Monthly Archives: September 2013

Sure Power recalls battery equalizers and DC-DC converters

Sure Power recalls battery equalizers and DC-DC converters

Sure Power, Inc. is recalling certain battery equalizers and DC-DC converters manufactured between January 2000 and Aug. 18, 2013 containing a particular epoxy sealing, aka “potting,” compound, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

AOL Investigation reveals car check site is dangerously flawed

AOL Investigation reveals car check site is dangerously flawed

An AOL Cars investigation has found motorists could be driving around in killer cars they thought were safe after checking them with a budget online service.

Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi holds groundbreaking ceremony

Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi holds groundbreaking ceremony

Newly-formed Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi officially broke ground on its new commercial truck tire manufacturing plant in West Point, Mississippi (149 miles from Jackson, the state capital), which is slated to begin operations in October 2015.

Japanese car parts makers to pay $740 million in price-fixing plea

Japanese car parts makers to pay $740 million in price-fixing plea

Nine Japanese auto parts manufacturers and two of their executives will plead guilty and pay $740 million in criminal fines for conspiring to fix the prices of more than 30 products sold to many of the world’s largest automakers operating in the U.S., the Justice Department announced Thursday.

Fuel costs tumble as supermarkets go to war

Fuel costs tumble as supermarkets go to war

Britain’s supermarkets are going to war at the forecourt, with Asda, Sainsbury’s and Tesco all announcing significant price cuts.