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7.5MW Floating Solar Plant Starts Operations in Saitama

7.5MW Floating Solar Plant Starts Operations in Saitama

TOKYO February 1, 2016; Smart Energy Co Ltd has completed one of the world’s largest-scale floating solar power plants in Kawajima, Saitama Prefecture. The plant, which has an output of about 7.5MW, started operations on the surface of an agricultural reservoir. The area of the reservoir is about 130,000 square me ... Continue reading

Steve Strope-Built '55 Wagon Debuts at Grand National Roadster Show

Steve Strope-Built '55 Wagon Debuts at Grand National Roadster Show

Steve Strope-Built '55 Wagon Debuts at Grand National Roadster Show ... Continue reading

Open Letter to Jillian Kay Melchor and the National Review About the Iowa Primary and Ethanol

Open Letter to Jillian Kay Melchor and the National Review About the Iowa Primary and Ethanol

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL Hi Jillian - I read your recent article in National Review titled "Trump’s Support for Ethanol Is Bad for Taxpayers and Their Cars" and I'm perplexed as to why you would take the subject on? The article is written as if you understand the subjec ... Continue reading

2016 Subaru BRZ Series HyperBlue Review by Carey Russ

2016 Subaru BRZ Series HyperBlue Review by Carey Russ

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS The Subaru BRZ is still one of the best-ever affordable sports coupes There have been few changes to the Subaru BRZ 2+2 sports coupe since its debut in 2012. Which is a major non-problem. If you get it right, don't mess it up. The BRZ, and its fraternal twin in the North American m ... Continue reading

Marty's Marketing Musings© Kia Owned 2016 Australian Open

Marty's Marketing Musings© Kia Owned 2016 Australian Open

Kia owned the 2016 Australian Open the FIRST TENNIS GRAND SLAM EVENT FIRST TENNIS GRAND SLAM EVENT FIRST TENNIS GRAND SLAM EVENT by Marty Bernstein Editor at Large The Auto Channel January 31, 2016; Sunday, after a fortnight of almost 500 individual matches, nearly 750,000 tennis fans in attendance, thousands of hours ... Continue reading

2016 Rolex 24 Boasts Sharp Finish

2016 Rolex 24 Boasts Sharp Finish

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. The AP reported that Scott Sharp celebrated a second win at the Rolex 24 at Daytona 20 years after his first victory in a race that saw most of the top contenders fall apart during the twice-around-the-clock endurance race. Sharp's Tequila Patron Extreme Speed Motorsports gave Honda its first win at ... Continue reading

Rolex 24 at Daytona - Mazda Prototype team led the race before misfortune struck -

Rolex 24 at Daytona - Mazda Prototype team led the race before misfortune struck -

- IRVINE, Calif. (January 31, 2016) – The Mazda Prototype team opened the 2016 season with a new race engine - the MZ-2.0T - and high expectations for the Rolex 24 at Daytona. The gas-fueled engine performed well, powering into the lead of the race three times with the No. 55 Mazda Prototype, before mechanical iss ... Continue reading

Mazda RX-VISION named most beautiful concept

Mazda RX-VISION named most beautiful concept

Mazda’s new sports car concept takes grand prize at the Festival Automobile International RX-VISION on display at Hôtel National des Invalides exhibition in Paris until 31 January Photos(1) Festival de l'Automobile Paris 2016 Jan 29, 2016 Download: Hi Res (1.3 MB) CLOSE Paris / Leverkusen, 27. January 2016. The ... Continue reading

STROLL RECORDS FANTASTIC ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA TOP-FIVE RESULT

STROLL RECORDS FANTASTIC ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA TOP-FIVE RESULT

Daytona January 31, 2016; Canadian teenager misses out on rostrum finish on sports car debut in maiden 24 hour race Lance Stroll recorded an impressive fifth place in the Rolex 24 At Daytona that finished in Florida today (31 Jan) to become one of the youngest highest-placed drivers in North America’s toughest spo ... Continue reading

Hands-On Winner Announced! Hands Over Keys to His Mother!!

Hands-On Winner Announced! Hands Over Keys to His Mother!!

Washington Auto Show January 31, 2016; The only thing more stunning than the moment that William Holmes picked the lucky key that switched on the ignition of his brand new Hyundai Tucson was what happened moments later. After six days and five nights of nearly continuous contact with the prize vehicle in The Washington ... Continue reading

BMW Team RLL - 54th Rolex 24 At Daytona - Four Hour Report

BMW Team RLL - 54th Rolex 24 At Daytona - Four Hour Report

Woodcliff Lake, N.J. – January 30, 2016… Four hours into the 2016 Rolex 24 At Daytona the No. 100 and No. 25 BMW M6 GTLM racing cars stand 5th and 8th respectively in the GTLM class. John Edwards started the No. 100 M6 from the third position and ran three stints in the opening two-hours-and-twenty-two minute ... Continue reading

Risi Competizione 18-Hour Report - Rolex 24 At Daytona

Risi Competizione 18-Hour Report - Rolex 24 At Daytona

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ RISI COMPETIZIONE 18 HOUR REPORT - ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA Risi Competizione Ferrari 488 GTLM No. 62: Giancarlo Fisichella (ITA) Toni Vilander (FIN) Davide Rigo ... Continue reading

Rolex 24 - Thoughts From Frankl @ 6 Hours In

Rolex 24 - Thoughts From Frankl @ 6 Hours In

Initial thoughts on the racing capital. WOW. it's good to be at the legendary grand daddy of Nascar and sports car racing in the USA. Never been before and never been to the 24hrs of Daytona. Flying in is easy, as the airport is adjacent to the track. ... Continue reading

Spirit AeroSystems and Boeing Celebrate 737 MAX First Flight

Spirit AeroSystems and Boeing Celebrate 737 MAX First Flight

WICHITA, Kan., Jan. 29, 2016 -- Spirit AeroSystems Inc. [NYSE: SPR] and Boeing celebrated the first flight of the 737 MAX 8 — the first member of Boeing's efficient 737 MAX family — today when it took to the skies from Renton Field near Boeing's 737 Final Assembly plant in Renton, Washington. Spirit AeroSyste ... Continue reading

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