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Ford Motor Company is First American Automaker to Join Initiative Promoting Responsible Mining

Ford Motor Company is First American Automaker to Join Initiative Promoting Responsible Mining

Signs on to Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance (IRMA), consistent with Ford responsible sourcing strategy, as reliance on mined materials increases Intends to promote use of comprehensive, third-party assessments of mining practices to protect human rights, communities and environment along the full supply cha ... Continue reading

Hyundai TIGER Autonomous Mobility Vehicle Concept Revealed +VIDEO

Hyundai TIGER Autonomous Mobility Vehicle Concept Revealed +VIDEO

TIGER is intended to carry payloads over remote and inaccessible terrain and designed to operate as a four-wheel drive vehicle or a four-legged walking machine. ... Continue reading

Ford Partners With Google To Replace Its Microsoft Based SYNC In Car Info and Entertainment Service

Ford Partners With Google To Replace Its Microsoft Based SYNC In Car Info and Entertainment Service

Ford forms a new collaborative group, Team Upshift, that will push the boundaries of Ford’s transformation, unlock personalized consumer experiences, and drive disruptive, data driven opportunities accelerate Ford’s transformation and reinvent the connected vehicle experience. ... Continue reading

Nutson's Auto News Weekly Wrap-up - Week Ending January 30, 2021

Nutson's Auto News Weekly Wrap-up - Week Ending January 30, 2021

The Auto Channel "take" on this past week's automotive news, condensed into easy to digest News Nuggets. ... Continue reading

Lordstown Motors Prepares Ohio Factory to Begin Building Betas

Lordstown Motors Prepares Ohio Factory to Begin Building Betas

Endurance, which is anticipated to be the world’s first mass produced full-size all-electric pickup truck, this year. “We are hard at work in the factory preparing to begin Beta builds in the coming weeks,” remarked Steve Burns, Chief Executive Officer of Lordstown Motors. ... Continue reading

Watch Out Plug-in EV, Fuel-cell/Battery Hybrids Coming On Fast - 584 Hydrogen Fueling Stations Launched

Watch Out Plug-in EV, Fuel-cell/Battery Hybrids Coming On Fast - 584 Hydrogen Fueling Stations Launched

The hydrogen fueling station market is witnessing a dramatic acceleration in growth, with 584 hydrogen stations deployed by year-end 2020, according to a study released by Information Trends, a market research company. ... Continue reading

Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Vattenfall and Warme Hamburg sign Letter of Intent for 100MW Hydrogen Project in Hamburg

Shell, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Vattenfall and Warme Hamburg sign Letter of Intent for 100MW Hydrogen Project in Hamburg

are planning how they can jointly produce hydrogen from wind and solar power at the Hamburg-Moorburg power plant site and utilize it in its vicinity. To this end, the four companies have now signed a letter of intent. ... Continue reading

Keystone Pipeline Rationale - China Needs To Buy More Gasoline

Keystone Pipeline Rationale - China Needs To Buy More Gasoline

China promoting both fuel efficiency and alternative-fuel vehicles to curb growing oil use Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration Washington DC May 13, 2014; Unprecedented motorization in China has led to significant increases in oil demand and oil imports. In response to growing oil imports, the Chinese govern ... Continue reading

Verizon Auto News|New App Feature Allows Professional Drivers to Start Diesel Pump, Pay for Fuel Transactions Directly from Phone

Verizon Auto News|New App Feature Allows Professional Drivers to Start Diesel Pump, Pay for Fuel Transactions Directly from Phone

The new “PumpSmart” feature is designed to save drivers time while fueling at TA, Petro Stopping Center or TA Express locations. ... Continue reading

One More Almost Self Driving Technology Going Public Surprise! - DENSO and U.S. Start-up Aeva Collaborate to Bring 4D LiDAR to Mass Vehicle Market

One More Almost Self Driving Technology Going Public Surprise! - DENSO and U.S. Start-up Aeva Collaborate to Bring 4D LiDAR to Mass Vehicle Market

Japanese mobility supplier, DENSO, has announced a partnership with U.S. LiDAR and perception systems start-up, Aeva, to develop 4D sensing and perception systems. Together, the companies will advance Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) LiDAR, a groundbreaking solution that measures velocity, in addition to dept ... Continue reading

Microsoft Joins GM And Honda to Invest More Than $2 Billion in AV Group Cruise

Microsoft Joins GM And Honda to Invest More Than $2 Billion in AV Group Cruise

Microsoft will join General Motors, Honda and institutional investors in a combined new equity investment of more than $2 billion in AV group Cruise. This brings the valuation of Cruise to $30 billion. ... Continue reading

Groupe Renault & Plug Power Join Forces to Become Leader in Hydrogen LCV

Groupe Renault & Plug Power Join Forces to Become Leader in Hydrogen LCV

Joint-venture will establish in France state-of-the-art innovation and manufacturing capabilities for hydrogen fuel cell systems and their integration in vehicles. The partnership provides a unique value proposition: turn-key fuel cell vehicle solutions with hydrogen fuel, refueling infrastructures and services. ... Continue reading

RPM Foundation Joins Forces with The Great Race

RPM Foundation Joins Forces with The Great Race

designed for High School, Technical School, College and qualified Youth Group Teams to compete in this special Division of the Great Race. ... Continue reading

CHEVROLET DOCUMENTS CORVETTE ENGINEERING TEAM’S JOURNEY TO BUILD THE MID-ENGINE SUPERCAR +VIDEO

CHEVROLET DOCUMENTS CORVETTE ENGINEERING TEAM’S JOURNEY TO BUILD THE MID-ENGINE SUPERCAR +VIDEO

Chevrolet released the second chapter of its two-part documentary: “Revolution: The Mid-Engine Corvette Development Story.” This episode follows the Corvette engineering team’s journey to build a supercar for every day – with superior ride comfort on the highway and well-balanced handling on the track – while ... Continue reading

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