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Elio Motors' CEO at TEDxDetroit: Simple Innovations Can Have Far Reaching Benefits

Elio Motors' CEO at TEDxDetroit: Simple Innovations Can Have Far Reaching Benefits

Elio Motors' founder and CEO Paul Elio today said innovation can come from some of the simplest ideas, but can have world altering results. Elio made his remarks at TEDxDetroit, where he was one of nearly 50 visionary leaders who took the stage to inform and inspire the Fox Theatre audience. Elio Motors is launching an ... Continue reading

Filling Up with Hydrogen will be Possible Germany-Wide in Future

Filling Up with Hydrogen will be Possible Germany-Wide in Future

Six industrial companies - Air Liquide, Daimler, Linde, OMV, Shell and Total - have formed a cross-sector joint venture, H2 MOBILITY Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG. The creation of the limited partnership paves the way for a staged expansion of hydrogen (H2) filling stations across Germany, which will bring the total to aro ... Continue reading

Volkswagen Board of Management Makes Strategic Decisions

Volkswagen Board of Management Makes Strategic Decisions

The newly-formed Volkswagen Brand Board of Management took further strategic decisions at a special meeting. CEO Dr. Herbert Diess announced major product decisions: a reorientation of the diesel strategy with the most advanced technologies, the development of a standardized electric architecture for passenger cars and ... Continue reading

FCA US Brands Receive Top Honors From the Texas Auto Writers Association

FCA US Brands Receive Top Honors From the Texas Auto Writers Association

Ram, Jeep® and Dodge brands won several accolades this year at the Texas Truck Rodeo hosted by the Texas Auto Writers Association (TAWA). After two days of challenging on- and off-road driving, TAWA members voted for the best-performing vehicles and FCA US brands secured eight of 24 awards, the most of any manufacture ... Continue reading

GM Dealers Test the Waters of Environmental Education

GM Dealers Test the Waters of Environmental Education

General Motors dealers are getting their feet wet in environmental science as a part of the company’s growing watershed education program. Employees from Ingersoll Auto of Danbury, the largest retailer of Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles in Connecticut, mentored students from Reed Intermediate School in ... Continue reading

Ford Names ''Wake Me App'' Winner of SYNC AppLink Developer Challenge Tel Aviv

Ford Names ''Wake Me App'' Winner of SYNC AppLink Developer Challenge Tel Aviv

Ford selected “Wake Me App,” an app that monitors drivers for signs of drowsiness, as the winner of the Ford SYNC® AppLink™ Developer Challenge in Tel Aviv. The 24-hour hackathon, October 11-12, included more than 150 app developers, and was co-sponsored by WeiserMazars LLP. The winning app was chosen by a panel of ... Continue reading

Ford Police Interceptor Achieves 61 Percent Market Share for First Half of 2015 | Ford Media Center

Ford Police Interceptor Achieves 61 Percent Market Share for First Half of 2015 | Ford Media Center

Ford Police Interceptor Sedan and Utility vehicles gained six points of market share for 2015, according to Ford analysis of the latest registration data from Polk/IHS Automotive. H PDF DOWNLOAD THE SALES GROWTH PDF Introduced in 2012, Police Interceptor Utility quickly became America’s best-selling police vehicle – ... Continue reading

Ford F-Series Named Truck Line of Texas, Explorer Is SUV of Texas, F-150 Pro Trailer Backup Assist Wins Best Technology

Ford F-Series Named Truck Line of Texas, Explorer Is SUV of Texas, F-150 Pro Trailer Backup Assist Wins Best Technology

Ford F-Series is named Truck Line of Texas by Texas Auto Writers Association, while the 2016 Ford Explorer Platinum is named SUV of Texas and Pro Trailer Backup Assist, debuting on the 2016 Ford F-150, takes home Best Technology honors. Nearly 70 TAWA journalists put trucks to the test on a grueling off-road track at t ... Continue reading

Toyota Partners with Yahoo and Live Nation to Extend Music Initiatives

Toyota Partners with Yahoo and Live Nation to Extend Music Initiatives

Highlights Emerging Artists, Music Festival Content and Live Performances on Yahoo Toyota, Yahoo! Inc. and Live Nation have partnered to create original content that highlights new and emerging musicians from Toyota-sponsored music festivals across North America, as well as live streamed concerts on Yahoo. With this co ... Continue reading

Toyota Unveils Advanced Technologies in All-New Prius

Toyota Unveils Advanced Technologies in All-New Prius

In its fourth generation, the Toyota Prius is set to take on new markets with groundbreaking environmental performance, a stylish new design, and a fun-to-drive spirit. Today, Toyota is proud to unveil the technological advances that enable its hybrid flagship to break the mold while still remaining true to form.Toyota ... Continue reading

Toyota 4Runner: The go-to-SUV for Go-Anywhere Capability for up to Seven

Toyota 4Runner: The go-to-SUV for Go-Anywhere Capability for up to Seven

Outdoors enthusiasts have turned to the Toyota 4Runner for three decades as the go-to, go-anywhere SUV that also excels as an everyday driver. The TRD Pro Series introduced for 2015 continues for 2016, underscoring the 4Runner’s off-road persona, and all models feature upgraded Entune multimedia systems. Whether ... Continue reading

New Survey of Teens Shows Parents Are Sending the Wrong Message by Texting While Driving

New Survey of Teens Shows Parents Are Sending the Wrong Message by Texting While Driving

Teens Report 2 out of 3 Parents are Texting While Driving with Them in the Car In a recent Driving-Tests.org online survey of 2,000 teens preparing for their driving tests, 62.9 percent of teens reported that their parents are texting while driving with their teens in the car. This is setting a potentially fatal exampl ... Continue reading

Kelley Blue Book Names 2016 Best Buy Award Finalists

Kelley Blue Book Names 2016 Best Buy Award Finalists

Premier Awards Honor Best Vehicle Choices Available in U.S. Market, Recognizing 49 Finalists Consisting of 18 Vehicle Makes in 12 Vehicle Categories Kelley Blue Book today announces the Finalists for the 2016 Kelley Blue Book Best Buy Awards, which will honor the top new model-year vehicle choices available in the U.S. ... Continue reading

Chicago Auto Show Announces 2016 Dates: February 13-21

Chicago Auto Show Announces 2016 Dates: February 13-21

Show opens at 9 a.m. each day. The public portion of 2016 Chicago Auto Show will run Saturday, Feb. 13 through Sunday, Feb. 21. ... Continue reading

Savings And Safety Top Of Mind As Americans Prepare For Home And Auto Purchases This Fall

Savings And Safety Top Of Mind As Americans Prepare For Home And Auto Purchases This Fall

New survey also shows new home and auto owners not always following through on safety measures BOSTON -- Oct. 13, 2015: Similar to the spring, the fall season marks an active time for home and auto sales, but what are Americans most concerned about when they make that big purchase? Money and safety top the list of pain ... Continue reading

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