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SVO Unleashes Jaguar XE SV Project 8: The Most Extreme Performance Jaguar Ever +VIDEO

SVO Unleashes Jaguar XE SV Project 8: The Most Extreme Performance Jaguar Ever +VIDEO

Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) today announces the most powerful, agile and extreme performance Jaguar: the new XE SV Project 8. ... Continue reading

Kars4Kids Launches "Drive Human" Campaign to Promote Courteous Driving

Kars4Kids Launches "Drive Human" Campaign to Promote Courteous Driving

National nonprofit Kars4Kids is launching a wide-ranging awareness campaign ahead of the summer driving season to bring courtesy back to the road by reminding drivers they share the road with humans, not cars. The campaign leverages an array of media assets to promote its message, including video, new data visualizatio ... Continue reading

Bentley On Demand: A New Concierge-Style Luxury Experience +VIDEO

Bentley On Demand: A New Concierge-Style Luxury Experience +VIDEO

Bentley is today announcing the trial of Bentley on demand – an innovative new luxury connected-mobility service designed to provide customers with a luxury mobility solution wherever they may be. As the next step in the company’s luxury mobility strategy, Bentley on demand enables customers to avoid the inconvenie ... Continue reading

POET Founder, Chairman and CEO Jeff Broin to Receive 2017 BIO George Washington Carver Award

POET Founder, Chairman and CEO Jeff Broin to Receive 2017 BIO George Washington Carver Award

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today announced that POET Founder, Chairman and CEO Jeff Broin will receive the 10th annual George Washington Carver Award for Innovation in Industrial Biotechnology. The award will be presented on Monday July 24, 2017, during a morning plenary session of the 2017 BIO Wor ... Continue reading

New Vehicle Sales Pace to Drop Again in May, Lowering 2017 Outlook

New Vehicle Sales Pace to Drop Again in May, Lowering 2017 Outlook

The new vehicle retail sales pace in 2017 is expected to be lowest for the month of May since 2013, according to a forecast developed jointly by J.D. Power and LMC Automotive. With one additional selling day in 2017, retail sales in May are anticipated to reach 1,222,000 units, a 2.9% decrease compared with May 2016 on ... Continue reading

Redesigned 2018 Honda Odyssey Minivan On-Sale Tomorrow +VIDEO

Redesigned 2018 Honda Odyssey Minivan On-Sale Tomorrow +VIDEO

The completely redesigned, all-new 2018 Honda Odyssey arrives at Honda dealerships nationwide tomorrow with a Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP)1 starting at $29,990. The Odyssey has been the best-selling minivan in America for the past seven years and is leading again in 20172. ... Continue reading

New Gogoro 2 Smartscooter Expands Gogoro's Vision For A New Generation Of Urban Transportation For All

New Gogoro 2 Smartscooter Expands Gogoro's Vision For A New Generation Of Urban Transportation For All

Gogoro announced it was expanding its scooter family with the introduction of the Gogoro 2 Smartscooter™. The Gogoro 2 combines the sophistication and innovation of the Gogoro 1 in a new platform that is created for a broader and more diverse audience. "The new Gogoro 2 Smartscooter enables a broader audience to embr ... Continue reading

NHTSA RECALL: Graco Child Seat

NHTSA RECALL: Graco Child Seat

Please click on the following NHTSA Recall ID links to view the recall information. NHTSA Recall ID Number : 17C001 Synopsis : Graco Children's Products Inc. (Graco) is recalling certain Graco My Ride 65 convertible child restraints, models 1871689, 1908152, 1813074, 1872691, 1853478, 1877535, 1813015, and 1794334. ... Continue reading

Millennials Entering the Automobile Market Slowly but Surely, Says Infiniti Research

Millennials Entering the Automobile Market Slowly but Surely, Says Infiniti Research

Infiniti Research helps companies identify new market opportunities. (Graphic: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail ???pagination.previous??? ???pagination.next??? Infiniti Research helps companies identify new market opportunities. ... Continue reading

Newport Car Museum to Officially Open its Doors on June 1

Newport Car Museum to Officially Open its Doors on June 1

Newport Car Museum Officially Opens its Doors on June 1 PORTSMOUTH, R.I. (May 24, 2017). ... Continue reading

American Drivers Surpass 1 Billion Miles on Earth-kind, Engine-Smart E15 Saving up to $72 Million by End of 2017

American Drivers Surpass 1 Billion Miles on Earth-kind, Engine-Smart E15 Saving up to $72 Million by End of 2017

American consumers have helped E15 – a fuel containing 15 percent ethanol and 85 percent gasoline – reach a significant milestone. According to Growth Energy’s ongoing analysis of fuel sales and consumption data reported by major gasoline retailers, drivers across the United States have logged more than 1 billion ... Continue reading

Low Gas Prices Could Lead to More Summer Vacations - NACS

Low Gas Prices Could Lead to More Summer Vacations - NACS

​ALEXANDRIA, Va. May 23, 2017; – Low gas prices will likely lead to increased summer vacation spending but won’t lead to longer trips, per a new NACS consumer survey of gas customers. ... Continue reading

Dramatically Fewer Vehicles on Roads by 2035, According to Navigant Research

Dramatically Fewer Vehicles on Roads by 2035, According to Navigant Research

BOULDER, Colo.—A new report from Navigant Research analyzes competing powertrain options for light duty vehicles (LDVs), providing global forecasts for annual sales and vehicle populations, driven by scenario forecasts on battery prices, oil prices, and autonomous mobility system penetrations. The potential of automa ... Continue reading

Re: Study: Millennials Driving Driverless Demand

Re: Study: Millennials Driving Driverless Demand

Hi Larry, Â In the wake of Ford firing CEO Mark Fields and replacing him with Jim Hackett, the leader of Ford's self driving car program, I wanted to reach out again to share with you some relevant data related to millennials preferences on autonomous vehicles. The data below begs the question, is Ford feeling increas ... Continue reading

Survey Finds Americans Don't Trust Ridesharing Companies To Build Driverless Cars

Survey Finds Americans Don't Trust Ridesharing Companies To Build Driverless Cars

KIRKLAND, Wash., May 23, 2017 -- INRIX, Inc., the world leader in connected car services and location analytics, today published the results of its Connected & Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Consumer Survey, with insight into the products, services and pain points emerging in this multi-trillion dollar market. The INRIX Resea ... Continue reading

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