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NeoSynergy installs dealership-management system at Automotive Legends 21 Apr 08, 22:29 ET By Staff Writer NeoSynergy is providing the company with a comprehensive system to manage its inventories of prestige vehicles, automotive accessories, ... more Retail gas hits record $3.50 per gallon as oil prices rocket 21 Apr 08, 22:10 ET AP - Rising gasoline prices tightened the squeeze on drivers Monday, jumping for the first time to an average $3.50 a gallon at filling stations across the country with no sign of relief. more Delphi unit to sell parts here 21 Apr 08, 21:45 ET Delphi Product & Service Solutions (DPSS), a division of US-based Delphi Automotive Systems, announced yesterday it would enter the local automotive aftermarket field through a dealer network. more New trend is fueling automotive future POLL 21 Apr 08, 18:00 ET By Carolyn Campbell / 11 News “It’s cute and yes, the gas prices and I tool around town a lot and it’ll be handy,” said Diane Konen. ... more Automotive: Saving the world tops saving costs 21 Apr 08, 17:55 ET By Matt Defosse For the first time in 14 years, environmental issues top the list of challenges facing the automotive industry, outranking cost reduction, ... more CEA Market Research Webcast: Automotive Electronics – What ... 21 Apr 08, 17:21 ET The typical American spends nearly 17 hours a week in their vehicle. To put that in perspective, that same person spends about 21 hours a week watching ... more CEA Market Research Webcast: Automotive Electronics - What ... 21 Apr 08, 17:18 ET WHAT: The typical American spends nearly 17 hours a week in their vehicle. To put that in perspective, that same person spends about 21 hours a week ... more CEA Market Research Webcast: Automotive Electronics - What Consumers Have and What They Desire 21 Apr 08, 17:18 ET ARLINGTON, Va.----Consumer Electronics Association : WHAT: The typical American spends nearly 17 hours a week in their vehicle. To put that in perspective, that same person spends about 21 hours a week watching television. more 2008 Beijing Show: China's Automotive Copycat SUVs 21 Apr 08, 16:32 ET If you see a good idea, copy it. That seems to be the motto of China's barn-storming domestic auto industry. Despite the Chinese government's protestations ... more Favorite automotive tech teacher to retire at end of year 21 Apr 08, 16:08 ET Armando Carrasco assists Josh Sierra, 17, replace a slave cylinder on a Jeep Wrangler on Thursday at Gadsden High School, where Carrasco is retiring after ... more China's Automotive Copycat SUVs 21 Apr 08, 15:48 ET If you see a good idea, copy it. That seems to be the motto of China's barn-storming domestic auto industry. Despite the Chinese government's protestations ... more TRW Automotive Plant Receives Queen's Award for International Trade 21 Apr 08, 15:00 ET A subsidiary of TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. , TRW Systems Limited, which operates a safety electronics plant in Peterlee, UK, has received the 2008 Queen's Award for Enterprise under the category of International Trade, for increasing its exports by 77 percent during the last three years. more Movers roundup: CarMax, Talbots 21 Apr 08, 14:21 ET Shares of CarMax Inc. fell Monday on investor concerns that the automotive retailer may have yet to experience the full effects of the continued drop in consumer confidence. more GM idles more production due to UAW strike at Axle 21 Apr 08, 14:20 ET Reuters - General Motors Corp said on Monday it has cut production at two more plants due to the United Auto Workers strike at American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc , a major supplier to the automaker. more Gas guzzlers a hit in China, where car sales are booming 21 Apr 08, 14:19 ET AP - High, wide and fuel-hungry, the gleaming black Cadillac Escalade on display at the Beijing auto show is an unlikely car for an era of record oil prices. more High gasoline prices hurting U.S. consumers: poll 21 Apr 08, 13:59 ET Reuters - As gasoline prices roar to successive record highs, more Americans are hurting at the pump, plan to cut back on driving and buy fewer gas-guzzling vehicles, according to a consumer group survey. more Travelers and Mister Transmission Partner to Provide Enhanced Consumer Finance Options for Automotive Repair in Canada 21 Apr 08, 13:31 ET Today Travelers Acceptance Corporation, an independent, national consumer finance company, and Mister Transmission, Canada's largest chain of transmission specialists, announced their strategic partnership to provide Canadian motorists with enhanced consumer finance payment options. more CarMax shares fall on worries about consumer confidence 21 Apr 08, 13:06 ET Shares of CarMax Inc. fell Monday on investor concerns that the automotive retailer may have yet to experience the full effects of the continued drop in consumer confidence. more MaximTrak Technologies Announce Partnership with Premier Dealer Services To Provide General Agents and Auto Dealers a ... 