4×4 and Automotive News and Rumors

•Nissan has an online store built around its X-Trail SUV. The Nissan Xtreme Collection has five products “aimed at recreating extreme environments anywhere, such as a rock to love bouldering at home or water drums to recreate a waterfall.” Amazon Japan has them at amazon.co.jp.

•The Canadian Automobile Association’s Grinding to a Halt, Evaluating Canada’s Worst Bottlenecks is a investigate of traffic congestion, and Toronto scored ten bottlenecks in the list of the Top 20. Shoutout to Montreal, with five.

•Most Wished Fullsize Truck award from edmunds.com? The Ford F-150.

•Ford has added ExxonMobil’s Speedpass+ app to its SYNC AppLink. You can now pay for fuel through the app as well as search for participating Exxons and Mobils.

•Fiat Chrysler is making a $1 billion investment in its plants in Michigan and Ohio. Also, the south plant in the Toledo Assembly Elaborate will build the all-new Jeep pickup.

•Polaris has a division called Polaris Defense, and that group got an order from the U.S. Marine Corps for one hundred forty four four-seater MRZR-D4s for the utility task vehicle program.

•GM has begun testing autonomous vehicles on public roads.

•Wal-Mart is partnering with carsaver.com; kiosks will embark popping up at Wal-Marts, where you can shop, then make an appointment at a local dealership.

•The Chrysler Portal concept vehicle uses facial recognition to identify who is in the vehicle and will then switch to the preferred settings, including temp and music.

•The Nissan Titan won our sister Truck Trend’s two thousand seventeen Pickup Truck of the Year.

•Off-road racer, Andy Cohen, has passed away.

•The Walter P. Chrysler Museum has closed down.

•Eco-Hearse—Leverton & Sons said it has the UK’s very first fully electrified hearse. It’s a Nissan Leaf. The funeral directors are enviro-friendly…they suggest coffins made of biodegradable materials.

•The U.S. EPA is alleging that Fiat Chrysler may have VW’d, as in possibly used defeat devices for passing emissions testing and has issued a notice of disturbance. The California Air Resources Board has also issued one. Under the microscope are ’17 Grand Cherokees and Ram 1500s with the EcoDiesel.

Is It True?

•Lyft cofounders think they’ve unlocked the solution to ending traffic: Specific streets and highways marked as brainy lanes? And use would have a fee unless you’re carpooling, according to a lump they wrote for medium.com?

•Land Rover hit a record-breaking year in two thousand sixteen for U.S. sales, besting 2015’s record?

•Has Amazon embarked getting patents related to self-driving tech?

•Ram’s delaying the redesign of its heavy-duty trucks to save some cash?

•The fresh Jeep Grand Cherokee will have an Alfa Romeo Giulia platform?

•Is Fiat Chrysler adding around four hundred dealerships in the U.S.?

•Paris is banning almost all diesel cars made before 2000?

Your Government at Work

•The U.S. Department of Transportation has set ten proving-ground pilot sites for autonomous-tech testing. The designees are City of Pittsburgh and the Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute; Texas AV Proving Grounds Partnership; U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center; American Center for Mobility (ACM) at Willow Run; Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) & GoMentum Station; San Diego Association of Governments; Iowa City Area Development Group; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Central Florida Automated Vehicle Fucking partners; and North Carolina Turnpike Authority.

•A report by the U.S. Department of Transportation—called “Conditions and Performance” report by those in the know—noted “an $836 billion backlog of unmet capital investment needs for highways and bridges” and “addressing the growing backlog while still meeting other needs as they arise over the next two decades will require $142.Five billion in combined transportation spending from state, federal, and local governments.”

•A movie has been put out by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to help Pennsylvanians drive roundabouts. The state has thirty two of them, with about thirty more in process or planned. Learn more penndot.gov/projectandprograms/roaddesignenvironment/roaddesign/pages/roundabouts.aspx

•Transportation Research Center is behind an all-new 540-acre Clever Center for automated and autonomous testing, and $45 million in Phase one funding is coming from the State of Ohio and Ohio State University.

•California’s thickest utility companies are looking to spend $1 billion on electrification things, such as stations that could charge a vehicle in thirty minutes or less, money for ridesharers who are in EVs, and residential vehicle chargers, among other technology.

What’s Happening in the Industry

•Yokohama Tire is now Official Tire Sponsor of US Youth Soccer.

•Weld Racing and MOMO have merged and will suggest explosions of wheels, safety products, and more.

