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Car Stuff@CES 2015-Toyota Opens the Door and Invites the Industry to the Hydrogen Future

Car Stuff@CES 2015-Toyota Opens the Door and Invites the Industry to the Hydrogen Future

More than 5,600 fuel cell and related patents available for royalty-free use Patents include industry leading fuel cell technology used in new Toyota Mirai LAS VEGAS--Toyota is opening the door to the hydrogen future, making available thousands of hydrogen fuel cell patents royalty free. Announced today at the 2015 Con ... Continue reading

Car Stuff@2015 CES - Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America to Showcase Connected EMIRAI2 Concept Car at CES

Car Stuff@2015 CES - Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America to Showcase Connected EMIRAI2 Concept Car at CES

-Mitsubishi Electric Automotive America, Inc. (Mitsubishi Electric) will exhibit its EMIRAI 2 concept car at the 2015 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which will be held Jan. 6-9 in Las Vegas. Making its North American debut at CES, the EMIRAI 2 concept car teams integrated information with Mitsubishi Ele ... Continue reading

Americans Sat in Over 1.4 Million Miles of Traffic During Their Afternoon Commute in 2014

Americans Sat in Over 1.4 Million Miles of Traffic During Their Afternoon Commute in 2014

TomTom helps commuters spend more time with their loved ones by 'getting home faster' BURLINGTON, Mass., Jan. 6, 2015 --Traffic experts at TomTom (TOM2), who use more than 400 million traffic data sources, including community and professional input from fleet telematics, PNDs, and in-dash systems, today revealed that c ... Continue reading

Car Stuff@CES 2015-Hyundai Showcases Future Transportation Technology At 2015 Consumer Electronics Show

Car Stuff@CES 2015-Hyundai Showcases Future Transportation Technology At 2015 Consumer Electronics Show

Augmented reality Head Up Display (HUD) --Driver information is projected in the form of animations on the windshield -The future of connectivity --Wearable devices --Tablets to control features, monitor children and provide rear seat entertainment -3D-gesture controls -Autonomous driving - Advanced Driver Assistance S ... Continue reading

Car Stuff@CES 2015-DENSO to Display Environment and Safety Technologies at the 2015 North American International Auto Show

Car Stuff@CES 2015-DENSO to Display Environment and Safety Technologies at the 2015 North American International Auto Show

Global automotive supplier DENSO is exhibiting at the 2015 North American International Auto Show for the 11th consecutive year, held at Cobo Center in Detroit, Jan. 12-25. As a premier sponsor, DENSO is showcasing products and technologies in the areas of environment and safety. Safety: DENSO will exhibit cutting edge ... Continue reading

AutoNation Announces December 2014 Reported Retail New Vehicle Unit Sales Increased 12% versus December 2013

AutoNation Announces December 2014 Reported Retail New Vehicle Unit Sales Increased 12% versus December 2013

Reported retail new vehicle unit sales in the fourth quarter of 2014 increased 9% versus the fourth quarter 2013 - Reported retail new vehicle unit sales in full year 2014 increased 8% versus full year 2013 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Jan. 6, 2015 -- AutoNation, Inc. , America's largest automotive retailer, today announced ... Continue reading

Car Stuff@CES 2015-Renovo Motors And NVIDIA Showcase Groundbreaking All-Electric Supercar At 2015 Consumer Electronics Show

Car Stuff@CES 2015-Renovo Motors And NVIDIA Showcase Groundbreaking All-Electric Supercar At 2015 Consumer Electronics Show

Renovo Coupe Cockpit Concept is Powered by the NVIDIA Tegra X1 Mobile Super Chip The first all-electric American supercar, the Renovo Coupe, is making its second global appearance this week at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Produced by Renovo Motors, Inc., the 500 horsepower Coupe includes a cockpit concept ... Continue reading

Infiniti Q60 Concept --The Power to Capitvate

Infiniti Q60 Concept --The Power to Capitvate

Infiniti reveals two-door concept for a future sports coupe Design draws cues from latest Infiniti models and Formula One Handmade leather finishes, Alcantara®, and carbon fibre feature in the bespoke interior HONG KING -- January 5, 2015: Ahead of the 2015 North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit, In ... Continue reading

12 Days of Audi Christmas, S3 Saloon

12 Days of Audi Christmas, S3 Saloon

Audi reveals a series of stunning light-painted images of its range – one for each of the twelve days of Christmas Audi is marking the 12 days of Christmas with a collection of images which show its range in an entirely different light. ... Continue reading

2015 Mazda CX-5, Upgraded

2015 Mazda CX-5, Upgraded

2015 Mazda CX-5 upgraded model range, priced from £22,295 to £30,595 on-the-road (OTR), on sale in the UK in spring this year 16-strong two-and all-wheel drive range featuring improved standard equipment throughout SE-L, SE-L Lux and Sport Nav model grades New DAB radio, 7-inch colour touch screen, Multimedia Command ... Continue reading

Hyundai to Build Fourth and Fifth Plants in China

Hyundai to Build Fourth and Fifth Plants in China

Each Plant to have annual production capacity of 300,000 units New plants will increase Beijing Hyundai Motor Co.’s capacity to 1.65 million units per year by 2018 HIGH WYCOMBE, UK -- January 5, 2015:Beijing Hyundai Motor Company (BHMC), a 50-50 joint venture between Hyundai Motor Company and Beijing Automotive In ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Amarok Ultimate Turns Up the Wow Factor

Volkswagen Amarok Ultimate Turns Up the Wow Factor

UK special-edition limited to 500 vehicles Highest standard specifications ever offered on an Amarok Prices start from just £29,555 (Ex VAT) On sale now MILTON KEYNES, UK -- January 5, 2015: Volkswagen’s Amarok has always appealed to customers who appreciate the finer things in life. So, to celebrate the very b ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Celebrates Fifth Successive Sales Record

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Celebrates Fifth Successive Sales Record

4,063 cars delivered to customers in 2014 (+12%). Fifth consecutive record year and the highest sales in the marque's 111-year history. Reaffirmation of leadership of super-luxury segment (>$250,000 net). Bespoke personalisation at highest-ever levels. North America tops regional figures, ahead of the Middle East, Euro ... Continue reading

Car Stuff@2015 CES - Toyota Invites Industry to the Hydrogen Future +VIDEO

Car Stuff@2015 CES - Toyota Invites Industry to the Hydrogen Future +VIDEO

More than 5,600 fuel cell and related patents available for royalty free use Patents include industry leading fuel cell technology used in new Toyota Mirai 2015 CES - TMS SVP Bob Carter's speech LAS VEGAS, (Jan. 5, 2015) – Toyota is opening the door to the hydrogen future, making available thousands of hydrogen fu ... Continue reading

2015 Detroit Auto Show - The Gallery Kicks Off Auto Nirvana January 5, 2015

2015 Detroit Auto Show - The Gallery Kicks Off Auto Nirvana January 5, 2015

Countdown to NAIAS 2015 – Act One: The Gallery at MGM Grand Detroit Exotic vehicles, Wolfgang Puck, and high fashion set to launch event unlike any other Detroit January 5, 2015; The North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) has announced the lineup of vehicles that will grace The Gallery at MGM Grand Detroit ... Continue reading

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