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Ford Invests In EV Filling Station Availability To Overcome Potential Electric Car Buyer's Range Concern

Ford Invests In EV Filling Station Availability To Overcome Potential Electric Car Buyer's Range Concern

For Ford electric vehicle customers with longer commutes or who want greater peace of mind, a Ford Connected Charge Station can fully power a vehicle overnight while they sleep. The Ford all-electric vehicle charging strategy features comprehensive at-home charging options and the nation’s largest network of public c ... Continue reading

NHTSA To Upgrade New Car Crash Ratings Program

NHTSA To Upgrade New Car Crash Ratings Program

October 16, 2019 | Washington, DC The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration today announced its plan to propose significant updates and upgrades to the New Car Assessment Program in 2020. “NCAP is celebrating its 40-year anniversary, and we’re proud that it continues t ... Continue reading

5 Ways to Improve Content and Drive Traffic to Your Site

5 Ways to Improve Content and Drive Traffic to Your Site

NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2019 -- Content is often seen as the backbone of any marketing campaign. ... Continue reading

America's Transportation Infrastructure: A Funding Crisis

America's Transportation Infrastructure: A Funding Crisis

DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Oct. 17, 2019 -- A-to-Be USA, the U.S. subsidiary of Portuguese A-to-Be, released today the first in a series of educational reports concerning transportation funding in the United States. ... Continue reading

2020 Auto Tech Trends

2020 Auto Tech Trends

Good morning Carey​, 2020 models have already started hitting showroom floors. ... Continue reading

Ezoic Unveils New Publisher Success Team, Hires Over 50 New Employees

Ezoic Unveils New Publisher Success Team, Hires Over 50 New Employees

CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 17, 2019 -- Ezoic, an AI-driven platform for digital publishers, announces the launch of its new Publisher Success Team to proactively help publishers grow their websites. ... Continue reading

Lake Havasu Sand-Water-RV Expo

Lake Havasu Sand-Water-RV Expo

Lake Havasu Sand-Water-RV ExpoOutdoor Recreation, Motorsports Take Center Stage At Sand-Water-RV Expo : http://report.mnb.email/t.js?s=5d815031f94d182eba1f6a68&u=42064650&v=3&key=2ed5&skey=6eaacad3fc&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.azbw.com%2Flake-havasu-sand-water-rv-expo-2%2FOff-road vehicles, boats, RVs, travel trailers and s ... Continue reading

Priority Toyota Chesapeake Wins Prestigious National 'Best in Town' Award

Priority Toyota Chesapeake Wins Prestigious National 'Best in Town' Award

LAS VEGAS, Sept. 17, 2019 -- Priority Toyota Chesapeake has been named Toyota Motor Corporation's prestigious 'Best in Town' award winner for 2019. ... Continue reading

U.S. Army Awards BAE Systems $318 Million for Next Generation M88A3 Recovery Vehicle

U.S. Army Awards BAE Systems $318 Million for Next Generation M88A3 Recovery Vehicle

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail The new M88A3 configuration eliminates the necessity of using two vehicles to raise and move tanks, which have become heavier over time. (Photo: BAE Systems) The new M88A3 configuration eliminates the necessity of using two vehicles to raise and move tanks, which have become heavier ov ... Continue reading

Westlake Direct Partners with CarFinance for Vehicle Refinancing

Westlake Direct Partners with CarFinance for Vehicle Refinancing

LOS ANGELES--Westlake Direct, a Westlake Financial Services subsidiary, announces a partnership with CarFinance to purchase auto refinance loans originated through the CarFinance platform. CarFinance will market to customers and originate all loans. ... Continue reading

World’s First Bentley Bentayga Stetson Special Edition Arrives in Texas

World’s First Bentley Bentayga Stetson Special Edition Arrives in Texas

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Style, tradition and innovation come together in a spectacular blend of two icons. Bentley Dallas and Stetson are combining their powerful legacies to create a timeless vehicle for discerning clients: the Bentayga Stetson Special Edition. ... Continue reading

