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The drive for cleaner cars roaming the streets of the global community has reached another high. Case in point is the funding of research on major automotive innovations by the French Industrial Innovation Agency (Agence de l'Innovation Industrielle, or the AII). The agency recently announced that they will fund the research being conducted by Valeo, a leading automotive supplier all over the world.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) said bumpers on all but three of 17 new midsize sedans it tested did not protect the cars from expensive damage in the kinds of low-speed mishaps that happen in heavy traffic and in parking lots and result in more than $6 billion a year in insurance claims.
I have a 1995 Toyota Corolla that normally averages 38 miles per gallon. I usually keep track of the mileage at each fill-up and noticed the mileage dropping slightly each week. I really didn’t think anything of it at first I thought it could be the weather or possibly the gas itself. But the problem persisted until the car was getting only 30 miles per gallon.
General Motors Corporation, the world’s number 1 automaker and famous producer of quality GM headlight covers is experiencing accounting problems which is causing the automaker delays in filing its annual report with federal regulators and was asking for extension after the Thursday deadline given to them.
General Motors—world’s number 1 automaker and maker of quality GM fuel savers-- as a way of encouraging its dealers around the Middle East to become even more productive and to surpass their targets in terms of sales volumes of different brands like Chevrolet, Cadillac, HUMMER, GMC and Saab is holding an annual awarding wherein the dealers with exemplary achievements are recognized.
Amidst the deafening sound of clanging steel is a camaraderie that is so amazing and found inside General Motors Powertrain plant in Bay City. Workers in this plant say that they don’t have any ill feelings toward the decision of GM to cut costs even if it means losing their jobs in the process. The workers in Bay City understand that the automaker is experiencing hard times and in order to keep the company afloat sacrifices has to be made.
In the news: General Motors Corp.’s GM Australian unit has announced last Monday that it will shed 15% of its workforce at its Elizabeth plant in South Australia State by the end of April. GM Holden Ltd. will offer voluntary redundancy packages to 600 workers who will be included in the 15% labor cut that GM’s Australia subsidiary will implement at its plant, north of Adelaide.
Just as we are getting used to hearing news of Toyota kicking the stuffing out of Detroit’s Three then comes a sudden twist of the story – which still has the Japanese automaker walking all over Detroit’s Big Three but this time, we have the at least one of them fighting back. And this remarkable phenomenon happens just last February.
Car makers have already posted their sales figures for the month of February. While Toyota and General Motors showed an increase on their number of vehicles sold for the month, Ford and Chrysler have shown reduced sales figures. All in all, the total auto sales last month has dropped by as much as 0.
Ford is experiencing the worst problem that it has faced in its entire existence. As a part of their restructuring plan, aside from cutting down the number of vehicles delivered to rental fleet, they have announced that one of their luxury brands has been put up in the market and is currently for sale.
While Chrysler may have reported a reduction in their sales in North America, a bright spot appeared for them in the form of increased sales outside of North America. The Chrysler group recently announced their sales figure for those regions outside of North America. The report stated that the company posted an increase by 9 percent in sales for the month of February this year over last year for the same period.
The increasing prices of gasoline in the U.S. have forced a huge number of motorists to turn their backs on gas guzzling vehicles. Furthermore, car makers are developing fuel efficient vehicles to reduce the country’s dependence on imported oil. The demand for fuel efficient vehicles is evident on the demand for hybrid cars.
Video game racing fanatics would certainly mark the Nissan stand as their first stop at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. What could draw them a closer and longer is the new video game console from Sony. The Sony Playstation 3, the third console from the company, is equipped with a Gran Turismo HD Concept.
It is either you evolve or you dissolve. This maxim also extends to the auto industry. This is why automakers are struggling to formulate the most advanced auto feature to set it far apart from its rivals. In connection with auto headlights technology, sophistication has also infected it. The fact is glaring: With the most modern car on the road is a set of refined headlights.
Today’s vehicles are fortified with the latest advances in technology to create eye-popping designs, state-of-the-art auto parts, revolutionary amenities and remarkably low emissions to meet the standards. In fact, the most promising vehicles of the present time are coming into the market place with the most-advanced and environment friendly fuels.
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