| Toyota recalls 870000 vehicles in US Canada |
Sep 9th, 2013 |
CHICAGO, Illinois (AFP) - Toyota has reissued a recall of 870,000 vehicles in the United States and Canada after discovering initial repairs were not performed properly, the Japanese automaker said Monday."We got reports there was a problem with vehicles that had supposedly been fixed in the initial recall," spokeswoman Cindy Knight told AFP."It turns out dealerships weren't ...
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| Renault-Nissan CEO sees global car market up 1.5 percent in 2013 |
Sep 9th, 2013 |
Reuters © Carlos Ghosn, chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, gestures as he speaks at a news conference in the southern Indian city of Chennai July 16, 2013. ...
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| The Growing Appeal Of Electric Cars |
Sep 9th, 2013 |
electric vehicle says the new allure of electric cars is speed and performance, not just fuel efficiency. John E. Waters said at the 246th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS) that recent advances in the engineering of electric vehicles are allowing the future road-dwellers to rival the speed and performance of cars developed by Porsche or BMW. ...
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| Is Ethanol Fuel Making Indy 500 Cars Greener Fuel Chemist Touts Cleaner Emissions |
Sep 9th, 2013 |
first started using ethanol blends in 2006 , with a fuel that contained 10 percent ethanol. Previously, the cars ran on pure methanol, a natural gas derivative that is less likely to burst into flames than regular gasoline. And in recent years, the trend has been adding more and more ethanol. This year, Indy 500 cars will run on a mixture of 85 percent ethanol. Indresh Mathur, the director of ...
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| Honda has The X Factor |
Sep 9th, 2013 |
Honda will now be a sponsor of "The X Factor," starring Simon Cowell. Now Honda has "The X Factor." The reality talent competition has taken in the Japanese car company for its upcoming season, parting ways with Pepsi and Chevrolet. Pepsi has been with the show since 2011. While rival show "American Idol" has three primary sponsors, "The X Factor" focuses one or ...
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| Auto union may establish ‘works council’ in Tennessee to bypass objections |
Sep 9th, 2013 |
Guenther Scherelis, spokesman for Volkswagen's Chattanooga factory, confirmed to Tennessee Watchdog that the United Auto Workers union is talking to them about possibly establishing a presence there. Right now, those talks revolve around whether or not UAW should form what has thus far been known as a European-style works council. According to Patrick Semmens, spokesman for the ...
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| Volkswagen car sales up 4.5 in January-August |
Sep 9th, 2013 |
Sales of Xperia phones grew 5 times between April and August. The co is firmly on track to meet its target of trebling its revenues from smartphone ...
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| New Jersey court outlines rule for remote texter liability |
Sep 9th, 2013 |
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It is no secret that distracted driving is one of the most pressing threats to drivers on our nation's highways. Indeed, many states, including New Jersey, have passed legislation strictly prohibiting the practice of texting or the use of cell phones while behind the wheel.
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| FMCSA begins efforts to improve truck safety |
Sep 9th, 2013 |
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In early 2012, President Obama signed into law the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act, also known as MAP-21. Among other things, this law provided the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration with the authority and the means to continue its efforts to improve highway safety and reduce the incidence of truck accidents across the U.S.
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| UPDATE 1-Russian car sales fall for sixth straight month |
Sep 9th, 2013 |
Mon Sep 9, 2013 8:45am EDT MOSCOW, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Russian car sales fell for a sixth straight month in August, down 10 percent year-on-year, an industry body said on Monday, although it predicted sales should stabilise by the year end. Car sales have been falling as Russia's $2 trillion economy has faltered, causing the Association of European Businesses (AEB) recently to cut its sales ...
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