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• Best Trade Show Giveaways On A Budget

  
  !0for Blog — Authority: 133
  The entire industry has been hit by the recession. But instead of eliminating important giveaways from events, choose more cost effective items. Be prepared to impress with your next trade show appearance by using these affordable promotional giveaways under $1. Your booth will be bustling with visitors when you use ...
  8 hours ago

• RideLust Heads Out West

  
  Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility — Authority: 429
  This year marks the first time RideLust’s editorial staff (read: me) has possessed enough disposable income to fund live auto show coverage and it is with great excitement that I embark on my journey to the LA Auto Show. Well actually I embark tomorrow, today is mostly filled with last-minute trips to the bank for ...
  12 hours ago

• Warren Buffett: All Cars Will Be Electric By 2030

  
  Earth2Tech — Authority: 637
  Warren Buffett, the closely watched investor and mega-billionaire, expects that 20 years from now, all cars will run on electricity. At least, that’s what he told Rice University business students at his Omaha headquarters this month when asked for his thoughts on peak oil and replacements for “carbon fuels,” ...
  13 hours ago

• Carbon Day, Enterprise and A123 Systems join forces for “Green Fleet” vehicles

  
  Allpar Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep News — Authority: 137
  Carbon Day Automotive has announced a collaborative initiative with Enterprise Rent-A-Car, and A123 Systems, Inc. the battery company that has a strategic alliance with Chrysler’s electric vehicle program.The companies have joined forces to supply Green Fleet Vehicles to government and commercial users in the U.S. ...
  14 hours ago

• Earth2Tech Map: Where the Next Green Cars Will Be Born

  
  Earth2Tech — Authority: 637
  With car companies gearing up to launch a new generation of plug-in hybrid and electric cars over the next five years, the time has come to pick sites for manufacturing the vehicles. Given that many of these factories come with promises to create hundreds or thousands of jobs in the surrounding area, stakes have been ...
  22 hours ago

• Earth2Tech Map: Where the Next Green Cars Will Be Born

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  With car companies gearing up to launch a new generation of plug-in hybrid and electric cars over the next five years, the time has come to pick sites for manufacturing the vehicles. Given that many of these factories come with promises to create hundreds or thousands of jobs in the surrounding area, stakes have been ...
  22 hours ago

• Toyota Recall Fails to Address ‘Root Cause’ of Many Sudden Acceleration Cases

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 162
  By JOSEPH RHEE ABC News Toyota’s decision to replace accelerator pedals on millions of its vehicles will not completely fix the company’s sudden acceleration problem, believes an auto safety expert who has been tracking reports of runaway Toyotas. Toyota has been plagued by cases of runaway vehicles and has ...
  1 day ago

• Autoline After Hours

  
  Dialogue...2008 — Authority: 130
  This episode with Hal Sperlich as the featured guest... If you are not familiar with Hal Sperlich, he is 80 years old, does not look a day over 55, he was part of the original Mustang team at Ford in the early 60s, is the inventor of the mini van, listen to his story of how the mini van came about at Chrysler. If ...
  1 day ago

• Tata Motors posts consolidated quarterly profit

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Mumbai, Nov 28 (ANI): Tata Motors surprisingly posted a consolidated profit for the September quarter, helped by tighter control of costs and gains from investments in associate firms. Tata Motors, the owner of UK-based Jaguar and Land Rover brands, on Friday reported a consolidated net profit of 217.8 million rupees ...
  3 days ago

• China’s Automakers Go Bargain Shopping For Global Brands

  
  AutoBrag Blog — Authority: 153
  Chinese car maker Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Corp ( BAIC ) said it was reassessing the situation after a consortium it belonged to dropped a bid to buy General Motors’ Saab unit. China’s relatively cash-rich automakers have shown an increasing interest in overseas purchases, looking to pick up global ...
  3 days ago

