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Mercedes-Benz Museum To Host Deutsche Telekom Museum Mobility of the Future

Mercedes-Benz Museum To Host Deutsche Telekom Museum Mobility of the Future

On 27 April 2018 the Mercedes-Benz Museum will host the Deutsche Telekom Museum talk on Mobility of the Future. Well-known personalities from the fields of politics, business and research will be discussing this topic from 5.30 pm. ... Continue reading

AUTO LAB Talk Radio - LIVE from NYC Saturday Morning 7-9 AM April 14, 2018

AUTO LAB Talk Radio - LIVE from NYC Saturday Morning 7-9 AM April 14, 2018

Car Question or Concern? Call Toll Free 888-692-7234 Auto Lab is a 28 year old interactive automotive-focused New York area radio call-in show hosted by Professor Harold Wolchok. Each week a cadre of experienced hands-on automotive experts are in-studio with advice for the New York area's 12 million people, providing l ... Continue reading

Taking On EPA, CAL Air Resources Board, Obama, and Big Oil

Taking On EPA, CAL Air Resources Board, Obama, and Big Oil

Open Letter To Sierra Club By Marc J. Rauch Exec. Vice President/Co-Publisher THE AUTO CHANNEL ... Continue reading

Ford Licenses Hybrid Vehicle Patents from Paice, Abell Foundation

Ford Licenses Hybrid Vehicle Patents from Paice, Abell Foundation

BALTIMORE--Paice, a pioneer in hybrid electric vehicle technology, has reached an agreement to license all of its hybrid vehicle technology to Ford Motor Company. Ford ranks second in U.S. hybrid car sales, having invested billions of dollars in its electrified vehicle offerings. ... Continue reading

Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid wins 2018 Canadian Green Car Award at Toronto's Green Living Show

Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid wins 2018 Canadian Green Car Award at Toronto's Green Living Show

The world's first vehicle offering three electrified powertrains in a single platform, the Hyundai Ioniq, has won the 2018 Canadian Green Car Award in the Traditional Hybrid Electric category. It's the second time the Ioniq Hybrid has won this award. ... Continue reading

Toyota Canada Inc. Sees March 2018 Best on Record

Toyota Canada Inc. Sees March 2018 Best on Record

Climbing hybrid sales helped lead TCI to its best March ever for overall sales, with 21,040 vehicles sold, up 8.4% compared to last year. The Toyota division reported sales of 18,954 units, up 9.7% compared to March 2017, and the Lexus luxury division recorded 2,086 vehicles sold, down 1.8% compared to last year. ... Continue reading

Hitachi, Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE Explore Using Electric Car Batteries as Renewable Energy Storage for Office Buildings

Hitachi, Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE Explore Using Electric Car Batteries as Renewable Energy Storage for Office Buildings

Project launched in The Netherlands to support development of energy neutral office buildings TOKYO, Mar, 30 2018; Hitachi Europe Ltd., Mitsubishi Motors and ENGIE have demonstrated a pioneering project to explore the potential for electric vehicles to act as a means of energy storage for an office building. For this d ... Continue reading

2019 Hyundai Kona Electric Recalibrates Eco CUV Formula with an Impressive 250 Miles of Estimated Range

2019 Hyundai Kona Electric Recalibrates Eco CUV Formula with an Impressive 250 Miles of Estimated Range

NEW YORK, March 28, 2018 -- Hyundai today unveiled the U.S.-market version of its convention-breaking Kona Electric crossover at the New York Auto Show. Kona Electric rides on an all-new CUV platform and is Hyundai's first compact electric crossover for the U.S. market, appealing to consumers with active, eco-focused l ... Continue reading

Winners Announced for AJAC's 2018 Canadian Green Car of the Year and 2018 Canadian Green Utility Vehicle of the Year

Winners Announced for AJAC's 2018 Canadian Green Car of the Year and 2018 Canadian Green Utility Vehicle of the Year

Today, at the Vancouver International Auto Show, the Automobile Journalists Association of Canada (AJAC) announced that Chevrolet Bolt EV is the winner of the 2018 Canadian Green Car of the Year (CGCOTY) and Kia Niro is the winner of the 2018 Canadian Green Utility Vehicle of the Year (CGUVOTY). AJAC has been evaluatin ... Continue reading

Toyota Reveals World-First Flexible Fuel Hybrid Prototype in Brazil Reduces 90% Of Gasoline Use (What Took So Long?)

Toyota Reveals World-First Flexible Fuel Hybrid Prototype in Brazil Reduces 90% Of Gasoline Use (What Took So Long?)

A prototype of the world's first hybrid flexible-fuel vehicle (Hybrid FFV), debuted in an event Toyota held today in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Stakeholders including the state government, universities, and the sugarcane association (the Sugarcane Industry Union: UNICA) attended the event. ... Continue reading

Top Factors Driving the Global Automotive Flex Fuel Engine Market | Technavio

Top Factors Driving the Global Automotive Flex Fuel Engine Market | Technavio

Technavio has published a new market research report on the global automotive flex fuel engine market from 2018-2022. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Motors Delivers Fleet of EV and PHEV Vehicles to Costa Rican Government

Mitsubishi Motors Delivers Fleet of EV and PHEV Vehicles to Costa Rican Government

Delivery forms part of a drive to support Costa Rica's emergence as a world leading low-carbon economy TOKYO, Mar, 21 2018; Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) has today announced a fleet of MMC's EV and PHEV vehicles has been delivered from Japanese Government to the Costa Rican Government. The delivery will involve t ... Continue reading

Ballard Fuel Cell Module to Power Hybrid UPS Delivery Van Trial Program in California

Ballard Fuel Cell Module to Power Hybrid UPS Delivery Van Trial Program in California

VANCOUVER, March 19, 2018 - Ballard Power Systems today announced that it has signed a contract with CALSTART (www.calstart.org) for a Ballard 30 kilowatt (kW) FCveloCity®-MD fuel cell module to be used in a trial and development program involving UPS Class-6 delivery vans operating in California's South Coast Air Bas ... Continue reading

Peek At Ford In The Future

Peek At Ford In The Future

By 2020, Ford will offer North America’s freshest lineup among all full-line automakers, with its average showroom age dropping from 5.7 to 3.3 years as it replaces three-quarters of its lineup and adds four new trucks and SUVs ... Continue reading

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