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Navicom GPS Announces Partnership With Canadian Finance Company

Navicom GPS Announces Partnership With Canadian Finance Company

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 25 -- Navicom GPS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NowAuto , announced today that its exclusive distributor Automotive Security Plus (http://www.automotivesecurityplus.com/) will begin providing Navicom GPS units to Automotive Financial Group. Automotive Financial Group (http://www.automotivefinanc ... Continue reading

SatCon Launches New Products for Use in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

SatCon Launches New Products for Use in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

BOSTON--Aug. 25, 2005--SatCon Technology Corporation , a leading developer and manufacturer of power electronics and motors today announced it has begun shipping products both domestically and internationally from its new line of modular built HEV products consisting of high voltage electrical and electronic components ... Continue reading

Cobra Announces the First Fully Integrated Portable Navigation Device Featuring Real-Time Traffic

Cobra Announces the First Fully Integrated Portable Navigation Device Featuring Real-Time Traffic

NAV ONE 4500 Available to Drivers This September CHICAGO, Aug. 25 -- Today signals the end of traffic entrapment for drivers commuting to work, taking a road trip or merely running errands. Cobra Electronics , a leading manufacturer of navigation and communication products, today announces the NAV ONE 4500(TM), the fir ... Continue reading

Gentex Appoints Vance as a Vice President

Gentex Appoints Vance as a Vice President

ZEELAND, Mich., Aug. 25 -- Gentex Corporation , the Zeeland, Michigan-based manufacturer of automatic-dimming rearview mirrors and commercial fire protection products, today announced the appointment of Robert Vance to vice president of Asian Business Development. Vance brings both sales experience and knowledge of the ... Continue reading

Delphi Strengthens Environmental Portfolio with New Technology Introductions

Delphi Strengthens Environmental Portfolio with New Technology Introductions

TROY, Mich., Aug. 24 -- Delphi Corp. will showcase a range of new technologies that will help vehicle manufacturers improve almost every aspect of automotive environmental performance at the 61st International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt, Germany on September 13. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20020315/DE ... Continue reading

Dave Redinger - The Neighbourhood Mechanic

Dave Redinger - The Neighbourhood Mechanic

Dave is a licensed auto mechanic with over 40 years in the trade. For the past 24 years he has operated Dr. H. Honda Specialists in Etobcoke Toronto). Dave the neighborhood mechanic can be heard answering his neighbors car questions on AM740 radio each Saturday at 9 AM. Some of these conversations will also be publishe ... Continue reading

TACO set to acquire German auto components manufact urer

TACO set to acquire German auto components manufact urer

TACO set to acquire German auto components manufacturer Wündsch Weidinger Acquisition will provide TACO market access in Europe and help build stronger base for interiors business globally Mumbai, 24th August 2005: Tata AutoComp Systems Limited (TACO), today announced that it is acquiring the business and assets of a ... Continue reading

General Motors Dealerships to Feature HotShot(R) Heated Washer Fluid System on 2006 Cadillac DTS and Buick Lucerne

General Motors Dealerships to Feature HotShot(R) Heated Washer Fluid System on 2006 Cadillac DTS and Buick Lucerne

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich.--Aug. 24, 2005--Cadillac and Buick dealerships nationwide are showcasing the first arrivals of vehicles that feature HotShot, the revolutionary hot washer fluid and windshield de-icing system. Manufactured by Microheat, Inc., HotShot is the first product in 75 years to solve the problem of froze ... Continue reading

GCR Tire Centers 60th Anniversary - Congrats!

GCR Tire Centers 60th Anniversary - Congrats!

I would like to submit the following article on behalf of Trisha Hessinger for The Auto Channel. Please contact Kirsten Berry at 415/370-7763 if you have any questions or would like this in an attached word document. COMPANY FOCUSING ON THE LONG HAUL CELEBRATES 60 YEARS OF SUCCESS With years of success as an industry l ... Continue reading

Navicom GPS Announces New Orders

Navicom GPS Announces New Orders

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 23 -- Global-E Investments, Inc. , soon to be renamed NowAuto Group, Inc., which recently acquired the assets of NowAuto, Inc. (Pink Sheets: NWAU), today announced it has signed a contract with Allied Dealer Services for 300 GPS units per month. Under the terms of the agreement, Allied Dealer Se ... Continue reading

Suzuki Selects XM Satellite Radio for New 2006 Models

Suzuki Selects XM Satellite Radio for New 2006 Models

All-new Suzuki Grand Vitara and Suzuki XL-7 Arrive XM-Ready WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- XM Satellite Radio , the nation's leading provider of satellite radio with more than 4.4 million subscribers, today announced that Suzuki, one of Japan's fastest growing automakers, will offer XM Radio for the first time this fall. For t ... Continue reading

Harman International's Consumer Group Acquires PhatNoise

Harman International's Consumer Group Acquires PhatNoise

WOODBURY, New York--Aug. 23, 2005--The Consumer Group of Harman International, the maker of high-end audio equipment, announced today that it has acquired the assets and customer business of PhatNoise, Inc., a Los Angeles-based developer of integrated digital media systems for the automotive environment. "PhatNoise is ... Continue reading

ABI Research Scrutinizes `Workhorse' Automotive X-by-Wire Application

ABI Research Scrutinizes `Workhorse' Automotive X-by-Wire Application

OYSTER BAY, N.Y.--Aug. 22, 2005--The recent launch of Citroen's ambitious C5-by-Wire hatchback, with its electronically-controlled brake, throttle, and radical steering system, marks yet another high-profile advance for so-called "X-by-Wire" automotive systems that replace traditional mechanical linkages with electroni ... Continue reading

Dana Appoints Nick Stanage to Lead Commercial Vehicle Group

Dana Appoints Nick Stanage to Lead Commercial Vehicle Group

TOLEDO, Ohio, Aug. 22 -- Dana Corporation announced today that Nick Stanage has joined the company as vice president and general manager of its Commercial Vehicle Group. In this role, he will be responsible for leading Dana's global commercial vehicle operations. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/19990903/DANA ... Continue reading

TI Automotive Earns Toyota South Africa Quality Honors

TI Automotive Earns Toyota South Africa Quality Honors

DURBAN, South Africa, Aug. 22 -- TI Automotive has been honored as one of Toyota Motor Corporation's top five suppliers for quality in South Africa. The company was recognized at a recent Toyota Supplier of the Year program in Durban, South Africa. TI Automotive has supplied Toyota operations in South Africa for more t ... Continue reading

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