Category Archives: Motoring News

Commercial vehicle wraps drive growth for businnesses

June 25, 2013   Guest Author

Attempting to influence drivers with eye-catching visuals and marketing messages is no new concept. After all, roadside signs and billboards have been used as promotional tools since the introduction of the automobile.

Today, however, more and more businesses are using the bodies of cars, vans and trucks as the advertising medium. Companies all across the nation — from small, independently-owned operations to Fortune 500 corporations — are maximizing consumer awareness and interest by covering their vehicles with colorful, attention-grabbing graphics.

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Report: Megaplatforms to be a major factor in industry’s future

June 25, 2013   admin

The auto industry’s next-generation vehicle platforms may allow manufacturers to produce new products at unprecedented speed, but they also will bring great challenges to manufacturers and suppliers, according to an AlixPartners study.

The so-called megaplatforms will account for nearly 90 percent of the industry’s growth in the next five years, the study released on Tuesday says.

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American Government delays requiring rearview cameras in cars

June 24, 2013   Guest Author

The Obama administration is again delaying regulations on whether new cars and trucks must come equipped with rearview cameras to protect against drivers backing over people in blind spots behind their vehicles, a victory for automakers who say requiring the cameras is too costly.

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood said Thursday in letters to three members of Congress that more research is needed. He set a new deadline of January 2015 for the regulations.

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Germany leans on EU states to weaken car CO2 law

June 24, 2013   admin

Germany leans on EU states to weaken car CO2 law

The European Commission’s proposal would reduce average fleet CO2 to 95g/km by 2020.

Senior members of the German government have warned EU member states that Germany’s automakers could scale back or scrap production plans in their countries unless they support weakened carbon emissions rules, according to diplomatic sources.

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Road to Natural Gas fourth edition released by Clean Energy

June 23, 2013   Guest Author

Clean Energy Fuels Corp released Vol. IV of Road To Natural Gas, an update of its growing portfolio of customers making the switch to natural gas as a transportation fuel or expanding their current fleets.

This edition includes new agreements recently signed including Clean Energy’s first railroad fuel deal with GE Transportation to provide liquefied natural gas (LNG) for its new initiative to test LNG locomotives.

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