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FCA Recalls 925,239 Nitro, Town and Country, Dodge Grand Caravan To Replace Driver-side Air Bag Covers

FCA Recalls 925,239 Nitro, Town and Country, Dodge Grand Caravan To Replace Driver-side Air Bag Covers

FCA US is voluntarily recalling an estimated 925,239 older-model vehicles in the U.S. to replace the air bag covers on their steering wheels. ... Continue reading

2020 Toyota Highlander, 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB In This Month's Letter From Europe

2020 Toyota Highlander, 2020 Mercedes-Benz GLB In This Month's Letter From Europe

I am not going to pretend that testing cars and SUVs is as pleasant today as it was in the past (Thank you Bob and Marc but as the old saying goes the show must go on. Delivery companies are doing a fantastic jobs getting the cars to me totally disinfected and I am very grateful to them. ... Continue reading

CATL and Honda Sign Agreement to Form Comprehensive Strategic Alliance on Batteries for New Energy Vehicles

CATL and Honda Sign Agreement to Form Comprehensive Strategic Alliance on Batteries for New Energy Vehicles

Alliance will include joint development of batteries for new energy vehicles (NEVs) and joint R&D into next-generation fundamental technologies. Stable supply of NEV batteries from CATL to Honda. ... Continue reading

FuelRod To Award "Founders" Status To Early Adopters; Resolves Litigation

FuelRod To Award "Founders" Status To Early Adopters; Resolves Litigation

SAN DIEGO, July 10, 2020 -- Tricopian, Inc. (DBA: FuelRod) announces the availability of the "Founders" status in recognition of the continued support and loyalty of the most valued customers and "early adopters" (*) of FuelRod's world-first, power-on-the-go program. The creation of the "Founders" status also resolves ... Continue reading

Global Automotive Air Intake Manifold Market (2019 to 2024) - Technology Landscape, Trends and Opportunities - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Global Automotive Air Intake Manifold Market (2019 to 2024) - Technology Landscape, Trends and Opportunities - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Technology Landscape, Trends and Opportunities in the Global Automotive Air Intake Manifold Market" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The material technologies in automotive air intake manifold have undergone significant change in recent years, with caste iron, aluminum to composi ... Continue reading

Insights into the Automotive Back Mirror Global Industry to 2024 - Leading Players Include Gentex, Magna International & Continental Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Insights into the Automotive Back Mirror Global Industry to 2024 - Leading Players Include Gentex, Magna International & Continental Among Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Technology Landscape, Trends and Opportunities in the Global Automotive Back Mirror Market" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The technologies in automotive back mirror have undergone significant change in recent years, with conventional rear view mirror to smart rear view mirror. ... Continue reading

SafeRide Technologies Joins Leading Vehicle Manufacturers, Electronics Suppliers, and Software Companies in AUTOSAR Automotive Open System Architecture Partnership

SafeRide Technologies Joins Leading Vehicle Manufacturers, Electronics Suppliers, and Software Companies in AUTOSAR Automotive Open System Architecture Partnership

TEL AVIV, Israel, July 10, 2020 -- SafeRide Technologies, a leading provider of AI-based vehicle health management, data analytics, and cybersecurity solutions for connected and autonomous vehicles, today announced a development partnership with AUTOSAR, the global automotive system architecture partnership of leading ... Continue reading

Worldwide Automotive Instrumental Panel Market (2019 to 2024) - Technology Landscape, Trends and Opportunities - ResearchAndMarkets.com

Worldwide Automotive Instrumental Panel Market (2019 to 2024) - Technology Landscape, Trends and Opportunities - ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--The "Technology Landscape, Trends and Opportunities in the Global Automotive Instrumental Panel Market" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The technologies in automotive instrumental panel have undergone significant change in recent years, with traditional mechanical instrument cluster ... Continue reading

ALYI to Reveal 100 Acre Advanced Electric Vehicle Center Details Tuesday Next Week

ALYI to Reveal 100 Acre Advanced Electric Vehicle Center Details Tuesday Next Week

Alternet Systems, Inc. (USOTC: ALYI), an innovative electric vehicle company concentrating on the African market, recently announced initiating a design and engineering phase of a development to construct facilities covering approximately 100 acres that will be required to host the intended anchor event at the company' ... Continue reading

Electric Vehicle Rivian Recieves Another $2.5 billion Investment

Electric Vehicle Rivian Recieves Another $2.5 billion Investment

Rivian has closed an investment round of $2.5 billion. The financing was led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. "We are excited to continue this journey with Rivian's innovative and talented team as they now prepare to deliver their groundbreaking products that help shift to a carbon-neutra ... Continue reading

Goodyear Develops Additional Fitments For New, All-Electric Porsche Taycan

Goodyear Develops Additional Fitments For New, All-Electric Porsche Taycan

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company will provide two additional fitments for the popular Porsche Taycan. Goodyear was named the supplier for the first models of the Taycan in 2019 and the successful relationship led to additional work with the premium German car manufacturer and two new Goodyear fitments on its all-elec ... Continue reading

Hagerty's 2020 Hot List Of Six New Vehicles Possibly Worth More In Decades

Hagerty's 2020 Hot List Of Six New Vehicles Possibly Worth More In Decades

These are the rides likeliest to endure the test of time with collectors and car fans. ... Continue reading

Industry Veteran Chip Perry Named CEO of A2Z Sync

Industry Veteran Chip Perry Named CEO of A2Z Sync

A2Z Sync, a software and dealer-services company that enables dealers to modernize and transform the car-buying experience by re-organizing their stores around a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) sales process, today announced that Chip Perry has joined the company as President and CEO. Over the past 20+ years, Perry has ... Continue reading

New 2021 Jeep® Gladiator EcoDiesel: Ultimate Capability and Driving Range, With 442 lb.-ft. of Torque for Improved Performance

New 2021 Jeep® Gladiator EcoDiesel: Ultimate Capability and Driving Range, With 442 lb.-ft. of Torque for Improved Performance

Jeep® Gladiator Sport, Overland and Rubicon models Diesel-powered Gladiator offered for the first time in response to overwhelming consumer demand Gladiator EcoDiesel open for customer orders now; arriving in Jeep showrooms in third quarter New 2021 Jeep® Gladiator EcoDiesel: Ultimate Capability and Driving Range, Wi ... Continue reading

Auto Shoppers And Buyers Look For Dealers To Meet Their Need.

Auto Shoppers And Buyers Look For Dealers To Meet Their Need.

Our recently commissioned study with The Harris Poll, which surveyed approximately 200 OEM Dealers and 2,000 Consumers, both in the U.S., dove into alternative retail formats and vehicle subscription services. Here is a sample of the insights we learned. ... Continue reading

Aston Martin DBX Drives Off Production Line

Aston Martin DBX Drives Off Production Line

Just over four years since Aston Martin announced its investment in a brand new manufacturing facility at St Athan in Wales, the first Aston Martin to be “Made in Wales” has been driven off the production line. If you can see this, your browser doesn't understand IFRAME. ... Continue reading

Group Of Ford Employees Ask Company To Consider Eliminating Police Vehicle Business

Group Of Ford Employees Ask Company To Consider Eliminating Police Vehicle Business

About 100(out of 85,00) employees have asked Ford to stop building vehicles for law enforcers (according to Ford it supplies about two-thirds of police vehicles in the U.S.) In response to the employee group the President of Ford circulated the following internal letter to Ford Executive to gauge their response. First, ... Continue reading

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