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Volkswagen 3.0 TDI Settlement Reached Says Reuters

Volkswagen 3.0 TDI Settlement Reached Says Reuters

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Toyota Research Institute Brings Prius Challenge to Silicon Valley Community

Toyota Research Institute Brings Prius Challenge to Silicon Valley Community

Third annual Onramp event combines the technical challenges of data analysis, machine learning and simulation with the fun of competing at a major racetrack Palo Alto, Calif., Dec. 16, 2016 -- Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced today that Toyota is bringing the Prius Challenge to the Sonoma Raceway for the third ... Continue reading

Montreal will host the Michelin Challenge Bibendum in 2017

Montreal will host the Michelin Challenge Bibendum in 2017

MONTREAL, Dec. 16, 2016 -- After a memorable event in Chengdu in 2014, the next global event focused on sustainable mobility will be held in Montreal, Canada's largest metropolis, on June 13, 14 and 15, 2017. ... Continue reading

CCCCold Baby - Ford's Extreme Climate Team To The Rescue +VIDEO

CCCCold Baby - Ford's Extreme Climate Team To The Rescue +VIDEO

Following the infamous winter of the polar vortex in 2013-14, customers told Ford they needed more accessible cold weather features such as heated seats, heated steering wheel and a windshield wiper de-icer; Ford is now delivering on that request Ford’s extreme climate team meets with market-specific customers around ... Continue reading

Michigan In Slugfest With California - SAVE Act Spurs GM To Build and Test Autonomous Vehicles In Michigan

Michigan In Slugfest With California - SAVE Act Spurs GM To Build and Test Autonomous Vehicles In Michigan

DETROIT December 15, 2016; On the heels of the signing of the SAVE Act legislation to support autonomous vehicle testing and deployment in Michigan, General Motors will immediately begin testing autonomous vehicles on public roads. GM also announced it will produce the next generation of its autonomous test vehicles at ... Continue reading

2017 Chicago Auto Show - The Nation's Consumer Auto Show

2017 Chicago Auto Show - The Nation's Consumer Auto Show

Chicago December 14, 2016; The Chicago Auto Show has never lost sight of its biggest asset: the consumer. Foresight Research measured that 70 percent of Chicago Auto Show attendees come to shop, and 65 percent plan to purchase a vehicle within the next year. ... Continue reading

Germany Reportedly To Invest $265 Million To Support H2 Vehicles In Germany

Germany Reportedly To Invest $265 Million To Support H2 Vehicles In Germany

Germany Reportedly To Invest $265 Million To Support H2 Vehicles In Germany ... Continue reading

XL Hybrids Aftermarket Plug-In Hybrid Pickup Truck Upfit

XL Hybrids Aftermarket Plug-In Hybrid Pickup Truck Upfit

BOSTON—XL Hybrids, Inc., the leader in connected fleet electrification solutions for commercial and municipal fleets, today announced the launch of the company’s new product line, the XLP™ plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHEV) upfit solution. The XLP™ will be an industry-first Fleet-Ready™ solution offered as a ship- ... Continue reading

DARPA Steps Up Development Support For LiquidPiston's High-Efficiency X4 Rotary Engine Prototype With $2.5M Award

DARPA Steps Up Development Support For LiquidPiston's High-Efficiency X4 Rotary Engine Prototype With $2.5M Award

BLOOMFIELD, Conn., Dec. 13, 2016 -- The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded LiquidPiston Inc. $2.5 million to continue development of a new, patented, high-efficiency, lighter-weight rotary engine. ... Continue reading

Wards 10 Best Engines List for 2017 Includes New 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 Hybrid Propulsion System

Wards 10 Best Engines List for 2017 Includes New 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 Hybrid Propulsion System

AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Dec. 12, 2016 -- New propulsion system from FCA US LLC powers the most fuel-efficient minivan ever – the 2017 Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid eFlite electrically variable transmission is key to benchmark efficiency of all-new hybrid minivan Pacifica Hybrid delivers 84 MPGe fuel economy rating in electri ... Continue reading

Electric Vehicle Growth In China Set To Shrink Oil Demand, Devalue Oil Companies

Electric Vehicle Growth In China Set To Shrink Oil Demand, Devalue Oil Companies

A new WWF-Hong Kong report reveals that electric vehicles (EVs) will become a cost-competitive alternative to internal combustion engine-powered vehicles (ICE vehicles) by the mid-2020s thanks to the evolution of the technology and the policy support by government for their uptake. ... Continue reading

In Case You Missed It - Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - December 5-11, 2016; Trump's Oil-Man EPA Chief; FCA: CES YES, NAIAS NO; Toyota Lexus NAIAS YES; 450 HP 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor; VW Diesel Cheating (of Course)

In Case You Missed It - Nutson's Weekly Automotive News Digest - December 5-11, 2016; Trump's Oil-Man EPA Chief; FCA: CES YES, NAIAS NO; Toyota Lexus NAIAS YES; 450 HP 2017 Ford F-150 Raptor; VW Diesel Cheating (of Course)

* President-elect Donald Trump will pick an ardent opponent of President Barack Obama's measures to stem climate change to head the Environmental Protection Agency, according to media reports. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt, has enraged environmental activists, but he fits with the Republican president-elect's ... Continue reading

Auto Lab Radio Talk - LIVE From NYC Saturday December 10, 2016 7-9 AM (Eastern)

Auto Lab Radio Talk - LIVE From NYC Saturday December 10, 2016 7-9 AM (Eastern)

Auto Lab Radio Talk - LIVE From NYC Saturday December 10, 2016 7-9 AM (Eastern) ... Continue reading

2017 Acura RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD Advance Review by Carey Russ

2017 Acura RLX Sport Hybrid SH-AWD Advance Review by Carey Russ

Innovative technology combined with luxury comfort DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH CAREY RUSS “Sport” and “hybrid” together, in one car? Believe it. Top-level competition cars in endurance racing and Formula 1 now use sophisticated internal combustion plus electric hybrid systems for efficiency and power. ... Continue reading

North American Car and Truck of the Year Finalists Announced at the Automotive Press Association in Detroit

North American Car and Truck of the Year Finalists Announced at the Automotive Press Association in Detroit

North American Car and Truck of the Year Finalists Announced at the Automotive Press Association in Detroit ... Continue reading

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