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Samsung SDI Showcases Eco-friendly Automotive Batteries and Materials at Auto Shanghai 2015

Samsung SDI Showcases Eco-friendly Automotive Batteries and Materials at Auto Shanghai 2015

Samsung SDI unveils wide range of batteries and interior/exterior items for China, which is set to emerge the world’s biggest EV market Customized battery cells, module and pack specialized for China’s New Energy Vehicle (NEV) market Samsung-ARN (Xi’an) Battery Group set to build up its plant in October, ... Continue reading

Don't Forget Headlights when Performing Routine Maintenance

Don't Forget Headlights when Performing Routine Maintenance

FARMINGTON HILLS, MI -- April 20, 2015: Veteran and even novice drivers understand the importance of visibility when they get behind the wheel of their vehicles. When visibility is not an issue, drivers can more easily see their fellow motorists and better anticipate potentially dangerous situations. But when visibilit ... Continue reading

Dana Improves Mobility of Compact, Hydrostatic-Drive Off-Highway Vehicles through Disconnect Feature

Dana Improves Mobility of Compact, Hydrostatic-Drive Off-Highway Vehicles through Disconnect Feature

Dana Holding Corporation today introduced an upgraded drivetrain system for compact, hydrostatic-driven off-highway vehicles with an optional disconnect feature that offers improved performance. Designed for wheeled excavators, telescopic boom handlers, and front-end loaders, the system includes the enhanced, two-speed ... Continue reading

Michelin Challenge Design Inspires Mobility for All

Michelin Challenge Design Inspires Mobility for All

Design Experts Identify Challenges and Opportunities in 'Designing for the Next Frontier' DETROIT -- April 16, 2015: Designing transportation that provides simple, functional and affordable mobility for all areas of the world was the focus of the 12th annual Michelin Challenge Design and Automotive Press Association de ... Continue reading

Michelin Offers Tips For Reducing Soil Compaction

Michelin Offers Tips For Reducing Soil Compaction

Lower-pressure farm tires create larger footprint to spread equipment weight GREENVILLE, SC -- April 14, 2015: Faced with lower commodity prices, farmers are looking for any edge to improve productivity and crop performance. As the 2015 growing season gets under way, experts say one of the most effective ways to improv ... Continue reading

Rear View Safety Continues to Advance Road Safety on a National Level

Rear View Safety Continues to Advance Road Safety on a National Level

Rear View Safety, an industry leader in backup camera system solutions for the advancement of road safety across the United States, has unveiled a number of new products that were specifically designed with spring driving conditions in mind. As the weather starts getting nicer outside, more and more pedestrians and cyc ... Continue reading

Michelin Adds Two More J.D. Power Original Equipment Customer Satisfaction Awards

Michelin Adds Two More J.D. Power Original Equipment Customer Satisfaction Awards

Michelin Grows Total to 77 Awards Since 1989 GREENVILLE, SC -- April 10, 2015: Adding to its already impressive list of J.D. Power original equipment tire customer satisfaction awards, Michelin once again received the industry's top honors for customer satisfaction, ranking highest in two of the three award-eligible ti ... Continue reading

Magellan Launches New 5-Inch RoadMate Auto GPS Device With Premium Red Light and Speed Camera Alerts Exclusively at Costco

Magellan Launches New 5-Inch RoadMate Auto GPS Device With Premium Red Light and Speed Camera Alerts Exclusively at Costco

ncludes Popular Magellan Features Such as Free Lifetime Maps, Lifetime Traffic Alerts, Branded Highway-Exit POIs, and More SANTA CLARA, CA -- April 9, 2015: Magellan, a leader of innovative GPS devices and content services for vehicles, fitness, outdoor, and mobile navigation, introduces its newest 5-inch auto GPS avai ... Continue reading

Jeep Performance Parts: Toughen Up for the Trail

Jeep Performance Parts: Toughen Up for the Trail

Fresh off the 49th Annual Easter Jeep® Safari and the trails of Moab, Utah, the Mopar brand is highlighting its extensive portfolio of Jeep Performance Parts (JPP) available to arm off-roaders in pursuit of any path they choose. ... Continue reading

Michelin's Innovative Premier Tires To Come On New 2016 Lexus RX

Michelin's Innovative Premier Tires To Come On New 2016 Lexus RX

Revolutionary, Award-Winning Tread Design Provides Exceptional Levels of Safety NEW YORK -- April 1, 2015: The exciting new 2016 Lexus RX, introduced at the New York International Auto Show, arrives with Michelin's latest advancement in tire safety technology, the MICHELIN® Premier® LTX® tire. Featuring the re ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel Tests Continental ExtremeContact DWS06

The Auto Channel Tests Continental ExtremeContact DWS06

Continental ExtremeContact DWS06 ... Continue reading

Bridgestone Launches Next-Generation Fuel-Saving Tire

Bridgestone Launches Next-Generation Fuel-Saving Tire

Ecopia EP422 Plus tire designed to appeal to budget-minded drivers seeking more miles between trips to the pump NASHVILLE, TN -- March 30, 2015: Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) today announced the launch of the latest tire in its fuel-efficient Ecopia tire line, the Ecopia EP422 Plus tire. The Ecopia EP422 Plus tire ... Continue reading

Goodyear Establishes Tire Development Center in China

Goodyear Establishes Tire Development Center in China

Company's first development center in China opens door to new opportunities with China-based automakers PULANDIAN, China, March 26, 2015 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announced today that it has established its first development center in China. Located at the company's state-of-the-art tire manufacturing facil ... Continue reading

Goodyear Names 32nd Highway Hero

Goodyear Names 32nd Highway Hero

Truck Driver Saves Law Enforcement Official From Being Strangled By Prisoner AKRON, OH -- March 26, 2015: A truck driver who saved a law enforcement official from being strangled by a prisoner has been named the 32nd Goodyear Highway Hero. Chosen from three finalists, Clinton Blackburn of Morehead, Ky., today accepted ... Continue reading

Run-Flat Tires Letting Air Out of Customer Satisfaction

Run-Flat Tires Letting Air Out of Customer Satisfaction

Michelin Ranks Highest in Luxury, Passenger Car Segments; Pirelli Ranks Highest in Performance Sport Segment WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA -- March 26, 2015: Customers with run-flat tires are less satisfied overall and replace tires more frequently in the first two years of ownership than do those with non-run-flat tires, accor ... Continue reading

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