Category Archives: Useful Information

MOM program helps oil change locations meet labeling guidelines

API’s Motor Oil Matters (MOM) Program helps oil change locations meet new motor oil labeling guidelines.

The National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently published guidelines that would require oil change locations to provide information consumers need to make informed decisions on motor oil.

Diesel to surpass natural gas as #1 fuel by 2020

Diesel is going to remain the “dominant” growth fuel in transportation on earth for several decades to come, according to U.S. and international energy and transportation experts.

ExxonMobil estimates that diesel will surpass  natural gas as the number one global transportation fuel by 2020. Diesel demand will account for 70 percent of the growth in demand for all transportation fuels through the forecast period to 2040.

Beijing Auto targets three European automakers as potential takeovers

Beijing Automotive Group is eying automakers in Europe as potential takeover targets as it seeks acquisitions abroad to boost its international business.

Investment banks have found three medium-size automakers with “good brand image” in Europe, said Dong Haiyang, president of the company’s newly established BAIC International Development Co.

App helps owners maintain safety, performance and value of their cars

Carfax introduced a new, free service that makes taking care of your car easier – myCarfax.

Car owners can use this new tool to track their service history and reduce the headache of keeping their car well maintained. Users receive automatic service alerts and get critical information about open safety recalls reported for their car.

Europe plant capacity crisis to extend to 2016

audi Martorell Spain factory

In 2011, Audi started producing its Q3 SUV at sister brand Seat’s underused factory in Martorell, Spain.

Europe’s worsening car factory overcapacity is not expected to improve for at least another three years, according to analysts at IHS Automotive.