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Liberty Tire Recycling to Highlight Benefits of Rubberized Asphalt at 54th Annual New Jersey Asphalt Paving Conference

Liberty Tire Recycling to Highlight Benefits of Rubberized Asphalt at 54th Annual New Jersey Asphalt Paving Conference

PR Newswire PITTSBURGH, March 7, 2011 PITTSBURGH, March 7, 2011 -- Liberty Tire Recycling, the premier provider of tire recycling services in North America, will share the benefits of rubberized asphalt to attendees of the 54th annual New Jersey Asphalt Paving Conference, being held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in New Br ... Continue reading

ECOtality Commences Blink Residential Charging Station Installations in Washington

ECOtality Commences Blink Residential Charging Station Installations in Washington

SEATTLE--ECOtality, Inc. , a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, today celebrated the installation of the company’s leading Blink™ Level 2 Residential Charging Stations in the state of Washington. The company will install Blink EV charging stations in homes thro ... Continue reading

New Fujitsu CD-less Audio Design Kit Enables Low-Power, Low-Cost Digital Audio Systems for Vehicles

New Fujitsu CD-less Audio Design Kit Enables Low-Power, Low-Cost Digital Audio Systems for Vehicles

PR Newswire SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 7, 2011 SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 7, 2011 -- Fujitsu Semiconductor America, Inc. (FSA) today introduced a new CD-less Audio Design Kit, a complete reference solution featuring decoding and playback of popular digital audio files such as MP3, Windows Media Audio (WMA), Ogg Audio and A ... Continue reading

Atmel Releases Automotive-Qualified 32-bit AVR MCU Family for Motor Control Applications

Atmel Releases Automotive-Qualified 32-bit AVR MCU Family for Motor Control Applications

PR Newswire NUREMBERG, Germany, March 2, 2011 NUREMBERG, Germany, March 2, 2011 -- Embedded World Nuremberg 2011 -- Atmel® Corporation , a leader in microcontroller and touch solutions, today announced the release of the Atmel UC3C AT32UC3C0512C AVR® microcontroller with 512KB of embedded flash memory.  As a co ... Continue reading

Fire at Magna Plant Continues to Create Assembly Line Shut-Downs

Fire at Magna Plant Continues to Create Assembly Line Shut-Downs

The fire has forced General Motors Co. and Mazda Motor Corp. to stop making vehicles at some factories. The damaged Magna plant also makes parts for several Ford Motor Co., Nissan Motor Co., and Chrysler Group vehicles. Ford, Nissan and Chrysler factories have stayed open, but it’s uncertain for how long as Magna ... Continue reading

Better Place and Renault Launch Fluence Z.E., the First Unlimited Mileage Electric Car Together with Innovative eMobility Packages, in Europe's First Better Place Center

Better Place and Renault Launch Fluence Z.E., the First Unlimited Mileage Electric Car Together with Innovative eMobility Packages, in Europe's First Better Place Center

COPENHAGEN, Denmark--Better Place opened today, together with its partner Renault, Europe’s first Better Place center. Visitors will now be able to experience sustainable mobility and will have the opportunity to place an order for a Renault Fluence Z.E. with the Renault staff and sign up with the Better ... Continue reading

BorgWarner Supplies Latest Advancements in Variable Cam Timing Technology for Subaru's New Boxer Engines

BorgWarner Supplies Latest Advancements in Variable Cam Timing Technology for Subaru's New Boxer Engines

PR Newswire AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 3, 2011 AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 3, 2011 -- BorgWarner supplies its latest advancements in Cam Torque Actuated (CTA) variable cam timing (VCT) technology for the new Subaru boxer engines. According to Subaru, the new four-cylinder 2.5- and 2.0-liter engines improve fuel economy ... Continue reading

So Long, Winter! Subaru of America, Inc. Sponsors Philadelphia International Flower Show for 10th Consecutive Year

So Long, Winter! Subaru of America, Inc. Sponsors Philadelphia International Flower Show for 10th Consecutive Year

PR Newswire CHERRY HILL, N.J., March 3, 2011 CHERRY HILL, N.J., March 3, 2011 -- Celebrating a decade of blooms, Subaru of America, Inc. is proud to mark its 10th year as sponsor of the Philadelphia International Flower Show, which runs from March 6 through March 13, at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. This year's t ... Continue reading

2011 Kia Optima Earns Five-Star Crash Safety Rating From U.S. Government

2011 Kia Optima Earns Five-Star Crash Safety Rating From U.S. Government

PR Newswire IRVINE, Calif., March 3, 2011 IRVINE, Calif., March 3, 2011 -- The all-new 2011 Kia Optima midsize sedan has achieved an overall five-star crash safety rating – the highest possible score – after attaining five stars in each of the overall ratings categories in the latest crash ... Continue reading

AAA Announces Its Latest Top Picks for New Vehicle Technology

AAA Announces Its Latest Top Picks for New Vehicle Technology

PR Newswire ORLANDO, Fla., March 3, 2011 Several new "greener" technologies from automakers join safety and performance features on 2011 list ORLANDO, Fla., March 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AAA today released its biennial list of top picks for new vehicle technology. Developed by automotive experts at the natio ... Continue reading

Advance Auto Parts to Present at the 2011 Bank of America Consumer Conference

Advance Auto Parts to Present at the 2011 Bank of America Consumer Conference

ROANOKE, Va.--Advance Auto Parts, Inc. , a leading automotive aftermarket retailer of parts, accessories and maintenance items, will be presenting at the 2011 Bank of America Consumer Conference in New York City, on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at 9:40 a.m., Eastern Standard Time. A live broadcast of the presentation will ... Continue reading

Penske Automotive Group Announces Put Option Notification for 3.5% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2026

Penske Automotive Group Announces Put Option Notification for 3.5% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes Due 2026

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich.--Penske Automotive Group, Inc., , an international automotive retailer, today announced that it is notifying holders of the $150,602,000 outstanding principal amount of its 3.5% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2026 (the "Notes") that pursuant to the terms of the Notes, they have an opt ... Continue reading

Saab Signs Gripen Agreement with FMV

Saab Signs Gripen Agreement with FMV

LINKÖPING, Sweden--Regulatory News: Defense and security company Saab (STO:SAABB) has received an order from FMV (the Swedish Defence Material Administration) regarding the Gripen system for the continuous upkeep of its operative capability. The order is worth MSEK 120. The order includes technical support, pr ... Continue reading

Maxwell Technologies Awarded $7.01 Million Contract From U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium for Hybrid Auto Energy Storage System

Maxwell Technologies Awarded $7.01 Million Contract From U.S. Advanced Battery Consortium for Hybrid Auto Energy Storage System

PR Newswire SAN DIEGO, March 3, 2011 SAN DIEGO, March 3, 2011 -- Maxwell Technologies, Inc. announced today that it has been awarded a $7.01 million cost-shared technology development contract by the United States Advanced Battery Consortium LLC (USABC) to develop an advanced energy storage system for power-assist hybr ... Continue reading

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