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Toyota Auto Insurance Company Has A New Home

Toyota Auto Insurance Company Has A New Home

The grand opening of this new office, located in the Legacy West business district, was commemorated with a ribbon cutting ceremony and site tour, observing appropriate COVID protocols. ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz Marketing and PR Executive Changes

Mercedes-Benz Marketing and PR Executive Changes

further development of the tailor-made worldwide agency networkBettina Fetzer takes charge of new area Jörg Howe moves to Daimler Truck as Special Representative External Affairs and Communications Stuttgart (Germany), April 2021 – Mercedes-Benz is fundamentally reorganising its marketing and communication activitie ... Continue reading

NatGeo Off Road Trips To US National Parks

NatGeo Off Road Trips To US National Parks

Hyundai and National Geographic Launch ... Continue reading

Follow The Reality: Essentially No BEV Charging Infrastructure In USA

Follow The Reality: Essentially No BEV Charging Infrastructure In USA

The Dutch intention to install 1.5 MILLION charge points in the next 9 years. That is half a million private charging points and a million public charging points before the end of this decade. ... Continue reading

Aftermarket Universe- ACMA Automechanika showcases array of aftermarket products at its maiden virtual edition

Aftermarket Universe- ACMA Automechanika showcases array of aftermarket products at its maiden virtual edition

It is interesting to note that last year, which was probably the most challenging year due to the out-break of the pandemic, all segments of the industry, be it supplies to OEMs, or exports or the imports, suffered badly, however, the aftermarket remained robust. The ongoing virtual fair ACMA Automechanika showcases ov ... Continue reading

RoboSense LiDAR Partners with Banma and AutoX on High-Level Autonomous Driving Platform

RoboSense LiDAR Partners with Banma and AutoX on High-Level Autonomous Driving Platform

Alibaba Group and SAIC Motor, and AutoX, China's most advanced self-driving AI platform, to build a high-level autonomous driving platform for intelligent vehicles through in-depth cooperation in the 3D LiDAR sensor, AI algorithm, and intelligent automobile operating system, and create an advanced smart cockpit based o ... Continue reading

China Car Market Returning To Growth

China Car Market Returning To Growth

The predictions from executives including the head of Mitsubishi Motors on the first day of the Shanghai auto show point to a vehicle market that is heading for more balanced growth, especially if the trade war with the U.S. is resolved. ... Continue reading

Mobileye and Udelv Ink Deal for Autonomous Delivery

Mobileye and Udelv Ink Deal for Autonomous Delivery

Udelv and Mobileye plan to produce more than 35,000 Mobileye-driven Transporters by 2028, with commercial operations beginning in 2023. ... Continue reading

25 Years Ago In May 1996 All Track Events Of The 80th Indy 500 Were Cybercast Live By The Auto Channel (Sponsored By Pennzoil) - In 2021 The 105th Indy 500 Open Testing Will Be Streamed On Peacock

25 Years Ago In May 1996 All Track Events Of The 80th Indy 500 Were Cybercast Live By The Auto Channel (Sponsored By Pennzoil) - In 2021 The 105th Indy 500 Open Testing Will Be Streamed On Peacock

April 8 and Friday, April 9 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Thirty-two car-and-driver combinations are scheduled to participate in the two-day session, which will stream live to race fans exclusively via NBCUniversal’s new streaming service, Peacock. ... Continue reading

Five more Volvo's earn highest IIHS safety award

Five more Volvo's earn highest IIHS safety award

Five more 2021 Volvos qualify for a Top Safety Pick+ award from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, bringing the manufacturer’s total to 14. The new winners include two large sedans, the S90 and plug-in hybrid S90 Recharge, as well as three wagons, the large V90 and V90 Cross Country and the midsize V60 Cross ... Continue reading

How to escape rip currents the Surfers Way

How to escape rip currents the Surfers Way

Milton and Michael Willis have their way. The brothers, World Champion Giant Wave Surfers are busy getting the word out on how to escape rip currents the Surfers Way. View PDF For years lifeguards have advocated swimming parallel to the beach to escape rip currents. Milton exclaims this method is obsolete and incomplet ... Continue reading

Biden Commits USA To Obvious But Wrong Future Automotive Fuel

Biden Commits USA To Obvious But Wrong Future Automotive Fuel

$2 trillion infrastructure and jobs proposal would include $174 billion to "win" the global electric vehicle race against China and Europe, reflecting a growing symbiosis between Democratic policy goals and the bottom lines of Detroit automakers. ... Continue reading

BMW Goes Vertical On EV's, Contracts For For Sustainable Lithium Supply For Own Battery Production

BMW Goes Vertical On EV's, Contracts For For Sustainable Lithium Supply For Own Battery Production

Multi-year contract worth around 285 million euros with US company Livent Responsible extraction of lithium in Argentina Participating in study of sustainable lithium extraction in South America Wendt: ... Continue reading

Chinese Electric Vehicle Makers Need Lithium So Badly They're Willing to Buy it in the Ground

Chinese Electric Vehicle Makers Need Lithium So Badly They're Willing to Buy it in the Ground

It seems that the increase in demand for lithium has Chinese manufacturers of electric vehicles (EVs) digging deep to secure the future supply of the metal. Apparently they are so concerned about producers' abilities to fill downline supply that Chinese EV companies are now willing to buy lithium that's yet to be mined ... Continue reading

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