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Hyundai Motor's Mini '45' EV Puts Emotions in Motion

Hyundai Motor's Mini '45' EV Puts Emotions in Motion

Hyundai Motor reveals details of mini EV equipped with Emotion Adaptive Vehicle Control (EAVC) technology AI-based technology optimizes vehicle environment based on driver’s mood EAVC-equipped mini EV supports treatment of young patients at the Hospital Sant Joan Deu Barcelona through ‘Little Big e-Motion’ projec ... Continue reading

Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) Markets, 2025 - Focus on Tow Vehicles, Unit Load Carriers, Forklift Trucks, Assembly Line Vehicles, Pallet Trucks - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) Markets, 2025 - Focus on Tow Vehicles, Unit Load Carriers, Forklift Trucks, Assembly Line Vehicles, Pallet Trucks - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) Market with COVID-19 Impact Analysis, by Type (Tow Vehicles, Unit Load Carriers, Forklift Trucks, Assembly Line Vehicles, Pallet Trucks), Navigation Technology, Industry, and Geography - Global Forecast to 2025" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The ... Continue reading

Global Used Car Markets, 2020-2030 by Sector (Unorganized, Organized), Vehicle Type (Medium, Small, Large), Propulsion (Internal Combustion Engine, Electric), Sales Medium (Offline, Online) - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Global Used Car Markets, 2020-2030 by Sector (Unorganized, Organized), Vehicle Type (Medium, Small, Large), Propulsion (Internal Combustion Engine, Electric), Sales Medium (Offline, Online) - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Used Car Market Research Report: By Sector (Unorganized, Organized), Vehicle Type (Medium, Small, Large), Propulsion (Internal Combustion Engine, Electric), Sales Medium (Offline, Online) - Global Industry Analysis and Growth Forecast to 2030" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The ... Continue reading

Panasonic Automotive Launches New Podcast Series on The Future of Audio and Sound Innovation

Panasonic Automotive Launches New Podcast Series on The Future of Audio and Sound Innovation

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., Dec. 14, 2020 -- On Tuesday, December 15, Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America will release the first episode of The Panasonic Sound Experience, a new four-episode podcast that reveals the emerging innovations of immersive sound design in vehicles, and what it takes to build the per ... Continue reading

Xpeng P7 receives Car of the Year 2021 Award in Xuanyuan Awards

Xpeng P7 receives Car of the Year 2021 Award in Xuanyuan Awards

Xpeng a leading Chinese smart electric vehicle (“Smart EV”) company, is proud to announce that its P7 super-long range sports sedan was named the Car of the Year 2021 by the Xuanyuan Awards, China’s most prestigious badge of auto quality and innovation. The Xuanyuan Awards, in their eighth edition, were presented ... Continue reading

DIRECT4 NEXT-GENERATION LEXUS SELECTRIC DRIVE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY

DIRECT4 NEXT-GENERATION LEXUS SELECTRIC DRIVE CONTROL TECHNOLOGY

Last year as part of its new global electrification strategy, Lexus debuted the futuristic LF-30 concept car at the Tokyo Motor Show, which thrilled attendees with its visionary design and imaginative technologies. The new strategy, called ‘Lexus Electrified’, targets a fundamental leap in vehicle performance, hand ... Continue reading

Ho Hum - Zoox Reveals First Look at Their Version Of Autonomous, Purpose-Built RoboTaxi +VIDEO

Ho Hum - Zoox Reveals First Look at Their Version Of Autonomous, Purpose-Built RoboTaxi +VIDEO

Autonomous mobility company Zoox Inc. today revealed its fully functional, electric, autonomous vehicle that is designed for dense, urban environments. ... Continue reading

Subaru EV SUV Confirmed For European Markets

Subaru EV SUV Confirmed For European Markets

Subaru has confirmed its upcoming pure-electric model – built a platform jointly developed with Toyota – will be offered in Europe. ... Continue reading

U.S. Marine Corps Awards Contract for Amphibious Combat Vehicle

U.S. Marine Corps Awards Contract for Amphibious Combat Vehicle

An Amphibious Combat Vehicle embarks a large naval ship during swim testing in the Pacific Ocean. ... Continue reading

