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Ford is recalling more than 650,000 pickup trucks and big SUVs in the U.S. because the windshield wipers can break and fail

Ford is recalling more than 650,000 pickup trucks and big SUVs in the U.S. because the windshield wipers can break and fail

DETROIT April 21, 2022; Ford said it is recalling more than 650,000 pickup trucks and big SUVs in the U.S. because the windshield wipers can break and fail. The recall covers certain F-150 pickups, and Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator SUVs from the 2020 and 2021 model years. ... Continue reading

Custom Truck One Source to Announce First Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Custom Truck One Source to Announce First Quarter 2022 Financial Results

KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 21, 2022 -- Custom Truck One Source, Inc. ("Custom Truck One Source" or the "Company") today announced it will release first quarter 2022 financial results after the market close on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Management will discuss the results on a conference call at 5:00 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 1 ... Continue reading

Statement from McDonald's Corporation in Response to Mr. Icahn's Media Outreach

Statement from McDonald's Corporation in Response to Mr. Icahn's Media Outreach

CHICAGO, April 21, 2022 -- McDonald's Corporation today issued the following statement in response to Carl Icahn:  McDonald's cares about the health and welfare of the animals in our supply chain and has long led the industry with our animal welfare commitments. Our pioneering 2012 commitment regarding group housing f ... Continue reading

Truck tractor prices up 58% YOY in the U.S. according to Ritchie Bros. April Market Trends Report

Truck tractor prices up 58% YOY in the U.S. according to Ritchie Bros. April Market Trends Report

Vocational trucks, medium earthmoving, and aerial equipment also bringing big returns in 2022 VANCOUVER, BC, April 21, 2022 - With its April Market Trends Report, Ritchie Bros. continues to show year over year price inflation for all major equipment categories. ... Continue reading

Valvoline Declares Quarterly Dividend

Valvoline Declares Quarterly Dividend

LEXINGTON, Ky., April 21, 2022 -- Valvoline Inc. , a global leader in vehicle car powering the future of mobility through innovative services and products, today announced that its board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.125 per share of Valvoline common stock. The dividend is payable on June 15, ... Continue reading

Increased Number Of American Motorists View EV's In a Range Reality Light

Increased Number Of American Motorists View EV's In a Range Reality Light

A new consumer survey conducted by MINI USA reveals various shifts in American consumers’ sentiment toward electric vehicles (EVs) over the last three years. The survey, which repeated the same set of questions used in a 2019 questionnaire carried out by MINI USA, indicates that more Americans – and particularly yo ... Continue reading

Carvana Announces First Quarter 2022 Results

Carvana Announces First Quarter 2022 Results

PHOENIX--Carvana Co. , the leading e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars online, today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022. ... Continue reading

Carvana Co. Announces Proposed Offering of Series A Preferred Stock

Carvana Co. Announces Proposed Offering of Series A Preferred Stock

PHOENIX--Carvana Co. , the leading e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars, today announced its intention to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $1 billion of a new series of perpetual preferred stock, liquidation preference $1,000 per share (the “Series A Preferred Stock”) in a private offe ... Continue reading

Holley Announces Upsizing and Pricing of a Secondary Offering by Selling Stockholder

Holley Announces Upsizing and Pricing of a Secondary Offering by Selling Stockholder

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.--Holley Inc. (the “Company”) today announced the pricing of the previously announced secondary offering (the “Offering”) of 8,000,000 shares of its common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) by Holley Parent Holdings, LLC (the “Selling Stockholder”), at a price to ... Continue reading

Landmarks Illinois releases 2022 Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois

Landmarks Illinois releases 2022 Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois

CHICAGO, April 20, 2022 -- Landmarks Illinois announced the 2022 Most Endangered Historic Places in Illinois at a virtual press conference this afternoon. This year's Most Endangered list is a targeted call to action for historic and culturally significant sites in Cook, Will and Winnebago Counties that face a serious ... Continue reading

LEWIS HAMILTON BACKED NEAT FOOD CO. EXPANDS WITH NEW SENIOR HIRES, TAKING ALTERNATIVE-PROTEIN PRODUCTS INTO THE US MARKET

LEWIS HAMILTON BACKED NEAT FOOD CO. EXPANDS WITH NEW SENIOR HIRES, TAKING ALTERNATIVE-PROTEIN PRODUCTS INTO THE US MARKET

Vertically integrated food tech brand 'Neat Food Co.' brings its award-winning alternative proteins to the US with the goal of making plant-based eating more appealing and accessible to the masses New senior hires include Jeff Fried (ex-Chairman of Sweetgreen Inc) and Henrik Fjorbak (ex-COO of Joe & The Juice) on the A ... Continue reading

