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Manufacturing & Engineering: Toyota Event Geared Toward Minority Business Success

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (TEMA) held its 21st Opportunity Exchange (OE) event at the Duke Energy Convention Center in downtown Cincinnati today. Visit @Toyota ACCESS to receive your news via e-mail. Update your RSS feed preferences. [...]

FORD FIESTA MAKES ITS DEBUT IN THE SIMS 3 PC/MAC; LETS PLAYERS SHOW OFF PERSONALITY WITH CAR, ACCESSORIES

The all-new Ford Fiesta has taken popular culture by storm – it’s been a TV star, a social media darling and now, it’s a part of the gaming world. [...]

Hybrids Dominate EPA’s Top 10 Fuel Efficient Vehicle Rankings

The EPA has released its annual list of the top 10 most fuel efficient cars in the U.S., and for the second consecutive year, nine of those [...] [...]

Tesla’s latest quarter impresses investors

Musk keeps investors interested Tesla stock up after big losses Despite losing $34.9 million last quarter, Tesla reported better than expected results, causing its stock to jump 14.3 percent. Sitting at $28.15 per share, Tesla stock is now 60 up percent from its IPO offering of $17 a  share according to the DetroitNews. In a conference call, according [...] [...]

Energy independence: Only if auto industry socialized?

Achieving timely foreign oil independence will require a war-like effort Does capitalism care about foreign oil dependence? OK. Let’s cut to the chase. I’m not a big fan of government run anything. Capitalism, on the other hand, is undoubtedly far better than government in terms of innovation — the key to the future. Unfortunately, capitalistic greed too [...] [...]

Automaker R&D spending on the decline

The result of R&D spending A new trend in spending, or an aberration? Research and development in the auto industry declined by $12 billion dollars in 2009 according to a recent study. While Toyota spent the most money of any automaker on R&D, it spent almost 20 percent less than 2008. After Toyota, GM spent the most [...] [...]

Honda CR-Z Is Award-Winner in Japan, Dissed in U.S.

The Japanese Prime Minister, Kan Naoto, is presenting Japan’s Good Design Grand Award today to the Honda CR-Z sporty hybrid. This follows yesterday’s news that the CR-Z was named the 2011 winner of Japan’s prestigious Car Of The Year award. These honors punctuate a triumphant first year for the CR-Z, in which the [...] [...]