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Thursday, August 4, 2022

Steve Morris Makes This Drag And Drive Big-Block Sing On The Dyno

Steve Morris Makes This Drag And Drive Big-Block Sing On The Dyno

Engine builders have found ways to extract insane amounts of horsepower from all kinds of engine combinations thanks to advances in technology. There’s one engine package that’s always been able to make big power since it was first created: the famed big-block Chevy. ... Continue reading

Rimac Nevera #001 Delivered to 2016 Formula One World Champion and sustainability entrepreneur, Nico Rosberg

Rimac Nevera #001 Delivered to 2016 Formula One World Champion and sustainability entrepreneur, Nico Rosberg

Zagreb, Monaco, Aug 4, 2022 – Just a month after the first production-ready Rimac Nevera, #000, rolled out of Rimac’s facility in Zagreb, Croatia, car #001 has been delivered to its owner – 2016 Formula One World Champion and sustainability entrepreneur Nico Rosberg. Prior to the car being sent to his home in Mon ... Continue reading

GM to Double the Super Cruise Road Network - Take A Taxi

GM to Double the Super Cruise Road Network - Take A Taxi

DETROIT 2022-08-03; General Motors announced today that Super Cruise, the industry’s first true hands-free driver assistance technology, will soon be expanded so that it works on even more roads, giving customers greater accessibility to hands-free driving. By doubling the Super Cruise road network, hundreds of thous ... Continue reading

Infineon chip flaws to disrupt Hyundai IONIQ 5 EV production

Infineon chip flaws to disrupt Hyundai IONIQ 5 EV production

Special to The Auto Channel From Korea Economic Daily Aug 03, 2022 By The world’s top automotive chipmaker has found flaws in its insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) chips produced between early April and early June of this year and has discarded all the automotive chips manufactured during the period. The flaws ... Continue reading

Canada Automotive Usage-Based Insurance (UBI) Market Growth Analysis/Opportunities Report 2021-2028 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Canada Automotive Usage-Based Insurance (UBI) Market Growth Analysis/Opportunities Report 2021-2028 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Canadian Automotive UBI Growth Opportunities" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. This research service identifies new scenarios influencing the automotive usage-based insurance (UBI) industry in Canada, as well as evolving and new business models in this space. ... Continue reading

Carnival Corporation Upgrading Global Fleet with Fuel- and Energy-Saving Technology

Carnival Corporation Upgrading Global Fleet with Fuel- and Energy-Saving Technology

World's largest cruise company is rolling out Service Power Packages to improve energy efficiency and support overall sustainability goals To significantly reduce energy and fuel consumption, upgrades include investments in on-demand automation and controls, cooling enhancements, LED lighting and efficient HVAC systems ... Continue reading

Carvana Officially Launches Co-Signer Financing for Customers in South Carolina

Carvana Officially Launches Co-Signer Financing for Customers in South Carolina

PHOENIX--Carvana , the industry pioneer for buying and selling used cars online, makes its vehicle financing qualification process even easier by offering South Carolina residents the option to add a co-signer to buy the vehicle they love. By sharing responsibility for the vehicle loan, Carvana customers who qualify ma ... Continue reading

CORRECTING and REPLACING ZapBatt and Toshiba to Unlock Proven Lithium Titanium Oxide Battery Technology for Micro-mobility

CORRECTING and REPLACING ZapBatt and Toshiba to Unlock Proven Lithium Titanium Oxide Battery Technology for Micro-mobility

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail ZapBatt has collaborated with Toshiba to create a new battery option for the micro-mobility marketplace. (Photo: Business Wire) ZapBatt has collaborated with Toshiba to create a new battery option for the micro-mobility marketplace. ... Continue reading

Daughter Of Hiroshima Survivor, Looking for Watch Stolen From UN, To Show At G7 Summit - Documentary To Call Out To World "8:15 Hiroshima | From Father To Daughter" First Global Screening Event (Free, August 5-9)

Daughter Of Hiroshima Survivor, Looking for Watch Stolen From UN, To Show At G7 Summit - Documentary To Call Out To World "8:15 Hiroshima | From Father To Daughter" First Global Screening Event (Free, August 5-9)

With Over 480,000 Views on YouTube - "8:15 Hiroshima" Picked Up By Japanese Distributor Shin Nippon Films - Following Nationwide Theatrical Release Across Japan - Now Available Free During Anniversary of Hiroshima & Nagasaki Bombings. NEW YORK, Aug. ... Continue reading

DESERT MOUNTAIN ENERGY HAS SIGNIFICANT SHOWS OF HELIUM ON GUNNAR DOME WILDCAT WELL

DESERT MOUNTAIN ENERGY HAS SIGNIFICANT SHOWS OF HELIUM ON GUNNAR DOME WILDCAT WELL

VANCOUVER, BC, Aug. 4, 2022 - DESERT MOUNTAIN ENERGY CORP. (the "Company") (TSXV: DME) (OTC: DMEHF) (Frankfurt: QM01) From the President of the Company. ... Continue reading

EVgo and the South Jersey Transportation Authority Open New Fast Charging Station on the Atlantic City Expressway at the Farley Service Plaza

EVgo and the South Jersey Transportation Authority Open New Fast Charging Station on the Atlantic City Expressway at the Farley Service Plaza

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail (Photo: Business Wire) LOS ANGELES--EVgo Inc. , the nation’s largest public fast charging network for electric vehicles (EVs), and the South Jersey Transportation Authority (SJTA) today announced the opening of the first EVgo public fast charging station at milepost 21.3 on the Atlan ... Continue reading

