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Source London Expands Network of EV Charge Points

Source London Expands Network of EV Charge Points

London Expands Network of EV Charge Points ... Continue reading

Fireman's Fund Offers Tips to Prepare Your Auto for Winter Travel

Fireman's Fund Offers Tips to Prepare Your Auto for Winter Travel

The cold-snap has arrived and the stormy winter days and dark evenings are here. It is time to prepare your car for the winter months to minimise the risk of a breakdown. Such breakdowns could be avoided by carrying out regular checks, so motorists are advised to follow these steps to minimise the risk. There's nothing ... Continue reading

Wright Express Releases Monthly Construction Fuel Consumption Index (FCI) Results

Wright Express Releases Monthly Construction Fuel Consumption Index (FCI) Results

Wright Express Corporation , a leading global provider of value-based business payment processing and information management solutions, in collaboration with IHS, the leading global source of information and analysis, today released results of its Wright Express Construction Fuel Consumption Index (FCI), which indicate ... Continue reading

Genstar Capital Announces Acquisition of Innovative Aftermarket Systems

Genstar Capital Announces Acquisition of Innovative Aftermarket Systems

Genstar Capital, LLC, a middle market private equity firm that focuses on investments in selected segments of the insurance and financial services, software, life sciences, healthcare, and industrial technology industries, in partnership with several senior IAS executives, today announced the acquisition of Innovative ... Continue reading

Metrolinx Awards Largest North American Public Transit Vendor Managed Inventory Services Contract to Neopart

Metrolinx Awards Largest North American Public Transit Vendor Managed Inventory Services Contract to Neopart

Neopart LLC, the leading provider of Supply Chain Management and Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) Services to North American bus transit authorities, announced today that it has been awarded a multi-year contract by Metrolinx to provide advanced supply chain management services in support of the bus operations of a conso ... Continue reading

The Boston Globe Names The Kia Optima One of the Top Drives For 2012

The Boston Globe Names The Kia Optima One of the Top Drives For 2012

PR Newswire IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 23, 2011 IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 23, 2011 -- The critically acclaimed, U.S.-built, Kia Optima added another accolade to its trophy case this week when it was named to The Boston Globe's annual Top Ten Drives List for 2012, beating out more than 100 cars and trucks. Optima's world-class d ... Continue reading

Chrysler Group's Mid-Atlantic Business Center Presents Toys for Tots Foundation With $150,000

Chrysler Group's Mid-Atlantic Business Center Presents Toys for Tots Foundation With $150,000

Today, the Mid-Atlantic Business Center (MABC) presented representatives from the Toys for Tots (TFT) Foundation with a check for $150,000. This represents a $100 donation for every Town & Country, Grand Caravan and Journey sold since Nov. 14 when the program commenced. ... Continue reading

Early Christmas Present Arrives for Nevada Father and Son Courtesy of Dodge Brand

Early Christmas Present Arrives for Nevada Father and Son Courtesy of Dodge Brand

Local father and son team win new 2012 Dodge Journey in brand's 'Search Engine for Real World' giveaway Carson Dodge of Carson City, Nev., to present vehicle to Bruce and Matthew Armbrust on Fri., Dec. 23 at 11 a.m. Gardnerville, Nev., father and son found the Dodge Journey 16 hours after hearing about campaign America ... Continue reading

Honda Battle of the Bands Welcomes New Presenting Sponsor Verizon And Prepares to Surprise One Lucky Fan with a New 2012 Honda CR-V

Honda Battle of the Bands Welcomes New Presenting Sponsor Verizon And Prepares to Surprise One Lucky Fan with a New 2012 Honda CR-V

Honda Battle of the Bands is proud to announce that Verizon Wireless will join the Honda Battle of the Bands family as the 2012 presenting sponsor and exclusive wireless partner. Together, Verizon and Honda will celebrate the 10th anniversary of the nation's largest HBCU music scholarship program -- the Honda Battle of ... Continue reading

Dana Holding to Participate in the Global Auto Industry Conference

Dana Holding to Participate in the Global Auto Industry Conference

Dana Holding Corporation will participate in Deutsche Bank Securities' Global Auto Industry Conference on Jan. 10, 2012, in Detroit, Michigan. Dana's Chief Executive Officer, Roger Wood, and Chief Financial Officer, Jim Yost, will provide a brief overview of the company and answer questions for approximately 40 minutes ... Continue reading

Autodesk Acquires T-Splines Modeling Technology Assets

Autodesk Acquires T-Splines Modeling Technology Assets

Autodesk, Inc. has acquired certain technology-related assets from T-Splines Inc., a privately-held surface modeling software company, based in Utah. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. T-Splines technology will benefit designers and engineers that require watertight surfaces for downstream analysis and manufa ... Continue reading

SmartDrive Files Antitrust Counterclaims for "Sham Litigation" and Trade Secrets Violations by DriveCam

SmartDrive Files Antitrust Counterclaims for "Sham Litigation" and Trade Secrets Violations by DriveCam

SmartDrive Systems, a leader in fleet safety and operational efficiency, today announced that it has filed counterclaims for antitrust and trade secrets violations by DriveCam, Inc. "We are satisfied that the USPTO rejected the patent claims asserted by DriveCam in its infringement suit. The prior art cited by the Pate ... Continue reading

Hyundai America Technical Center Names Christopher Chapman Chief Designer

Hyundai America Technical Center Names Christopher Chapman Chief Designer

Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc. (HATCI) announced that Christopher Chapman has been named chief designer of the Hyundai Design Center in Irvine, Calif. Chapman will be responsible for new vehicle and concept design for Hyundai. "With over 22 years of experience in the industry working on esteemed automotive bran ... Continue reading

Auto Windshield Replacement Company Launches Campaign Funding Initiative

Auto Windshield Replacement Company Launches Campaign Funding Initiative

Asking for donations during economic recession is never easy, so Stuart Weatherman, owner of Arizona-based Diamond Auto Glass, has developed a creative solution for any giving campaign: "Diamond Auto Glass Cares." His program seeks to provide organizations--charities, nonprofits, school teams, school groups, special in ... Continue reading

J.D. Power and Associates and LMC Automotive Report: New-Vehicle Retail Sales End 2011 with Strong Performance

J.D. Power and Associates and LMC Automotive Report: New-Vehicle Retail Sales End 2011 with Strong Performance

Consistent with their performance in November, new-vehicle retail sales continue to show strength, according to a monthly sales forecast developed by J.D. Power and Associates Power Information Network (PIN) and LMC Automotive. Retail Light-Vehicle Sales December new-vehicle retail sales are projected to come in at 1,0 ... Continue reading

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