Les Ryder Named EcoMotors VP, Engineering
Dec 19, 2011
EcoMotors has named Les Ryder as its Vice President of engineering. Ryder worked for nearly 30 years at Ford Motor Company in engine development and manufacturing, with his most recent role being Chief Engine Engineer. His long career gave him broad experience in bringing engines into production. ... Continue reading
Dec 19, 2011
Schaeffler Technologies -- a global automotive manufacturer of high-precision products and systems for engines, transmissions and chassis applications -- is supplying components or technologies to all 10 of Ward's 10 Best Engines for 2012. According to Ward's, the publication's editors scored the engines based on power ... Continue reading
Yuchai Engine Wins 2011 Outstanding Commercial Vehicle Engine Award
Dec 16, 2011
China Yuchai International Limited ("China Yuchai" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that the YC6L-40 diesel engine manufactured by its major subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited, Yulin, China ("GYMCL"), has won the "2011 Outstanding Commercial Vehicle Engine" Award at the Auto Sports' Top 10 Eng ... Continue reading
Audi's 3.0 L TFSI® Engine Wins 'Ward's 10 Best Engine' Award
Dec 15, 2011
Audi today announced that the Audi 3.0 L TFSI® supercharged V-6 engine has secured a position on Ward's 10 Best Engine list for 2012. Now in its 18th year, Ward's 10 Best Engines recognizes the latest powertrain technologies that are affordable to most consumers, boost horsepower and torque, sound appealing and integr ... Continue reading
Dec 15, 2011
Cyclone Power Technologies (OTCQB: CYPW), developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine, announced that over 120 people attended its 2011 Open House, including a guest speaker from Raytheon, and representatives from Congressman Alan West's office (FL-22), the Greater Ft. Lauderdale Alliance, the Offices of Econo ... Continue reading
Dec 14, 2011
Ford introduces Focus Electric, expected to top 100 MPGe Ford's world-class Michigan Assembly Plant is starting production of the 2012 Focus Electric, expected to be the first five-passenger, all-electric car to achieve 100-plus MPGe. Focus Electric can recharge in half the time of the Nissan Leaf. One-third of Ford's ... Continue reading
Trivest Partners Announces New Platform With Acquisition of Take 5 Oil Change
Dec 14, 2011
Trivest Partners ("Trivest") today announced the successful completion of its acquisition of Take 5 Oil Change, Inc. ("Take 5" or the "Company"), a differentiated fast lube chain with 26 locations throughout the Southeast. Take 5 CEO and shareholder, Pete Frey, will continue to lead the Company's daily operations. ... Continue reading
ECOtality and Outcast Partner to Launch Digital Advertising Network for Blink EV Charging Stations
Dec 14, 2011
Outcast, the largest fuel television network at the pump, and ECOtality , a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, announced today a partnership to launch the nation's largest digital network at Blink electric vehicle (EV) charging stations. "Outcast specializes in engaging with consumers at ... Continue reading
GE WattStation Electric Vehicle Charger Available at Amazon.com
Dec 13, 2011
GE Energy has reached an agreement with Amazon.com to sell its award-winning GE WattStationTM Wall Mount electric vehicle (EV) charger directly to U.S. consumers through the online retailer's popular website. 'We believe the product is well-suited to an online purchasing experience.â Just in time for the holidays, ... Continue reading
Dec 13, 2011
For the 2012 model year, Kia Motors America (KMA) equips the all-new Rio subcompacts and enhanced Soul urban passenger vehicle with a state-of-the-art 1.6-liter GDI four-cylinder Gamma powerplant, which was recently honored as one of Ward's "10 Best Engines." The editors of WardsAuto recognized the engine's combination ... Continue reading
Universal Lubricants ECO ULTRA Motor Oil Now Used at Country's Top Rated Travel Center
Dec 12, 2011
Universal Lubricants, America's only "closed-loop" provider of re-refined motor oils, announced today that Portland, Oregon's Jubitz Truck Stop, one of the oldest and most consistently rated top travel centers in the country, has joined the green motor oil revolution by becoming a supplier of ECO ULTRA motor oil. Made ... Continue reading
Dec 9, 2011
There are hybrids and then there are hybrids. The sole hybrid powerplant to be honored by WardsAuto.com and WardsAuto World magazine in their 2012 "10 Best Engines" list happens to be the one that challenges conventional wisdom about the compatibility of performance and fuel economy -- the 2012 Infiniti M Hybrid's inno ... Continue reading
Mazda's SKYACTIV-G Gasoline Engine Named to Ward's 10 Best Engines List
Dec 9, 2011
SKYACTIV TECHNOLOGY, Mazda's all-new fuel-efficient and performance-oriented engineering technology, has been available in the North American market for less than two months but already the awards are piling up. Today, WardsAuto World named the SKYACTIV-G 2.0-liter gasoline engine a winner of its 2012 Ward's 10 Best En ... Continue reading
Hyundai 1.6-liter Gamma Engine Named to Ward's 10 Best Engines List
Dec 9, 2011
Following in the footsteps of Hyundai's Tau V8 engine, the 1.6-liter GDI Gamma engine, which debuted on the all-new Accent, has been named one of the Ward's 10 Best Engines by WardsAuto World. "Hyundai spent three years on the list with its excellent Tau 5.0-liter V-8, but 2012 brings evidence the auto maker can delive ... Continue reading
Penton's Ward's Announces 10 Best Engines Winners for 2012
Dec 9, 2011
Ward's 10 Best Engines, North America's only award program honoring excellence in vehicle powertrains, have been announced for 2012. A record seven of this year's Ward's 10 Best Engines winners have integrated state-of-the-art direct fuel injection, demonstrating the rapid pace of technology development as auto makers ... Continue reading
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