More Americans Will Be Flying This Independence Day, Leaving Their Cars at Home
Jun 22, 2011
Despite recent declines, the sustained period of expensive fuel prices about one dollar more than a year ago will offset year-over-year improvement within other economic indicators AAA forecasts 39 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home during the Independence Day holiday weekend, a 2.5 percent declin ... Continue reading
Jun 21, 2011
42 percent of all consumers surveyed in a 2011 Maritz Research study say fuel economy is an "extremely important" new vehicle purchase driver up 13.5 percent versus a decade ago; Millennials rank its importance even higher and rate it most often as having the "greatest impact" on future vehicle purchases Fuel economy a ... Continue reading
Hertz Provides Rides for the People Who Make Up Wimbledon
Jun 21, 2011
With photo Hertz Continues 17 year partnership of Official Transport Provider at the Prestigious All England Lawn Tennis Club Hertz, the world's largest general use car rental brand,is again the official transport supplier for The Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships for the 17th year in a row. Over the two weeks of the ... Continue reading
Electric Power Steering Software Upgrades Enhances Driver Safety
Jun 21, 2011
TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. , today announced a range of advanced steering features which can be programmed within the software of an Electrically Powered Steering (EPS) system to assist the driver. Any number of the functions can be selected by vehicle manufacturers to help enhance driver safety or mitigate vehicle ... Continue reading
EPA Proposes 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards, 2013 Biomass-Based Diesel Volume
Jun 21, 2011
**EPA Proposes 2012 Renewable Fuel Standards, 2013 Biomass-Based Diesel Volume * WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed the 2012 percentage standards for four fuel categories that are part of the agency's Renewable Fuel Standard program (RFS2). EPA continues to support greater use o ... Continue reading
Gas Prices Drive Sales of Smaller Vehicles
Jun 21, 2011
As the price of gas remains high, consumers are increasingly looking for more cost-effective and fuel-efficient vehicles, with compact cars rapidly gaining in demand. Researchers from GfK Custom Research North America's Automotive sector found that, while demand for compact cars is high, that same demand doesn't carry ... Continue reading
Armored Security Vehicles Get AxleTech Suspension Axle Systems
Jun 21, 2011
AxleTech International, a General Dynamics company, was recently awarded a contract from Textron Marine & Land Systems to produce independent suspension axle systems for the Medium Armored Security Vehicle (MASV) program. The award is for 240 vehicle sets of axles. The system is a customized variant of AxleTech's 4000 ... Continue reading
Michigan Roundtable to Discuss New Vehicle Registration System Includes Mike Gingell of Polk
Jun 21, 2011
Mike Gingell, vice president of corporate development at Polk, has been named to a new Business Roundtable developed by Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson. The Roundtable includes a select group of Michigan business professionals appointed to help the Secretary of State's office operate more effectively and more ... Continue reading
EPA Extends Public Comment on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
Jun 21, 2011
In response to requests from members of Congress and to encourage additional public comment, EPA today extended the timeline for public input by 30 days on the proposed mercury and air toxics standards, an extension that will not alter the timeline for issuing the final standards in November 2011. "EPA will put these l ... Continue reading
Scott McKee Will Steer PR at Kia
Jun 21, 2011
Kia Motors America (KMA) named Scott McKee director of public relations today, reporting to vice president of marketing & communications, Michael Sprague. ... Continue reading
Pete Selleck To Replace Richard Wilkerson at Michelin
Jun 21, 2011
Michelin North America Chairman and President Richard "Dick" Wilkerson will retire from his role by the end of this year, the Michelin Group announced today. Wilkerson will become chairman emeritus of Michelin North America upon his retirement. "Dick has demonstrated exemplary leadership throughout his career at Michel ... Continue reading
Jun 21, 2011
Federal, County and City officials join company executives and UAW representatives State-of-the-art paint shop, part of an $850 million investment, to be completed by the end of 2012 Chrysler Group LLC celebrated the start of construction of a new, state-of-the-art paint shop at a groundbreaking ceremony at the Sterlin ... Continue reading
Coming Back to the U.S? AutoSource Can Help You Buy Your New Car
Jun 21, 2011
A unique distributor relationship with manufacturers allows International AutoSource (IAS) to offer expats moving to the U.S. factory-direct, invoice-based pricing. IAS is a manufacturer-authorized distributor that offers a factory-authorized buying program. This eliminates the "middleman" that exists with internet car ... Continue reading
Better In-Auto Entertainment from Freescale Semiconductor
Jun 21, 2011
Freescale Semiconductor kicked off the 2011 Freescale Technology Forum Americas in high energy fashion today by demonstrating one of the industryââ¬â¢s highest-performance quad-core applications processors. The forumââ¬â¢s opening keynote presentation featured a live demonstration presenting the m ... Continue reading
Registering A Car In Alabama? You Need Insurance
Jun 21, 2011
Gov. Robert Bentley signed into law last Tuesday legislation that will set up an Alabama car coverage verification database and will give police and other government officials online access to information regarding the coverage status of residents, according to Online Auto Insurance News. The new law will also make ver ... Continue reading
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