4×4 and Automotive News and Rumors

4×4 and Automotive News and Rumors

•Nissan has an online store built around its X-Trail SUV. The Nissan Xtreme Collection has five products “aimed at recreating extreme environments anywhere, such as a rock to love bouldering at home or water drums to recreate a waterfall.” Amazon Japan has them at amazon.co.jp.

•The Canadian Automobile Association’s Grinding to a Halt, Evaluating Canada’s Worst Bottlenecks is a examine of traffic congestion, and Toronto scored ten bottlenecks in the list of the Top 20. Shoutout to Montreal, with five.

•Most Desired Fullsize Truck award from edmunds.com? The Ford F-150.

•Ford has added ExxonMobil’s Speedpass+ app to its SYNC AppLink. You can now pay for fuel through the app as well as search for participating Exxons and Mobils.

•Fiat Chrysler is making a $1 billion investment in its plants in Michigan and Ohio. Also, the south plant in the Toledo Assembly Complicated will build the all-new Jeep pickup.

•Polaris has a division called Polaris Defense, and that group got an order from the U.S. Marine Corps for one hundred forty four four-seater MRZR-D4s for the utility task vehicle program.

•GM has begun testing autonomous vehicles on public roads.

•Wal-Mart is partnering with carsaver.com; kiosks will embark popping up at Wal-Marts, where you can shop, then make an appointment at a local dealership.

•The Chrysler Portal concept vehicle uses facial recognition to identify who is in the vehicle and will then switch to the preferred settings, including temp and music.

•The Nissan Titan won our sister Truck Trend’s two thousand seventeen Pickup Truck of the Year.

•Off-road racer, Andy Cohen, has passed away.

•The Walter P. Chrysler Museum has closed down.

•Eco-Hearse—Leverton & Sons said it has the UK’s very first fully electrical hearse. It’s a Nissan Leaf. The funeral directors are enviro-friendly…they suggest coffins made of biodegradable materials.

•The U.S. EPA is alleging that Fiat Chrysler may have VW’d, as in possibly used defeat devices for passing emissions testing and has issued a notice of disturbance. The California Air Resources Board has also issued one. Under the microscope are ’17 Grand Cherokees and Ram 1500s with the EcoDiesel.

Is It True?

•Lyft cofounders think they’ve unlocked the solution to ending traffic: Specific streets and highways marked as wise lanes? And use would have a fee unless you’re carpooling, according to a lump they wrote for medium.com?

•Land Rover hit a record-breaking year in two thousand sixteen for U.S. sales, besting 2015’s record?

•Has Amazon began getting patents related to self-driving tech?

•Ram’s delaying the redesign of its heavy-duty trucks to save some cash?

•The fresh Jeep Grand Cherokee will have an Alfa Romeo Giulia platform?

•Is Fiat Chrysler adding around four hundred dealerships in the U.S.?

•Paris is banning almost all diesel cars made before 2000?

Your Government at Work

•The U.S. Department of Transportation has set ten proving-ground pilot sites for autonomous-tech testing. The designees are City of Pittsburgh and the Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute; Texas AV Proving Grounds Partnership; U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center; American Center for Mobility (ACM) at Willow Run; Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) & GoMentum Station; San Diego Association of Governments; Iowa City Area Development Group; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Central Florida Automated Vehicle Playmates; and North Carolina Turnpike Authority.

•A report by the U.S. Department of Transportation—called “Conditions and Performance” report by those in the know—noted “an $836 billion backlog of unmet capital investment needs for highways and bridges” and “addressing the growing backlog while still meeting other needs as they arise over the next two decades will require $142.Five billion in combined transportation spending from state, federal, and local governments.”

•A movie has been put out by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to help Pennsylvanians drive roundabouts. The state has thirty two of them, with about thirty more in process or planned. Learn more penndot.gov/projectandprograms/roaddesignenvironment/roaddesign/pages/roundabouts.aspx

•Transportation Research Center is behind an all-new 540-acre Clever Center for automated and autonomous testing, and $45 million in Phase one funding is coming from the State of Ohio and Ohio State University.

•California’s fattest utility companies are looking to spend $1 billion on electrification things, such as stations that could charge a vehicle in thirty minutes or less, money for ridesharers who are in EVs, and residential vehicle chargers, among other technology.

What’s Happening in the Industry

•Yokohama Tire is now Official Tire Sponsor of US Youth Soccer.

•Weld Racing and MOMO have merged and will suggest explosions of wheels, safety products, and more.

