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EPA's E15 Hearing Features Outdated Lies and Over-Exaggerated Anti-Ethanol Claims +VIDEO

EPA's E15 Hearing Features Outdated Lies and Over-Exaggerated Anti-Ethanol Claims +VIDEO

The Environmental Protection Agency held a public hearing in Ypsilanti, Michigan this morning regarding the plan to allow E15 to be sold year-round in service stations across America. ... Continue reading

Velodyne Achieves Half a Billion Dollars in Lidar Sensors Shipped

Velodyne Achieves Half a Billion Dollars in Lidar Sensors Shipped

Velodyne Alpha Puck™ is a lidar sensor specifically made for autonomous driving and advanced vehicle safety at highway speeds. (Photo: Business Wire) Velodyne Alpha Puck™ is a lidar sensor specifically made for autonomous driving and advanced vehicle safety at highway speeds. ... Continue reading

ChargeWheel Secures $1 Million Investment to Build Network of Solar-Powered Mobile Charging Hubs for Micromobility Fleets and Electric Vehicles

ChargeWheel Secures $1 Million Investment to Build Network of Solar-Powered Mobile Charging Hubs for Micromobility Fleets and Electric Vehicles

ChargeWheel Energy Trailer brings much-needed clean and mobile infrastructure to the micromobility phenomenon. The company plans to have 100 Energy Trailers ready for deployment by the end of 2019, with each capable of charging four electric vehicles or up to 400 e-scooters and e-bikes at DC fast charging speeds. ... Continue reading

Japanese Automotive Leader Furukawa Electric to Test WiTricity Wireless EV Charging System

Japanese Automotive Leader Furukawa Electric to Test WiTricity Wireless EV Charging System

WATERTOWN, Mass.--WiTricity, the industry pioneer in wireless power transfer over distance, today announced it is working with Furukawa Electric to test an advanced wireless charging system prototype for electric vehicles (EVs) that uses Furukawa’s latest technologies. The companies are working together to test WiTri ... Continue reading

Hyundai Palisade Wins Prestigious Red Dot Award for Design Excellence

Hyundai Palisade Wins Prestigious Red Dot Award for Design Excellence

The Hyundai Palisade flagship eight-seater SUV today won a category award for exceptional design at the prestigious Red Dot Award. ... Continue reading

Deadly Benzene Threatens Houston - Thank Big Oil

Deadly Benzene Threatens Houston - Thank Big Oil

Last Sunday, March 17, 2019; a fire broke out at a chemical storage facility in Deer Park, Texas, less than 20 miles southeast of Houston. The facility owned by Intercontinental Terminals is a bulk liquid storage terminal that provides services to the petrochemical industry (the petroleum oil industry). The fire reigni ... Continue reading

Amazon Sells Kia EV Home Charging Equipment

Amazon Sells Kia EV Home Charging Equipment

Kia Motors America (KMA) began a new program with Amazon to provide plug-in vehicle customers with easy, one-stop shopping for a home charger and installation services using the same easy digital Amazon shopping experience they have come to love. Before they even bring home their new Soul EV, Niro EV1, Niro PHEV or Opt ... Continue reading

Renault, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors Announce Intention to Create a New Alliance Operating Board

Renault, Nissan, Mitsubishi Motors Announce Intention to Create a New Alliance Operating Board

The new Alliance operating board will drive the operational cooperation between Nissan, Renault and Mitsubishi Motors and look for new ways to generate value for its respective shareholders and employees. ... Continue reading

GM Certifies AirPro Diagnostics Meets Its Requirements for Collision Repairers

GM Certifies AirPro Diagnostics Meets Its Requirements for Collision Repairers

General Motors engineers at its Global Technical Center in Warren, MI, tested the AirPro scan tool utilizing GM GDS 2 software and certified that the AirPro system meets GM requirements for their network of collision repairers. AirPro Diagnostics is the industry leader in remote OEM diagnostic scanning, programming, sa ... Continue reading

Yamaha Motor and Fujitsu Begin IoT-based Field Trial to Improve Sailing Performance for 470 Class Events

Yamaha Motor and Fujitsu Begin IoT-based Field Trial to Improve Sailing Performance for 470 Class Events

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. and Fujitsu Limited will conduct an IoT-based field trial to improve the performance of the 470 (Four-Seventy), a type of small dinghy used in sailing competitions. ... Continue reading

HARMAN Remote Vehicle Updating Service (OTA) Expands to Include HD Map Updates for Connected Vehicles

HARMAN Remote Vehicle Updating Service (OTA) Expands to Include HD Map Updates for Connected Vehicles

GENEVA--HARMAN , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., focused on connected technologies for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced a new product – Smart Delta for Maps for connected vehicles. This new product will allow car manufacturers to push new HD Maps updates in grea ... Continue reading

Iteris Selected by San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission for Connected and Automated Vehicle Initiative

Iteris Selected by San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission for Connected and Automated Vehicle Initiative

Iteris, Inc.today announced that it has been selected by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to enhance and upgrade the intelligent transportation systems (ITS) across five cities in the San Francisco Bay Area. The three-year project supports MTC’s Innovative Deployments to Enhance Arterials (IDEA) progr ... Continue reading

FCA to Expand Production Capacity in Michigan to Grow Core Brands, Electrify Jeep Vehicles

FCA to Expand Production Capacity in Michigan to Grow Core Brands, Electrify Jeep Vehicles

$4.5 Billion to Build New Assembly Plant in Detroit and Add Production at Five Existing Michigan Facilities, Creating Nearly 6,500 Jobs FCA total committed investments in the U.S. grow to nearly $14.5 billion since 2009, with nearly 30,000 jobs created to date Investment would be next step in Company’s U.S. industria ... Continue reading

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