| Fitch Affirms 2 and Upgrades 1 Class of Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust 2011-A |
Jun 6th, 2013 |
MMF Ratings Unchanged Following SEC Reform Proposal Fitch Ratings' money market fund (MMF) ratings remain unchangedaftera Securities and Exchanges Commission's (SEC) voteapprovedan initial proposal for MMF industry reform. The vote suggested enacting one, or both, of two alternatives, in addition to other enhancements. The SEC's action is the first step in a process that may or ...
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| Wisconsin firms team up on $45 million deal for plug-in hybrid big trucks |
Jun 6th, 2013 |
Odyne Systems of Waukesha has received a contract to supply its plug-in hybrid system technology to about 120 large plug-in hybrid trucks to utilities under a $45 million contract with the research arm of the utility industry. The Electric Power Research Institute awarded the funding to Odyne as part of a federal Department of Energy initiative supporting electric vehicle commercialization. The ...
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| 2013 Porsche 911 Carrera S review notes: With an unmatched driving character |
Jun 6th, 2013 |
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EDITOR WES RAYNAL: I know all the and#8220;Porscheand#8217;s are for toolsand#8221; stories. How Porsches are for jerks trying to compensate for something.
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| Inching Toward Autonomy: Riding in Continental’s Self-Driving Car |
Jun 6th, 2013 |
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Self-driving cars are coming, there’s no avoiding it. They’ve been around for over a decade — my first ride in a car that could maintain a safe following distance in stop-and-go traffic and keep itself centered in a lane was in a Japanese-market Nissan flagship model in the 1990s. The plunging cost of sensors, cloud-based [...]
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| Chrysler refuses Jeep recall saying fuel tanks are safe |
Jun 6th, 2013 |
Chrysler is refusing to recall 2.7m older-model Jeeps, saying that US regulators' concerns about the vehicles' fuel tanks causing fires and deaths are ill-founded.In a 3 June letter to Chrysler, US road safety authority the NHTSA said an investigation had revealed "numerous fire-related deaths and injuries, fires that did not lead to deaths and fuel leaks in rear impacts". The ...
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| Video Chrysler refuses to recall defective SUVs |
Jun 6th, 2013 |
The government says an older Jeep model is "defective" and at-risk for gasoline fires in rear-end collisions. Chrysler disputes the claim, which would mean the recall of 2.7 million of its SUVs. In a rare move, the company is refusing to recall the vehicles. Jim Axelrod ...
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| Auto PCBs to drive GBM revenue growth in 2013 |
Jun 6th, 2013 |
Global Brands Manufacture (GBM), which makes PCBs and provides PCB assembly services, expects sales generated from its automotive product line to drive its revenue growth in ...
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| Thailand loses $655m revenue from tax-evading luxury cars |
Jun 6th, 2013 |
Tax-evading luxury cars probably cost the country more than 20 billion baht (US$655 million) in lost revenue, according to the Department of Special Investigation (DSI). DSI chief Tharit Pengdit made the estimate based on the assumption that more than 8,000 luxury vehicles in the country had been or were about to be registered illegally. A total of 5,834 registered luxury cars were suspected of ...
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| Maserati GranSport smaller lighter sports car to rival 911 F-Type |
Jun 6th, 2013 |
will be significantly shorter than the brand’s current sports cars as the Italian manufacturer sets its sights on the Porsche 911 and Jaguar ...
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| Mini targets women drivers with new airbag ad |
Jun 6th, 2013 |
has released a new commercial targeting female drivers who put their make-up on while behind the wheel. Under the guise of bringing awareness to the dangers associated with applying make-up when driving a car, ...
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