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Research and Markets: Mobile Publishing Strategies for Media Owners - Business Models, Technology Options and Case Studies - 2011 "The Year of the Mobile"

Research and Markets: Mobile Publishing Strategies for Media Owners - Business Models, Technology Options and Case Studies - 2011 "The Year of the Mobile"

DUBLIN--Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/61d779/mobile_publis hing) has announced the addition of the "Mobile Publishing Strategies for Media Owners - Business Models, Technology Options and Case Studies" report to their offering. “Mobile Publishing Strategies for Media Owners - Busi ... Continue reading

IR's New Family of Automotive-Qualified MOSFETs Offers Rugged, Compact System Solution

IR's New Family of Automotive-Qualified MOSFETs Offers Rugged, Compact System Solution

EL SEGUNDO, Calif.--International Rectifier, IR® , a world leader in power management technology, today introduced a family of rugged automotive-qualified MOSFETs for a range of applications used in Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) and hybrid vehicle platforms. “Available in a wide range of voltages and con ... Continue reading

Chrome Systems Launches ACES Mapping Product

Chrome Systems Launches ACES Mapping Product

PR Newswire PORTLAND, Ore., April 8, 2011 PORTLAND, Ore., April 8, 2011 -- Chrome Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of DealerTrack Holdings , and a leader in automotive data, today announced the launch of a new data mapping product that leverages standardized parts descriptions to streamline and improve the accuracy of mappi ... Continue reading

J.D. Power Asia Pacific Reports: Customer Satisfaction with Original Equipment Tires Improves Notably from 2010

J.D. Power Asia Pacific Reports: Customer Satisfaction with Original Equipment Tires Improves Notably from 2010

SINGAPORE: 6 April 2011 — Customer satisfaction with original equipment tires has increased considerably from 2010, with improvement occurring in all aspects of tire performance and features, according to the J.D. Power Asia Pacific 2011 India Original Equipment Tire Customer Satisfaction Index (TCSI) StudySM rele ... Continue reading

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. Declares Increased Distribution on Limited Partner Units and Schedules First Quarter 2011 Earnings Release

Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. Declares Increased Distribution on Limited Partner Units and Schedules First Quarter 2011 Earnings Release

PR Newswire INDIANAPOLIS, April 8, 2011 INDIANAPOLIS, April 8, 2011 -- Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. ("Partnership") today announced an increase in its quarterly cash distribution to $0.475 per unit ($1.90 per unit on an annualized basis) for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 on all of its outstanding limite ... Continue reading

NRG Energy Selects AeroVironment to Expand eVgosm Electric Vehicle Charging Ecosystem to Dallas/Fort Worth Area

NRG Energy Selects AeroVironment to Expand eVgosm Electric Vehicle Charging Ecosystem to Dallas/Fort Worth Area

DALLAS--AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) today announced that it has joined forces with NRG Energy, Inc. to expand the privately funded, comprehensive eVgosm electric vehicle (EV) charging “ecosystemââ ;‚¬??? launched first in Houston to EV drivers in the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) market, the fourth-largest me ... Continue reading

GM's Opel/Vauxhall CEO Karl Stracke to Announce Collegiate Engineering Competition during Opening Ceremony of SAE International World Congress

GM's Opel/Vauxhall CEO Karl Stracke to Announce Collegiate Engineering Competition during Opening Ceremony of SAE International World Congress

PR Newswire Apr. 8 What: Karl Stracke, Chief Executive Officer, Opel/Vauxhall and General Chair, SAE 2011 World Congress, to announce the first phase of a unique engineering competition which provides college students the opportunity to design and build vehicles using advanced propulsion technologies that reduce the en ... Continue reading

Dallas Walgreens Drugstore Helps Launch the Nation's First Privately Funded and Comprehensive Electric Vehicle Charging Station Network

Dallas Walgreens Drugstore Helps Launch the Nation's First Privately Funded and Comprehensive Electric Vehicle Charging Station Network

DEERFIELD, Ill.--Walgreens today helped launch the nation’s first privately funded and comprehensive electric vehicle charging network with an initial station at the Walgreens drugstore at Belt Line Road and Montfort Drive in Dallas. The drugstore retailer is working with NRG Energy to install high-power ... Continue reading

TXU Energy Customers Take Charge at First eVgo Charging Station

TXU Energy Customers Take Charge at First eVgo Charging Station

DALLAS--TXU Energy customers can now take charge of rising prices at the pump thanks to a brand new Dallas-area charging station for electric vehicles (EVs). The first eVgoSM network charging location is now live in North Texas, and TXU Energy customers Victoria and Paul Craig were the first to use it to power an EV to ... Continue reading

Johnson Controls Receives 2010 Supplier of the Year Award from General Motors Corp.

Johnson Controls Receives 2010 Supplier of the Year Award from General Motors Corp.

PR Newswire MILWAUKEE, April 7, 2011 MILWAUKEE, April 7, 2011 -- Johnson Controls Power Solutions, the global leader in lead-acid starter batteries, advanced lead-acid batteries for Start-Stop vehicles and Lithium-ion batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles, received the 2010 Supplier of the Year Award from General ... Continue reading

CSR adds Wi-Fi to its automotive-grade family of offerings to drive connected car platforms

CSR adds Wi-Fi to its automotive-grade family of offerings to drive connected car platforms

CAMBRIDGE, England & SAN JOSE, Calif.--CSR (LSE:CSR) today announces the introduction of CSR6000, the world’s first fully automotive-qualified standalone Wi-Fi solution to broaden its offerings for the connected car platforms. It offers our customers a low-risk, and cost-effective way to add Wi-Fi to exi ... Continue reading

Electric Vehicles Summit to Power Industry towards Obama Target

Electric Vehicles Summit to Power Industry towards Obama Target

LOS ANGELES--Barack Obama wants one million Electric Vehicles on the road by 2015, and after decades of spluttering starts and stalled hopes, the Electric Vehicles market is sparking global interest ahead of entering the mainstream. “… As we make our cars and trucks more efficient, we’v ... Continue reading

ALTe Powertrain Technologies and Manheim Announce Partnership to Install ALTe Powertrains in Fleet Vehicles

ALTe Powertrain Technologies and Manheim Announce Partnership to Install ALTe Powertrains in Fleet Vehicles

PR Newswire AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 7, 2011 AUBURN HILLS, Mich., April 7, 2011 -- ALTe Powertrain Technologies, the Michigan-based developer of a Range Extended Electric Powertain, is pleased to announce an agreement with Manheim, the automotive industry's leader in remarketing services, regarding the installation o ... Continue reading

Lack of Technical Standards Could Hinder Utilities' Readiness for Electric Vehicles, Says Pike Research

Lack of Technical Standards Could Hinder Utilities' Readiness for Electric Vehicles, Says Pike Research

BOULDER, Colo.--The second comeback of the electric vehicle (EV) in little more than a decade has a much greater likelihood of success, and many in the industry believe that it will have a transformative effect on driving habits as well as the automotive and electric power industries. To prepare for the arrival of EVs ... Continue reading

ECTunes APS: Electric Cars Need Artificial Engine Sounds

ECTunes APS: Electric Cars Need Artificial Engine Sounds

HORSENS, Denmark--Sounds for electric cars should have the characteristics of engine sounds which alternate in pitch, frequency and volume in relation to speed and acceleration. These are just some of the conclusions found in “White paper on external sounds for electric cars�??, the first report ... Continue reading

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