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Thursday, March 17, 2022

Estimating the Cost of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Estimating the Cost of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

LEMONT, Ill.--With the sale of electric vehicles on the rise, the race is on to build a network of convenient, affordable electric vehicle charging stations to keep the cars running. In line with U.S. goals to shift away from fossil-fuel burning vehicles, the $1.7 trillion Bipartisan Infrastructure Law allocated $5 bil ... Continue reading

Hyundai Santa Fe and Palisade Named Best Family Cars of 2022 by Kelley Blue Book

Hyundai Santa Fe and Palisade Named Best Family Cars of 2022 by Kelley Blue Book

2022 Santa Fe Rated a Best Two-Row SUV for Families 2022 Palisade Rated a Best Three-Row SUV for Families FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., March 17, 2022 -- Hyundai's Santa Fe and Palisade were each named a Best Family Car of 2022 from Kelley Blue Book's KBB.com. The 2022 Santa Fe was awarded a best two-row SUV and the 2022 P ... Continue reading

NEW YORK AUTO SHOW UNVEILS OFFICIAL SHOW POSTER FOR 2022

NEW YORK AUTO SHOW UNVEILS OFFICIAL SHOW POSTER FOR 2022

NEW YORK, March 17, 2022 -- The New York International Automobile Show today launched its new official show poster for 2022.  Inspired by the future, this year's artwork explores a world where electricity and the automobile converge.  The dramatic and exciting lines of the vehicle, like the New York Auto Show, knows ... Continue reading

Why Many Believe the Climbing Lithium Price Rally Should Continue

Why Many Believe the Climbing Lithium Price Rally Should Continue

PALM BEACH, Fla., March 17, 2022 -- FinancialNewsMedia.com News Commentary - Lithium prices have jumped across the board over the past year on the back of heavy demand from the automotive sector, but inside China there is a mad scramble, particularly for carbonate, said Mining.com in a recent article. It said Carbonate ... Continue reading

Geely Offers Cleaner Wheel To Well EV Replacement - Methanol Fuel-Cell Hybrid

Geely Offers Cleaner Wheel To Well EV Replacement - Methanol Fuel-Cell Hybrid

Geely tests world’s first methanol hybrid mass-production sedan Part of decade-long 3billion RMB investment into methanol fuel technologies Clean methanol and hybrid technologies combined to offer users low operating costs and ultra-low emissions Under 0.3RMB per KM operating costs for Geely Methanol Hybrid Emgrand 2 ... Continue reading

Mining EV Elements Are Defalamingoing Our World

Mining EV Elements Are Defalamingoing Our World

Restricted accessResearch articles Jorge S. Gutiérrez Jorge S. Gutiérrez http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8459-3162 Conservation Biology Research Group, Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology and Zoology, University of Extremadura, Badajoz 06006, Spain Ecology in the Anthropocene, Associated Unit CSIC-UEx, Faculty of Sciences ... Continue reading

New MICHELIN CrossClimate Camping 4-season tire dedicated to motorhomes

New MICHELIN CrossClimate Camping 4-season tire dedicated to motorhomes

Tire developed to meet the needs of motorhomes, both when driving and when parked up MICHELIN Cross Climate Camping is the latest in the MICHELIN CrossClimate range. Produced in Europe, it will be available as of March 1, 2022. ... Continue reading

VIKING EXPANDS EUROPEAN RIVER FLEET WITH NAMING OF EIGHT NEW SHIPS AND MARKS BEGINNING OF 2022 RIVER SEASON

VIKING EXPANDS EUROPEAN RIVER FLEET WITH NAMING OF EIGHT NEW SHIPS AND MARKS BEGINNING OF 2022 RIVER SEASON

New Viking Longships Further Increase Offerings on the Seine, Rhine, Main and Danube Rivers LOS ANGELES, March 16, 2022 -- Viking® (www.viking.com) today welcomed eight new river ships to its award-winning fleet during a celebration in Paris. Of the eight new Viking Longships®, four ships – Viking Fjorgyn, Viking K ... Continue reading

Comdata Launches Digital Lumper Payment Solution for Fleets Nationwide

Comdata Launches Digital Lumper Payment Solution for Fleets Nationwide

BRENTWOOD, Tenn.--Comdata Inc., a FLEETCOR company and world leader in payment innovation, announced the evolution of its on-demand warehouse payment capabilities. The new solution digitizes and automates the capture and delivery of lumper payment receipts without driver interaction. ... Continue reading

Buckle Partners With Cambridge Mobile Telematics to Bring DriveWell Platform to Gig Economy Drivers

Buckle Partners With Cambridge Mobile Telematics to Bring DriveWell Platform to Gig Economy Drivers

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. & JERSEY CITY, N.J.--Buckle, a tech-enabled financial services company,, is partnering with Cambridge Mobile Telematics (CMT), the world’s leading mobile telematics and analytics provider, to bring the award-winning DriveWell telematics platform to its gig economy drivers. ... Continue reading

Frontiers in Immunology Paper Discloses Promising New Insights into CAR T Cell Efficacy for Cancer Therapies

Frontiers in Immunology Paper Discloses Promising New Insights into CAR T Cell Efficacy for Cancer Therapies

AMSTERDAM, March 17, 2022 -- LUMICKS, a leading life science tools company that develops instruments for dynamic single-molecule and cell avidity analysis, today announced that a paper uncovering new insights into Chimeric Antigen Receptor (CAR) T cell functionality was published in the February 2022 issue of Frontiers ... Continue reading

