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Huf Mexico Officially Opened

Huf Mexico Officially Opened

Huf Focuses on International Expansion VELBERT, Germany, July 20, 2010 -- Huf Hulsbeck & Furst GmbH & Co. KG, supplier of car access, start and locking systems based in Velbert (Germany) focusses on further expansion and has been building up additional production capacity at foreign locations. The newly erected product ... Continue reading

Riley Solutions Inc. Selected for Competitive Role in DARPA Armored Vehicle Challenge 2010

Riley Solutions Inc. Selected for Competitive Role in DARPA Armored Vehicle Challenge 2010

HOUSTON, July 20 -- A new hybrid armor will undergo the most demanding and stringent testing by the Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA) in Ballston, VA in the fall of 2010. After passing selection, this armor will be able to provide U.S. military and law enforcement personnel serving at home or around the ... Continue reading

Cummins Validates Its ISX11.9 as Better Engine Choice for Vocational and Specialty Vehicles

Cummins Validates Its ISX11.9 as Better Engine Choice for Vocational and Specialty Vehicles

COLUMBUS, Ind.--Cummins Inc. announced it has received certification from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (ARB) for its ISX11.9 diesel engine. The new ISX11.9 is an expansion of the industry-leading Heavy-Duty engine product line for Cummins and will commence with full p ... Continue reading

West Country Car Wizard Works His Magic

West Country Car Wizard Works His Magic

To some, a car is simply functional, to others a passion, but to 26-year old Oliver Ashley, four-wheel fever knows no bounds. Since 2007 Oliver, a senior technical manager for a Mercedes-Benz dealership in Bristol, has been building a car from the ground up, forsaking a normal social life to fulfil his dream of creatin ... Continue reading

Independent Tests Prove International ProStar+ with MaxxForce 13 Advanced EGR Beats Competition

Independent Tests Prove International ProStar+ with MaxxForce 13 Advanced EGR Beats Competition

WARRENVILLE, Ill.--Navistar, Inc. announced today results from independent, third-party testing which prove the new 2010 International® ProStar®+ Class 8 tractor with the MaxxForce® 13 Advanced EGR engine is the industry leader in fluid economy—a measurement of diesel fuel plus liqui ... Continue reading

Quantum Awarded Pre-Production Contract by Fisker Automotive for Vehicle-Integrated Solar Photovoltaic Systems

Quantum Awarded Pre-Production Contract by Fisker Automotive for Vehicle-Integrated Solar Photovoltaic Systems

IRVINE, Calif., July 19 -- Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. ("Quantum") announced today that it has received a contract for engineering and implementing production tooling for the Fisker Karma solar photovoltaic roof module. Under this contract Quantum and its German solar affiliate Asola Advanced and ... Continue reading

PPG Signs $1.2 Million BAE Systems Contract for Military Vehicle Transparencies

PPG Signs $1.2 Million BAE Systems Contract for Military Vehicle Transparencies

SYLMAR, Calif.--The transparent armor and specialty products group of PPG Industries’ aerospace business has won a contract with BAE Systems, Inc., for specialty transparencies that afford ballistics protection for gunners on U.S. Marine Corps tactical vehicles. The $1.2 million contract calls for PPG to ... Continue reading

Batch Export of Haval H5 to Italy, Great Wall Motors on the Way to Challenge the European Market

Batch Export of Haval H5 to Italy, Great Wall Motors on the Way to Challenge the European Market

400 more Haval H5 Euro Edition have been ready for shipment to Italy on early July. This is another big volume following the previous one of 600 units in April, which records another accomplishment Great Wall has achieved so far in EU market. ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Contributes to Maximum Flexibility, Comfort, Ergonomics, Safety and Weight Reduction for Seats in the Vauxhall Meriva

Johnson Controls Contributes to Maximum Flexibility, Comfort, Ergonomics, Safety and Weight Reduction for Seats in the Vauxhall Meriva

BURSCHEID, Germany, July 15, 2010 -- - Johnson Controls Sets Standards With Innovative Seat Rail for the New Vauxhall Meriva - Cross-reference: Picture is available at: http://www.presseportal.de/pm/19526/?keygroup=bild Johnson Controls, a global leader in researching, developing, designing and manufacturing high-quali ... Continue reading

Samyang Optics Takes Delivery of First ZAP Jonway Electric SUV for Korea Taxi, Fleet Market

Samyang Optics Takes Delivery of First ZAP Jonway Electric SUV for Korea Taxi, Fleet Market

ZAP Electric Vehicles on Display at EV KOREA 2010 in Seoul - Taxi, Alias and Motorcycles SEOUL, South Korea, July 14 -- Electric vehicle pioneer ZAP (OTC:ZAAP) (BULLETIN BOARD: ZAAP) and Zhejiang Jonway Automobile Co. Ltd. delivered the first electric taxi produced through their China venture, ZAP Jonway, to Korean dis ... Continue reading

Eurocopter Authorizes Pall Corporation to Sell the Centrisep‚ EAPS for EC135/635 Helicopter Engine Protection

Eurocopter Authorizes Pall Corporation to Sell the Centrisep‚ EAPS for EC135/635 Helicopter Engine Protection

PORT WASHINGTON, N.Y.--Pall Corporation , a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, has been authorized by Eurocopter, the world’s number one helicopter manufacturer, to sell the Centrisep engine advanced protection system (EAPS) directly to EC135/635 helicopter operators. Until now the ... Continue reading

2010 Chevrolet Traverse AWD LTZ Review

2010 Chevrolet Traverse AWD LTZ Review

THE AUTO PAGE By JOHN HEILIG SPECIFICATIONS Model: 2010 Chevrolet Traverse AWD LTZ Engine: 3.6-liter SIDI V6 Horsepower/Torque: 288 hp @ 6,300 rpm/270 lb.-ft. @ 3,400 rpm Transmission: 6-speed automatic Wheelbase: 118.9 in. Length/Width/Height: 205.0 x 78.4 x 72.8 in. Tires: P255/55R20 Cargo volume: 24.4/68.8/116.4 cu. ... Continue reading

The Post-War Frazer Nash

The Post-War Frazer Nash

Palawan Press is proud to present this detailed and authoritative history of the post-war Frazer Nash, a car of outstanding pedigree and with an exceptionally successful competition record. This beautifully designed and illustrated book traces the evolution of the Bristol-powered Frazer Nash from the first prototype ba ... Continue reading

2010 North American Car Of The Year Nominees

2010 North American Car Of The Year Nominees

NORTH AMERICAN CAR AND TRUCK OF THE YEAR NOMINEES By Steve Purdy TheAutoChannel.com Detroit Bureau Good news for GM and Ford came out of a press conference at the Automotive Press Association in Detroit yesterday as four of the six finalist were from the Detroit manufacturers. An exceptionally large group of journalist ... Continue reading

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