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Ford Investing $1.2 Billion in Three Michigan Facilities

Ford Investing $1.2 Billion in Three Michigan Facilities

Ford Motor Company is investing $1.2 billion in three Michigan manufacturing facilities – Michigan Assembly Plant, Romeo Engine Plant and Flat Rock Assembly Plant – to strengthen its leadership in trucks and SUVs and support the company’s expansion to an auto and mobility company. ... Continue reading

AeroVironment and eMotorWerks Team Up to Offer Smart Advanced Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions for EV Customers and Utilities

AeroVironment and eMotorWerks Team Up to Offer Smart Advanced Electric Vehicle Charging Solutions for EV Customers and Utilities

collaboration of AeroVironment, Inc. , a leader in electric vehicle (EV) charging and the preferred electric vehicle charging solution supplier for eight global automakers, and eMotorWerks, a leading provider of intelligent and cloud-connected smart-grid charging solutions. ... Continue reading

Former ALLDATA President Jeff Lagges Joins SHIFTMobility's Expanding Executive Leadership Team

Former ALLDATA President Jeff Lagges Joins SHIFTMobility's Expanding Executive Leadership Team

REDWOOD CITY, Calif., March 28, 2017 -- SHIFTMobility Inc. (www.shiftmobility.com) today announced that Jeff Lagges will be joining the company as Chief Sales Officer and member of our executive team, reporting to CEO Pavana Jain. Lagges is an industry leader and was part of ALLDATA from its early days in 1990s, servin ... Continue reading

Honda Advises Owners of Vehicles Affected by Takata Airbag Inflator Recalls to Seek Repair Immediately

Honda Advises Owners of Vehicles Affected by Takata Airbag Inflator Recalls to Seek Repair Immediately

TORRANCE, Calif., March 27, 2017 -- Along with vehicles from multiple automakers, certain Honda and Acura vehicles require free recall repairs to replace defective Takata airbag inflators that could rupture during a crash, potentially injuring or killing vehicle occupants. Honda encourages owners of all affected Honda ... Continue reading

Toyota and NTT Agree to Collaborate on ICT Platform R&D for Connected Cars

Toyota and NTT Agree to Collaborate on ICT Platform R&D for Connected Cars

Collaboration seeks to establish technologies for the creation of a Smart Mobility Society Toyota City, Japan, Mar, 27 2017; Toyota Motor Corporation and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation have agreed to collaborate on developing, verifying, and standardizing technology in the connected car field, combining the ... Continue reading

Technology with AI for Real-Time People-Detection and Tracking

Technology with AI for Real-Time People-Detection and Tracking

Detecting a given individual from a combination of over 100 features and tracking using wide-area images TOKYO, Mar, 27 2017; Hitachi, Ltd. today announced the development of a detection and tracking technology using artificial intelligence (AI) which can distinguish an individual in real-time using features from over ... Continue reading

Auto Lab Radio Talk LIVE From NYC Saturday March 25, 2010 7-9AM

Auto Lab Radio Talk LIVE From NYC Saturday March 25, 2010 7-9AM

This Weeks Auto Lab Show : Car Question or Concern? Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 ... Continue reading

Survey Reveals Top Driving Distractions

Survey Reveals Top Driving Distractions

LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 23, 2017 -- BlueParrott® (a brand of VXi Corporation), a leading provider of Bluetooth® headsets for high-noise environments and the #1 headset manufacturer for the professional trucker market, today announced results of its first-ever BlueParrott Driver's Club "Peek Into the Cab" Survey. The r ... Continue reading

Visteon to Showcase Latest Automotive Cockpit Electronics Technology for China Market at Auto Shanghai 2017

Visteon to Showcase Latest Automotive Cockpit Electronics Technology for China Market at Auto Shanghai 2017

SHANGHAI, March 22, 2017 -- Visteon Corporation – a technology leader at the epicenter of the fast-growing automotive cockpit electronics segment and a major supplier to automakers in China – will showcase its latest innovations for the connected car and beyond at the 2017 International Automobile Industry Exhibiti ... Continue reading

Crashes Avoided Thanks to Automation, New PTOLEMUS Report Finds

Crashes Avoided Thanks to Automation, New PTOLEMUS Report Finds

LONDON—Autonomous vehicles will have a considerable impact on safety and hundreds of thousands of lives will be saved, predicts PTOLEMUS Consulting Group. The firm’s new Autonomous Vehicle Global Study provides the most comprehensive analysis ever conducted of the timeline, volumes and impacts of the upcoming autom ... Continue reading

Largest Electric School Bus Deployment in the United States

Largest Electric School Bus Deployment in the United States

First Priority Global collaborates with the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District to deploy the largest fleet of electrified school buses in the US. ... Continue reading

Magal-S3 RoboGuard® System Receives First Serial Order from Israeli Governmental Customer +VIDEO

Magal-S3 RoboGuard® System Receives First Serial Order from Israeli Governmental Customer +VIDEO

YEHUD, Israel, March 21, 2017 -- Magal Security Systems Ltd. today announced that it received its first serial order for its revolutionary RoboGuard® system. ... Continue reading

The New York Times Buys Into CAFE 54.5 Obfuscation

The New York Times Buys Into CAFE 54.5 Obfuscation

Growing up in New York I grew up with an unbending prejudice towards the invincibility and incontrovertible exactness of The New York Times on every subject printed within. I along with virtually every kid on the streets of Brooklyn and other boroughs (ok, except maybe not the Bronx) never argued about or questioned an ... Continue reading

CAR Study: Toyota Has Major Impact on Kentucky

CAR Study: Toyota Has Major Impact on Kentucky

CAR Study: Toyota Has Major Impact on Kentucky. ... Continue reading

Driving School: Defensive Driving App Cruises into California

Driving School: Defensive Driving App Cruises into California

Aceable Traffic School's mobile defensive driving course is available across all platforms. ... Continue reading

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