Hyundai has unveiled the all new 2017 Elantra Sport at a meeting of the Washington Automotive Press Association in Alexandria, Virginia. The most powerful Elantra model ever, the Sport benefits from a variety of important powertrain, ...
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Nissan Motor has introduced driver-assist features that allow its new Serena minivan to manage highway driving on its own. More than 1.5 million Serenas have been sold since it first went on sale in 1991. The new Serena comes equipped ...
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The number of public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations in North Carolina will jump 30 percent thanks to a new project from Duke Energy. Duke Energy's "EV Charging Infrastructure Support Project" will provide $1 million to help ...
XL Hybrids has received approval from California Air Resources Board (CARB) for incentive vouchers for converting hybrid-electric vehicles to fleet vehicles. The approval for the first California Heavy Duty Voucher Incentive Project ...
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Jaguar Land Rover is planning to create a fleet of over 100 research vehicles in the next four years to test autonomous and connected technology, with the first cars due to arrive the streets later this year. The company plan to test the ...
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Volvo Cars is the next automaker to join The Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center (Auto-ISAC) as the latest original equipment manufacturer member. Volvo Cars Group chief information officer and senior vice president Klas ...
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Lyft and General Motors (GM) have expanded their Express Drive short-term vehicle access program to California and Colorado, including the all-new 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV. Launching in San Francisco in the summer of 2016 and in Los Angeles ...
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Honda Motor has co-developed the world's first hybrid vehicle motor magnet that uses no heavy rare earth elements. The automaker said the technology, developed with Daido Steel Co, will be used in the next Freed minivan due to go on sale ...
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Hyundai and the US Department of Energy (DOE) are extending their fuel cell vehicle confirmation program, originally from 2013 through 2015, to its second phase, from 2016 through 2017. The program involves Hyundai providing a number of ...
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The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) has entered into a collaborative alliance via a $1.1m grant with Raytheon Company of Waltham, MA, USA to develop Scalable, Agile, Multimode, Front End Technology (SAMFET) for the Army's Next Generation ...
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AutoNation announced that it has signed agreements to acquire four stores, including five franchises, in the Westchester County, New York area including BMW Mt. Kisco, Land Rover Mt. Kisco and Jaguar Land Rover Larchmont/New Rochelle from ...
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Volkswagen has taken a major step towards increased environmental sustainability of production at its facilities around the world. At present vehicles and components are now manufactured in a way which is 25 percent more environmentally ...
The Association of Global Automakers and the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA) have called upon Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to focus on safety first while changing the rules of 5.9 GHz Safety Spectrum band. ...
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BorgWarner delivers its pre-emptive on-demand transfer case for multiple Jaguar models. Initially available for the new Jaguar XF, BorgWarner will also provide the all-wheel drive (AWD) technology for the Jaguar XE and F-PACE crossover. ...
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Nissan has unveiled 2017 Pathfinder, which features new 284-Horsepower 3.5-liter V6 engine with Direct Injection Gasoline (DIG) system. The new 2017 Pathfinder still resembles the 2016 model with the profile looking the same but the front ...
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