California DCH Auto Stores Named “Best Dealerships to Work For” by Automotive News

California DCH Auto Stores Named “Best Dealerships to Work For” by Automotive News

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Members of the DCH Audi Oxnard team with the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce CEO/President Gary Cushing. (Photo: Business Wire) Members of the DCH Audi Oxnard team with the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce CEO/President Gary Cushing. ... Continue reading

Europe Automotive Parts Packaging Market to 2027 - Regional Analysis and Forecasts by Product Type, Packaging Type, and Component - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Europe Automotive Parts Packaging Market to 2027 - Regional Analysis and Forecasts by Product Type, Packaging Type, and Component - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Europe Automotive Parts Packaging Market to 2027 - Regional Analysis and Forecasts by Product Type; Packaging Type; and Component" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Europe automotive parts packaging market accounted for US$ 698.4 Mn in 2018 and is expected to grow at a CAGR of ... Continue reading

Global Micro-Hybrid Vehicle Market Outlook to 2025 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Global Micro-Hybrid Vehicle Market Outlook to 2025 - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Micro-Hybrid Vehicle Market: Global Industry Analysis, Trends, Market Size, and Forecasts up to 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The report predicts the global micro-hybrid vehicle market to grow with a CAGR of 19.58% over the forecast period from 2019-2025. ... Continue reading

Key Trends Influencing the US Transportation Industry | An Article by SpendEdge

Key Trends Influencing the US Transportation Industry | An Article by SpendEdge

PDF Key Trends Influencing the US Transportation Industry. Key Trends Influencing the US Transportation Industry. ... Continue reading

Lithia Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Corpus Christi Named One of “Best Dealerships to Work For” by Automotive News

Lithia Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram of Corpus Christi Named One of “Best Dealerships to Work For” by Automotive News

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Lithia CDJR Corpus Christi sales representatives Cody Carpenter and Harold Riley (Photo: Business Wire) Lithia CDJR Corpus Christi sales representatives Cody Carpenter and Harold Riley (Photo: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail CORPUS CHR ... Continue reading

Lithia Hyundai of Reno Named One of “Best Dealerships to Work For” by Automotive News

Lithia Hyundai of Reno Named One of “Best Dealerships to Work For” by Automotive News

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail The fun and helpful team at Lithia Hyundai of Reno (Photo: Business Wire) The fun and helpful team at Lithia Hyundai of Reno (Photo: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail RENO, Nev.--Lithia Hyundai of Reno has been named one of the 2019 “B ... Continue reading

New Jersey DCH Auto Stores Named “Best Dealerships to Work For” by Automotive News

New Jersey DCH Auto Stores Named “Best Dealerships to Work For” by Automotive News

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail The service team at DCH Kay Honda in Eatontown, N.J. (Photo: Business Wire) The service team at DCH Kay Honda in Eatontown, N.J. (Photo: Business Wire) Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail VERONA, N.J.--Four DCH auto stores in Northern New Jersey have bee ... Continue reading

Vehicle Electrification Market to Rise at a CAGR of 9.73% During 2019-2025 - Key Opportunity Insights - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Vehicle Electrification Market to Rise at a CAGR of 9.73% During 2019-2025 - Key Opportunity Insights - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Vehicle Electrification Market: Global Industry Analysis, Trends, Market Size, and Forecasts up to 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The report predicts the global vehicle electrification market to grow with a CAGR of 9.73% over the forecast period from 2019-2025. ... Continue reading

Walser Automotive Group Named ‘Best of Business’ in Automotive

Walser Automotive Group Named ‘Best of Business’ in Automotive

MINNEAPOLIS--Forget combing through endless lists and reviews sites to find the best of the best; Minneapolis-area residents have chosen Walser Automotive Group as the number one choice among Twin Cities auto dealers. Walser is named number one in the Automotive category in Twin Cities Business Best of Business Readers ... Continue reading

Volkswagen to Unveil new Atlas Cross Sport to Public at Chattanooga MotorCar Festival

Volkswagen to Unveil new Atlas Cross Sport to Public at Chattanooga MotorCar Festival

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Immediate Release ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Volkswagen to Unveil Atlas Cross Sport to the Public at ... Continue reading

Hyundai Mobis Develops a New Brake System That Will Enhance the Safety of Autonomous Cars!

