by Ken Zino | Jul 9, 2010
Ford Motor Company is recalling more than 33,000 model year 2010 Transit Connect vans manufactured from December 5, 2008 through May 31, 2010 for failing to meet the minimum requirements of a Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard. The National Highway Traffic Safety...
by Ken Zino | Jul 9, 2010
Magna International Inc. (TSX: MG.A, NYSE: MGA) today announced that it has filed with the Canadian securities regulatory authorities and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a disclosure supplement to Magna’s Management Information Circular/Proxy...
by Ken Zino | Jul 9, 2010
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada have announced the site of a “Solar Demonstration Zone” for emerging solar energy technologies. The Solar Demonstration...
by Ken Zino | Jul 8, 2010
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. (TMS) today announced that it is expanding its Product Quality Field Office program to four additional U.S. regional sales areas, following what it calls the success of a pilot program launched in the New York region in late 2009. Toyota is...
by Ken Zino | Jul 8, 2010
More than 500 kids and their families will be in Akron, Ohio for a week of activities leading up to the 73rd All-American Soap Box Derby, which will run at Derby Downs on Saturday, July 24. Children between the ages of eight and 17 earned the trip to Akron by winning...
by Ken Zino | Jul 7, 2010
Ford CEO Alan Mulally will serve on the President’s Export Council (PEC) the White House announced today. “Export growth leads to job growth and economic growth,” Obama said, as he named 18 business, labor and government leaders to a new export advisory...
by Ken Zino | Jul 7, 2010
If you want an example of the unhealthy influence of money in “pay to play” Washington, look no further than the past head of the National Transportation Safety Board. In a memo obtained by FairWarning and published on its website, Jim Hall, the former NTSB head (and...
by Ken Zino | Jul 7, 2010
General Motors and NASA engineers continue to prepare Robonaut 2 for its planned September mission to the International Space Station aboard the space shuttle Discovery, GM said today in a statement. This new generation robot can use its hands to do work beyond the...
by Ken Zino | Jul 6, 2010
Renault released this morning the first glimpse of its latest concept car, DeZir (D-zI’-er), ahead of this year’s Paris Motor Show in October. Renault has just passed Ford Motor as the third largest brand in Europe, based in part on a strategy of...
by Ken Zino | Jul 6, 2010
Subaru of America is recalling 74,000 Outback and Legacy 2010 models because of defective wiring in the steering column. It is part of a larger global problem, where the Japanese initially tried to fix the issue with a service bulletin claiming it was an isolated...
by Ken Zino | Jul 4, 2010
The Fourth of July celebration and the three-day weekend that accompanies it this year are right in the middle of the peak driving season in the United States. It also marks our non-independence days, as the U.S. continues to import oil at a gas guzzling rate of about...
by Ken Zino | Jul 3, 2010
Toyota executives in Japan have directed the Lexus division of Toyota Motor Sales, USA, to prepare for a recall on 138,000 Lexus vehicles powered by 4.6- and 5.0-liter V8 engines and 3.5-liter V6 engines. The safety related recall will cover 2006, 2007 and 2008 GS, IS...
