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A New Seat Leon Is Perfect For Learners

A New Seat Leon Is Perfect For Learners

Sporty Spanish car maker SEAT is helping to train the technicians of tomorrow after donating one of its most popular models for use by motor vehicle maintenance students. ... Continue reading

Suzuki Reaches New Heights With Olympic Champion

Suzuki Reaches New Heights With Olympic Champion

Suzuki Australia has announced Olympic champion aerial skier Lydia Lassila as its first brand ambassador. Lydia is also the current aerial skiing World Cup Champion and World Record holder. ... Continue reading

City Motorists Spend 43% of Rush Hour Journeys at a Standstill

City Motorists Spend 43% of Rush Hour Journeys at a Standstill

Rush hour city drivers are spending almost half their journeys - 43% of the time - sat in stationary traffic, an increase of 13.7% compared to five years ago. ... Continue reading

Jaguar XK Scoops Carbuyer Style Honour at the Geneva Motor Show

Jaguar XK Scoops Carbuyer Style Honour at the Geneva Motor Show

The Jaguar XK coupé has scooped the 'Most Stylish' honour in the inaugural CarBuyer Awards. ... Continue reading

Amarok Takes Centre Stage as Volkswagen Returns to the CV Show

Amarok Takes Centre Stage as Volkswagen Returns to the CV Show

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is proud to announce a return to the CV Show with an exciting line-up of its latest vans and people carriers, including the first UK example of the double-cab Amarok pick-up. ... Continue reading

Saab GB Announce Sponsorship of The Nomad - A Roaming Pop-Up Cinema Experience

Saab GB Announce Sponsorship of The Nomad - A Roaming Pop-Up Cinema Experience

Saab GB is pleased to announce their sponsorship of a brand new cinema experience: The Nomad - Driven by Saab. ... Continue reading

KAR Auction Services, Inc. Announces Participation in Upcoming Investor Conferences

KAR Auction Services, Inc. Announces Participation in Upcoming Investor Conferences

CARMEL, Ind.--KAR Auction Services, Inc. today announced its participation in the following investor conferences which will also be available via live audio webcast: Credit Suisse 13th Annual Global Services ConferenceEric Loughmiller, Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President and Michael Eliason, Vice Presi ... Continue reading

Mineta Transportation Institute Study: Are Mileage Fees and Land-Use Planning Mutually Supportive?

Mineta Transportation Institute Study: Are Mileage Fees and Land-Use Planning Mutually Supportive?

PR Newswire SAN JOSE, Calif., March 7, 2011 For planners: mileage fees matters to land-use planning, and vice versa. SAN JOSE, Calif., March 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) has just released its Research Report 10-04, The Intersection of Urban Form and Mileage Fees: Findings ... Continue reading

Chevrolets Tweet to SXSW Using Futuristic OnStar Technology

Chevrolets Tweet to SXSW Using Futuristic OnStar Technology

PR Newswire DETROIT, March 7, 2011 DETROIT, March 7, 2011 -- Ten teams from across the nation raise funds for a good cause powered by OnStar First public test for OnStar intelligent Twitter technology OnStar to lead panel on "The Connected Car: Driving Technology" at SXSW OnStar-equipped Chevrolet vehicles will come to ... Continue reading

ZoomSafer Closes Additional $1.1 Million Financing

ZoomSafer Closes Additional $1.1 Million Financing

RESTON, Va.--ZoomSafer, the leading provider of risk management software to prevent employee use of mobile phones while driving, announced today that it has raised an additional $1.1 million round of financing from White Birch Capital and SugarOak Holdings. Proceeds will fund expanded marketing and further development ... Continue reading

Professor Bengt Johansson Awarded Volvo Scholarship

Professor Bengt Johansson Awarded Volvo Scholarship

GÖTEBORG, Sweden--Regulatory News: Volvo (STO:VOLVA)(STO:VOLVB): Today March 7, the Håkan Frisinger Foundation for Transportation Research will be presenting its scholarship for 2010 to Bengt Johansson, professor at the Lund Institute of Technology. The scholarship, worth SEK 250,000, will be awarded to ... Continue reading

Fred Meyer Stores Partners with ECOtality to Install Blink EV Charging Stations

Fred Meyer Stores Partners with ECOtality to Install Blink EV Charging Stations

SEATTLE--ECOtality, Inc. , a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, today announced the company’s partnership with food retail chain Fred Meyer, a division of The Kroger Co. . Fred Meyer will install ECOtality’s Blink Level 2 Electric Vehicle (EV) Commercial Pede ... Continue reading

IDC Manufacturing Insights Teams with Society of Automotive Engineers to Study the Impact of New Vehicle Technology on Diagnosis & Service

IDC Manufacturing Insights Teams with Society of Automotive Engineers to Study the Impact of New Vehicle Technology on Diagnosis & Service

FRAMINGHAM, Mass.--IDC Manufacturing Insights today announced the launch of a joint study with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) on the impact of increased vehicle technology on service, diagnostics, and technician safety. The study targets not only the technicians at dealerships and independent repair faciliti ... Continue reading

ECOtality Commences Blink Residential Charging Station Installations in Washington

ECOtality Commences Blink Residential Charging Station Installations in Washington

SEATTLE--ECOtality, Inc. , a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, today celebrated the installation of the company’s leading Blink™ Level 2 Residential Charging Stations in the state of Washington. The company will install Blink EV charging stations in homes thro ... Continue reading

GM's OnStar to Tally 7.9 Million Subscribers in 2017

GM's OnStar to Tally 7.9 Million Subscribers in 2017

Note to Journalists iSuppli is now part of IHS. Please reference IHS iSuppli in terms of data and analysis. GM's OnStar to Tally 9 Million Subscribers in 2017 El Segundo, Calif., March 7, 2011-Subscriptions to OnStar <http://www.isuppli.com/Automotive-Infotainment-and-Telematics/News/ Page s/GMs-OnStar-to-Tally-9-Milli ... Continue reading

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