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Business Leaders Announce Formation of Clean Fuels Michigan

Business Leaders Announce Formation of Clean Fuels Michigan

A coalition dedicated to growing a high tech, clean transportation industry in Michigan LANSING, MI -- Sept. 30, 2015: Nearly 30 leading companies and organizations in Michigan today announced the formation of Clean Fuels Michigan. The new 501(c)(6) organization aims to maintain Michigan's position as a global leader i ... Continue reading

MDX to Return 30% of Tolls Paid by Miami Customers as Part of Cash Back Toll Dividend Program

MDX to Return 30% of Tolls Paid by Miami Customers as Part of Cash Back Toll Dividend Program

Agency Plans to Return Cash Rebates to Members in December MIAMI -- Sept. 30, 2015: The MDX Board of Directors announced today that the Authority will return 30% of tolls paid to customers as part of the Cash Back Toll Dividend Program. This initiative, believed to be the first of its kind in the United States, is the ... Continue reading

ARK Performance Boosts Power And Luxury For Genesis Coupe SEMA Build

ARK Performance Boosts Power And Luxury For Genesis Coupe SEMA Build

Seventh Consecutive SEMA Vehicle Blends Premium and Performance Sponsorship Provided by Hyundai Car Care Express and Quaker State FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA -- Sept. 30, 2015: Leveraging its long-standing relationship with Hyundai Motor America, ARK Performance has released details on its race-inspired Solus Genesis Coupe, bl ... Continue reading

Latest Xtime Results Demonstrate Dealerships Strengthen Customer Retention By Recapturing Lost Souls

Latest Xtime Results Demonstrate Dealerships Strengthen Customer Retention By Recapturing Lost Souls

Xtime's Marketing 7 is Key to Driving Competitive Advantage Now more than ever, consumers have many choices for vehicle maintenance and repair. To gain a competitive edge, dealerships need to differentiate their service experience. By emulating other retail experiences common in airline and hotel industries, such as ti ... Continue reading

Looking For Some Good Laughs? Read The Silly Comments People Make About Ethanol - They're Hilarious

Looking For Some Good Laughs? Read The Silly Comments People Make About Ethanol - They're Hilarious

And Learn The Truth About Ethanol At The Same Time AUTO CENTRAL - September 29, 2015: The latest incorrect comments made about ethanol are a real doozy. Where do these things come from? Oh, that's right, they come from the oil industry. They're silly and sometimes even stupid; but they're almost always funny, especiall ... Continue reading

BRP Sponsors Free Avalanche Awareness Seminars to Promote Snowmobilers' Safety

BRP Sponsors Free Avalanche Awareness Seminars to Promote Snowmobilers' Safety

For the sixth straight year, BRP (TSX:DOO) is taking the lead in promoting avalanche education and awareness by sponsoring 23 seminars in Canada and 34 in the United States this fall. Offered in multiple locations where avalanches can occur, BRP invites riders of all brands to attend and encourages those who register t ... Continue reading

Toyota Adds Vellfire Car Model to Rollout of Microchip MOST50 Networking Devices in Toyota Infotainment Systems

Toyota Adds Vellfire Car Model to Rollout of Microchip MOST50 Networking Devices in Toyota Infotainment Systems

MOST50 Technology Continues to Ensure High-Quality Digital Audio in Toyota Vellfire Executive-Lounge Vehicles CHANDLER, AZ -- Sept. 29, 2015: Microchip Technology Inc. , a leading provider of microcontroller, mixed-signal, analog and Flash-IP solutions, today announced that its MOST50 Intelligent network Interface Cont ... Continue reading

Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Names Cooper Standard as Veteran-Friendly Employer

Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency Names Cooper Standard as Veteran-Friendly Employer

Celebrating its support of military veterans, Cooper Standard today announced the Company was recently named a Veteran-Friendly Employer by the Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency (MVAA). Cooper Standard earned the Veteran-Friendly Employer silver status for meeting and exceeding many key metrics for veteran programs, esp ... Continue reading

Escort Unveils Max 360, Its Smartest, Most Intuitive Radar and Laser Detector

Escort Unveils Max 360, Its Smartest, Most Intuitive Radar and Laser Detector

The cutting edge detector features dual antenna detection technology that uses arrows to show drivers where a threat is coming from - front, rear or side WEST CHESTER, OH -- Sept. 29, 2015: Escort Inc., the industry leader in radar and laser detection technology, today unveils Max 360™, its smartest, most intuitiv ... Continue reading

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Could Avert Almost 30 Percent of Crashes, Says a New Study

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems Could Avert Almost 30 Percent of Crashes, Says a New Study

If widely adopted, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) could generate tremendous benefits to society, sharply reducing the number, cost, and severity of automotive accidents, says a new study from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). "Because the vast majority of crashes in the United States are caused by driver er ... Continue reading

Then: Two Women on a Cross-Country Motorcycle Mission; Now: One Hundred Women Riding Cross-Country in Their Honor

Then: Two Women on a Cross-Country Motorcycle Mission; Now: One Hundred Women Riding Cross-Country in Their Honor

ONE HUNDRED YEARS, ONE HUNDRED WOMEN. Alisa Clickenger announces plans for the Sisters' Centennial Motorcycle Ride, July 4-24, 2016. A cross-country motorcycle adventure for women, the event commemorates the 100th anniversary of Adeline and Augusta Van Buren's historic ride across the United States from New York to San ... Continue reading

Zero Motorcycles Set To Launch 2016 Electric Motorcycles

Zero Motorcycles Set To Launch 2016 Electric Motorcycles

Innovations in Technology and Expanded Model Range to Be Announced at AIMExpo Zero Motorcycles, the global leader in the electric motorcycle industry, today revealed that the company's 2016 line of motorcycles and accessories will be unveiled October 15-18th at the American International Motorcycle Expo (AIMExpo) in Or ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce to Open 7th UK Showroom in Bristol

Rolls-Royce to Open 7th UK Showroom in Bristol

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars to open a new showroom in Cribbs Causeway, Bristol Serving the South West, the state-of-the-art showroom will boost employment when it opens in spring 2016 Operated by Rybrook, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Bristol will deliver pinnacle customer care across a12,000 square mile region CHICESTER, UK -- Se ... Continue reading

A Streetcar Named Hyundai

A Streetcar Named Hyundai

To celebrate ten years of Hyundai Motor UK, the car manufacturer is embarking on a drive with a difference High Wycombe, 29 September 2015 - A Streetcar Named Hyundai is a world first initiative from Hyundai Motor UK that involves driving, photographing and filming over 2,000 miles of central London’s streets as d ... Continue reading

Latest Space Communications Learnings from St. Petersburg University Help Ford Advance Connected Cars of the Future

Latest Space Communications Learnings from St. Petersburg University Help Ford Advance Connected Cars of the Future

Ford Motor Company and St. Petersburg State Polytechnic University developed a data communications system prototype of high reliability for the advancement of connected cars of the future Research leverages university telematics expertise in space robot communications A team of scientists applied the same multichannel ... Continue reading

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