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Sheffield Financial and American Suzuki Motor Corporation sign three-year financing services agreement

Sheffield Financial and American Suzuki Motor Corporation sign three-year financing services agreement

PR Newswire CLEMMONS, N.C., April 13, 2011 CLEMMONS, N.C., April 13, 2011 -- Sheffield Financial, a division of BB&T Financial, FSB, which is a subsidiary of BB&T Corporation , has renewed and expanded its three-year financing services agreement with American Suzuki Motor Corporation effective immediately. The new cont ... Continue reading

Ford eNews - April 13, 2011

Ford eNews - April 13, 2011

PR Newswire DEARBORN, Mich., April 13, 2011 DEARBORN, Mich., April 13, 2011 -- Is your city ready for electric vehicles? While Ford is gearing up to launch the all-new Focus Electric later this year, cities around the country also are preparing to support the new plug-in technology. Ford has compiled a list of the 25 m ... Continue reading

R3 Series Electric Vehicles from T3 Motion Utilize the Samsung Galaxy Tab for Its Mobile Media System

R3 Series Electric Vehicles from T3 Motion Utilize the Samsung Galaxy Tab for Its Mobile Media System

PR Newswire COSTA MESA, Calif., April 13, 2011 COSTA MESA, Calif., April 13, 2011 -- www.t3motion.com - T3 Motion, Inc. (OTC BB: TMMM) a leader in cost-effective, clean-technology electric vehicles has announced that the R3 Series prototype hybrid electric consumer vehicles incorporate a Samsung Galaxy Tab into the sle ... Continue reading

ExxonMobil Introduces Android Station Locator Application

ExxonMobil Introduces Android Station Locator Application

FAIRFAX, Va.--ExxonMobil is launching its latest in mobile technology – the Exxon Mobil Fuel Finder application for Android. The application gives real-time maps, driving directions, and station information for nearly 10,000 Exxon and Mobil retail locations across the continental United States. “Thi ... Continue reading

Vehicles Powered by Clean, American Natural Gas (NGVs) "Take the Hill"

Vehicles Powered by Clean, American Natural Gas (NGVs) "Take the Hill"

PR Newswire WASHINGTON, April 13, 2011 WASHINGTON, April 13, 2011 -- Flanked on either side by more than a dozen natural gas-powered vehicles—ranging from passenger cars to 18 wheelers—renowned entrepreneur and energy icon T. Boone Pickens urged his fellow Americans and Congressional leade ... Continue reading

Mazda Launches All-New Advertising Campaign Asks 'What do you Drive?'

Mazda Launches All-New Advertising Campaign Asks 'What do you Drive?'

PR Newswire IRVINE, Calif., April 13, 2011 IRVINE, Calif., April 13, 2011 -- Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) will today launch an all-new advertising campaign that centers around the question, "What do you drive?" Â The campaign is built around the core brand belief that, "if it's not worth driving, it's not wo ... Continue reading

Chevrolet Volt Named AEI's Best Engineered Vehicle of 2011

Chevrolet Volt Named AEI's Best Engineered Vehicle of 2011

PR Newswire WARRENDALE, Pa., April 13, 2011 WARRENDALE, Pa., April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The readers and editors of SAE International's Automotive Engineering International (AEI) magazine have selected the 2011 Chevrolet Volt as the "Best Engineered Vehicle of 2011." The announcement was made during the S ... Continue reading

MINI "Inspired By Goodwood" Model Debuts in China - VIDEO ENHANCED

MINI "Inspired By Goodwood" Model Debuts in China - VIDEO ENHANCED

By Henny Hemmes Senior European Editor AMSTERDAM, April 12, 2011. The past years, Mini has come up with concept cars and special models at the international auto shows. Although the Mini Rocketman made its world debut in March, it will be at the center stage of the Mini display at Auto Shanghai 2011 for its Asian premi ... Continue reading

Charged up: Ford Pushes for Electric Vehicle-Readiness Across the U.S.

Charged up: Ford Pushes for Electric Vehicle-Readiness Across the U.S.

PR Newswire DEARBORN, Mich., April 13, 2011 DEARBORN, Mich., April 13, 2011 -- Ford is working with cities and utility partners to identify key infrastructure building blocks that will enable metropolitan areas to be EV ready. Cities across the United States are and can take a variety of steps now to enhance the readin ... Continue reading

American Traffic Solutions Continues Growth With 10 New Contracts

American Traffic Solutions Continues Growth With 10 New Contracts

PR Newswire SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 13, 2011 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 13, 2011 -- In the first quarter of 2011, 10 cities in Colorado, Florida, Missouri and New Jersey signed contracts with American Traffic Solutions to install and maintain more than 100 red-light safety and speed safety cameras, furthering ATS' posit ... Continue reading

ELECTRIC (11th) AVENUE: New York Auto Show Puts the Spark Back into Electric Vehicles

ELECTRIC (11th) AVENUE: New York Auto Show Puts the Spark Back into Electric Vehicles

PR Newswire NEW YORK, April 13, 2011 NEW YORK, April 13, 2011 -- An ever-growing list of state-of-the art electric cars whose kind has not been seen since the early days of the automobile will be on display at the New York International Automobile Show at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center at 11th Avenue between 34t ... Continue reading

LoJack Releases Second Annual Vehicle Theft Recovery Report

LoJack Releases Second Annual Vehicle Theft Recovery Report

PR Newswire WESTWOOD, Mass., April 13, 2011 WESTWOOD, Mass., April 13, 2011 -- LoJack Corporation today released its second annual Vehicle Theft Recovery Report, highlighting results from its 2010 recoveries that provide valuable information on the ongoing issue of vehicle theft. Â In 2010, the LoJack Stolen Vehicle R ... Continue reading

Used Cars Rising in Price, Finds Cars.com

Used Cars Rising in Price, Finds Cars.com

PR Newswire CHICAGO, April 13, 2011 CHICAGO, April 13, 2011 -- Research conducted by Cars.com, a leading online resource for people buying and selling new and used cars, found that the average retail price of a used car is on the rise. Â While conventional wisdom dictates that a vehicle consistently depreciates over i ... Continue reading

Coulomb Technologies Expands ChargePoint America Program with the Addition of Six New Cities

Coulomb Technologies Expands ChargePoint America Program with the Addition of Six New Cities

CAMPBELL, Calif.--Coulomb Technologies today announced the expansion of its $37 million ChargePoint America program into six new US cities: Baltimore, Md., Tampa, Fla., Boston, Santa Barbara, Calif., Ventura, Calif. and Monterey, Calif. Since Coulomb’s announcement of the ChargePoint America program on J ... Continue reading

Congress Must Adopt a Fuel Neutral Energy Policy Approach, says CleanFUEL USA

Congress Must Adopt a Fuel Neutral Energy Policy Approach, says CleanFUEL USA

PR Newswire GEORGETOWN, Texas, April 13, 2011 GEORGETOWN, Texas, April 13, 2011 -- Last week, The New Alternative Transportation to Give Americans Solutions (NATGAS) Act of 2011 was introduced to the U.S. Congress by a bipartisan set of sponsors in an effort to boost consumption of alternative fuels. The new bill, aggr ... Continue reading

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