Volvo Cars Makes Driving at Night Safer and More Comfortable with Innovative, Permanent High Beam
Mar 4, 2013
The new Volvo S60, V60 and XC60 - shown to the public for the first time at the Geneva Motor Show - can be fitted with an innovation that makes driving in the dark safer and more comfortable. The renewed Active High Beam Control makes it possible to use high beam continuously thanks to an ingenious mechanism that preve ... Continue reading
Fossil Fuel Industry Selling Us BS For Our Tanks
Mar 4, 2013
By Alan Anderson Everyone has heard that there are two sides to every story, but I'm here to tell you that that is not true when it comes to the Fossil Fuel story. I've tried to count the story lines and it seems to be four or more sides to this story, and most of them are lies. The first and most truthful side is the ... Continue reading
WATCH LIVE - 2013 Car Of The Year in Geneva Today at 9AM EST +VIDEO
Mar 4, 2013
Watch the ceremony live right here on The Auto Channel GENEVA - March 4, 2013: One of the world's most prestigous automobile awards will be bestowed today at 9AM east coast time during the first Press Day of the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The international Car of the Year award is considered to be the most prestigious and ... Continue reading
Mar 2, 2013
Keynote, a global leader in internet and mobile cloud testing and monitoring, has ranked the 21st Century Insurance website, 21st.com, the top in the industry based on technical quality and responsiveness (transaction time), and number three in reliability (up-time). "21st Century Insurance is proud to earn the best in ... Continue reading
New Study Shows Cannabis Effects on Driving Skills
Mar 1, 2013
New research appearing online today in Clinical Chemistry , the journal of AACC, shows that cannabis can be detected in the blood of daily smokers for a month after last intake. The scientific data in this paper by Bergamaschi et al. can provide real help in the public safety need for a drugged driving policy that redu ... Continue reading
Faulty Tailpipes Cause Recall for Porsche 911 Carrera, Carrera 4
Mar 1, 2013
Some Porsche 911 2012 and 2013 versions of the car have a tailpipe that might fall off. Porsche is recalling 2,263 of its 2012-2013 model year 911 Carrera and Carrera 4 cars because of the problem with the exhaust pipe system. The German automaker said that the exhaust tailpipe on the cars might fracture and fall off t ... Continue reading
Mar 1, 2013
Stenkullen 2013-02-28 Vehicle adaptation for people with disabilities in the spotlight at the International Motor Show in Geneva, (7-17 March 2013) Accessibility takes centre stage at the International Motor Show in Geneva when the Swedish vehicle adaptation company Autoadapt together with its Swiss dealer Haueter AG p ... Continue reading
Toyota Unveils New Donations to Aid in Hurricane Sandy Recovery Efforts
Mar 1, 2013
Toyota announced today a significant vehicle donation equivalent to more than $100,000 to help aid the areas hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy. Today, four months from the day the storm made landfall in the Northeast, the company donated the use of 19 Toyota vehicles to the region's Red Cross to support relief transportat ... Continue reading
Toyota's Prius Family Tops California New Vehicle Registrations for 2012
Feb 28, 2013
TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 28, 2013 TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 28, 2013 -- Toyota's Prius-badged vehicles proved to be the most popular new vehicles with California drivers during the 2012 calendar year. According to R.L Polk, the Prius family cars (Prius Liftback, Prius v, Prius Plug-in, and Prius c) accounted for 61,893 vehi ... Continue reading
Introducing the Porsche Cayenne Supersport Wide Track for the Geneva Motor Show
Feb 28, 2013
With news of Afzal Kahn's attendance filtering through, A. Kahn Design's presence at the Geneva Motor Show is much anticipated by fans and observers alike. The principal British designer's obsession with turning some of the most iconic cars on the road into fashion statements is nothing new. ... Continue reading
Feb 28, 2013
Autobytel Inc. , a leading provider of online consumer purchase requests, or leads, and marketing resources for the automotive industry, today announced that consumers submitting leads sold by the company accounted for approximately 4% of all new retail car sales in the United States for 2011 through 2012. âWe rem ... Continue reading
Feb 28, 2013
The Ford Driving Skills for Life (DSFL) program plans to double the number of teen drivers it reaches on this year's U.S. high school tour to approximately 40,000 The award-winning Ford Driving Skills for Life program will partner with the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA) to reach about 200 high schools acro ... Continue reading
EPA Recognizes Individuals, Organizations for Climate Change Leadership
Feb 28, 2013
EPA Recognizes Individuals, Organizations for Climate Change Leadership * *WASHINGTON *-- Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Center for Corporate Climate Leadership hosted the second annual Climate Leadership Awards, with the Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO), the Center for Climate and ... Continue reading
MPG Panel Of Tech And Auto Experts To Discuss In-vehicle App Integration March 12
Feb 28, 2013
Consumers have come to expect a connected world, whether it be through social media, news, weather, directions or local searches on their smartphone apps. While this demand increases, many car companies have lagged on integrating this technology into dashboards for reasons such as safety, product cycles and government ... Continue reading
Incredible Design Tuesday with Bertone, Peugeot, McLaren and Fireball Tim
Feb 28, 2013
HOLLYWOOD USA - February 28, 2013: Tuesday's are always important for California's favorite automotive humorist and designer Fireball Tim Lawrence for two reasons: First, because it's the day he has to remember to take out the garbage. Second, because it's the 2nd day of the regular work week. And since Fireball succes ... Continue reading
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