• Saab Purportedly Down But Not Out, The Saaga Continues

  
  Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility — Authority: 429
  Earlier this week, underperforming Swedish automaker Saab received a crushing blow when Koenigsegg abruptly killed its pending purchase from General Motors. Using Penske’s 86′d Saturn purchase as a yardstick, speculations immediately arose that with no buyer waiting in the wings Saab was next in line to get the ...
  3 days ago

• Vietnam Auto industry could splutter and die

  
  Chuck Kuhn's Asia in Photos — Authority: 130
  "Vietnam auto industry could splutter and die Visitors at the fifth Vietnam Motorshow in Ho Chi Minh City last week. Vietnam’s regional and global tax-cut commitments could mean the death of local car makers within the next ten years if there are be no improvements to the industry’s development strategy, a trade ...
  3 days ago

• Ford, Geely Reach Mutual Agreement Regarding Volvo’s Death Sentence

  
  Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility — Authority: 429
  Appropriately enough given the grim nature of Black Friday, I’m kicking today’s headlines off with a new, genuinely depressing development in the ongoing Ford/Volvo/Geely saga. Although I had hoped the next report would involve some type of surprise bidding upset by the obscure Crown consortium , the unfortunate ...
  3 days ago

• Auto production rises in Spain

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Madrid, Nov 27 (EFE) Production at automotive plants in Spain rose 5.7 percent last month, compared to October 2008, the National Automobile Manufacturers Association, or Anfac, said.Output during the month totalled 218,721 units, with private passenger vehicles accounting for 184,119 units, up 16.7 percent from ...
  3 days ago

• history/mystery: suicided, sexcrimes and skull & bones

  
  media monarchy — Authority: 433
  bmws quandt family faces its nazi past* court silences cia operative despite yellowcake scandal*cias lost magic manual resurfaces*mike connells family copes with his mysterious death, tipsters, legal options*balloon boy parents plead guilty*william bennet update: defense witness in robbery trial arrested in ...
  3 days ago

• Grant to Michigan, Indiana and Ohio will research green economy impact on auto industry and dislocated auto workers

  
  River Country Journal — Authority: 150
  Governor Jennifer Granholm has announced that the U.S. Department of Labor has awarded a partnership of Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio a total of $4 million in Recovery Act funds to research the workforce requirements of the future restructured auto industry and identify potential employment opportunities for dislocated ...
  4 days ago

• GM returns Germany’s favor

  
  Allpar Chrysler, Dodge, and Jeep News — Authority: 137
  The German government, which publicly slammed General Motors for not selling its Opel unit, will be faced with the bulk of Opel’s job cuts, according to GM’s new plan. The head of GM Europe, Nick Reilley, said that half or more of 9,000 job cuts would take place in Germany, according to Automotive News. GM [...]
  4 days ago

• Washington Supreme Court reinstates $8 million judgement against Huyundai

  
  Oregon Living — Authority: 806
  In a 7-2 ruling, the high court reversed the Court of Appeals, which had overturned a trial court’s finding for Jesse Magana of Vancouver.
  5 days ago

• Toyota Backpedals Furiously, Recalls 3.8M Vehicles For Faulty Accelerators

  
  Ride Lust - Motion + Mobility — Authority: 429
  The accelerator pedal, right, in a 2010 Toyota Avalon is seen on the show room floor of Bobby Rahal Toyota in Mechanicsburg, Pa. , Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. When the news of Toyota’s spontaneously accelerating vehicles first broke , it was in the form of a grisly accident in Texas involving a Lexus, a jammed ...
  5 days ago

• Episode 279 – Saab On Its Deathbed, China Sales To Soar, Most Drivers Ignore Recalls

  
  John's Journal — Authority: 130
  Runtime 7:11 Swedish luxury automaker Koenigsegg announced that it was pulling out of its deal to buy Saab. Auto sales in China are expected to grow by 1 million units per year for the next 10 years. Why most consumers will ignore Toyota’s latest recall. All that and more, plus German Chancellor Angela Merkel ...
  5 days ago

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