Globant Launches Automotive Studio With Focus on Mobility at Scale

Globant Launches Automotive Studio With Focus on Mobility at Scale

New Studio adds to Globant's Reinvention Studios portfolio, which includes Smart Payments, EdTech, Airlines, and Gaming, among others. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. ... Continue reading

New Product Safety Recalls

New Product Safety Recalls

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4, 2022 -- The CPSC announces today the following recalls are posted in cooperation with the firms listed below. ... Continue reading

Sea Tow® Shares Its Tips on Protecting Boats as Peak Hurricane Season Arrives

Sea Tow® Shares Its Tips on Protecting Boats as Peak Hurricane Season Arrives

NOAA Predicts Above Average Activity Heading into Peak Hurricane Season SOUTHOLD, N.Y., Aug. 4, 2022 -- Sea Tow, the nation's leading on-water marine assistance provider, urges boaters to prepare for the 2022 peak Atlantic hurricane season. ... Continue reading

Solo Advanced Vehicle Technologies More Than Doubles Employee Headcount in Q2 as it Builds Freight Transportation’s First Clean-Sheet, Battery-Electric Class 8 Truck

Solo Advanced Vehicle Technologies More Than Doubles Employee Headcount in Q2 as it Builds Freight Transportation’s First Clean-Sheet, Battery-Electric Class 8 Truck

FREMONT, Calif.--Solo Advanced Vehicle Technologies (Solo AVT), the vehicle hardware company revolutionizing the freight transportation industry, today announced it appointed Paul Jones as Chief Legal Officer and Mengwei Campbell as Senior Director of Vehicle Controls, as well as hired ten engineering staff members to ... Continue reading

Torch.AI Tapped to Deliver AI Ecosystem for Warfighting Naval Forces

Torch.AI Tapped to Deliver AI Ecosystem for Warfighting Naval Forces

LEAWOOD, Kan., Aug. 4, 2022 -- Torch.AI, pioneers of data infrastructure AI, announced today the U.S. Navy has awarded a new 5-year agreement to provide next generation AI and data infrastructure software capabilities for the U.S. Navy's Digital Warfare Office (DWO). Continue Reading U.S. Navy The new artificial intell ... Continue reading

US Tax Credit Could Rev Up Electric Vehicle Production In Canada

US Tax Credit Could Rev Up Electric Vehicle Production In Canada

FN Media Group Presents Microsmallcap.com Market Commentary NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 -- Canadian car makers breathed a sigh of relief last week when US lawmakers decided to scrap part of a large incentive package for electric vehicles (EVs) that originally excluded EVs assembled in Canada from a proposed $7,500 US consum ... Continue reading

Vail Resorts Closes on Acquisition of Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG, a Leading Swiss Resort

Vail Resorts Closes on Acquisition of Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG, a Leading Swiss Resort

Company shares details about 2022-23 season pass access to the resort BROOMFIELD, Colo., Aug. 4, 2022 -- Vail Resorts, Inc. has closed on its purchase of a majority stake in Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG, a renowned destination ski resort in Central Switzerland that controls and operates the resort's mountain and ski-rela ... Continue reading

"Zirconium Sourcing and Procurement Market Report" Reveals that this Market will have a Growth of USD 0.83 Billion by 2026

"Zirconium Sourcing and Procurement Market Report" Reveals that this Market will have a Growth of USD 0.83 Billion by 2026

Zirconium Sourcing and Procurement Market Report highlights the effect of COVID-19 on this market. Iluka Resources, Tronox Holdings, and SCR-Sibelco will emerge as the key Zirconium Sourcing and Procurement Report suppliers by 2026. ... Continue reading

Advent Launches Honey Badger 50 Portable Methanol Fuel-cell Battery Charger System

Advent Launches Honey Badger 50 Portable Methanol Fuel-cell Battery Charger System

Advent an innovation-driven leader in the fuel cell and hydrogen technology space, today announced the launch of Honey Badger 50™ (“HB50”), a compact portable fuel cell system and quiet power supply for use in off-grid field applications, such as military and rescue operations. The launch of Advent’s portable p ... Continue reading

IIHS Ratings Of Midsize Cars In Updated Side Crash Test +VIDEO

IIHS Ratings Of Midsize Cars In Updated Side Crash Test +VIDEO

August 4, 2022; Only three of seven midsize cars tested earn good or acceptable ratings in the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s updated side crash test. The Subaru Outback is the only midsize car to earn a good rating. ... Continue reading

U.S. Congress Office Sees Few Tax Breaks for EVs Under Democratic Plan

U.S. Congress Office Sees Few Tax Breaks for EVs Under Democratic Plan

Washington DC August 4, 2022; The AIADA reported that a proposal by U.S. Senate Democrats to put income, price and domestic content conditions on electric vehicle tax breaks could initially sharply curtail the number of EVs that qualify, the Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday. The CBO estimate said the elect ... Continue reading

Amplify the off-road audio experience with the all-in-one Tread Audio System from Garmin

Amplify the off-road audio experience with the all-in-one Tread Audio System from Garmin

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Designed to withstand the rigors of any off-road adventure, the rugged, high-performance Tread Audio System brings premium music, lights and fun to any powersports ride using the audio box with LED controller, two 6.5-inch XS-LED tower speakers, one wireless remote and mounting hardwar ... Continue reading

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