Vehicle-to-Pedestrian Communication May Lead to Safer Roads - VIDEO STORY
Dec 14, 2008
DETROIT - December 13, 2008: According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, over 112,000 pedestrians and cyclists were injured and nearly 5,800 killed in traffic crashes in 2006. With new technology, the automotive industry hopes to help reduce those numbers. General Motors has been developing a two-w ... Continue reading
Autobytel Names New President-CEO, Again... Reduces Workforce, Again
Dec 12, 2008
IRVINE, CA - December 12, 2008: Just days after trumpeting their latest addition to their "AutoReach Ad Network," Autobytel Inc. today announced that Jeffrey H. Coats, a director of the company, was named President and Chief Executive Officer effective December 11, 2008. Coats, 51, has served on Autobytelâs Board ... Continue reading
Ralph Nader Makes a (Dumb) Comment on Auto Bailout
Dec 12, 2008
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement from consumer advocate Ralph Nader and Robert Weissman, director of the advocacy group Essential Action: In an effort to break the United Auto Workers -- a union that historically has been responsible for raising wages and benefits not just for ... Continue reading
New York Auto Dealers Slam Decision to Reject Auto Bailout
Dec 12, 2008
Greater New York Auto Dealers Association Disappointed in Senate's Decision to Reject Auto Bailout Millions of Jobs at Stake, President Must Act Quickly December 12, 2008 - (New York, NY): The Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association (GNYADA), an organization that represents 650 franchised new car dealerships in ... Continue reading
Dec 11, 2008
About a dozen years ago, around the same time that The Auto Channel first went online, Richard A. Wright presented a study of the American auto industry in his "A Brief History of the First 100 Years of the Automobile Industry in the United States." We were lucky enough to be allowed to serialize the book and have, of ... Continue reading
Pay Raise for Judges Tucked into Bailout Plan - HA! There They Go Again
Dec 11, 2008
Like, the American public won't be screwed too badly by any bailout plan Congress puts into play "Today's Democrats...bringing back all the things we loved about Tammany Hall" WASHINGTON â December 11, 2008: Andrew Taylor, writing for the Associated Press has revealed that the proposed $14 billion bailout plan for ... Continue reading
Jungle Motors Now Converting Toyota Prius into High Mileage Plug-In Hybrid
Dec 8, 2008
SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO, Calif.--Jungle Motors, Orange Countyâs largest electric vehicle conversion facility, is now offering a new Plug-In Hybrid conversion for the Toyota Prius. Jungle Motors, which has been converting gasoline-powered Porsche 911s and Chrysler PT Cruisers into clean, green commuter cars, is now off ... Continue reading
Volvo: Green Corridors Provide for Safer and More Environmentally Sound Transports
Dec 8, 2008
STOCKHOLM, Sweden--Regulatory News: The Volvo Group ( is initiating cooperation within the Swedish governmentâs logistics forum and with the authorities to realize the EU Commissionâs concept regarding environmentally sound goods transport in âgreen corridors.â The goal is to reduce the impact on th ... Continue reading
The Solution to Save the U.S. Auto Industry is Here... CAR-AID
Dec 6, 2008
By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher Everybodyâs looking for the answer to Detroitâs problems; Congress, the President-elect, the three American car companies, all the hack pseudo-economists on the television networks, and even my partner (Bob Gordon) and I have taken a stab at it. Unfortunately ... Continue reading
OPEC Oil Profits Plummet to Barely 4,400 Percent...WAAA! How Will They Ever Survive?
Dec 5, 2008
SINGAPORE - December 5, 2008: An AP report early Friday morning shows the price for light sweet crude oil for January delivery fell below $44 dollars a barrel, for the first time in about four years. If it costs under a dollar per barrel to bring the oil out of the ground, as it does for Arab oil kings, then their prof ... Continue reading
Meanwhile...The Gasoline Companies Are Silent
Dec 4, 2008
With just the profits from the past year ExxonMobil could fund the Big Three bailout loan. With just a few months of what the U.S. spends to protect and defend Saudi and Kuwaiti oil wells we could fund the bailout loans, build domestic Li battery factories, and get the Yankees some decent pitching. We've said it before ... Continue reading
Edmunds.com Suddenly Wakes Up and Discovers The Big Three Are in Trouble
Dec 4, 2008
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--If the Detroit Three receive a loan from the federal government, it could just prolong their lifespan without curing their illness, according to Edmunds.com. âGetting the loan is an important first piece of the puzzle, but will not be enough on its own,â remarked Edmunds.com Chief Execut ... Continue reading
Ballast Nedam Signs Concession Contract With HTM to Fuel Vehicles With Natural Gas
Dec 2, 2008
NIEUWEGEIN, the Netherlands - December 2, 2008: The Ballast Nedam company, CNG Net, has signed a cooperation contract with HTM Personenvervoer for the supply of natural gas to fuel its buses and for the financing, creation, operation, management and maintenance of a natural gas filling station. The filling station is d ... Continue reading
Hybrid/Electric Tech Companies Meet in DC as Top Officials Debate 'Detroit Three' Rescue Plans
Dec 1, 2008
CEO of Lithium-Ion Automotive Battery Maker Ener1 Says Aggressive Investment in Advanced Energy Storage Systems Is Key to Industry Survival, U.S. Competitiveness WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- As Congress and the new administration weigh sweeping measures to rescue the U.S. auto industry, advanced lithium-ion battery maker Ener ... Continue reading
BMW News Conference Launches Advanced Diesel with BluePerformance - VIDEO STORY
Nov 30, 2008
WOODCLIFF LAKE, NJ - November 30, 2008: BMW North America conducted a media launch of its new 2009 BMW Advanced Diesel with BluePerformance vehicles with a live web news conference on Tuesday, November 11th. During the event, detailed information will be revealed about the newest chapter in BMWâs EfficientDynamics ... Continue reading
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