Monthly Archives: March 2013

Transportation coalition asks FCC to protect vehicle Wi-Fi spectrum


The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) originally allocated 5.9 GHz band for vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications.

Toyota Camry is Korea’s “Car of the Year”

For more than two decades, Hyundai Motor Co. could count on the sun rising each morning and for South Koreans to buy South Korean vehicles. Then Toyota Motor Corp.’s Camry became the country’s “Car of the Year.”

Ford to have largest ever stand at Birmingham CV Show

Ford’s stand at the 2013 Birmingham Commercial Vehicle show, held 9-11 April, will be its biggest since the show started in 2000, with an aera of 5400 square feet.

Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium 2013 – Registration


Global Automotive Aftermarket Symposium (GAAS) will help aftermarket businesses plan future strategies.

Land Rover electric concept unveiled – Geneva Motor Show

Land Rover is unveiling seven new electric Defender models at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. The research vehicle’s standard diesel engine and gearbox have been replaced by a 70kW (94bhp), 330Nm electric motor twinned with a 300-volt, lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 27kWh, giving a claimed range of more than 50 miles.