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Honda Sets Half of Fiscal Year Records for Automobile Production in China

Honda Sets Half of Fiscal Year Records for Automobile Production in China

World ProductionThe First Half of Current Fiscal Year- Production in Japan for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the first time in five years.- Production in regions outside of Japan for the first half of the current fiscal year experienced a year-on-year decrease for the ... Continue reading

Hitachi Rail and Mitsubishi Corp to Deliver Metro de Panama Line 3

Hitachi Rail and Mitsubishi Corp to Deliver Metro de Panama Line 3

TOKYO, Oct 30, 2020; Hitachi, Ltd., Hitachi Rail STS S.p.A. (Hitachi Rail) and Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) have signed an approximately JPY 92.0 billion (USD 879 million) contract with HPH Consortium, the prime contractor for Panama Metro Line 3. Line 3 is a 25 km, elevated double-track monorail system, which will incl ... Continue reading

Acura Reigns Supreme at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

Acura Reigns Supreme at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca

MONTEREY, Calif., Nov. 1, 2020 -- Acura resumed its race-winning ways in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship Sunday at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, scoring its second sweep of the 2020 season with a 1-2 finish overall and in DPi for Acura Team Penske, and a 1-3 result in GTD for the Meyer Shank Racing Acur ... Continue reading

Soriano Motori unveils its V1-GARA "Giaguaro" EV this week: a historic brand turned into a revolution

Soriano Motori unveils its V1-GARA "Giaguaro" EV this week: a historic brand turned into a revolution

Soriano Motori, the historic motorcycling brand, on Thursday 5th November unveils the Giaguaro V1-Gara model, its state-of-the-art EV with more power, revealing that it has returned to production to stay and to revolutionize the electric sector of two-wheeled design vehicles. ... Continue reading

China Automotive Chassis-by-Wire Industry Report 2020 Featuring Leading Chinese and Global Suppliers & Automakers

China Automotive Chassis-by-Wire Industry Report 2020 Featuring Leading Chinese and Global Suppliers & Automakers

DUBLIN, Nov. 2, 2020 -- The "Automotive Chassis-by-Wire Industry Report, 2020" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. ... Continue reading

Goodyear Launches New OTR Tire For Long Haul Fleets

Goodyear Launches New OTR Tire For Long Haul Fleets

AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 2, 2020 -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company announces its newest addition to its off-highway large haulage product line, the RH-4A+, engineered to deliver a lower operating cost per hour and higher productivity in hard rock underfoot conditions. ... Continue reading

Subaru of America Donates 50,000 Blankets To Homeless Shelters Nationwide

Subaru of America Donates 50,000 Blankets To Homeless Shelters Nationwide

CAMDEN, N.J., Nov. 2, 2020 -- Subaru of America, Inc. today announced that as part of the Subaru Loves to Help initiative, the automaker and its participating retailers will donate 50,000 blankets to homeless shelters across the country this November. ... Continue reading

Supercapacitors Attractive in New Tidal Power, Reports IDTechEx

Supercapacitors Attractive in New Tidal Power, Reports IDTechEx

BOSTON, Nov. 2, 2020 -- Large supercapacitors now compete head on with batteries and are quoted in kWh. ... Continue reading

KIa Worldwide Sales Report October 2020

KIa Worldwide Sales Report October 2020

Korea SalesSales in Korea rose by 1.8 percent from a year earlier to 48,009 units as brisk sales of Carnival minivan (also known as Sedona in some markets) as well as Sorento and Seltos SUVs supported Kia’s growth in its home market. ... Continue reading

Generational Equity Advises Virtual Driver Interactive in its Sale to Cemtrex

Generational Equity Advises Virtual Driver Interactive in its Sale to Cemtrex

DALLAS--Generational Equity, a leading mergers and acquisitions advisor for privately held businesses, is pleased to announce the sale of its client, Virtual Driver Interactive, Inc. to Cemtrex, Inc. The acquisition closed October 26, 2020 and details were not disclosed. Virtual Driver Interactive (VDI), is located in ... Continue reading