Automotive Marketing Agency Expands With New Hires

Automotive Marketing Agency Expands With New Hires

GREENVILLE, S.C., Dec. 14, 2020 -- DOM360, a full-service automotive marketing agency with offices in South Carolina, Florida and California, welcomes Matt Harper as its new Chief Operating Officer. ... Continue reading

Lion Electric Announces Successful Electric School Bus Vehicle-to-Grid Deployment with Con Edison in New York

Lion Electric Announces Successful Electric School Bus Vehicle-to-Grid Deployment with Con Edison in New York

Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail MONTREAL--Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. announces that its proposed business combination partner, Lion Electric (Lion), has been successful in using its electric school buses to supply electricity back to Con Edis ... Continue reading

Toyota Motor North America anuncia cambios ejecutivos

Toyota Motor North America anuncia cambios ejecutivos

PLANO, Texas, 14 de diciembre de 2020 /PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE/ -- Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) anuncia cambios ejecutivos en sus operaciones, que entrarán en vigor el 4 de enero de 2021. Edward Mantey, who currently serves as executive advisor Research & Development and Corporate Strategy & Planning, TMNA, ... Continue reading

TruDecision Partners with CIG Financial to Drive Auto Loan Growth

TruDecision Partners with CIG Financial to Drive Auto Loan Growth

IRVING, Texas--TruDecision, Inc. (TruDecision) announced today that their advanced analytic platform will be deployed by CIG Financial (CIG) to pursue improved performance and an enhanced dealer experience. CIG will leverage TruDecision's Expert Auto Score in order to offer an increased number of competitively priced a ... Continue reading

Auto Dealership Buy/Sell Market Continued to Soar in Q3, with Record Valuations

Auto Dealership Buy/Sell Market Continued to Soar in Q3, with Record Valuations

continued to soar in Q3, putting it on track to surpass 2015’s record transaction numbers, according to the just-released Third Quarter 2020 Blue Sky Report® by Kerrigan Advisors. With a flurry of mega dealer transactions, and high dealership earnings, blue sky values shot to unprecedented levels during the quarter. ... Continue reading

Tesla Competition? Six New MERCEDES?EQ To Be Launched by 2022

Tesla Competition? Six New MERCEDES?EQ To Be Launched by 2022

Production launch of electric EQE business sedan in 2021 - at Beijing plant soon thereafter (China)Mercedes-Benz Tuscaloosa plant (USA): SUV variants EQS und EQE begin in 2022Mercedes-Benz battery production network: Production start of battery systems for EQS and EQE in Untertürkheim/Hedelfingen (Germany) imminent. ... Continue reading

2021 Toyota GR Supra 2.0 Review by David Colman +VIDEO

2021 Toyota GR Supra 2.0 Review by David Colman +VIDEO

Colin Chapman, the brilliant English founder of Lotus sports cars, once said that the best way to improve vehicle dynamics was to "add lightness." It's an edict that has gone unheeded today as manufacturers burden every new product with enough needless accessories, electric motors, and hybrid batteries to make a camel ... Continue reading

2020 Ford Escape Chicagoland Review By Larry Nutson

2020 Ford Escape Chicagoland Review By Larry Nutson

2020 Ford Escape Urban Sensual By Larry Nutson Executive Editor and Bureau Chief Chicago Bureau The Auto Channel (DSC_6285) Auto Central, Chicago March 2020; It was around one year ago when, on the invite of Ford, we got an advance look at the all-new Escape. It was outdoors, under a clear sky at Greenfield Village in ... Continue reading

2020 Kia Soul GT-Line 1.6 Turbo Review by David Colman - It's E15 Approved +VIDEO

2020 Kia Soul GT-Line 1.6 Turbo Review by David Colman - It's E15 Approved +VIDEO

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Super Soul! That's right, Kia's favorite, indefinable, indefatigable Car/Truck/SUV is back for another run in 2020 with its third generation Soul. This time they've gussied up the quasi- toaster with a new "GT-Line" sports version which promises even further identity confusion. ... Continue reading

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