Car crashes involving drivers losing their attention to cell phones add up to more than a quarter of all road mishaps in the US. National Safety Council, a nonprofit organization committed to saving lives, has estimated that car ...
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Mitsubishi Electric has developed an advanced active noise control (ANC) system designed to block out less predictable and unrelated road sounds The system, known as FLEXConnect.ANC, features Mentor Graphics-developed XSeANC technology to ...
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The number of unplanned truck standstills can be cut by 80 per cent. This is revealed in a study conducted by Volvo Trucks. In the long term, the aim is that unplanned standstills should entirely disappear. One key explanation for this ...
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Australian wine exports rose by 3.6 per cent in volume and 3.9 per cent in value of wine exports in the 12 months to end of March 2015, according to the latest findings from the Australian Grape and Wine Authority (AGWA). Australian wine ...
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German automobile manufacturer Audi will launch Audi R8 featuring V10 engine which will be available on order across Europe. The new sports car Audi R8 will be available in two versions: Audi R8 V10 plus and Audi R8 V10. It features ...
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AlertDriving, the global leader in driver risk management, today announced that Todo Transito has joined the growing number of businesses around the world unlocking new value as Certified AlertDriving Channel Partners. Through ADvantage, ...
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The intelligent lighting system of the future will make its premiere in the new Opel Astra generation at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt. With the new Astra, the ground-breaking full-LED matrix light IntelliLux that enables ...
Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported net sales increased 7 percent to $133.1 million in the fiscal second quarter ended April 3 compared to a year earlier, driven by growth at it Marine Electronics, Watercraft and Outdoor Gear units. Foreign ...
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At a ceremony today at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, NevadaGov. Brian Sandoval officially granted the first license for an autonomous commercial truck to operate on an open public highway in the United States to Daimler Trucks North America ...
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TomTom (TOM2) is introducing Lifetime World Maps and Lifetime Speed Cameras1 to drivers with the launch of new TomTom navigation devices. Lifetime World Maps allows people to drive with maps from around the world at no extra cost, for the ...
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Audi and its partners have developed new high-resolution map materials for driver assistance systems for the Audi Q7 car. A notable aspect of the new solution is the predictive assistant that uses topography information to allow Audi ...
Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) has introduced the Freightliner Inspiration Truck, the first licensed autonomous commercial truck to operate on an open public highway in the US. The company secured a license from the Nevada Department ...
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Winter tires, also referred to as snow tires, cold weather tires, and thermal tires, improve the road safety for vehicles during winter, and thus play an important role in reducing road accidents. These tires are made of soft rubber ...
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Penske Truck Leasing has secured $400,000 in grant from the US Department of Energy for its Alternative Fuel Vehicle (AFV) Demonstration and Enhanced Driver Experience Project. The AFV project will be managed by the Office of Energy ...
Commercial fleet management company Ryder System will be deploying more than 1,000 new automatic transmission trucks to expand its North American rental fleet. The move is aimed at meeting the increasing demand from customers for ...