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CareerWorks: Greater Newark Workforce Funders Collaborative Awarded $320,000 in Grants to Develop Workforce Partnerships

CareerWorks: Greater Newark Workforce Funders Collaborative Awarded $320,000 in Grants to Develop Workforce Partnerships

CareerWorks: Greater Newark Workforce Funders Collaborative announced today that it has been awarded $320,000 in grants to support the expansion of its workforce partnerships to develop the skills of entry-level adults in northern New Jersey and help them access career tracks. CareerWorks is New Jersey’s only regi ... Continue reading

AJAC Announces First Canadian Green Car of The Year at Vancouver International Auto Show

AJAC Announces First Canadian Green Car of The Year at Vancouver International Auto Show

What is a Green Vehicle? It is a vehicle which, for its size and purpose, provides the Canadian consumer with environmentally-friendly returns that compare favourably with other vehicles in its class. VANCOUVER -- March 19, 2015: In less than one week, during the opening ceremonies at the Vancouver International Auto S ... Continue reading

Neusoft Showcases Innovative Automotive Electronics and Healthcare Products at CeBIT 2015 in Hannover, Germany

Neusoft Showcases Innovative Automotive Electronics and Healthcare Products at CeBIT 2015 in Hannover, Germany

Neusoft Corporation ("Neusoft", SSE: 600718), a leading IT solution and service provider from China, attended the CeBIT 2015 in Hannover, Germany, showcasing its IT technologies and products in the fields of automotive electronics and healthcare, under the theme of "Innovation Drives Sustainable Growth of Society". As ... Continue reading

Building the Manufacturing Workforce of the Future

Building the Manufacturing Workforce of the Future

Honda North America, Inc., today announced an innovative $1 million Ohio-based workforce development initiative to create interest in manufacturing careers and provide educational and training opportunities to prepare the next generation workforce for high-tech positions in the manufacturing industry.</p> <p>The new pr ... Continue reading

Free Theory and Hazard Perception App is UK First for Learner Drivers

Free Theory and Hazard Perception App is UK First for Learner Drivers

The new Theory and Hazard Perception app from SmartDriving is the first totally free app for UK learner drivers SmartDriving is a well-known company in the driver training industry and has provided services for driving instructors for many years, but it's now bringing its expertise in driver training direct to all lear ... Continue reading

New Chevy Malibu Tech Helps Parents Teach Kids Safe Driving

New Chevy Malibu Tech Helps Parents Teach Kids Safe Driving

The all-new 2016 Chevrolet Malibu will debut Teen Driver, a system that provides parents with a tool to help encourage safe driving habits for their kids, even when they are not in the car with them. Teen Driver supports safe driving habits by muting the audio of the radio or any device paired with the vehicle when fro ... Continue reading

Fitch: Gas Tax Would Be More Stable Form of US Highway Funding

Fitch: Gas Tax Would Be More Stable Form of US Highway Funding

The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) proposal for raising the gas tax is a pragmatic, much-needed source to fund investments through the Highway Trust Fund (HTF), Fitch Ratings says. The gas tax is the fastest and most reliable method to provide desperately needed resources to states for road ... Continue reading

Ford Pushes Interior Design Forward, Testing Innovative Research Tools

Ford Pushes Interior Design Forward, Testing Innovative Research Tools

Ford is conducting testing to collect valuable customer insights from emotional, logical and discovery perspectives This same approach influenced the interior design of the all-new Ford GT supercar, which is based on three principles – clarity of intent, innovation and connection Ford GT interior design goes beyon ... Continue reading

Sales of Electric Motorcycles and Scooters Are Expected to Reach Nearly 6 Million a Year by 2024

Sales of Electric Motorcycles and Scooters Are Expected to Reach Nearly 6 Million a Year by 2024

Slowing growth in China is being offset by expanding markets in neighboring economies, report finds BOULDER, CC -- March 20, 2015: A new report from Navigant Research examines the global markets for electric motorcycles and scooters and the related battery technologies, including global forecasts for electric two-wheel ... Continue reading

Axalta Racing's Brilliant Flames Will Heat Up the Track

Axalta Racing's Brilliant Flames Will Heat Up the Track

No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet SS 2015 Debut at Auto Club 400 GLEN MILLS, PA -- March 20, 2015: After a long winter’s nap, the popular Brilliant Flames paint scheme on the No. 24 Axalta Chevrolet SS, driven by four-time NASCAR Cup Series champion, Jeff Gordon will make its 2015 debut this Sunday at the Auto Club Speedway ... Continue reading

Nissan Teams up with Ricker's to Fuel Electric Cars

Nissan Teams up with Ricker's to Fuel Electric Cars

Thanks to a local partnership, Nissan is now bringing its popular “No Charge to Charge” program to Indianapolis, providing two years of no-cost, public charging to new Nissan LEAF buyers within the Greater Indianapolis market. “We are pleased to support private sector partnerships like the one between Ni ... Continue reading

Nissan Announces Leadership Changes in North America

Nissan Announces Leadership Changes in North America

Nissan today announced leadership changes within its North American operations coinciding with the upcoming start of the company’s Fiscal Year 2015 on April 1. The changes announced today will positively impact the company’s North American operations and further accelerate progress towards the company’s ... Continue reading

Auto Lab Call -in Radio Saturday March 21, 2015 - WMCA 570 8:05a-9a; WNYM 970 9:05a-10a</h1>

Auto Lab Call -in Radio Saturday March 21, 2015 - WMCA 570 8:05a-9a; WNYM 970 9:05a-10a</h1>

Harold Bendell-Major Auto Fred Bordoff-Bronx Community College,CUNY Tim Cacace-Master Mechanix Ivan Anderson-Brookdale Community College Joanne Porcelli Esq. Michael Porcelli-Central Avenue Auto Repairs Nicholas Prague-MTA Training Superintendent & Rockland Community College,SUNY Interviews Robert Erskine, Senior Europ ... Continue reading

Infiniti Announces Coaches' Charity Challenge Winner, Kicks off Round by Round Brackets Benefitting Coaches vs. Cancer

Infiniti Announces Coaches' Charity Challenge Winner, Kicks off Round by Round Brackets Benefitting Coaches vs. Cancer

Coach Matt Painter of the Purdue University Boilermakers Wins Infiniti Coaches' Charity Challenge raising $100,000 for the Smith Family BReaK Thru Fund Infiniti to donate up to $700,000 for Coaches vs. Cancer through CBS Sports Round by Round Brackets NASHVILLE, TN -- March 20, 2015: For the fifth consecutive year, Inf ... Continue reading

2016 Lexus RX to Make Its Global Debut Under the Bright Lights of the Big Apple: 2015 NYIAS

2016 Lexus RX to Make Its Global Debut Under the Bright Lights of the Big Apple: 2015 NYIAS

Lexus will introduce the all-new 2016 RX at the 2015 New York International Auto Show. When the RX model launched 17 years ago, it defined a new luxury segment. Since then, it has dominated mid-size luxury utility vehicle sales. The fourth generation RX will make its global debut at a press conference in the Galleria a ... Continue reading

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