4×4 and Automotive News and Rumors

4×4 and Automotive News and Rumors

•Nissan has an online store built around its X-Trail SUV. The Nissan Xtreme Collection has five products “aimed at recreating extreme environments anywhere, such as a rock to love bouldering at home or water drums to recreate a waterfall.” Amazon Japan has them at amazon.co.jp.

•The Canadian Automobile Association’s Grinding to a Halt, Evaluating Canada’s Worst Bottlenecks is a examine of traffic congestion, and Toronto scored ten bottlenecks in the list of the Top 20. Shoutout to Montreal, with five.

•Most Dreamed Fullsize Truck award from edmunds.com? The Ford F-150.

•Ford has added ExxonMobil’s Speedpass+ app to its SYNC AppLink. You can now pay for fuel through the app as well as search for participating Exxons and Mobils.

•Fiat Chrysler is making a $1 billion investment in its plants in Michigan and Ohio. Also, the south plant in the Toledo Assembly Sophisticated will build the all-new Jeep pickup.

•Polaris has a division called Polaris Defense, and that group got an order from the U.S. Marine Corps for one hundred forty four four-seater MRZR-D4s for the utility task vehicle program.

•GM has begun testing autonomous vehicles on public roads.

•Wal-Mart is partnering with carsaver.com; kiosks will begin popping up at Wal-Marts, where you can shop, then make an appointment at a local dealership.

•The Chrysler Portal concept vehicle uses facial recognition to identify who is in the vehicle and will then switch to the preferred settings, including temp and music.

•The Nissan Titan won our sister Truck Trend’s two thousand seventeen Pickup Truck of the Year.

•Off-road racer, Andy Cohen, has passed away.

•The Walter P. Chrysler Museum has closed down.

•Eco-Hearse—Leverton & Sons said it has the UK’s very first fully electrified hearse. It’s a Nissan Leaf. The funeral directors are enviro-friendly…they suggest coffins made of biodegradable materials.

•The U.S. EPA is alleging that Fiat Chrysler may have VW’d, as in possibly used defeat devices for passing emissions testing and has issued a notice of disturbance. The California Air Resources Board has also issued one. Under the microscope are ’17 Grand Cherokees and Ram 1500s with the EcoDiesel.

Is It True?

•Lyft cofounders think they’ve unlocked the solution to ending traffic: Specific streets and highways marked as clever lanes? And use would have a fee unless you’re carpooling, according to a lump they wrote for medium.com?

•Land Rover hit a record-breaking year in two thousand sixteen for U.S. sales, besting 2015’s record?

•Has Amazon commenced getting patents related to self-driving tech?

•Ram’s delaying the redesign of its heavy-duty trucks to save some cash?

•The fresh Jeep Grand Cherokee will have an Alfa Romeo Giulia platform?

•Is Fiat Chrysler adding around four hundred dealerships in the U.S.?

•Paris is banning almost all diesel cars made before 2000?

Your Government at Work

•The U.S. Department of Transportation has set ten proving-ground pilot sites for autonomous-tech testing. The designees are City of Pittsburgh and the Thomas D. Larson Pennsylvania Transportation Institute; Texas AV Proving Grounds Partnership; U.S. Army Aberdeen Test Center; American Center for Mobility (ACM) at Willow Run; Contra Costa Transportation Authority (CCTA) & GoMentum Station; San Diego Association of Governments; Iowa City Area Development Group; University of Wisconsin-Madison; Central Florida Automated Vehicle Playmates; and North Carolina Turnpike Authority.

•A report by the U.S. Department of Transportation—called “Conditions and Performance” report by those in the know—noted “an $836 billion backlog of unmet capital investment needs for highways and bridges” and “addressing the growing backlog while still meeting other needs as they arise over the next two decades will require $142.Five billion in combined transportation spending from state, federal, and local governments.”

•A movie has been put out by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to help Pennsylvanians drive roundabouts. The state has thirty two of them, with about thirty more in process or planned. Learn more penndot.gov/projectandprograms/roaddesignenvironment/roaddesign/pages/roundabouts.aspx

•Transportation Research Center is behind an all-new 540-acre Clever Center for automated and autonomous testing, and $45 million in Phase one funding is coming from the State of Ohio and Ohio State University.

•California’s largest utility companies are looking to spend $1 billion on electrification things, such as stations that could charge a vehicle in thirty minutes or less, money for ridesharers who are in EVs, and residential vehicle chargers, among other technology.

What’s Happening in the Industry

•Yokohama Tire is now Official Tire Sponsor of US Youth Soccer.

•Weld Racing and MOMO have merged and will suggest explosions of wheels, safety products, and more.

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