Global Automotive Smart Key Fob Market 2020-2024 | Technavio

Global Automotive Smart Key Fob Market 2020-2024 | Technavio

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Technavio has announced its latest market research report titled Global Automotive Smart Key Fob Market 2020-2024 (Graphic: Business Wire) Technavio has announced its latest market research report titled Global Automotive Smart Key Fob Market 2020-2024 (Graphic: Business Wire) Full Siz ... Continue reading

Matt Hagan Crowned NHRA Funny Car World Champion at Dodge NHRA Finals and Drives Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to Undefeated NHRA Season

Matt Hagan Crowned NHRA Funny Car World Champion at Dodge NHRA Finals and Drives Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to Undefeated NHRA Season

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 1, 2020 -- Dodge drivers Matt Hagan, Tommy Johnson Jr., Jack Beckman and Ron Capps dominated the NHRA Funny Car class finishing 1-2-3-4 and combined for a season sweep of all 11 national events. ... Continue reading

Race Recap: Dodge NHRA Finals

Race Recap: Dodge NHRA Finals

*This press release and photos are also available online at: * https://media.fcanorthamerica.com/newsrelease.do?id=22284 [image: image.png] *Matt Hagan Crowned NHRA Funny Car World Champion at Dodge NHRA Finals and Drives Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat to Undefeated NHRA Season* - Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) driver Matt Hag ... Continue reading

Strategy Analytics: Automotive Gateway Module Market Evolving to Encompass Service-oriented Architectures

Strategy Analytics: Automotive Gateway Module Market Evolving to Encompass Service-oriented Architectures

Automotive gateway modules serve as bridges across the disparate domains and communications protocols in a vehicle E/E (electronic/electrical) architecture, translating data and allowing the various ECUs in a vehicle to share and use information across the powertrain, body, chassis, safety and driver information domain ... Continue reading

Joint venture for large-scale production of fuel-cells: Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG sign binding agreement for new fuel-cell joint venture

Joint venture for large-scale production of fuel-cells: Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG sign binding agreement for new fuel-cell joint venture

The Volvo Group and Daimler Truck AG have now a signed binding agreement for a joint venture to develop, produce and commercialize fuel-cell systems for use in heavy-duty trucks as the primary focus, as well as other applications. ... Continue reading

Light and Heavy Duty Natural Gas Vehicle Market Size, Share 2020 - Global Industry Trends, Growth Insight, Competitive Analysis, Statistics, Regional, and Global Forecast to 2024

Light and Heavy Duty Natural Gas Vehicle Market Size, Share 2020 - Global Industry Trends, Growth Insight, Competitive Analysis, Statistics, Regional, and Global Forecast to 2024

The new light and heavy duty natural gas vehicle market research from Technavio indicates Negative growth in the short term as the business impact of COVID-19 spreads. Get detailed insights on the COVID-19 pandemic Crisis and Recovery analysis of the light and heavy duty natural gas vehicle market. ... Continue reading

Details Of Official NHTSA Recalls --November 2, 2020

Details Of Official NHTSA Recalls --November 2, 2020

The following may apply to one or more of your vehicles if your vehicle is listed below. Click on the NHTSA Recall ID Number below to read more about the safety issue and the reason for the recall.To find out if your specific passenger vehicle is included in the recall, use our VIN Look-up Tool. ... Continue reading

2020 Lexus LC 500h Coupe Review by David Colman +VIDEO

2020 Lexus LC 500h Coupe Review by David Colman +VIDEO

If you're an introvert who just wants to blend in with the crowd, do not buy this car. The LC500, in either V8 or Hybrid form, is the most startling projectile Lexus has unleashed on public roads since their $375,000 LF-A ceased production (500 units) back in 2012. ... Continue reading

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