DEARBORN, Mich., – SimplexGrinnell, a Tyco International Company and industry leader in fire and life safety systems and services, recently ordered 200 Ford Fusion Hybrids as part of a company-wide effort to replace 25 percent of its sales fleet with hybrid vehicles.
The majority of SimplexGrinnell’s 7,000-vehicle fleet is comprised of large commercial trucks and vans; [...]

YPSILANTI, Mich., – Ford Motor Company – moving to create a center of excellence in Michigan for vehicle electrification – today announced it is investing $135 million to design, engineer and produce key components for the company’s next-generation hybrid-electric vehicles.
Ford engineers in Dearborn will design the battery packs while engineers in Livonia will design electric-drive [...]

China- Following the good news that GWFlorid won the sales champion in Chinese A0 passenger car segment during the first quarter of 2010 successfully, Great Wall Haval SUV won the sales champion of SUV segment in April with the total sales of 12,755 units and the comparable increase of 175 percent.

As the everlasting passenger car [...]

U.S.A.- One of the earliest pioneers of this multi-coloured public, yet secretive urban art form is simply known as Loomit. The German started experimenting with painting and street art at the age of 14 and has travelled all over the world, leaving his mark in many cities in Europe, North and South America, Africa and [...]

DUBAI – Cummins Inc. announces the opening of the joint headquarters of the Cummins Middle East Regional Distribution Organization (RDO) and Cummins Middle East FZE, the wholly-owned distribution entity of Cummins Inc. in the Middle East, joint headquarters in the Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza).
The state of the art 6,000-square-meters, LEEDS Silver-qualified complex opened May [...]

Canada-The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has announced that the all-new Toyota Sienna van and redesigned 2011 Avalon full-size sedan have each earned “Top Safety Pick” awards.
The “Top Safety Pick” is the highest safety designation awarded by the IIHS. To qualify for the award, a vehicle must earn the highest rating of “good” in [...]

Milan, – At meeting, the Board of Directors of Pirelli & C. Real Estate examined and approved the proposal to change the company’s name which will be submitted to the next Shareholders’ Meeting. The company’s new name will be Prelios.
The new name was conceived as a blend of the company’s roots and its vision [...]

Tyres with a low rolling resistance can help you save fuel, along with reasonable driving, as tyres consume 20 per cent of the fuel of a car. The average consumption of your own car measured by the ECE norm is fixed, you can not influence it. But you can very well reduce the actual consumption [...]

YOKOHAMA Japan – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced its production, sales and export figures for April, 2010.
Production
Nissan’s global production in April increased 57.0% year-on-year to 319,673 units marking an all-time record for the month of April.
Production in Japan increased 73.5% year-on-year to 86,180 units due to increased output of the export models.
Production outside of [...]

SMYRNA, Tenn. – Nissan broke ground on the project that brings Nissan LEAF production to the United States. The groundbreaking ceremony marks the start of construction on a manufacturing facility in Smyrna, Tenn., that will produce the lithium-ion batteries that power the Nissan LEAF zero-emission vehicle. The all-electric Nissan LEAF will be produced at [...]

The Renault-Nissan Alliance and the Portuguese consortium MOBI.E Tech have partnered for the promotion of electric mobility in Portugal, one of the first countries in the world to adopt a countrywide electric mobility policy.
Under a Letter of Intent (LOI) signed today, the two parties will study how to promote electric mobility using MOBI.E model, the [...]

Chennai, India- Nissan Motor India celebrated the start of production of its `Made-in-India’ compact car (hatchback) Nissan Micra from its manufacturing plant at Oragadam, near Chennai. Mr. Toshiyuki Shiga, Chief Operating Officer, Nissan Motor Company, cut the ribbon to mark the roll out of the first car off assembly line. Mr. Akira Sakurai, Managing [...]

Determined to deliver improved results over those he scored at the opening two rounds of the ’10 Enduro World Championship Joakim Ljunggren started the opening day of the GP of Italy with high hopes of challenging for a top three result in the competitive Enduro 2 class. Having spent a great deal of time since [...]

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. announced a summary of automobile production, Japan domestic market sales, and export results for the month of April 2010.
Production
Production in Japan for the month of April 2010 experienced a year-on-year increase for the fourth consecutive month (since January 2010).
Production in regions outside of Japan experienced a year-on-year increase for the sixth [...]