With the launch of Sensus Connect, Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) reveals an updated on-board infotainment and navigation solutions. Now, Volvo Cars truly offers customers a fully connected experience. The cloud-based services allow drivers ...
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U.S. officials are planning to announce Monday whether automakers should be required to equip new cars and light trucks with technology that enables vehicles to communicate with each other to prevent collisions. Such vehicle-to-vehicle ...
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ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill., Feb. 25 (UPI) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics says retail-based health clinics do not provide children with the high-quality, preventive healthcare they need. An updated policy statement, scheduled to be ...
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Sylectus, a provider of Web-based transportation management software, said its mobile application is available for the iPhone. The Omnitracs subsidiary launched its Sylectus Mobile app for Android devices last year. Sylectus said the ...
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By Thomas Sullivan Associate Principal Kitch Attorneys and Counselors This Opinion piece appears in the Feb. 10 print edition of Transport Topics. Click here to subscribe today. When technology and regulation develop along parallel ...
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Two trades for mid-calorific value imported thermal coal for delivery to ports in South China were heard in the seaborne market during Friday's Asia trading session, supporting prices, said market sources. The Platts/Fenwei CFR South ...
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First production from the Papua New Guinea LNG project is now expected in the third quarter of this year, Australian joint venture partner Santos said Friday as it reported its financial results for 2013. Santos holds 13.5% of the ...
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US for-hire truck tonnage fell 4.3% in January, but you can blame the weather. The American Trucking Associations said its tonnage index was still up 1.2% year-over-year. The softening from December was attributed to winter storms, and ...
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The US economy will be slightly stronger this year than last, but freight growth will weaken. That’s the prediction of industry forecaster FTR, which today held a Webinar entitled State of Freight: Trucking Outlook for an Uncertain ...
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At the beginning of 2014, Volvo Truck announces the “Volvo Trucks China Dream Program”, while it embraces its 80th anniversary in China. This program is based on the Volvo Trucks Public Driver Training held since 2012, aiming at ...
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Continuous development and innovation over recent years has brought focus to this material and attracting increased producer attention within the beverage industry. A senior analysts at Canadean told Packaging News: “Continuous ...
Acuity Brands, Inc., a market leader in innovative energy-efficient lighting solutions, announced today the introduction of the ECOdrive® family of LED drivers from eldoLED® and its launch to the OEM market. The driver family is ...
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At the next Geneva Motor Show (March 6 - 16, 2014), it will also pack an all-new, three-cylinder turbo gasoline engine endowed with benchmark-setting running refinement, low-end torque and efficiency. And that's not all: this new ...
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Selecting a Chevy Volt, Tesla Roadster, Nissan Leaf—or one of many other new models—shoppers in the United States bought more than 96,000 plug-in electric cars in 2013. That's a tiny slice of the auto market, but it's up ...
The Government of Canada has announced an additional $500m commitment over two years for innovation and new investments in Canada's auto industry included in Economic Action Plan 2014. This latest announcement expands on the government's ...
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