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Android Wear Can Remote Start Your Hyundai

Android Wear Can Remote Start Your Hyundai

Smartwatch App Compatible with First and Second Generation Blue Link Equipped Hyundai Models Commands Work with Voice Recognition FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA -- Mar. 4, 2015: Today Hyundai owners no longer need to fish out a phone from a pocket or purse to remote start, lock or unlock their car using Blue Link™. They also ... Continue reading

2015 Acura TLX Achieves Highest Overall Vehicle Score from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

2015 Acura TLX Achieves Highest Overall Vehicle Score from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

TORRANCE, CA -- Mar 4, 2015: Acura continues to advance its reputation as a safety leader and innovator with thereceiving a 5-Star Overall Vehicle Score, the top available rating in the U.S. government's <a href="http://www.safercar.gov" target="_blank">New Car Assessment Program</a> (NCAP), including 5-stars in all si ... Continue reading

Mighty Ford F-750 TONKA, the Ultimate TONKA truck is Ready for Work or Play

Mighty Ford F-750 TONKA, the Ultimate TONKA truck is Ready for Work or Play

Mighty Ford F-750 TONKA, the ultimate TONKA truck, is built on all-new 2016 Ford F-650/F-750, the anchor of Ford’s commercial truck lineup and the toughest, smartest, best-value Ford medium-duty trucks ever Dump truck created by Ford and TONKA, both iconic brands that people of all ages associate with tough truck ... Continue reading

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Recognizes Toyota's Commitment to Preserve African American History

Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Recognizes Toyota's Commitment to Preserve African American History

African-American novelist, playwright and poet James Baldwin once said, “people are trapped in history and history is trapped in them.” The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) wants to ensure that African American history is protected for generations to come. Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., a ... Continue reading

Honda Supports Creation of a New U.S. Law to Increase Vehicle Recall Completion Rates

Honda Supports Creation of a New U.S. Law to Increase Vehicle Recall Completion Rates

U.S. Senators Markey and Blumenthal introduce bill to spur completion of recalls and save lives Airbag inflator rupture victim joins Honda in support of measure to increase recall repairs 3/2/2015; Honda today announced its support for legislation that would require any outstanding safety recall to be completed before ... Continue reading

Nissan Partners with Georgia Power to Get Atlanta LEAF Owners Charging at Work

Nissan Partners with Georgia Power to Get Atlanta LEAF Owners Charging at Work

Atlanta is America's top market for sales of the all-electric Nissan LEAF, and in an effort to encourage more EV sales and increase all-electric miles driven, Nissan is working with Georgia Power to make EV charging available at more workplaces in the region. “Our electric transportation program continues to demon ... Continue reading

Infiniti Offers Top Engineering Students the Motorsport Career Opportunity of a Lifetime

Infiniti Offers Top Engineering Students the Motorsport Career Opportunity of a Lifetime

University engineering students from across the United States now have the chance to land the career opportunity of a lifetime at the world’s pinnacle of motorsport, Formula One, as Infiniti Motor Company announces the launch of the 2015 Infiniti Performance Engineering Academy. “In an industry that is notori ... Continue reading

Carfax Announces Instant Availability Of Crash Reports Online

Carfax Announces Instant Availability Of Crash Reports Online

Crashdocs.org Is One-Stop Shop for Insurers; Saves Police Departments Time, Money Carfax has taken a huge step forward in eliminating the waiting time to receive automobile accident reports from police departments. Through one online source – Crashdocs.org – crash reports from virtually any police department ... Continue reading

AmeriPride Advances Alternative Fuels Program

AmeriPride Advances Alternative Fuels Program

AmeriPride Advances Alternative Fuels Program with 20 New Propane Trucks Nationwide textile rental company plans to increase Ford fleet equipped with ROUSH CleanTech propane autogas fuel systems TOPEKA, Kan. (March 4, 2015) — After a successful alternative fuels pilot, AmeriPride Services, one of the lar ... Continue reading

Decline In Crash Risk Spurs Better Outlook for Old(er) Drivers

Decline In Crash Risk Spurs Better Outlook for Old(er) Drivers

Status Report, Vol. 50, No. 2 | March 3, 2015 Subscribe Older drivers are more likely to crash for every mile they travel than middle-age drivers, but the overall crash outlook for older drivers has markedly improved during the past two decades. Two developments are helping lower the fatality rate among drivers age 75 ... Continue reading

You Talk'n To Me? - IIHS "Voice Systems Can Reduce Some Types of Distraction +VIDEO

You Talk'n To Me? - IIHS "Voice Systems Can Reduce Some Types of Distraction +VIDEO

It's hard to resist the temptation to do two things at once, even when one of those things is driving. To make multitasking easier and safer, automakers and technology companies have provided drivers with the ability to use voice commands to operate smartphones and infotainment systems.Voice systems do help drivers kee ... Continue reading

Digital Interlopers Invading Auto Manufacturing Space

Digital Interlopers Invading Auto Manufacturing Space

The Geneva Motor Show is in full swing, but with car companies slowly opening up their vehicles to digital developers could future shows see an app being the star attraction? Ola Henfridsson, Professor of Information Systems and Management at Warwick Business School, believes it is only a question of time before the tr ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces Executive Changes in North America, Diversifies Global Leadership Team with New Appointments

Toyota Announces Executive Changes in North America, Diversifies Global Leadership Team with New Appointments

Toyota today announced executive changes across its North American operations, effective as of April 1. The appointments reflect Toyota&rsquo;s ongoing efforts to diversify its global leadership team and leverage talent from its biggest, most experienced market as it continues to evolve as a global, customer-focused co ... Continue reading

Born Again: Next-Gen Chevrolet Malibu Announced

Born Again: Next-Gen Chevrolet Malibu Announced

Larger, lighter and more efficient Malibu to be unveiled at New York Auto Show DETROIT – Designed to deliver more efficiency, connectivity and advanced safety features than ever, the next-generation 2016 Chevrolet Malibu will make its public debut at the New York International Auto Show this April. Using a blank s ... Continue reading

Colorado 'Box Delete' Expands Options for Businesses

Colorado 'Box Delete' Expands Options for Businesses

Chevrolet today announced availability of the package in mid-April. It is on display this week at the annual National Truck Equipment Association Work Truck Show in Indianapolis. It is the only such option offered in the midsize truck segment.</p> <p>“With the segment-leading efficiency and maneuverable size, the ... Continue reading

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