NASA Awards Contracts for NOAA Lightning Mapper Phase A Study

NASA Awards Contracts for NOAA Lightning Mapper Phase A Study

GREENBELT, Md., April 20, 2022 -- NASA has selected two firms for the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) Lightning Mapper (LMX) Phase A Study. These contracted firms will provide services to help meet the objectives of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) GeoXO program. ... Continue reading

NASA, Industry to Collaborate on Space Communications by 2025

NASA, Industry to Collaborate on Space Communications by 2025

WASHINGTON, April 20, 2022 -- NASA selected six American satellite communications (SATCOM) providers on April 20 to begin developing and demonstrating near-Earth space communication services that may support future agency missions. For more than a year, the agency has been evaluating the feasibility of employing commer ... Continue reading

New 750-seat high-speed passenger ferry, the largest and fastest of its class in the United States, commissioned to connect the Jersey Shore and NYC to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket

New 750-seat high-speed passenger ferry, the largest and fastest of its class in the United States, commissioned to connect the Jersey Shore and NYC to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS, N.J., April 20, 2022 -- Seastreak, a long standing leader for providing high-speed commuter ferry services connecting New York City and the Jersey Shore, is set to resume their service connecting New York City and Highlands, NJ to popular summer destinations in New England. Starting Memorial Day wee ... Continue reading

Range Rover apuesta por la luz digital inteligente de ZKW

Range Rover apuesta por la luz digital inteligente de ZKW

Los faros LED inteligentes proporcionan luces altas antideslumbrantes y pueden proyectar animaciones en la calle WIESELBURG, 20 de abril de 2022 -- El totalmente nuevo Range Rover ilumina la calle con un novedoso sistema de luces de ZKW. Los faros LED "Digital Light Processing" no solo generan luces altas continuas an ... Continue reading

Rotary's New Wide Smartlift Designed to Help Car Dealerships and Shops Future Proof Business

Rotary's New Wide Smartlift Designed to Help Car Dealerships and Shops Future Proof Business

Versatile Lift Works with Wide Range of Vehicles, including Electric Vehicles and Exotics DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., April 20, 2022 -- Rotary, part of Vehicle Service Group (VSG) and Dover , today announced the launch of the Rotary Wide Smartlift®, offering forward-thinking dealerships and repair shops a versatile lift t ... Continue reading

SOURCE: Fuel Efficiency Expert for Fleets

SOURCE: Fuel Efficiency Expert for Fleets

Hello Larry​, As gas prices continue to climb while the war in Ukraine persists, fleet companies trying to regain financial footing after fallout from the pandemic are now facing crippling overhead costs. In the last four days, the national average has increased to $4.10, and forecasters predict that the trend w ... Continue reading

Tesla Releases First Quarter 2022 Financial Results

Tesla Releases First Quarter 2022 Financial Results

AUSTIN, Texas--Tesla has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2022 by posting an update on its Investor Relations website. Please visit https://ir.tesla.com to view the update. ... Continue reading

USD 2.71 Billion Growth in Magazine Publishing Market | 56% of the growth to originate from APAC | 17,000+ Technavio Reports

USD 2.71 Billion Growth in Magazine Publishing Market | 56% of the growth to originate from APAC | 17,000+ Technavio Reports

NEW YORK, April 20, 2022 -- The magazine publishing market potential growth will account for USD 2.71 billion from 2021 to 2026, as per the latest market analysis report by Technavio. The report also identifies the market to witness a decelerating growth momentum at a CAGR of 0.51% during the forecast period. 56% ... Continue reading

Consumer Watchdog: Department of Insurance Ethics Legislation Blocked By Assembly Insurance Committee Today Without A Vote; Committee Members Collected $1.5 Million In Insurance Campaign Cash

Consumer Watchdog: Department of Insurance Ethics Legislation Blocked By Assembly Insurance Committee Today Without A Vote; Committee Members Collected $1.5 Million In Insurance Campaign Cash

demonstrates the insurance industry's capture of the Assembly Insurance Committee that members refused to even allow a vote on a transparency bill that would have shone light on industry influence at the Department of Insurance," said Carmen Balber, executive director of Consumer Watchdog. Another Department of Insuran ... Continue reading

Dodger Fans Only: Advance Auto Parts and Los Angeles Dodgers Partner as Official Auto Parts Retailer

Dodger Fans Only: Advance Auto Parts and Los Angeles Dodgers Partner as Official Auto Parts Retailer

LOS ANGELES--Advance Auto Parts , a leading automotive aftermarket parts retailer, and the Los Angeles Dodgers, the seven-time World Series championship-winning baseball franchise, today announced an exclusive partnership, with Advance becoming the team’s official auto parts retailer. Through the agreement, Advance w ... Continue reading

Zero Motorcycles Reorganizes to Position Company as the Leader in Customer Experience

