumman's 16th commercial resupply services mission to deliver NASA science investigations, supplies, and equipment to the International Space Station aboard its Cygnus spacecraft. Northrop Grumman is targeting liftoff of ... Continue reading

The Battery Show and Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo Announce 2021 Programming Covering Topics Such as New Methods of Advanced Battery Design, Thermal Management, Manufacturing Ramp Up and Development, and More

The Battery Show and Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo Announce 2021 Programming Covering Topics Such as New Methods of Advanced Battery Design, Thermal Management, Manufacturing Ramp Up and Development, and More

NOVI, Mich.--The Battery Show, North America’s largest and most comprehensive advanced battery technology event, and Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo, the only trade show and conference exclusively dedicated to the drive train and power system in electric and hybrid electric (E/HV) vehicles, today announced ... Continue reading

The Key Benefits of Refinancing a Car Loan

The Key Benefits of Refinancing a Car Loan

MELBOURNE, Australia, July 7, 2021 -- According to leading finance broker National Loans, most borrowers refinance a car loan in order to pay less monthly interest, which can potentially save thousands of dollars over the life of the loan. Other common reasons to refinance a car loan include to repay the debt faster, ... Continue reading

Worldwide Lithium Compound Industry to 2026 - Featuring SQM, Orocobre and Lithium Americas Among Others

Worldwide Lithium Compound Industry to 2026 - Featuring SQM, Orocobre and Lithium Americas Among Others

DUBLIN, July 7, 2021 -- The "Lithium Compound Market: Global Industry Trends, Share, Size, Growth, Opportunity and Forecast 2021-2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Lithium is a soft and silver-white alkali metal, commonly present in the soil, plants, animals and human body. ... Continue reading

Ballard Receives Initial Order for Fuel Cell Modules to Power 15 Tata Motors Buses in India

Ballard Receives Initial Order for Fuel Cell Modules to Power 15 Tata Motors Buses in India

VANCOUVER, BC, July 8, 2021 - Ballard Power Systems (TSX: BLDP) today announced that it has received a purchase order for 15 of the Company's 70-kilowatt (kW) FCmoveTM-HD fuel cell modules from Tata Motors ("Tata"; www.tatamotors.com), headquartered in Mumbai, India, to power 15 of Tata's zero-emission Fuel Cell Electr ... Continue reading

Pickup Truck Market in the US to witness over 940 thousand Units growth during 2021-2025 | Emerging Trends, Company Risk, and Key Executives |Technavio

Pickup Truck Market in the US to witness over 940 thousand Units growth during 2021-2025 | Emerging Trends, Company Risk, and Key Executives |Technavio

NEW YORK, July 8, 2021 -- Technavio has been monitoring the pickup truck market in the US and it is poised to grow by 941.57 thousand units during 2021-2025, progressing at a CAGR of almost 6% during the forecast period. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, latest trends an ... Continue reading

Sports Fishing Equipment Market value to Increase by Over $ 2 Billion During 2021-2025 | Discover Company Insights in Technavio

Sports Fishing Equipment Market value to Increase by Over $ 2 Billion During 2021-2025 | Discover Company Insights in Technavio

NEW YORK, July 8, 2021 -- Set to grow by USD 2.09 billion during 2021-2025, Technavio's latest market research report estimates the sports fishing equipment market to register a CAGR of almost 3%. With a focus on identifying dominant industry influencers, Technavio's reports present a detailed study by the way of synt ... Continue reading

The American Legion Calls Biden's Plan to Evacuate Afghan Allies a 'Deep Disappointment'

The American Legion Calls Biden's Plan to Evacuate Afghan Allies a 'Deep Disappointment'

WASHINGTON, July 8, 2021 -- Calling the Taliban "the enemy of all human rights," American Legion National Commander James W. "Bill" Oxford expressed his organization's "deep disappointment" that the White House isn't offering a better plan to evacuate interpreters, family members and other Afghan allies who closely ass ... Continue reading

Wheels Up Teams up with Porsche Cars North America

Wheels Up Teams up with Porsche Cars North America

NEW YORK, July 8, 2021 -- Wheels Up, the leading brand in private aviation, announced a new collaboration today with Porsche Cars North America (PCNA), offering Wheels Up Members and Porsche drivers access to the most sought-after transportation and lifestyle experiences. Two brands that are renowned in their space ha ... Continue reading

