ChargePoint Android App For Electric Vehicle Owners
Jul 8, 2011
Coulomb Technologies today introduced its latest ChargePoint smart phone app, for Android smart phones. Now available for free in the Android Market for the US, the ChargePoint App joins Coulomb's mobile app product family, which includes apps for the Blackberry and iPhone. ... Continue reading
Gas Prices Came Down and Bigger Cars Left the Showrooms
Jul 8, 2011
TrueCar.com , an authority on new car pricing, trends and forecasting, today provided actual fuel economy numbers from June light vehicle auto sales that indicate TrueMPG will increase to 21.6 MPG in June 2011 compared to 21.3 MPG in June 2010, but decreased from May 2011 at 21.9 MPG. "Car buyers are no longer seeking ... Continue reading
All-New 2012 Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8 to Enter Bullrun With Pro Racer Robby Gordon
Jul 8, 2011
The most powerful, technologically advanced, high-performance Jeep vehicle ever Best performing Jeep vehicle ever will be available during third-quarter of 2011 2011 Bullrun road rally to run from Las Vegas, Nev. to Miami, Fla. starting Friday, July 8 The most powerful, technologically advanced, high-performance Jeep® ... Continue reading
3D Rapid Prototyping Fast Tracks GM Fuel Efficiency Gains
Jul 8, 2011
Deep inside the GM Design building where future products from Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac take shape and substance, an elite team fashions components, intricate sub assembles and entire scale model cars from highly specialized three-dimensional rapid prototyping manufacturing equipment. In an already secure buil ... Continue reading
New One-Off Mustang for Auction Salutes 100 Years of Naval Aviation
Jul 8, 2011
The worlds of Ford Motor Company's iconic Mustang and U.S. Naval aviation join together in the new one-off "Blue Angels" Ford Mustang GT, produced for the world's greatest aviation event - EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis. The vehicle, paying tribute to the centennial anniversary of naval aviation in the United States Na ... Continue reading
Jul 8, 2011
Nissan North America Inc. is bringing test drives of the all-electric Nissan LEAF to 26 cities across the United States, as part of Nissan's "Drive Electric Tour." The second phase tour kicks off today in Long Island, N.Y., on the heels of the Nissan LEAF achieving the milestone of 4,000 U.S. deliveries. ... Continue reading
What Consumers Need To Know About Extended Service Contracts
Jul 8, 2011
Legislation signed into law by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon on July 7, 2011 includes important consumer protection language drafted by the Service Contract Industry Council (SCIC) in conjunction with the Missouri Attorney General and impacts consumers nationwide. The law goes into effect Jan. 1, 2012. The SCIC believes cons ... Continue reading
Inteva Products Sully-sur-Loire, France Team Receives Community Commitment Award
Jul 8, 2011
Inteva Products President and CEO Lon Offenbacher presented the Sully-sur-Loire, France operations team with the President's Platinum Award of Excellence for Community Commitment, the highest annual honor Inteva can bestow upon an employee. The Sully-sur-Loire team raised significant funds through an organized bicycle ... Continue reading
Road Safety Camera Programs Get Continued Go Ahead in 28 Communities
Jul 8, 2011
American Traffic Solutions continued to set the pace for the road safety camera industry with a robust second quarter that saw 28 communities sign contracts/notices to proceed for 274 Red-Light and Speed-Compliance Safety Cameras, a sharp increase from the 29 contracts/notices to proceed for 170 cameras in the first qu ... Continue reading
RVers Now Have a Rand McNally TripMaker Available In Canada
Jul 8, 2011
Rand McNally's TripMaker RVND 5510, the first navigation device specifically designed for RVers, is now offered for sale throughout Canada. The TripMaker RVND 5510 device features: RV-Easy Routing Starting with a base of award-winning navigation from Rand McNally, the TripMaker RVND 5510 layers on all the information n ... Continue reading
Scaleo Chip Enters the Automotive Powertrain Semiconductor Market
Jul 8, 2011
Scaleo chip, the leading fabless semiconductor company in body control and driver-information car electronics, announced today its entry into the automotive powertrain semiconductor market. For the first time in our company history, we are at the cutting edge of technologies that are not only smart, practical and cost ... Continue reading
Jul 8, 2011
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. today announced a three-week extension of the binding open commitment period for capacity on the proposed Double E Crude Oil Pipeline from Cushing, Oklahoma to Houston. The commitment period, which now concludes July 29, 2011 at 5 p.m. CDT, is intende ... Continue reading
GE's Electric Vehicle Experience Tour Accelerates into Minneapolis
Jul 8, 2011
GE announced today that its national electric vehicle tour will stop in Minneapolis for an event on July 11 that will bring GE experts together with local businesses, industry leaders, and public sector stakeholders for educational workshops, test drives, and dialogue on the business case for EV ecosystems. ... Continue reading
Distribution Automation Revenue for Smart Grid Has Increased Significantly
Jul 8, 2011
According to a recent report from Pike Research, worldwide Distribution Automation revenues have increased significantly in the past few years, rising from $1.2 billion in 2008 to $2.7 billion in 2010. By 2014, the cleantech market intelligence firm forecasts that revenues in the sector will reach $10.4 billion annuall ... Continue reading
Hyundai Reaches 100,000 40 MPG Vehicle Sales Faster Than the Rest of the Auto Industry
Jul 7, 2011
Fireworks commemorated an industry milestone this Fourth of July weekend as Hyundai sold its 100,000th vehicle achieving 40 miles per gallon highway fuel economy. Hyundai smoked the entire auto industry, outselling all other automakers' 40 mpg offerings. Through the first six months, 29 percent of Hyundai's sales volum ... Continue reading
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