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GAZ Group CEO Bo Andersson Named the Best Automotive Executive of 2010 in Russia

GAZ Group CEO Bo Andersson Named the Best Automotive Executive of 2010 in Russia

Bo Andersson, President of GAZ Group, received the 'Automotive Executive of the Year' award at the international Automotive Forum. The biggest automotive forum in Russia organized by the Adam Smith Institute took place in Moscow from March 15 to March 17, 2011. ... Continue reading

Full Speed Ahead on the Data Highway. Original USB Products from the MINI Lifestyle Collection.

Full Speed Ahead on the Data Highway. Original USB Products from the MINI Lifestyle Collection.

USB with a difference. MINI creates variety in the everyday routine and is particularly creative in its interpretation of the computer link. The original USB products give every desk a new look and make friends and colleagues sit up. They are brilliant gift ideas for MINI fans and technical aficionados. ... Continue reading

Bosch Builds New Headquarters in Moscow

Bosch Builds New Headquarters in Moscow

The Bosch Group is starting construction on its new Russian headquarters, from which activities for both Russia and other CIS countries will be coordinated. Two connected buildings, one six stories high and the other eleven stories, will be built in an economic zone on the edge of Moscow, in the direct vicinity of Sher ... Continue reading

Škoda to Launch Media Services Application for iPhone and iPad

Škoda to Launch Media Services Application for iPhone and iPad

Committed to improving its services provided to media, Škoda will launch Media Services, an application for iPhone and iPad. Designed to provide media with non-stop access to all relevant information and media functions, Škoda Media Services will be freely downloadable via the iTunes Store. ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Starts Production in Osnabrück

Volkswagen Starts Production in Osnabrück

Volkswagen officially started production at the new facility in Osnabrück yesterday (Thursday) on the occasion of a fact-finding visit by German President Christian Wulff. The President, Lower Saxony's Premier David McAllister, Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Board of Management of Volkswagen Aktiengesell ... Continue reading

The Georgian Government and the Renault-Nissan Alliance Sign an Agreement

The Georgian Government and the Renault-Nissan Alliance Sign an Agreement

The Georgian government and the Renault-Nissan Alliance sign an agreement for preparing a zero emission partnership in the country. ... Continue reading

GM Strengthens European Operations

GM Strengthens European Operations

General Motors today named Karl-Friedrich Stracke CEO of Opel/Vauxhall, effective April 1, and announced its plans to nominate him to be Chairman of the Management Board of Adam Opel AG, adding significant management strength as the company's European operations continue on their growth plan. ... Continue reading

Audi Establishes Endowed Chair for Logistics

Audi Establishes Endowed Chair for Logistics

Yesterday evening, in cooperation with the German industry initiative Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft e.V., Audi founded an endowed chair at the Technical University of Dortmund. The endowment is aimed at promoting research, teaching and scholarly advancement in the field of Supply Net Order Management, a ... Continue reading

4 Millionth Dacia Manufactured at Mioveni Factory

4 Millionth Dacia Manufactured at Mioveni Factory

This week, the 4 millionth Dacia was delivered to its rightful owner. The vehicle bearing number 4,000,000 is a 4x4 'caju brown' Dacia Duster, top of the line version, Lauréate, with an 1.5 dCI 110 HP engine. The woman who bought the car is a 58 year old physician from Romania. ... Continue reading

2011 Cadillac DTS Named Most Dependable Large Premium Car

2011 Cadillac DTS Named Most Dependable Large Premium Car

J.D. Power and Associates ranked the Cadillac DTS highest among large premium cars in its 2011 Vehicle Dependability Study released today. The DTS had 90 problems per 100 vehicles, the fewest of any vehicle in its class for the second year in a row. For six straight years, the DTS and its predecessor, the DeVille, have ... Continue reading

Statement by American Honda Regarding Front Windshield Wiper Linkage Rod Recall: 2011 Odyssey

Statement by American Honda Regarding Front Windshield Wiper Linkage Rod Recall: 2011 Odyssey

TORRANCE, Calif. March 17, 2011; Honda will voluntarily recall 33,341 model-year 2011 Odyssey vehicles in the U.S. to replace the front windshield wiper linkage rod. If the windshield wipers are frozen to the windshield with heavy ice and the wipers are switched on without freeing them from the windshield, the wiper li ... Continue reading

Honda Recalls 2011 Civic and Odyssey

Honda Recalls 2011 Civic and Odyssey

Summary: HONDA IS RECALLING CERTAIN MODEL YEAR 2011 HONDA CIVIC VEHICLES. TO PREVENT FUEL FROM LEAKING OUT OF A VEHICLE'S FUEL TANK INTO THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS CANISTER IN THE EVENT A ROLL-OVER INCIDENT OCCURS, THE FUEL PUMP MODULE IS EQUIPPED WITH A ROLL OVER VALVE (ROV). DUE TO IMPROPER ULTRASONIC WELDING OF THE P ... Continue reading

Council on Competitiveness Showcases Power of High Performance Computing in Case Study With Ford Motor Company

Council on Competitiveness Showcases Power of High Performance Computing in Case Study With Ford Motor Company

PR Newswire WASHINGTON, March 17, 2011 How A Leading American Auto Company Reached Business Goals Through HPC WASHINGTON, March 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Council on Competitiveness, in partnership with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is releasing a case study today highlighting the ... Continue reading

Ford and Tom Joyner Foundation Sail the High Seas for Fifth Year to Benefit Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Ford and Tom Joyner Foundation Sail the High Seas for Fifth Year to Benefit Historically Black Colleges and Universities

PR Newswire GALVESTON, Texas, March 17, 2011 GALVESTON, Texas, March 17, 2011 -- Ford and radio personality Tom Joyner are partnering for the fifth consecutive year as part of the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage that benefits Historically Black Colleges and Universities Ford will have the all-new 2011 Ford Explorer Limited ... Continue reading

Epyon to Deliver Fast Chargers to Large-Scale EV Taxi Operator Prestige GreenCab

Epyon to Deliver Fast Chargers to Large-Scale EV Taxi Operator Prestige GreenCab

RIJSWIJK, The Netherlands, March 17, 2011 -- - Intelligent System Helps Dutch Fleet Owner Integrate EV Charging in Regular Business Process Epyon BV, the leading European supplier of intelligent charging solutions for electric vehicles (EVs), announced today that it will deliver fast-charging equipment and software to ... Continue reading

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