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Carketa Launches Dealer Operating System

Carketa Launches Dealer Operating System

Utah based Carketa, announces the addition of Carketa Digital Condition Report to its suite of Valuation, Connect and Reconditioning applications creating an "Acquisition to Sell" eco system. ... Continue reading

AAA Blunder on Ethanol Sets Off Firestorm of Criticism

AAA Blunder on Ethanol Sets Off Firestorm of Criticism

Fox Business News Worsens the AAA Blunder with a Barrage of Stupidity By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL AUTO CENTRAL – On Thursday, January 3, 2013, we received a copy of a video interview produced by FOX Business News between Melissa Francis, host of FOX’s “MONEYâ ... Continue reading

CarDog Auto News - CITGO and P97 Enter New Cloud Mobile Pay Relationship

CarDog Auto News - CITGO and P97 Enter New Cloud Mobile Pay Relationship

HOUSTON--Purchasing fuel, food and merchandise from a mobile device, receiving customized offers, and rolling back prices at the pump will soon be a reality at more than 4,500 CITGO branded retail locations in the United States. The enhanced CITGO mobile app is powered by P97 Networks, a leader in cloud-based mobile co ... Continue reading

As California Emissions Climb From Power Generation, California’s Climate Targets Could Slip Out of Reach

As California Emissions Climb From Power Generation, California’s Climate Targets Could Slip Out of Reach

Pollution upticks signaling an increasingly difficult path ahead in achieving the state’s 2030 and 2050 climate targets. That’s the finding of the 12th annual California Green Innovation Index—released by the nonpartisan nonprofit Next 10 and prepared by Beacon Economics. ... Continue reading

Xpeng P7 receives Car of the Year 2021 Award in Xuanyuan Awards

Xpeng P7 receives Car of the Year 2021 Award in Xuanyuan Awards

Xpeng a leading Chinese smart electric vehicle (“Smart EV”) company, is proud to announce that its P7 super-long range sports sedan was named the Car of the Year 2021 by the Xuanyuan Awards, China’s most prestigious badge of auto quality and innovation. The Xuanyuan Awards, in their eighth edition, were presented ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor Group to Acquire Controlling Interest in Boston Dynamics from SoftBank Group, Opening a New Chapter in the Robotics and Mobility Industry

Hyundai Motor Group to Acquire Controlling Interest in Boston Dynamics from SoftBank Group, Opening a New Chapter in the Robotics and Mobility Industry

The deal came as Hyundai Motor Group envisions the transformation of human life by combining world-leading robotics technologies with its mobility expertise. ... Continue reading

Understanding China's Great Mission and Commitment in its New Journey Toward Modernization

Understanding China's Great Mission and Commitment in its New Journey Toward Modernization

The Understanding China Conference 2020 commenced on Friday in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong province, facilitating multi-faceted and in-depth discussions to enhance mutual understanding between China and the rest of the world. ... Continue reading

The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for A Rubber Monopoly

The Goodyear Story: An Inventor's Obsession and the Struggle for A Rubber Monopoly

Prologue The Great Exhibition of 1851 triggered a wave of tourism, talk, worry, wonder, jealousy and exultation. Its London opening on May 1 drew twenty-five thousand guests to the great greenhouse-like exhibition hall. Women in bell-shaped dresses of silk and satin, shoulders covered by shawls, lined the edges of the ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor Group Unveils Dedicated EV Platform 'E-GMP' +VIDEO

Hyundai Motor Group Unveils Dedicated EV Platform 'E-GMP' +VIDEO

Hyundai Motor Group has unveiled its new Electric-Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), a dedicated battery electric vehicle (BEV) platform. Revealed online today during an ‘E-GMP Digital Discovery’ event, the platform will serve as the core technology for Hyundai Motor Group’s next-generation BEV line-up. ... Continue reading

Here They Come! Amazon Joins BlackBerry to Develop New Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform

Here They Come! Amazon Joins BlackBerry to Develop New Intelligent Vehicle Data Platform

IVY. BlackBerry IVY is a cloud-connected software platform that will allow automakers to provide a consistent and secure way to read vehicle sensor data, normalize it, and create actionable insights from that data both locally in the vehicle and in the cloud. ... Continue reading

GM Signs MoU with Nikola to Supply Hydrotec Fuel Cell Systems, But Unplugs Plans For Badger Pickup

GM Signs MoU with Nikola to Supply Hydrotec Fuel Cell Systems, But Unplugs Plans For Badger Pickup

DETROIT, Nov. 30, 2020 -- Global supply agreement focused on GM's Hydrotec fuel cell system for Nikola's Class 7/8 trucks Non-binding MoU replaces previous transaction announced Sept. ... Continue reading

1998 - DaimlerChrysler Unveils Methanol Or H2 Fuel Cell Electric 4x4 Jeep Commander Concept - 1998!

1998 - DaimlerChrysler Unveils Methanol Or H2 Fuel Cell Electric 4x4 Jeep Commander Concept - 1998!

DaimlerChrysler unveiled the Jeep (R) Commander concept vehicle for media at the LA Auto Show today. The Commander features fuel-cell technology that generates its own electricity. ... Continue reading

FISKER AND MAGNA ACHIEVE KEY ENGINEERING AND PURCHASING MILESTONES

FISKER AND MAGNA ACHIEVE KEY ENGINEERING AND PURCHASING MILESTONES

completed the Preliminary Product Specification (PPS) gateway, a key engineering and purchasing milestone for the Fisker Ocean SUV. This milestone confirms preliminary specifications and targeted performance on key components and subsystems, as well as timing for all subsequent gateways through to the planned start of ... Continue reading

The Auto Channel- FORD PROUD TO HONOR PROGRAM WILL DONATE $3.5 MILLION TO MILITARY CHARITIES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

The Auto Channel- FORD PROUD TO HONOR PROGRAM WILL DONATE $3.5 MILLION TO MILITARY CHARITIES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON

Ford Motor Company and Ford dealers nationwide are donating $3.5 million to military charities as an extension of the company’s Proud to Honor program through Dec. 31, 2020 Proceeds will benefit the seven Ford Proud to Honor military charities including Blue Star Families, Guitars for Vets, DAV (Disabled American Vet ... Continue reading

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