21 Apr 08, 12:35 ET WAYNE, Pa., April 21 -- MaximTrak, a leading systems developer for the retail automotive finance and insurance industry (F & I), is pleased to announce a partnership with Premier Dealer Services (PDS), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Great American Insurance Company. more Seeing Double: China's Automotive Copycats 21 Apr 08, 12:13 ET Looks just like a smart fourtwo, right? Except it's not. It's actually something called a Noble, manufactured by China's Shuanghuan Auto. ... more 'Dealership to the Stars' Automotive Legends Selects NeoSynergy ... 21 Apr 08, 11:14 ET NeoSynergy, a Web-based automotive software firm, announced today that the company has completed the installation of their dealership-management system ... more Automotive Testing Expo 2008 21 Apr 08, 10:43 ET 2008 will see Automotive Testing Expo Europe run at the brand-new state of the art Messe Stuttgart, located out by the airport. ... more Microcontroller Systems - Automotive Systems - Scotland 21 Apr 08, 10:36 ET Corintech provides an electronic design and manufacturing service from its base adjacent to the beautiful New Forest and is now looking for Engineers to ... more Hybrid Sales Soar 38 Percent In U.S. 21 Apr 08, 10:23 ET U.S. registrations of new hybrid vehicles rose 38 percent in 2007 to a record 350,289, according to data to be released by a Southfield-based automotive marketing and research company. more electronica automotive conference 2008 21 Apr 08, 10:08 ET The focus on automotive shows the enormous growth potential in this industry sector. Both the proportion of electronic automobile components as well as the ... more AutoWired - Automotive news and information. Live 21 Apr 08, 09:49 ET When a car is scrapped, 85 per cent of it can be recycled or re-used. That's according to figures collated by the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR), issued to the media on Friday (April 18th). more Companies to watch in green tech: Transportation 21 Apr 08, 09:08 ET News.com reporters list the five companies leading the charge in greening up the automotive industry. more Automotive : Porsche Highlights Chinese Success Story at Beijing ... 21 Apr 08, 08:56 ET (SkyNewswire.com)-- ATLANTA--Underscoring its confidence for expansion in its biggest growth market, Porsche today debuted the top-of-the line Cayenne Turbo ... more PwC Automotive Institute ponders impact of rising oil price 21 Apr 08, 08:47 ET In a quarterly forecast update of 18th April, PwC Automotive Institute’s latest Analyst Note by US consultant Tsukas Watanable considered the auto industry ... more Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited Announces 2007 Year ... 21 Apr 08, 08:44 ET HONG KONG, April 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited (the ''Company'') (OTC: BCAHY; SEHK: 1114) announced today ... more Author : Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited 21 Apr 08, 08:40 ET HONG KONG, April 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited (the ''Company'') announced today its results for the year ... more Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited Announces 2007 Year-End Results 21 Apr 08, 08:38 ET Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited announced today its results for the year ended December 31, 2007 prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America. more China Automotive Systems Receives $35 Million from Private ... 21 Apr 08, 08:19 ET - Funding and Acquisition Positions China Automotive Systems for Further Growth WUHAN, Hubei, China, April 21 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- China ... more China Automotive Systems Receives $35 Million from Private Placement and Receives Government Approval for Henglong ... 21 Apr 08, 08:00 ET China Automotive Systems, Inc. , a leading power steering components and systems supplier in China, today announced that it has received all the $35 million from a previously announced private placement transaction with Lehman Brothers for $30 million and with YA Global Investments, L.P., which is managed by Yorkville Advisors, LLC, for $5 million. more Baosteel automotive sheets sales in Q1 up by 21 Apr 08, 07:50 ET It is reported that the sales of exclusive products and leading products of Baosteel automotive sheets demonstrate a cheerful trend which reached 158000 ... more Reaching for extra miles 21 Apr 08, 07:41 ET Gas-saving cars could win $10 million prize Salisbury resident Dr. Gregorio Belloso (pictured) and a team headed by Naval Academy graduate Lt. Cmdr. Jack Staub are competing for the Progressive Automotive X Prize. Designed to spur development of fuel-efficient cars, the contest offers a $10 million prize. more Honda system to warn motorists of crime hotspots 21 Apr 08, 06:51 ET AFP - Japanese automaker Honda Motor Co. will start a new system this week warning motorists when they are driving close to crime hotspots. more NABAS 2008 Scholarship Awards Dinner Approaching 21 Apr 08, 06:22 ET The National Association of Black Automotive Suppliers Scholarship Fund will be Recognizing Tomorrow's Leaders on May 6, 2008 by awarding over $145,000.00 in Scholarship Awards to Detroit Metropolitan area African American High School Seniors. more China 'could be leader in clean automotive technology' 21 Apr 08, 06:12 ET China could become the first country to develop the infrastructure necessary for the widespread adoption of clean automotive technology, it has been suggested. more Turbine talk in the wind today; Jackson's plan up for discussion at meeting 21 Apr 08, 05:59 ET Plans for a high, large wind turbine in south-Barrie are already facing hot air from neighbours. It's being proposed by Jackson's Toyota, a Mapleview Drive West automotive dealership, but area landowners and businesses say the location is wrong and they also have concerns about its safety and [...] more Double world premiere: Volkswagen introduces New Bora and Lavida at Auto China 21 Apr 08, 05:05 ET BEIJING, China - Volkswagen is presenting the New Bora and Lavida in a dual world premiere at Auto China 2008 in Beijing (April 20 to 28). Both models were thoroughly tailored to the automotive wishes of modern Chinese society. more Nissan Unveils Teana, Infiniti EX35 at 2008 Beijing International ... 