Hyundai Mobis Develops a New Brake System That Will Enhance the Safety of Autonomous Cars!

SEOUL, South Korea--Hyundai Mobis (KRX:012330) developed a new safety brake system optimized for fully autonomous driving that is level 4 or higher. Hyundai Mobis announced that the company succeeded in developing the ‘redundancy brake system’ in which the emergency brake system is activated by itself even if the b ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor Company and Cummins to Collaborate on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology

Hyundai Motor Company and Cummins to Collaborate on Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Thad Ewald, Vice President – Corporate Strategy at Cummins, and Saehoon Kim, Vice President and Head of Fuel Cell Group at Hyundai Motor Group, sign a MOU on behalf of Cummins and Hyundai to collaborate on hydrogen fuel cell technology. (Photo: Business Wire) Thad Ewald, Vice Preside ... Continue reading

Hyundai Motor Group Appoints Dr. Jaiwon Shin to Lead New Urban Air Mobility Division

Hyundai Motor Group Appoints Dr. Jaiwon Shin to Lead New Urban Air Mobility Division

SEOUL, South Korea, Sept. 29, 2019 -- Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has appointed Dr. ... Continue reading

Mitsubishi Electric to Exhibit at Tokyo Motor Show 2019

Mitsubishi Electric to Exhibit at Tokyo Motor Show 2019

TOKYO--Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it will exhibit a range of cutting-edge technologies and products for the our envisioned future MaaS (mobility as a service) society at Tokyo Motor Show 2019, which will take place at the Tokyo Big Sight exhibition complex from October 24 to Novem ... Continue reading

Car Connectivity Consortium Unveils New Features for Digital Key Specification

Car Connectivity Consortium Unveils New Features for Digital Key Specification

BEAVERTON, Ore.--The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) today announced that its Digital Key Release 2.0 specification, which leverages Near Field Communication (NFC) technology to enable compatible mobile devices such as smartphones to securely access vehicles, is planned for completion by the end of 2019. Release 2.0 ... Continue reading

New Consortium to Develop a Common Computing Platform for Autonomous Vehicles

New Consortium to Develop a Common Computing Platform for Autonomous Vehicles

SAN JOSE, Calif.--Leading companies from the automotive and computing industries announced today a collaborative effort toward making fully self-driving vehicles a reality. The new Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium (AVCC), officially launched at Arm TechCon in San Jose, brings together industry leaders from autom ... Continue reading

THINK Surgical Receives FDA Clearance to Market Active Robot for Total Knee Replacement Procedures in the United States

THINK Surgical Receives FDA Clearance to Market Active Robot for Total Knee Replacement Procedures in the United States

FREMONT, Calif., Oct. 9, 2019 -- THINK Surgical, Inc. is pleased to announce it has obtained clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market the TSolution One® Total Knee Application for use in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in the United States. ... Continue reading

U.S. News Announces 2019's Best Columbus Day Car Deals

U.S. News Announces 2019's Best Columbus Day Car Deals

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2019 -- U.S. News & World Report, the global authority in rankings and consumer advice, today unveiled this year's Best Columbus Day Car Deals. ... Continue reading

October/ Fall Car Care Month: Protecting Convertibles

October/ Fall Car Care Month: Protecting Convertibles

Haartz is the world's leading supplier of softtop convertible material, and the expert on open-air vehicle care tips. ... Continue reading

Raising Capital To Fund "WeCarriU" Greenest Mobility Service

Raising Capital To Fund "WeCarriU" Greenest Mobility Service

The Auto Channel is taking the big plunge and developing a new mobility solution...SEDANS. Bob Gordon president and co-flounder of The Auto Channel said; ... Continue reading

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