Insight LiDAR’s Director of Perception to Speak at AutoSens Detroit

Insight LiDAR’s Director of Perception to Speak at AutoSens Detroit

LAFAYETTE, Colo.--Autonomous Vehicle (AV) technology company Insight LiDAR (www.insightlidar.com) today announced that the organization’s Director of Perception, Warren Smith, will be presenting a paper at the forthcoming AutoSens in Detroit Conference and Exhibition, which will take place 10-12 May 2022 in the Michi ... Continue reading

Loop Energy Fuel Cells to Power Buildings for the First Time in Agreement With Innotest AG

Loop Energy Fuel Cells to Power Buildings for the First Time in Agreement With Innotest AG

VANCOUVER, British Columbia--Loop Energy™ (TSX: LPEN), a designer and manufacturer of hydrogen fuel cell-based solutions, announces a commercial agreement with Innotest AG, a Switzerland-based developer of stationary power systems. The agreement provides the opportunity for Loop Energy's eFlow™ technology to power ... Continue reading

Mitchell Diagnostics Platform Surpasses 30,000 ADAS Calibrations

Mitchell Diagnostics Platform Surpasses 30,000 ADAS Calibrations

Demand continues to grow for company's Diagnostics as a Service (DaaS) solutions designed to help collision repairers efficiently perform calibrations in-house SAN DIEGO, March 17, 2022 -- Mitchell, an Enlyte company and leading technology and information provider for the Property & Casualty (P&C) claims and Collision ... Continue reading

QTS Signs Agreement with Georgia Power That Adds Nearly 350 Megawatts of New Renewable Energy to the Power Grid in Atlanta

QTS Signs Agreement with Georgia Power That Adds Nearly 350 Megawatts of New Renewable Energy to the Power Grid in Atlanta

Approximately 90% of power delivered to QTS' current aggregate data center footprint will be supported by renewable energy sources ATLANTA, March 17, 2022 -- QTS Realty Trust, a leading provider of hybrid colocation and mega scale data center solutions and EPA Green Power Partner, today announced it has signed a defi ... Continue reading

Telsa or Tesl? Most Misspelt Car Brands Revealed in Study

Telsa or Tesl? Most Misspelt Car Brands Revealed in Study

Hi submit@theautochannel.com, With the debut of Aston Martin’s V12 Vantage upon us (16th March), our anticipation for upcoming car releases in 2022 has roared to life. Fascinated by the pursuit of finding our next car, the latest study conducted by Confused.com (Q1 2022) analysing global search data reveals the ... Continue reading

T-Mobile Magenta Drive for BMW Powers America’s First 5G Connected Cars

T-Mobile Magenta Drive for BMW Powers America’s First 5G Connected Cars

BELLEVUE, Wash.--Another first in 5G! Today, T-Mobile introduced Magenta Drive for BMW and the first 5G connected cars in the U.S. Available now, the all-new 2022 BMW iX and i4 come T-Mobile 5G ready with unlimited 5G data to turn your car into a mobile Wi-Fi hotspot and connect all your in-car devices, and unlimited v ... Continue reading

Transportation Study: AI Significantly Reduces Accidents and Safety Incidents

Transportation Study: AI Significantly Reduces Accidents and Safety Incidents

SAN FRANCISCO--KeepTruckin, the leader in fleet management technology, has completed a study on the use of artificial intelligence technology for driver safety and coaching in commercial vehicles. A key takeaway was that using AI to monitor vehicles, drivers and road conditions and deliver coaching significantly reduce ... Continue reading

Urban Digital Twins and renewables provide roadmap for a decarbonised, clean energy future

Urban Digital Twins and renewables provide roadmap for a decarbonised, clean energy future

Urban Digital Twins and renewables provide roadmap for a decarbonised, clean energy future A leading COP26 Climate Action Champion, Nigel Topping, has revealed his ‘must-take’ strategy to reach global net-zero goals and tighten energy security. The task now is to map out exactly how to execute Topping†... Continue reading

U.S. Electric Truck Market Revenue to Surpass $15,084.3 Million by 2030, says P&S Intelligence

U.S. Electric Truck Market Revenue to Surpass $15,084.3 Million by 2030, says P&S Intelligence

NEW YORK, March 17, 2022 -- The U.S. electric truck market revenue in 2030 is expected to be $15,084.3 million, growing at a massive 54.0% CAGR. According to the latest report published by P&S Intelligence. ... Continue reading

WirelessCar announces AI-research project for sustainable mobility

WirelessCar announces AI-research project for sustainable mobility

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, March 17, 2022 -- WirelessCar, a global leader in transformative digital vehicle services for connected cars, today announced it has signed a two-year project called FREEDOM to conduct research and development on how to turn connected vehicles to sustainable mobility using AI. The project is a coll ... Continue reading

The Teaser Trail to Easter Jeep® Safari 2022 - Trail Marker 3

The Teaser Trail to Easter Jeep® Safari 2022 - Trail Marker 3

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 17, 2022 -- Ever wonder what blending two mighty off-roaders like the Jeep® Wrangler and Jeep Gladiator might look like? What if a truck dared to be more like an SUV to increase its departure angle? The latest Jeep concept heading to this year's Easter Jeep Safari reinvents what the ultimate ... Continue reading

Which Replacement Tires You Buy Is A BIG DEAL, But J.D. Power Report Shows The Purchase Decision Is Often Based on Aesthetics and Not Expert Advice.

Which Replacement Tires You Buy Is A BIG DEAL, But J.D. Power Report Shows The Purchase Decision Is Often Based on Aesthetics and Not Expert Advice.

TROY, Mich.--Overall satisfaction with original equipment tires remains high even though customers tend to ignore recommendations by salespeople that would maximize vehicle performance, according to the J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Original Equipment Tire Customer Satisfaction Study,SM released today. The annual study measures ... Continue reading

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