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Carolina Collision Association Launches 2024 Tool Grant Initiative

Carolina Collision Association Launches 2024 Tool Grant Initiative

The Carolina Collision Association, through its dedicated CCA Trade School Committee, proudly announces the launch of the 2024 Tool Grant initiative. Following discussions at the previous year's CCA Board meeting, where a commitment to increased committee engagement was established, the Trade School Committee set its s ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weeklky Automotive News Round-up December 10-16, 2023

Nutson's Weeklky Automotive News Round-up December 10-16, 2023

Larry's picks among the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets. ... Continue reading

$350 Million More Of Your Tax Money To Help The Trillion Dollar Oil Industry, WTF

$350 Million More Of Your Tax Money To Help The Trillion Dollar Oil Industry, WTF

Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a conditional commitment to 14 states to receive a total of $350 million in formula grant funding to help measure and reduce methane emissions, one of the biggest drivers of climate change, from the oil and gas sector. The funding, which is made possible by President Biden’s ... Continue reading

Hyundai's 2024 Elantra and Tucson Awarded TOP SAFETY PICK+ by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Hyundai's 2024 Elantra and Tucson Awarded TOP SAFETY PICK+ by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Hyundai’s 2024 Elantra and Tucson have each received TOP SAFETY PICK+ (TSP+) awards from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), the organization’s top honor. ... Continue reading

IIHS: Three midsize luxury SUVs excel in back seat protection

IIHS: Three midsize luxury SUVs excel in back seat protection

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s updated moderate overlap front crash test, which now includes a dummy positioned in the second row behind the driver. The Lincoln Aviator, Mercedes-Benz GLE-Class and Volvo XC60 earn good ratings, while the Acura MDX and BMW X3 are rated acceptable. ... Continue reading

Shell assumes 100% working interest in US Gulf of Mexico Kaikias field

Shell assumes 100% working interest in US Gulf of Mexico Kaikias field

HOUSTON, Dec. 13, 2023 -- Shell Offshore Inc., a subsidiary of Shell plc (Shell), has acquired the 20% Working Interest (WI) of MOEX North America LLC (MOEX), a 100% subsidiary of Mitsui & Co., Ltd., in the Kaikias field in the US Gulf of Mexico. ... Continue reading

NATSO, SIGMA APPLAUD NATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE GOVERMENT FUNDED GRANT RECIPIENTS

NATSO, SIGMA APPLAUD NATIONAL ELECTRIC VEHICLE GOVERMENT FUNDED GRANT RECIPIENTS

Pilot Travel Centers Marks First in U.S. to Activate EV Charging Stations Through NEVI Program ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 13, 2023 -- NATSO, representing travel centers and truck stops, and SIGMA: America's Leading Fuel Marketers, today applauded Pilot Travel Centers for being the first refueling location in the United Stat ... Continue reading

How to Find Trusted Drivers for Your Fleet

How to Find Trusted Drivers for Your Fleet

The world of trucking isn’t for everyone. It requires specific individuals who are well aware of what the job entails. ... Continue reading

Let It Snow! Hyundai Motor and Kia Develop Shape Memory Alloy Integrated Snow Chain Technology

Let It Snow! Hyundai Motor and Kia Develop Shape Memory Alloy Integrated Snow Chain Technology

Shape memory alloy located inside a wheel and tire deploys easily to act as a snow chain at the touch of a button The patent-pending technology is designed for repeated use, taking advantage of the shape memory alloy’s ability to return to its original shape New innovation will save time as drivers don’t have to lo ... Continue reading

Consumer Reports: Nearly Half of EVs in Our Highway-Only Range Test Fell Short of Their EPA Estimates

Consumer Reports: Nearly Half of EVs in Our Highway-Only Range Test Fell Short of Their EPA Estimates

COLCHESTER, CT — Range anxiety—the fear that an electric vehicle (EV) couldn’t go enough miles on a charge—is a key factor that’s deterring Americans from going all-electric, according to 54 percent of adults in a 2022 national-representative survey by Consumer Reports (CR), the nonprofit research, testing, a ... Continue reading

Silent Car Bulb Killers - Know Them Before It Is Too Late

Silent Car Bulb Killers - Know Them Before It Is Too Late

There are so many factors that kill auto lamps, so how can you ensure that your car's bulbs last as long as possible? Here we will talk about several most common causes of faulty car lighting and how important it is to check out your bulbs regularly. Fixing and replacing faulty car bulbs is always more costly than taki ... Continue reading

What's Good For Las Vegas, Scranton and Chicago Is Good For America - President Biden Announces $Billions of Tax Dollars For World-Class High-Speed Rail and to Launch New Passenger Rail Corridors Across His No I Mean Our Country

What's Good For Las Vegas, Scranton and Chicago Is Good For America - President Biden Announces $Billions of Tax Dollars For World-Class High-Speed Rail and to Launch New Passenger Rail Corridors Across His No I Mean Our Country

$8.2 Billion from the President’s Investing in America Agenda to Deliver Transformative Passenger Rail in America President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda – a key pillar of Bidenomics – is delivering world class-infrastructure across the country, expanding access to economic opportunity, and creating good- ... Continue reading

Auto News From GlobeData December 8, 2023

Auto News From GlobeData December 8, 2023

SPOTLIGHT READ Thailand set to be relegated to 3rd place in the ASEAN LV market in 2023 Thailand's LV market has been contracting as demand for 1-ton Pickups runs out of steam. ... Continue reading

GREAT DRIVES: ENGLAND OFF THE MOTORWAYS

GREAT DRIVES: ENGLAND OFF THE MOTORWAYS

London to Midhurst the long way (105 miles). Why do the English drive on the wrong side of the road--the trait that so unnerved my pilot friend? ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Colorado is MotorTrend’s 2024 Truck of the Year

Chevrolet Colorado is MotorTrend’s 2024 Truck of the Year

2024 Chevrolet Colorado beat a crowded field to win the coveted “Golden Calipers” as MotorTrend’s 2024 Truck of the Year. ... Continue reading

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