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2009 Detroit Auto Show: Autoline Daily to do Four Live Updates During NAIAS - LIVE VIDEO

2009 Detroit Auto Show: Autoline Daily to do Four Live Updates During NAIAS - LIVE VIDEO

DETROIT - JANUARY 10, 2009: John McElroy's Autoline Daily will be doing four live broadcasts at this years North American International Auto Show. Two will take place on Sunday and two on Monday at 12 Noon and 4PM EST each day. The entire shows can be watched LIVE right here on TheAutoChannel.com. Please return to this ... Continue reading

2009 Detroit Auto Show: Toyota Introduces 2010 Camry - COMPLETE VIDEO

2009 Detroit Auto Show: Toyota Introduces 2010 Camry - COMPLETE VIDEO

DETROIT, Jan. 11 -- The 2010 Camry is on display for the first time today at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS). As the best-selling passenger car in America for seven years running and 11 of the past 12 years, Camry continues to redefine standards for comfort and performance. The 2010 Camry and Camry H ... Continue reading

2009 Detroit Auto Show: 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid Makes World Debut at NAIAS - VIDEO ENHANCED

2009 Detroit Auto Show: 2010 Honda Insight Hybrid Makes World Debut at NAIAS - VIDEO ENHANCED

More affordable five-passenger, five-door Honda hybrid to go on sale in the beginning of April 2009 DETROIT, Jan. 11 -- The all-new 2010 Honda Insight hybrid car made its world debut today at the North American International Auto Show. Utilizing the latest generation of Honda's Integrated Motor Assist(TM) (IMA(R)) hybr ... Continue reading

Toyota Maintains Pace, Broadens Scope Of Advanced Environmental Technologies

Toyota Maintains Pace, Broadens Scope Of Advanced Environmental Technologies

Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc. today announced that it will display the Toyota FT-EV concept on opening Media Day at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS), confirming its plan to launch an urban commuter battery-electric vehicle (BEV) by 2012. This announcement, coupled with its compressed natural ... Continue reading

2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Review - A Serious Hybrid From Detroit

2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid Review - A Serious Hybrid From Detroit

By Rex Roy The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid is the perfect vehicle from Detroit to put before somebody … anybody … who doesn't think Detroit builds fuel-efficient, high-quality cars that people want. The 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid is one great car. The hybrid shares the new styling of the non-hybrid 2010 Fusion that ... Continue reading

SAIC To Launch First Own-brand Hybrid Car In 2010

SAIC To Launch First Own-brand Hybrid Car In 2010

SAIC to launch first own-brand hybrid car in 2010 http://www.gasgoo.com/auto-news/1009006/SAIC-to-launch-first-own-brand- hybri d-car-in-2010.html Shanghai, January 9 (Gasgoo.com) SAIC Motor Corporation will launch its first own-brand hybrid passenger car in 2010, xinhuanet.com said today. Yesterday, SAIC Motor Corpora ... Continue reading

Toyota Fights for Title of Most Fuel Efficient Midsized Car

Toyota Fights for Title of Most Fuel Efficient Midsized Car

Washington DC January 9, 2009; The AIADA newsletter reported that a feud is simmering over who has the more fuel efficient midsize car. Ford and Toyota are battling over the title when car sales are at their lowest point since 1992 and this past summer American's moved to smaller, more fuel efficient vehicles. Accordin ... Continue reading

Coulomb Technologies Announces First ChargePoint Network Availability for Electric Vehicle Drivers

Coulomb Technologies Announces First ChargePoint Network Availability for Electric Vehicle Drivers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--Coulomb Technologies today announced the first availability of the ChargePoint™ Network for plug-in vehicle owners. Developed to be the world’s easiest and yet most advanced vehicle charging infrastructure, the ChargePoint Network is designed to provide drivers of plug-in vehicles convenient ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel's Automotive Year-in-Review and Coverage Highlights - EXTENSIVE VIDEO

The Auto Channel's Automotive Year-in-Review and Coverage Highlights - EXTENSIVE VIDEO

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND BEST WISHES FOR YOUR GOOD HEALTH, WEALTH & HAPPINESS AUTO CENTRAL - December 31, 2008: Well, good ridence to a very trying year. While we're probably not out of the woods yet, we certainly hope that the worst has passed and that we're on the road to recovery. On a bright not, however, The Auto Channe ... Continue reading

Edwin Black's THE PLAN Named in the Miami Herald's Top Ten Business Books of 2008 - VIDEO ENHANCED

Edwin Black's THE PLAN Named in the Miami Herald's Top Ten Business Books of 2008 - VIDEO ENHANCED

Business Monday book critic Richard Pachter shares his impression of his favorites from 2008. MIAMI, FL - December 30, 2008: The Miami Herald published Richard Pachter's top business books list yesterday and "The Plan," written by our good friend Edwin Black was one of the top ten books on the list. In presenting the l ... Continue reading

Thomas Friedman: Reflecting on Lower Gas Prices and Who Can Really Win Win Win...

Thomas Friedman: Reflecting on Lower Gas Prices and Who Can Really Win Win Win...

By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN Published: December 27, 2008 How many times do we have to see this play before we admit that it always ends the same way? Thomas L. Friedman Which play? The one where gasoline prices go up, pressure rises for more fuel-efficient cars, then gasoline prices fall and the pressure for low-mileage vehi ... Continue reading

FROM CHAOS COMES OPPORTUNITY

FROM CHAOS COMES OPPORTUNITY

<b><i>by Rick Carlton - The Auto Channel</b></i> <p> <b><i>“Chaos is a friend of mine.” - Bob Dylan</b>,</i> <p> The domestic economy is in the tank. American auto companies are about to founder like the Titanic. Company layoffs and bankruptcies are picking up speed across the nation. States like New York and ... Continue reading

Hydrogen Hybrid, Corp. and The Queen Mary of Long Beach Go Green by Unveiling the First Hydrogen Class 8 Semi Trucks

Hydrogen Hybrid, Corp. and The Queen Mary of Long Beach Go Green by Unveiling the First Hydrogen Class 8 Semi Trucks

LOS ANGELES, CA Dec 26, 2008; Hydrogen Hybrid, Corp. announced that in conjunction with The Queen Mary of Long Beach, CA, a class 8 semi truck modified with an 8x Mega Fuel Cell System will be on display for the media. The viewing will take place December 30, 2008 from noon to 4 p.m. and Wednesday, December 31, 2008 fr ... Continue reading

Plug-in Cars and Trucks; Plug-In 2008 Conference and Exhibition: Complete Coverage On The Auto Channel - In-Depth Exclusive Video

Plug-in Cars and Trucks; Plug-In 2008 Conference and Exhibition: Complete Coverage On The Auto Channel - In-Depth Exclusive Video

Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Conference and Exhibition - In-Depth Exclusive Press Pass Coverage ... Continue reading

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