World's Most Advanced Autonomous Research Vehicle Completes Ocean Crossing from San Francisco to Hawaii

World's Most Advanced Autonomous Research Vehicle Completes Ocean Crossing from San Francisco to Hawaii

HONOLULU, July 8, 2021 -- The uncrewed, autonomous, Saildrone Surveyor will arrive in Hawaii today after a groundbreaking maiden voyage from San Francisco to Honolulu.  While ocean crossings are nothing new for Saildrone's autonomous surface vehicles, the Saildrone Surveyor is a new, much larger class of vehicle opti ... Continue reading

Is This All There Is? Retired And "Just Keeping Busy"? Revive Your Talents Join The Auto Channel Team

Is This All There Is? Retired And "Just Keeping Busy"? Revive Your Talents Join The Auto Channel Team

Stop reading if you would you rather spend the rest of your life waiting for a tee time, meeting the boys for lunch and discussing their grand-kids. ... Continue reading

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Market to Reach USD 968.9 Million by 2027 at a CAGR of 12.1% | Valuates Reports

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) Market to Reach USD 968.9 Million by 2027 at a CAGR of 12.1% | Valuates Reports

BANGALORE, India, July 9, 2021 -- The AUV Market is Segmented by Type (Shallow AUV, Medium AUVs, Large AUVs), by Application (Defense, Scientific Research, Commercial). The report covers global opportunity analysis and industry forecasts from 2021 to 2027. This report  is published on Valuates Reports under Heavy Mac ... Continue reading

Global Automotive Suspension Market (2021 to 2026) - Increasing Sale of Electric Vehicles Presents Opportunities

Global Automotive Suspension Market (2021 to 2026) - Increasing Sale of Electric Vehicles Presents Opportunities

DUBLIN, July 9, 2021 -- The "Global Automotive Suspension Market by Architecture (MacPherson Strut, Double Wishbone, Multi-link, Twist Beam, Leaf Spring, Air Suspension), System Type, Actuation, Component OE & Aftermarket, Vehicle (ICE, BEV, HEV, PHEV), and Region - Forecast to 2026" report has been added to ResearchAn ... Continue reading

Lucid Motors and Churchill Capital Corp IV to Host Investor Call

Lucid Motors and Churchill Capital Corp IV to Host Investor Call

(PRNewsfoto/Churchill Capital Corp IV) (PRNewsfoto/Lucid Motors) NEWARK, Calif. and NEW YORK, July 9, 2021 -- Lucid Motors ("Lucid"), which is setting new standards for sustainable mobility with its advanced luxury EVs, and Churchill Capital Corp IV , a special purpose acquisition company, announced today that Lucid' ... Continue reading

Scuderia Ferrari New Simulator Is Completed

Scuderia Ferrari New Simulator Is Completed

BRISTOL, England, July 9, 2021 -- The new Scuderia Ferrari simulator is in its new home. The fitting out of the facility and the commissioning of the simulator was completed this week in a new building that sits between the main office of the Gestione Sportiva and the Fiorano Track. ... Continue reading

State Of Hawaii And CLEAR Partner To Expand Safe Travels Program Across The U.S.

State Of Hawaii And CLEAR Partner To Expand Safe Travels Program Across The U.S.

NEW YORK, July 9, 2021 -- CLEAR and the State of Hawaii have partnered to expand the use of CLEAR's Health Pass technology for COVID-19 test screening and vaccine verification of all Hawaii-bound travelers through the Hawaii Safe Travels program. Starting on July 9th, passengers over the age of 18 from every U.S. mainl ... Continue reading

The Worldwide Automotive Suspension Industry Is Expected to Reach $50.7 Billion by 2026 at a CAGR of 3.4% from 2021 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

The Worldwide Automotive Suspension Industry Is Expected to Reach $50.7 Billion by 2026 at a CAGR of 3.4% from 2021 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Global Automotive Suspension Market by Architecture (MacPherson Strut, Double Wishbone, Multi-link, Twist Beam, Leaf Spring, Air Suspension), System Type, Actuation, Component OE & Aftermarket, Vehicle (ICE, BEV, HEV, PHEV), and Region - Forecast to 2026" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's o ... Continue reading

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