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Automotive Industry Icon Maryann Keller joins Autotech Ventures

Automotive Industry Icon Maryann Keller joins Autotech Ventures

Keller will contribute her vast experience covering the auto industry and leading auto companies to support Autotech Ventures investment activity and existing portfolio companies MENLO PARK, Calif., June 26, 2018; Transportation-focused venture capital firm Autotech Ventures today announced that Maryann Keller has join ... Continue reading

Tony Robbins Speaking at the 2018 Auto Think Tank Annual Conference

Tony Robbins Speaking at the 2018 Auto Think Tank Annual Conference

2018 Auto Think Tank Annual Conference Keynote Speaker Tony Robbins, an entrepreneur, NY Times #1 best-selling author, philanthropist, and the nation’s #1 Life and Business Strategist. ... Continue reading

Yamaha Motorcycles and Dab Motors Take Yard Built to the Future

Yamaha Motorcycles and Dab Motors Take Yard Built to the Future

Yamaha Yard Built projects are always unique, and the latest custom build from Dab Motors is no exception. Based in the French Basque Coast city of Biarritz, Dab Motors decided to explore the possibilities of tomorrow with the ALTER Yamaha XSR900. ... Continue reading

GENESIS RANKED HIGHEST BRAND FOR INITIAL QUALITY BY J.D. POWER, TOPS PREMIUM SEGMENT FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR

GENESIS RANKED HIGHEST BRAND FOR INITIAL QUALITY BY J.D. POWER, TOPS PREMIUM SEGMENT FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR

“Being recognized as a quality leader for the second year in a row by J.D. Power affirms our ambition to lead as a desirable and trusted brand,” said Manfred Fitzgerald, Executive Vice President and Global Head of the Genesis Brand. ... Continue reading

All-New 2019 Honda Insight Brings Style, Sophistication and 55 mpg City Rating +VIDEO

All-New 2019 Honda Insight Brings Style, Sophistication and 55 mpg City Rating +VIDEO

The 2019 Honda Insight offers class-leading power and passenger space, universally appealing styling, as well as an EPA rating of up to 55 mpg2 in the city while simultaneously bringing a new level of driving sophistication and style to the compact hybrid market. ... Continue reading

The Cut N Go, First Locked On, Self-Enclosed, Manually Guided, Childproof Seat Belt Cutting Device and Window Breaker +VIDEO

The Cut N Go, First Locked On, Self-Enclosed, Manually Guided, Childproof Seat Belt Cutting Device and Window Breaker +VIDEO

IRVINE, Calif., June 19, 2018 -- It is well documented that seat belts save many lives each year, but in some crash situations, the essential safety harness can turn a vehicle into a death trap. Inspired to help drivers facing such harrowing scenarios, a new company has launched The Cut N Go, the industry's first devic ... Continue reading

The Detroit News Gets Ethanol Wrong, Again

The Detroit News Gets Ethanol Wrong, Again

The full text of my reply to The Detroit News' editorial "End The Ethanol Mandate" By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL For the past few years, The Detroit News has taken several swipes at ethanol in order to impugn its use as fuel, as well as to denounce the entire renewable fuel program ... Continue reading

Honda Certified Used Vehicles Set All-Time Monthly Sales Record

Honda Certified Used Vehicles Set All-Time Monthly Sales Record

Jun 15, 2018 - TORRANCE, Calif. May 2018 certified pre-owned sales break previous record from August 2013 Autotrader names Honda Certified Pre-Owned one of ... Continue reading

NASA Flies Large Unmanned Aircraft in Public Airspace Without Chase Plane for First Time

NASA Flies Large Unmanned Aircraft in Public Airspace Without Chase Plane for First Time

NASA’s remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, successfully flew its first mission in the National Airspace System without a safety chase aircraft on Tuesday. This historic flight moves the United States one step closer to normalizing unmanned ... Continue reading

Nutson's Automotive Digest, Week of June 4-10, 2018: Corvette BooBoo; Cadillac Stays A New Yoorker; Paris Sans Makers; Trade Talks; Gasoline From Air; Tesla Troubles; GM And Honda Charges Up; Autonomous Cars Coming But Not For Me; BIG Kia Recall

Nutson's Automotive Digest, Week of June 4-10, 2018: Corvette BooBoo; Cadillac Stays A New Yoorker; Paris Sans Makers; Trade Talks; Gasoline From Air; Tesla Troubles; GM And Honda Charges Up; Autonomous Cars Coming But Not For Me; BIG Kia Recall

Larry Nutson, Senior Editor and Chicago Car Guy along with Michigan Bureau contributing editors Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell compile The Auto Channel's Take On Last Weeks Automotive News ... Continue reading

2019 Genesis G70: Designed to Perform

2019 Genesis G70: Designed to Perform

G70 was “engineered by design” with strong, lightweight materials G70 has among the stiffest body structures in its class With a low 0.28 Cd, G70 is more efficient and stable at speed 0-to-60 mph in 4.5 seconds (3.3T V6 with rear-wheel drive (RWD)) FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA - June 11, 2018: When it comes to market this s ... Continue reading

Maserati Joins Cash & Rocket Tour 2018

Maserati Joins Cash & Rocket Tour 2018

New York (June 8th, 2018) – Maserati is proud to be an official partner of the Cash & Rocket Tour 2018, which started yesterday in San Francisco, along with other luxury brands. Five Levante SUVs in GranLusso and GranSport trims in red (the official color of this unique event) are enlisted in the glamorous convoy of ... Continue reading

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