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Successful Journey for Volvo's Truck Convoy Through Europe

Successful Journey for Volvo's Truck Convoy Through Europe

Gothenburg, Sweden - April 8, 2016: The Volvo Group's journey through Europe and participation in the EU Truck Platooning Challenge was a great success, with very positive reactions from decision-makers, politicians and the general public. Three Volvo trucks drove closely behind one another using wireless communication ... Continue reading

LotLinx Names Mark Boyd as Vice Chairman, Chief Revenue Officer

LotLinx Names Mark Boyd as Vice Chairman, Chief Revenue Officer

CHICAGO, April 8, 2016 -- Automotive digital marketing technology provider LotLinx® today announces that industry leader Mark Boyd is joining the company's executive team as Vice Chairman, Chief Revenue Officer. In this role, he will lead all LotLinx growth initiatives. Boyd joins LotLinx after a 30-year career foundi ... Continue reading

2016 Infiniti Q50 Red Sport 400 U.S. Pricing

2016 Infiniti Q50 Red Sport 400 U.S. Pricing

2016 Infiniti Q50 Red Sport 400 U.S. Pricing ... Continue reading

MINI ALL4 Racing At Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge

MINI ALL4 Racing At Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge

Mariella KapsaskisBMW Group Tel: +1-201-930-3166 send an e-mail Attachments(1x, ~70.5 KB) Photos(8x, ~5.01 MB) miniusanews.com Press release 08 April 2016 Two MINI ALL4 Racing crews on the podium at Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge. Four MINI ALL4 Racing finish in top five. Positive start for MINI and its MINI ALL4 Racing in ... Continue reading

Future Propulsion And Connected Vehicle Systems - FEV Exhibit at 2016 SAE World Congress

Future Propulsion And Connected Vehicle Systems - FEV Exhibit at 2016 SAE World Congress

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 8, 2016 -- The future of the automobile is changing at cyber speed. Just yesterday, the buzz was the electric vehicle, and now connected and autonomous vehicles have been added to the mix. Automakers are scrambling to keep abreast of the challenges inherent in this changing landscape in order ... Continue reading

World premier: Schaeffler Shows Future-oriented Bio Hybrid

World premier: Schaeffler Shows Future-oriented Bio Hybrid

HERZOGENAURACH, Germany, April 8, 2016 -- As a leading innovator with a large number of technologies to make mobility more economical, environmentally-friendly and safe, Schaeffler is also working on new mobility solutions. With the bio hybrid, the automotive and industrial supplier is now debuting an innovative micro- ... Continue reading

New Firestone Tire Built to Go Farther, Last Longer

New Firestone Tire Built to Go Farther, Last Longer

NASHVILLE, Tenn., April 7, 2016 -- Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) today announced the release of the all-new Firestone Champion™ with Fuel Fighter Technology™ tire for cars and minivans. Built to last, the Firestone Champion tire is backed by a 70,000 mile limited treadwear warranty* and is engineered wit ... Continue reading

Vehicle Sensor Crowdsourcing to Transform the Digital Map Ecosystem in Preparation for the Driverless Era

Vehicle Sensor Crowdsourcing to Transform the Digital Map Ecosystem in Preparation for the Driverless Era

LONDON, April 7, 2016 -- ABI Research, the leader in transformative technology innovation market intelligence, finds that highly accurate, real-time maps are an essential next step as the automotive industry steers toward the future of fully driverless cars. All autonomous and driverless vehicle maps will need to combi ... Continue reading

Leidos Participates In Christening Of DARPA's Innovative, Highly Autonomous Prototype Unmanned Vessel

Leidos Participates In Christening Of DARPA's Innovative, Highly Autonomous Prototype Unmanned Vessel

PORTLAND, Ore., April 7, 2016 -- Roger Krone, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Leidos , a national security, health and infrastructure solutions company, joined senior officials from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) and the Department of Defense today to christen the prototype vehicle from DA ... Continue reading

Cox Automotive Reinforces Commitment to NIADA, Independent Dealers

Cox Automotive Reinforces Commitment to NIADA, Independent Dealers

Relationship Expands as Seven Cox Brands Earn Association's National Corporate Partnership Designation Arlington, Texas (April 7, 2016) -- Demonstrating industry leadership and its commitment to independent used vehicle dealers, Cox Automotive, a provider of products and services spanning the automotive ecosystem, has ... Continue reading

Honda and Acura Exhibits At Auto China 2016

Honda and Acura Exhibits At Auto China 2016

BEIJING, China, April 7, 2016 - Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned Honda subsidiary in China, today announced the outline of Honda and Acura exhibits for the 14th Beijing International Automotive Exhibition (Auto China 2016), which will take place in Beijing, China. (Press days: April 25 - 26, 201 ... Continue reading

$4.5 million Grant From U.S. Department of Energy To Cummins-led Team to Develop Volt-Like Plug-in Hybrid Truck that Reduces Fuel Use by 50%

$4.5 million Grant From U.S. Department of Energy To Cummins-led Team to Develop Volt-Like Plug-in Hybrid Truck that Reduces Fuel Use by 50%

COLUMBUS, Ind.—Cummins Inc. today announced the company was awarded a $4.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a Class 6 commercial plug-in hybrid electric vehicle that can reduce fuel consumption by at least 50 percent over conventional Class 6 vehicles. When fully loaded, Class 6 vehicles ... Continue reading

Mercedes Owners File New Lawsuit Stating Mercedes BlueTEC Diesels Fail Emissions Tests

Mercedes Owners File New Lawsuit Stating Mercedes BlueTEC Diesels Fail Emissions Tests

NEWARK, N.J.—Today, owners of Mercedes BlueTEC diesel automobiles from 13 states filed an amended class-action lawsuit against Mercedes-Benz USA stating the automaker knowingly programmed its BlueTEC vehicles to release illegal levels of emissions in virtually all real world driving conditions and likely contain a ... Continue reading

Strategy Analytics: Semi-Autonomous Vehicles Provide Impetus To Interior Camera Driver Monitoring

Strategy Analytics: Semi-Autonomous Vehicles Provide Impetus To Interior Camera Driver Monitoring

BOSTON, April 7, 2016 -- Most driver monitoring is currently inferred from existing sensors fitted to the vehicle, as mandated for antilock brake and electronic stability control systems, and for electric power steering systems that enhance comfort and fuel economy. As such, deployments in inferred systems will grow fr ... Continue reading

VR Equipment, UAVs and Faraday's Electric Concept Car to Appear at China Information Technology Expo 2016

VR Equipment, UAVs and Faraday's Electric Concept Car to Appear at China Information Technology Expo 2016

SHENZHEN, China, April 7, 2016 -- The 4th China Information Technology Expo 2016 (CITE 2016) will be held from April 8 to April 10, 2016 in Shenzhen at the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center. Featuring more than 1,700 exhibitors, the Expo will cover topics in the new generation of information technology developm ... Continue reading

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