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Volvo Group and Isuzu Motors sign final agreements to form strategic alliance

Volvo Group and Isuzu Motors sign final agreements to form strategic alliance

The Volvo Group and Isuzu Motors today signed binding agreements to form a strategic alliance within commercial vehicles in order to capture the opportunities in the ongoing industry transformation, in accordance with the Memorandum of Understanding signed in December 2019. ... Continue reading

Ford’s Strong Q3 Driven by Higher Demand, Operating Execution, With Game-Changing Vehicle Launches Starting in Fourth Quarter

Ford’s Strong Q3 Driven by Higher Demand, Operating Execution, With Game-Changing Vehicle Launches Starting in Fourth Quarter

Ford Motor Company today reported its 2020 third quarter financial results. Click here or visit media.ford.com to view the news release. ... Continue reading

ATLIS Motor Vehicles Files For Six New Patents To Bring 500 Mile Range Electric Work Truck To Market

ATLIS Motor Vehicles Files For Six New Patents To Bring 500 Mile Range Electric Work Truck To Market

ATLIS Motor Vehicles (AMV), a start-up mobility technology company developing an electric work truck, and the batteries and motors to drive it, has filed six new provisional patents for protection of key technology related to its 100% electric XP vehicle platform and XT pickup truck. ... Continue reading

BMW and Alibaba Sign a MoU for Strategic Partnership Promoting Digital Transformation Across Businesses

BMW and Alibaba Sign a MoU for Strategic Partnership Promoting Digital Transformation Across Businesses

Alibaba Group and Secretary General of Enterprise Service for Alibaba Digital Economy, Mr. Jochen Goller, President and CEO of BMW Group Region China, Ms. Alice Mei, President and CEO of Lingyue Digital Information Technology Co., Ltd. ... Continue reading

Polaris Slingshot Partners With Minnesota Vikings’ Kyle Rudolph to Raise Funds for M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital

Polaris Slingshot Partners With Minnesota Vikings’ Kyle Rudolph to Raise Funds for M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital

-Polaris Slingshot today announced its partnership with Minnesota Vikings Tight End Kyle Rudolph to auction off his personal, Vikings-inspired custom Slingshot. All proceeds from the sale will benefit M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital. ... Continue reading

Mazda Canada Leverages Medallia for Customer Engagement and Transformation

Mazda Canada Leverages Medallia for Customer Engagement and Transformation

Medallia, Inc. , the global leader in experience management, today announced that Mazda Canada is leveraging Medallia Experience Cloud, Text Analytics and Social to understand customer sentiment across their dealerships in Canada. “2020 represents our 100th year in business. ... Continue reading

Storylines Answers How Do We Cruise Now?

Storylines Answers How Do We Cruise Now?

With every destination on the planet having experienced travel restrictions this year, the global cruise industry is amongst the hardest hit travel-sectors. ... Continue reading

The Dan Marino Foundation Debuts Specialty License Plate That Will Raise Funds for Programs Benefiting Autism and Other Disabilities

The Dan Marino Foundation Debuts Specialty License Plate That Will Raise Funds for Programs Benefiting Autism and Other Disabilities

The Dan Marino Foundation is pleased to announce that it is launching the Dan Marino Campus specialty license plate with Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Dan Marino's likeness. Proceeds from the annual use fees of the Dan Marino Campus license plates will benefit the Dan Marino Foundation's programs for young adults with aut ... Continue reading

NHRA Pro Stock Motorcyclist Angie Smith Breaks 200-mph Barrier

NHRA Pro Stock Motorcyclist Angie Smith Breaks 200-mph Barrier

Racer Angie Smith roared into motorsports history Saturday as the first woman to break the 200-mph barrier in NHRA's Pro Stock Motorcycle class. ... Continue reading

AEC Announces New Website Tool for the Automotive Industry

AEC Announces New Website Tool for the Automotive Industry

The AEC Automotive Solutions website helps automotive engineers better understand aluminum extrusions for lightweighting applications. ... Continue reading

Global Motorcycle Batteries Market | Cost Advantage of Lead-acid Batteries Over Lithium-ion Batteries to Boost Market Growth | Technavio

Global Motorcycle Batteries Market | Cost Advantage of Lead-acid Batteries Over Lithium-ion Batteries to Boost Market Growth | Technavio

The global motorcycle batteries market size is poised to grow by 8.63 million units during 2020-2024, progressing at a CAGR of almost 4% throughout the forecast period, according to the latest report by Technavio. The report offers an up-to-date analysis regarding the current market scenario, latest trends and drivers, ... Continue reading

Sonic Expansion of Used Car Dealer EchoPark Goes Head To Head With CarMax, AutoNation USA, Carvana, Vroom, Local Dealers and Others

Sonic Expansion of Used Car Dealer EchoPark Goes Head To Head With CarMax, AutoNation USA, Carvana, Vroom, Local Dealers and Others

est EchoPark specialty pre-owned vehicle store in Nashville, Tennessee. As Sonic Automotive continues to rapidly expand its EchoPark network, its first Tennessee location will allow car buyers in the region to shop an assortment of high quality, 1-4 year old pre-owned vehicles priced 20-40 percent below new car pricing ... Continue reading

‘Yippie Ki Yay’ Carquest Partners with Bruce Willis to Bring Back ‘Die Hard’

‘Yippie Ki Yay’ Carquest Partners with Bruce Willis to Bring Back ‘Die Hard’

Advance Auto Parts brought together DieHard the battery and “Die Hard” the motion picture in a 2-minute film in which Hollywood legend Bruce Willis reprises his role of Detective John McClane. (Photo: Business Wire) Carquest and its parent company Advance Auto Parts brought together DieHard the battery and “Die H ... Continue reading

Polaris RZR Factory Racing Dominates the 2020 UTV World Championship

Polaris RZR Factory Racing Dominates the 2020 UTV World Championship

Polaris RZR Factory Racing prevailed at the 2020 UTV World Championship this past weekend in Lake Havasu, Arizona with wins in the Pro Turbo Desert class, Pro N/A Desert class, and Pro Short Course class in dominating fashion. Additionally, Polaris RZR debuted an all-new youth program, awarding the four youth class win ... Continue reading

Cummins Continues to Power Bustech With New Battery Electric and Fuel Cell Electric Powertrains

Cummins Continues to Power Bustech With New Battery Electric and Fuel Cell Electric Powertrains

Cummins zero-emission battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell technologies. The agreement provides for initial units to be developed for both battery electric and fuel cell electric, with plans to ramp up production in late 2021 and early 2022, respectively. ... Continue reading

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