21 Apr 08, 04:41 ET The FINANCIAL -- Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. on April 20 revealed the new Nissan Teana premium sedan at the 2008 Beijing International Automotive Exhibition. ... more $10 million Automotive X Prize pushes for 100 mpg, with speed 21 Apr 08, 04:33 ET By GREG MIGLIORE It's a pretty broad field. An established rock star is entering a hybrid-powered '59 Lincoln. A relatively established California company ... more Automotive Navigation to Augment with Data Service in Future, IMS ... 21 Apr 08, 04:33 ET IMS Research said that Dash Navigation has begun shipping a device the may represent the future of in-car navigation -- its connected PND, the Dash Express. ... more Buy Automotive Axles, target of Rs 520: Angel 21 Apr 08, 03:37 ET Angel Broking has maintained its buy rating on Automotive Axles with a revised target price of Rs 520 in its April 17, 2008 research report. ... more Tsinghua establishes research center to study auto energy 21 Apr 08, 03:36 ET Shanghai. April 21. INTERFAX-CHINA - Tsinghua University in Beijing established the China Auto Energy Research Center last Saturday, sponsored by General Motor (GM) and the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC), state media reported yesterday. more Hybrids Soar As Buyers Get More Choices 21 Apr 08, 03:27 ET U.S. registrations of new hybrid vehicles rose 38 percent in 2007 to a record 350,289, according to data to be released today by R.L. Polk & Co., a Southfield-based automotive marketing and research company. more Favorite automotive tech teacher to retire at end of year 21 Apr 08, 03:17 ET ANTHONY — "It is the career I've had that's paid me the worst and that I have loved the most," says Armando Carrasco, who will be retiring this year after 20 years teaching advanced auto tech at Gadsden High School. more CONVENTIONS 21 Apr 08, 03:11 ET Events scheduled for Lexington, including headquarters and expected attendance: Global Automotive Conference: Through Thursday, Griffin Gate Marriott Resort, 250. International Ministry Conference, Lay Ministry Conference: Wednesday-Sunday, Hampton Inn at I-75, 50. Coal Prep and Aggregate Processing: Friday through May 2, Hyatt Regency, 1,200. University of Louisville College of Business, 2008 ... more Industry, union leaders to attend 21 Apr 08, 03:07 ET Automotive industry heavyweights including an executive vice president at Ford Motor Co. and the president of the United Auto Workers union will visit Lexington this week for the annual Global Automotive Conference. "It's extremely timely with all the talk about recession and the economy being in the toilet," said William Parsons, chairman of the conference, which originated at Western Kentucky ... more Hyundai Motor seen surging on won, sales 21 Apr 08, 02:46 ET Reuters - Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS), South Korea's top auto maker, is expected to post an 82 percent surge in quarterly profit, fuelled by a weaker won currency and higher sales. more Automotive Stampings board to consider dividend 21 Apr 08, 01:16 ET A meeting of the board of directors of Automotive Stampings (Q, N,C,F)* & Assemblies will be held on Apr. 28, 2008 to consider recommendation of dividend, ... more Future Auto Technology - 2008 SAE Wrap-Up 21 Apr 08, 01:04 ET We know it’s spring here in Southeast Michigan when the SAE (formerly known as the Society of Automotive Engineers – now SAE International to reflect interests broader than just automotive) comes to town for their annual trade show. more LED driver handles automotive conditions: News from Intersil 21 Apr 08, 01:02 ET Intersil has released the ISL78100, a high-power integrated LED driver designed for display backlighting and body electronics applications. ... more Nissan Unveiled Teana at 2008 Beijing International Automotive ... 21 Apr 08, 00:26 ET "When we introduced Teana in 2004, it sent a clear signal that Nissan was serious about growth in China," said Carlos Ghosn, President and CEO, Nissan Motor ... more Automotive Care 101: Intro to maintenance 21 Apr 08, 00:05 ET By TOM RAGAN Staff Writer There’s only one way to learn how to change a flat tire or find out where to clamp the booster cables to jump-start a dead battery. You can’t beat hands-on experience. more Auto(matic) News with TriggerWidgets 21 Apr 08, 00:05 ET On Tuesday, Automotive News and News Technologies, LLC partnered to launch the TriggerWidget, a webpage-hosted widget designed to help users personalize the content that they receive. more

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