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Hertz On Demand Cruises Into Miami Beach, First City in Florida to Offer a Car Sharing Program

Hertz On Demand Cruises Into Miami Beach, First City in Florida to Offer a Car Sharing Program

Hertz and the City of Miami Beach announced today the first City-sponsored car sharing partnership in Florida. Hertz on Demand has been chosen as the car sharing service which becomes available to City of Miami Beach's area residents and visitors beginning January 24, 2012. The historic partnership kicks off with a Rib ... Continue reading

Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics Symposium at 2012 Detroit Auto Show +VIDEO

Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics Symposium at 2012 Detroit Auto Show +VIDEO

DETROIT - January 10, 2012: The Wall Street Journal ECO:nomics presents a Panel of Experts on The Future of Business and the Environment: Urbanization, Mobility and Green. Join Joe White as he interviews Tom Baloga, V.P. Engineering BMW North America, and Jim Farley, Group V.P. Global Marketing Ford Motor Company. ... Continue reading

BMW ActiveE Consumer Lease Line - Now Open

BMW ActiveE Consumer Lease Line - Now Open

Woodcliff Lake, NJ, January 20, 2012 —Beginning today, the recruitment process for the highly anticipated all-electric BMW ActiveE is open in the metropolitan markets of Boston, Hartford, New York, Los Angeles, Sacramento, San Diego, and San Francisco. The BMW ActiveE is available by lease only at a cost of $499 p ... Continue reading

Year in Review, Olympic Sidebar, Nice and Not so Nice Observations in This Month's Letter From Europe

Year in Review, Olympic Sidebar, Nice and Not so Nice Observations in This Month's Letter From Europe

By Andrew Frankl European Bureau Chief The Auto Channel I had an interesting trip to London recently where Olympic fever is mounting by the minute. It will of course be complete chaos as in an already busy city there will be special lanes for members of the so-called Olympic family. Miles and miles of them. There are s ... Continue reading

2012 Automobile Insurance Discount Act Qualifies With Random Sample of Signatures

2012 Automobile Insurance Discount Act Qualifies With Random Sample of Signatures

The American Agents Alliance, an association of independent insurance agents and brokers who shop many companies to write the most competitive insurance policies for California consumers, is sponsoring the 2012 Automobile Insurance Discount Act. The goal is to get every Californian insured at a competitive price. The A ... Continue reading

BIO Thanks USDA, Congratulates Fiberight and Partners on Forward Progress in Commercializing Advanced Biofuels

BIO Thanks USDA, Congratulates Fiberight and Partners on Forward Progress in Commercializing Advanced Biofuels

Private companies continue to make progress in building advanced biofuel biorefineries. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today congratulates Fiberight and its technology partner Novozymes, a member of BIO, on their progress. BIO additionally thanks the U.S. Department of Agriculture for moving forward with ... Continue reading

NADA Charitable Foundation to Launch Road Safety Grant Program at Convention

NADA Charitable Foundation to Launch Road Safety Grant Program at Convention

Auto dealers promote road safety initiatives at national convention The National Automobile Dealers Charitable Foundation has expanded its list of philanthropic programs to include a new grant program to help new-car dealers start or promote road safety initiatives in their communities. The NADA Foundation's new Road S ... Continue reading

Jeep Brand Supports Lucasfilm's Red Tails Movie Celebrating the Tuskegee Airmen

Jeep Brand Supports Lucasfilm's Red Tails Movie Celebrating the Tuskegee Airmen

Red Tails feature film depicts the illustrious story of the Tuskegee Airmen, hits theaters nationwide January 20,2012 Jeep brand sponsors movie screenings across the country The Jeep brand is partnering with Lucasfilm as part of a sponsorship to support their latest feature film, Red Tails. The latest epic from produce ... Continue reading

Conference Explores the Legal Implications of Self-Driving Cars, Jan. 20 at Santa Clara University School of Law

Conference Explores the Legal Implications of Self-Driving Cars, Jan. 20 at Santa Clara University School of Law

Autonomous (self-driving) cars may seem as futuristic as condos on Mars, but in fact, they are here: Google, BMW and Volkswagen are among those getting attention for their pilot programs; Toyota unveiled an autonomous Prius at the 2011 Tokyo Motor Show; and Nevada recently passed a law allowing autonomous cars on its r ... Continue reading

Audi and FIS Continue Strong Alliance in the Future

Audi and FIS Continue Strong Alliance in the Future

Audi also stands shoulder to shoulder with athletes of international skiing in the future: the Ingolstadt based automobile manufacturer has agreed to a cooperation with Federation Internationale de Ski (FIS) up to 2018. As a consequence the Audi FIS Ski World Cup will again be staged under the Audi flag over the forthc ... Continue reading

State Farm Launches Driver Feedback; App on Android

State Farm Launches Driver Feedback; App on Android

For most people, using a smartphone while driving is the last thing anyone would want to encourage in the interest of safe driving. But today, State Farm has made the Driver Feedback app available on Android devices. This free app turns a person's cell phone into a pocket-sized driving coach when placed in the car with ... Continue reading

Infiniti JX Named To Parenting Magazine's "Smartest Family Cars Of 2012" List

Infiniti JX Named To Parenting Magazine's "Smartest Family Cars Of 2012" List

Parenting magazine has recognized the Infiniti JX as one of the year's "Smartest Family Cars" in its February 2012 issue, on stands now. The list is featured in Parenting's first-ever "Genius" issue, dedicated to helping parents unlock their child's own unique genius potential. Equipped with the latest technology to he ... Continue reading

Nissan Announces U.S. Pricing for 2013 GT-R

Nissan Announces U.S. Pricing for 2013 GT-R

Nissan North America, Inc. (NNA) today announced U.S. pricing for the 2013 Nissan GT-R, which is on sale now at Nissan dealers nationwide. Following a major revision just last year, the 2013 Nissan GT-R receives a number of impressive performance enhancements, reinforcing the flagship supercar's spirit of continuous ad ... Continue reading

Hyundai Accent CRDi - Australia's Most Affordable Diesel Car

Hyundai Accent CRDi - Australia's Most Affordable Diesel Car

The Hyundai Accent sees the current all-petrol line-up expanded with the addition of an efficient common-rail turbo diesel engine, delivering new levels of performance and economy to the Active model in the range whilst also claiming the title as Australia's most affordable diesel passenger car with the Accent Active C ... Continue reading

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