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No Shortage Of Corn Here - Green Giant® Survey Names Corn as America's Favorite Vegetable

No Shortage Of Corn Here - Green Giant® Survey Names Corn as America's Favorite Vegetable

The Green Giant brand surveyed 5,100 Americans for its annual 'Favorite Veggie' survey to determine consumers' favorite vegetable in each state timed to National Eat Your Vegetables Day (Saturday, June 17). Key survey findings include: A Shucking Surprise – Corn's popularity is soaring with 32 states selecting it as ... Continue reading

OFFICIAL NHTSA VEHICLE RECALL SUMMARY June 12, 2023

OFFICIAL NHTSA VEHICLE RECALL SUMMARY June 12, 2023

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

EV-Motoring: The Inequities Of Electric Vehicles - Lower Income People Unplugged

EV-Motoring: The Inequities Of Electric Vehicles - Lower Income People Unplugged

The race to go green is heating up. President Joe Biden signed [1] an executive order calling for half of new auto sales in the US to be electric by 2030. ... Continue reading

2024 Kia Telluride UP Roadtrip To MAMA New Car Spring Rally

2024 Kia Telluride UP Roadtrip To MAMA New Car Spring Rally

MAMA’s signature event, known as the Spring Rally, is based at the historic Road America race track where they bring together about 80 cars, trucks, SUVs, and crossovers, at least as many journalists and enough marketing and PR staff to keep us hoppin’ and informed for a couple days as we drive, drive, drive on the ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up June 4 - 10, 2023

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up June 4 - 10, 2023

* From Reuters we read: Preliminary sales figures for May show that U.S. car and light truck sales achieved a 15.05 million annualized sales pace, according to Wards Intelligence. That’s well below pre-pandemic levels that bobbed around the 17 million level, but it’s not a recession. ... Continue reading

Akio Toyoda's Vision Of "CHOICE" Still Alive And Well: Toyota to invest $328 million in Mexico hybrid pickup plant

Akio Toyoda's Vision Of "CHOICE" Still Alive And Well: Toyota to invest $328 million in Mexico hybrid pickup plant

SEE ALSO: Akio Toyoda Choice Of Power Vision. MEXICO CITY, June 8 Reuters reported that Toyota will invest $328 million more in a plant in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato, it said on Thursday, as it looks to adapt its production processes for a new hybrid model of its Tacoma pickup truck. ... Continue reading

Electric Vehicle Market size to grow by 25,927.15 thousand units from 2022 to 2027; The stringent rules and regulations to be a major driver - Technavio

Electric Vehicle Market size to grow by 25,927.15 thousand units from 2022 to 2027; The stringent rules and regulations to be a major driver - Technavio

NEW YORK, June 9, 2023 -- The electric vehicle market size is forecast to increase by 25,927.15 thousand units from 2022 to 2027, at a CAGR of 37.45%, according to the recent market study by Technavio. The growth of the market will be driven by the growing demand for fuel-efficient and low-emission vehicles, stringent ... Continue reading

From The Horses' Mouth: This Week in Environment News: 12 Stories You Need to See

From The Horses' Mouth: This Week in Environment News: 12 Stories You Need to See

A roundup of the week's most newsworthy environment industry press releases from PR Newswire, including conservation efforts in recognition of World Oceans Day. ... Continue reading

Detroit Auto Show Returns Sept. 13 – 24, 2023

Detroit Auto Show Returns Sept. 13 – 24, 2023

The Detroit Auto Show today revealed highlights of the September 2023 show, an EV immersion and reflection of the mobility transformation underway – with more brands participating, a new EV Experience indoor track, added street course ride-and-drives and an inaugural, content-rich Mobility Global Forum. With over thr ... Continue reading

Mid-Week Auto News Update

Mid-Week Auto News Update

Co-publisher's Note: The opinions contained in this Mid-week Auto News Update are the opinion of Cox Automotive. The Auto Channel may or may not agree with some or all of them but believes that a free press give the option to agree or not agree to the audience. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Most Awarded Brand in 2023 Best Cars for Teens List by U.S. News & World Report

Hyundai Most Awarded Brand in 2023 Best Cars for Teens List by U.S. News & World Report

Hyundai received the most vehicles awarded across new- and used-car categories in the 2023 Best Cars for Teens by U.S. News & World Report. Four new Hyundai models were featured in addition to two older Hyundai models in the used car category. ... Continue reading

Ammonia, A Stable Clean Energy For Powering Ships, Studies Begin - Can Autos Be Far Behind?

Ammonia, A Stable Clean Energy For Powering Ships, Studies Begin - Can Autos Be Far Behind?

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has agreed to undertake technical studies on an ammonia fuel supply system for large, low-speed two-stroke marine engines under development by Winterthur Gas & Diesel AG (WinGD), a Swiss designer of large marine engines. The signing c ... Continue reading

OFFICIAL NHTSA VEHICLE RECALL SUMMARY June 5, 2023

OFFICIAL NHTSA VEHICLE RECALL SUMMARY June 5, 2023

EV Recalls. To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

Toyota (the last best chance to stop the EV fairy-tale) folded like an origami chicken and facilitated the elimination of freedom of choice by agreeing to stop selling real cars in California after 2035. Cluck cluck

Toyota (the last best chance to stop the EV fairy-tale) folded like an origami chicken and facilitated the elimination of freedom of choice by agreeing to stop selling real cars in California after 2035. Cluck cluck

El Foldo: "Toyota acknowledged CARB’s leadership in climate policies and its authority to set vehicle emissions standards under the Clean Air Act. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up May 28-June 3, 2023

Nutson's Weekly Auto News Wrap-up May 28-June 3, 2023

Here are Larry's picks among the past week's important, relevant, semi-secret, or snappy automotive news, opinions and insider back stories presented as expertly crafted easy-to-understand automotive universe news nuggets. ... Continue reading

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