| Facebook news feed too peaceful Auto-play video ads are coming |
May 9th, 2013 |
Facebook presumably heard how much we all enjoy auto-playing video ads elsewhere on the Internet, because the company plans to begin incorporating the format in users' news feeds starting this summer, according ...
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| GM opens $150M plant in Indonesia |
May 9th, 2013 |
General Motors Co. this week opened a $150 million manufacturing plant in Bekasi, Indonesia.The plant will build the Chevrolet Spin, a subcompact multi-purpose vehicle, and is capable of producing 40,000 vehicles a year, the Detroit automaker said. The plant employs 700 people."Indonesia is one of General Motors' fastest growing markets and we are big believers in build where we sell ...
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| Tesla Model S gets a 99 out of 100 rating from Consumer Reports |
May 9th, 2013 |
Tesla Motors Inc.'s all-electric Model S sedan ranks as Consumer Reports' highest rated vehicle, the influential magazine said Thursday.Consumer Reports rated their $89,650 Model S a 99 out of 100, the first time since 2007 that CR has rated a car that high."So is the Tesla Model S the best car ever?," Consumer Reports wrote in a review posted Thursday. "We wrestled with ...
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| Visteon posts 1Q net income of $69M |
May 9th, 2013 |
Van Buren Township - Auto parts supplier Visteon Corp. posted net income of $69 million for the first quarter as increased vehicle production in North America and Asia helped it reverse a loss in the same period a year ago.The results easily beat Wall Street predictions and the company issued strong full-year profit guidance, sending its shares up almost 4 percent in premarket trading.The Van ...
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| 20 most popular cars on MSN |
May 9th, 2013 |
Within the past two decades, the Web has become an integral part of the car-buying process. According to J.D. Power and Associates' New Autoshopper Study, 98 percent of new-car buyers visit manufacturer websites while shopping, and 81 percent seek out third-party websites such as MSN Autos. In the interest of providing readers with relevant content, we continually track the most searched ...
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| U.S. wholesale inventories rise lifted by cars machinery |
May 9th, 2013 |
WASHINGTON, May 9 (Reuters) - U.S. wholesale inventories rose in March, fueled by increased stocks of cars and machinery which have provided support for economic growth early in the year.The Commerce Department said on Thursday wholesale inventories rose 0.4 percent, just above the median forecast in a Reuters poll for a 0.3 percent ...
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| Renault to provide Better Place longer battery range Fluence |
May 9th, 2013 |
Renault Denmark: The carmaker is developing a new and upgraded model of the Fluence ZE with a replaceable battery, which will be launched in ...
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| Automakers hawk electric compliance cars to meet rules |
May 9th, 2013 |
A visitor sits behind the wheel of the new Fiat 500e electric car after it was unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto show in Los Angeles, California last ...
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| Study Traffic Worst in Los Angeles |
May 9th, 2013 |
As you gradually slip into gridlock-induced madness this week during your daily commute, try to think of it this way: At least people have jobs to go to. According to INRIX, an international provider of traffic information and driver services, spiking traffic congestion following two years of decline is attributable to a U.S. economy on the mend. The most bountiful beneficiary of this recovery is ...
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| PickupTrucks.com Drives the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 |
May 9th, 2013 |
The Silverado 1500 got a more sculpted looking exterior and upgraded interior materials for 2014; three new powertrains round out the big updates to Chevy's pickup truck. Our friends at PickupTrucks.com recently drove the new model and while they admit it's not the perfect truck, it's "probably the single biggest model improvement over the vehicle it replaces in a long ...
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