Zero Motorcycles Reorganizes to Position Company as the Leader in Customer Experience

SANTA CRUZ, Calif.--Zero Motorcycles, the global leader in electric motorcycles and powertrains, has announced that service for its entire award-winning product line, as well as contact points for customers across all channels, will now be managed under a newly formed department of Customer Experience (CX). The new CX ... Continue reading

City of Thunder Bay, ON digitizes parking and enforcement operations with Passport

City of Thunder Bay, ON digitizes parking and enforcement operations with Passport

Contactless payment option for parking now available at more than 1,000 parking spaces across the City THUNDER BAY, Ontario, April 21, 2022 -- The City of Thunder Bay launches its first mobile payment option for parking with transportation software and payments company, Passport. With Passport's platform in place, the ... Continue reading

Compressed Natural Gas Market to Reach the Valuation of US$ 465.52 Bn by of 2031, States TMR Study

Compressed Natural Gas Market to Reach the Valuation of US$ 465.52 Bn by of 2031, States TMR Study

Governments of several nations are promoting the use of CNG by launching incentive-based polices Rising efforts to promote the use of CNG is propelling the Asia Pacific compressed natural gas market ALBANY, N.Y., April 21, 2022 -- The global compressed natural gas market is estimated to register growth at a CAGR of 12. ... Continue reading

Eaton’s Vehicle Group Facilities Reducing Environmental Impact With New Technologies and Systems

Eaton’s Vehicle Group Facilities Reducing Environmental Impact With New Technologies and Systems

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Eaton’s Vehicle Group is using a mobile centrifuge method to remove swarf generated during metal-cutting processes. (Photo: Business Wire) Eaton’s Vehicle Group is using a mobile centrifuge method to remove swarf generated during metal-cutting processes. ... Continue reading

Electric Power Steering Market worth $33.4 billion by 2027 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

Electric Power Steering Market worth $33.4 billion by 2027 - Exclusive Report by MarketsandMarkets™

CHICAGO, April 21, 2022 -- According to the new market research report "Electric Power Steering Market by Component, Type (CEPS, PEPS, REPS), Mechanism (Collapsible, Rigid), Electric Motor Type, Application, Off-Highway (Construction, Agricultural), EV (BEV, PHEV, HEV), EV Gear Type and Region - Global Forecast to 2027 ... Continue reading

Global Biodiesel Market Analysis to 2030 - by Application, Product Type, Sales Channel and Region - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Global Biodiesel Market Analysis to 2030 - by Application, Product Type, Sales Channel and Region - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Global Biodiesel Market Analysis: Plant Capacity, Production, Operating Efficiency, Technology, Demand & Supply, End-User Industries, Distribution Channel, Regional Demand, 2015-2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Global Biodiesel demand stood at 25 Million Tonnes in 2020 and ... Continue reading

Global Electric Vehicle Plastics Market Report 2022-2028 - Increasing Significance of High-Performance Plastic to Assure Safety and Security - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Global Electric Vehicle Plastics Market Report 2022-2028 - Increasing Significance of High-Performance Plastic to Assure Safety and Security - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Global Electric Vehicle Plastics Market 2022-2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Global electric vehicle plastics market is likely to exhibit growth at a CAGR of 30.48% in the projected phase 2022-2028. ... Continue reading

InventHelp Inventor Develops Motorized Bicycle-like Vehicle (JTK-122)

InventHelp Inventor Develops Motorized Bicycle-like Vehicle (JTK-122)

PITTSBURGH, April 21, 2022 -- "I wanted to create a more enjoyable, strain-free way to ride a bicycle," said an inventor, from Liberty, Miss., "so I invented the TO GO BIKE. My design could be used for recreation, transportation and racing." The invention provides a unique motorized bicycle-like vehicle for personal t ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Electric Unveils Inca Jay Digital Cockpit to Showcase Advanced Safety Technologies

Mitsubishi Electric Unveils Inca Jay Digital Cockpit to Showcase Advanced Safety Technologies

NORTHVILLE, Mich.--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) today debuted a new digital cockpit, Inca Jay, that showcases a suite of technologies for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), cabin safety and enhanced User Experience (UX), that will shape the future of connectivity and usability in vehicles. The ... Continue reading

"Propane Sourcing and Procurement Market Report" Reveals that this Market will have a Growth of USD 32.95 Billion by 2026

"Propane Sourcing and Procurement Market Report" Reveals that this Market will have a Growth of USD 32.95 Billion by 2026

Propane Sourcing and Procurement Market Report highlights the effect of COVID-19 on this market. Exxon Mobil Corp., BP Plc, and TOTAL SA will emerge as the key Propane Sourcing and Procurement Report suppliers by 2026. ... Continue reading

