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BMW at the 15th Auto China Beijing 2018

BMW at the 15th Auto China Beijing 2018

The latest new models, pioneering concept vehicles and innovative technological developments are the headline-makers as BMW takes to the stage at the Auto China 2018 show in Beijing. The selection of new products on display at the international vehicle fair taking place from 25 April – 4 May 2018 underlines the compa ... Continue reading

NACS: Fuel Standard and Octane Fuels Discussed at Hill Hearing

NACS: Fuel Standard and Octane Fuels Discussed at Hill Hearing

House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment held a hearing on “High Octane Fuels and High Efficiency Vehicles: Challenges and Opportunities.” Witnesses testifying before the subcommittee included: Timothy Columbus, Counsel for NACS and SIGMA; Emily Skor, CEO, Growth Energy; Dan Nicholson, VP Global Propul ... Continue reading

Academy Award-Nominated Actress Margot Robbie Headlines Nissan Formula E Launch Tour Event

Academy Award-Nominated Actress Margot Robbie Headlines Nissan Formula E Launch Tour Event

Nissan completed its Formula E launch tour in Los Angeles yesterday with an event led by Margot Robbie, the company’s electric vehicle and sustainability ambassador, heralding an exciting era for Nissan as it enters the ABB FIA Formula E Championship. First revealed at the Geneva Motor Show to high acclaim, followed ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Electric Cars to Power Dealerships in Japan

Mitsubishi Electric Cars to Power Dealerships in Japan

At the end of March, Japanese manufacturer Mitsubishi announced it has developed a technology which will allow it to use an Outlander PHEV and its batteries to power the Engie’s office building in Zaandam, The Netherlands. This concept will be expanded soon in Japan as well, Mitsubishi says. ... Continue reading

CIOMA Issues Statement on Failure of the Ban on Internal Combustion Engines

CIOMA Issues Statement on Failure of the Ban on Internal Combustion Engines

SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 14, 2018 -- Following the announcement that Assemblymember Phil Ting (D-San Francisco) is suspending AB 1745, his proposed ban on internal combustion engines, Ryan Hanretty, Executive Director of the California Independent Oil Marketers Association (CIOMA) issued the following statement: "It i ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Summary April 8-15, 2018; Pacific Trade Treaty; Cost Of Car Ownership; VW Changes; Volvo EV; Tesla; Mullin Automotive Museum: Monster Sponsors Nascar; Automobili Pinifarina; Global Ford Focus

Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Summary April 8-15, 2018; Pacific Trade Treaty; Cost Of Car Ownership; VW Changes; Volvo EV; Tesla; Mullin Automotive Museum: Monster Sponsors Nascar; Automobili Pinifarina; Global Ford Focus

AUTO CENTRAL, CHICAGO - April 15, 2018; Every Sunday Larry Nutson, Senior Editor and Chicago Car Guy along with fellow senior editors Steve Purdy and Thom Cannell from The Auto Channel Michigan Bureau, give you TACH's ... Continue reading

Automobili Pininfarina To Launch Electric Hypercar in 2020

Automobili Pininfarina To Launch Electric Hypercar in 2020

New company to leverage Pininfarina’ s legendary automotive design expertise Rome, April 13, 2018: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., part of the $19 billion Mahindra Group, today announced the launch of Automobili Pininfarina, the world’s newest sustainable luxury car brand. Automobili Pininfarina, promoted by Mahindra & M ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB Talk Radio - LIVE from NYC Saturday Morning 7-9 AM April 14, 2018

AUTO LAB Talk Radio - LIVE from NYC Saturday Morning 7-9 AM April 14, 2018

Car Question or Concern? Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing l ... Continue reading

American Petroleum Institute Goes Bonkers - Issues Fatuous Lies Against E15 Ethanol Blends

American Petroleum Institute Goes Bonkers - Issues Fatuous Lies Against E15 Ethanol Blends

Today, a fathead from the American Petroleum Institute made a series of preposterous claims against E-15 that prove neither he nor anyone currently employed by API know anything about motor fuels or internal combustion engines. The particular fathead I'm referring to is API Downstream Group Director Frank Macchiarola. ... Continue reading

Taking On EPA, CAL Air Resources Board, Obama, and Big Oil

Taking On EPA, CAL Air Resources Board, Obama, and Big Oil

Open Letter To Sierra Club By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL ... Continue reading

Why Does AAA and Big Oil Feel They Must Lie to America?

Why Does AAA and Big Oil Feel They Must Lie to America?

Doesn't Lying About One Thing Taint the Veracity Everything Else They Say? By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL AUTO CENTRAL - May 23, 2013: This morning, AAA issued a press release concerning travel on this forth coming Memorial Day Weekend. The release carries some of the usual informat ... Continue reading

Open Letter To Ken Cohen ExxonMobil +VIDEO

Open Letter To Ken Cohen ExxonMobil +VIDEO

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL This past February, Jay Leno wrote an article for AutoWeek Magazine excoriating ethanol fuels. This article caused a bit of an uproar within the pro-alt fuel community (including us at The Auto Channel). This uproar was met by several anti-ethanol enti ... Continue reading

The Case Against Ethanol Opponents: They Are Simply Incorrect +VIDEO

The Case Against Ethanol Opponents: They Are Simply Incorrect +VIDEO

By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL I can't say for sure, since I haven't done a count and compared it to a calendar, but it seems to me that the American oil industry has been ramping up its attacks on ethanol and trying to gain ground by adding in more <i>high-powered</i> lapdogs to pr ... Continue reading

Ford Licenses Hybrid Vehicle Patents from Paice, Abell Foundation

Ford Licenses Hybrid Vehicle Patents from Paice, Abell Foundation

BALTIMORE--Paice, a pioneer in hybrid electric vehicle technology, has reached an agreement to license all of its hybrid vehicle technology to Ford Motor Company. Ford ranks second in U.S. hybrid car sales, having invested billions of dollars in its electrified vehicle offerings. ... Continue reading

Volvo Trucks Introduces First All-Electric Truck

Volvo Trucks Introduces First All-Electric Truck

Volvo Trucks now introduces its first all-electric truck for commercial use – the Volvo FL Electric for urban distribution and refuse operations, among other applications. Sales and series production of the new model will start in Europe next year. ... Continue reading

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