Snap-on Announces First Quarter 2022 Results

Snap-on Announces First Quarter 2022 Results

KENOSHA, Wis.--Snap-on Incorporated , a leading global innovator, manufacturer and marketer of tools, equipment, diagnostics, repair information and systems solutions for professional users performing critical tasks, today announced operating results for the first quarter of 2022. Net sales of $1,097.8 million in the f ... Continue reading

ZEFER and H2ME deliver 100 hydrogen taxis to Copenhagen and achieve a key milestone for transport in Europe

ZEFER and H2ME deliver 100 hydrogen taxis to Copenhagen and achieve a key milestone for transport in Europe

COPENHAGEN, Denmark--Two pan-European projects have collaborated to bring zero emission hydrogen taxis and a new hydrogen refuelling station to the Danish capital city. The ZEFER (Zero Emission taxi Fleets for European Rollout) and H2ME2 (Hydrogen Mobility Europe) projects, both funded by Europe’s Clean Hydrogen Part ... Continue reading

ZIPS Car Wash Continues Atlanta Metro Expansion with Acquisition of Fast Trac

ZIPS Car Wash Continues Atlanta Metro Expansion with Acquisition of Fast Trac

PLANO, Texas--ZIPS Car Wash (www.zipscarwash.com) announced today the second acquisition of a Fast Trac Car Wash location, now in Rockmart, Georgia. With this acquisition, ZIPS Car Wash now owns and operates 12 locations across north Georgia and over 230 locations across the country. ... Continue reading

A New Off-road Star Model - GWM Launches New Luxury Business SUV GWM TANK500

A New Off-road Star Model - GWM Launches New Luxury Business SUV GWM TANK500

BAODING, China, April 21, 2022 -- Recently, GWM TANK500, a new model of GWM's TANK brand, was launched in China, becoming one of the hottest models in the local market. As a new member of GWM, GWM TANK500, the middle and large SUV model, belongs to the first luxury business series of the brand, which has both the busin ... Continue reading

AutoNation Used Vehicle Revenue Up 47% Reports Record First Quarter Results

AutoNation Used Vehicle Revenue Up 47% Reports Record First Quarter Results

America's largest and most admired automotive retailer, today reported record first quarter EPS. First quarter 2022 revenue was $6.8 billion, an increase of 14% driven by used vehicle revenue which increased 47%, more than offsetting the decline in new vehicle revenue of 6%, and robust After-Sales performance with reve ... Continue reading

Breezeline Introduces Electric Vehicles as It Sets the Goal of Net Zero Emissions By 2050

Breezeline Introduces Electric Vehicles as It Sets the Goal of Net Zero Emissions By 2050

Breezeline has begun to deploy electric vehicles (EVs), a key step in its commitment to reduce its operational emissions by 65% by 2030 and achieve net zero emissions by 2050. ... Continue reading

Luxury SUV Market Size to Grow by 1.59 million units | North America to Dominate the Market | Technavio

Luxury SUV Market Size to Grow by 1.59 million units | North America to Dominate the Market | Technavio

NEW YORK, April 21, 2022 -- The luxury SUV market size is expected to grow by 1.59 mn units from 2019 to 2024, progressing at a CAGR of 7% during the forecast period, according to Technavio. The report offers an up-to-date analysis as well as exact growth variance and the Y-O-Y growth rate. Request a Sample Report to l ... Continue reading

Beomni™ at Explorers Club Makes History! Beyond Imagination’s New Humanoid Robot Will Connect People Coast to Coast Physically

Beomni™ at Explorers Club Makes History! Beyond Imagination’s New Humanoid Robot Will Connect People Coast to Coast Physically

MPEG-4 Video Loading media player... Beomni is the world’s most sophisticated general-purpose humanoid robot, capable of performing an almost unlimited number of tasks. The robot is on display at the Explorers Club Headquarters this week in NYC and on Friday it will be serving guests at the Explorers Club Annual Dinn ... Continue reading

SOFIA's Observations of Jupiter Present a "Jovial" Surprise

SOFIA's Observations of Jupiter Present a "Jovial" Surprise

COLUMBIA, Md., April 21, 2022 -- To study the atmospheric circulation on Jupiter, researchers observed the hydrogen near Jupiter's upper troposphere. In doing so, they noticed that Jupiter's four moons—the Galilean satellites—had entered their field of view and they were able to capture the temperature variations i ... Continue reading

Electric Vehicle Cost To Operate Rankings

Electric Vehicle Cost To Operate Rankings

by Zutobi · Updated Mar 24, 2022 EVs are continuing to grow in popularity among motorists, with record numbers of drivers abandoning diesel and petrol in favor of electric. Yet, many people remain wary of this new technology, as they are unconvinced of the benefits of running an electric vehicle over a traditionally f ... Continue reading

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