Southern California-based Karma Automotive will bring its luxury electric vehicle niche and VVIP ownership experiences to 13 new cities in the U.S. and 19 new countries by 2020 to support its plans for rapid product expansion. "Karma was born and is deeply rooted in California but we are a global company," says Karma CEO Dr. Lance Zhou. "We are continually evaluating growth opportunities for the brand as we make a measured rollout of our products to additional export

Telenav, Inc., a leading provider of connected car and location-based platform services, announced today that it will be powering the mapping function for the Mercedes-Benz® COMAND Touch by Mercedes-Benz® iOS app that remotely controls the COMAND Rear Seat Entertainment System. Using this system, passengers will be able to view navigation and route information as well as explore their surroundings on a map on iPad tablets. This mapping experience will be available globally and will be

Valvoline Inc. – a leading worldwide supplier of premium branded lubricants and automotive services – announced today its franchisee, Ivy Lane Corporation, has acquired another quick-lube location in the Chicago market that is now operating as a Valvoline Instant Oil ChangeSM (VIOC) service center. A core element of Valvoline's strategy is to accelerate the growth of its industry-leading quick-lube model, which is all about delivering a quick, easy and trusted experi

PPG today announced that it has opened a new, nearly 450,000-square-foot (41,800-square-meter) facility in Flower Mound, Texas, making it the largest distribution center for architectural paints and coatings in the company’s U.S. and Canadian network. “PPG is committed to making significant strategic investments in the architectural coatings business,” said Tim Knavish, PPG senior vice president, global architectural coatings and president, Europe, Middle East and

Inland Truck Parts and Service is excited to announce the opening of two expanded locations in the greater Oklahoma City area. The new facilities are located on the east and west sides of town with convenient locations that offer both parts and service. The new Oklahoma City West location opened in March of 2019, allowing the existing separate parts and service facilities to combine under one roof. It features a state-of-the-art 58,000 sq. ft. facility to accommodate a large invento

FleetPride, Inc. is pleased to announce a new branch in Vancouver, Washington. The location at 3006 NE 112th Avenue, Suite A opened for business on May 20 to strengthen FleetPride's presence in the Portland/Vancouver market and better serve customers in southwest Washington. "Expanding our footprint in the Portland and Vancouver market gives us the ability to serve customers faster," said Mike Harris, FleetPride senior vice president of sales and branch operations. &qu

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (Bridgestone) today announced the launch of Firestone WeatherGrip, the company's first all-weather touring tire in the U.S. and Canada. Engineered to go beyond traditional all-season performance, the Firestone WeatherGrip tire is Three-Peak Mountain Snowflake certified and specially designed for control in wet and snowy conditions. Featuring the Firestone brand's new Hydro-Grip technology package, the Firestone WeatherGrip tire utilizes a tread pat

Valvoline Inc. – a leading worldwide supplier of premium branded lubricants and automotive services – announced today that is has acquired a quick lube location in Magnolia, Texas, that is now operating as a Valvoline Instant Oil Change SM (VIOC) service center. A core element of Valvoline's strategy is to accelerate the growth of its industry-leading quick-lube model, which is all about delivering a quick, easy and trusted experience for every customer, every day. O

Fujitsu and Autonomic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Smart Mobility, today announce a joint collaboration to offer OEMs1 worldwide a fast and flexible solution to support the automotive industry's transformation to mobility-as-a-service2 models. Leveraging Autonomic's expertise in cloud services for connected vehicles and Fujitsu's capabilities in technology integration and experience in the automotive space, the companies will initially deliver the Transportation Mobility Clo

Valvoline Inc. – a leading worldwide supplier of premium branded lubricants and automotive services – announced today that is has opened a new company-owned Valvoline Instant Oil ChangeSM (VIOC) service center in Alpharetta, Georgia. A core element of Valvoline's strategy is to accelerate the growth of its industry-leading quick-lube model, which is all about delivering a quick, easy and trusted experience for every customer, every day. Of the five Valvoline Instant

ATC Drivetrain ("ATC"), a leading independent remanufacturer of automotive drivetrain components headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, announced today that is has acquired ATP Automotive Transmission Remanufacturing Specialists Limited, A.T.P. Electronic Developments Limited and ATP Holdings USA, LLC (collectively "ATP") from ATP's founder Alan Smart. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1969, ATP is a Cannock, United Kingdom-

Cooper Tire has announced the availability of a new mixed service wide base all-position (WBA) tire as part of its Cooper® SEVERE Series™ lineup. The Cooper SEVERE Series WBA provides long miles to removal while handling the harsh operating conditions found in construction truck applications – especially mixers and dump trucks. The tire is available in 385/65R22.5 and 425/65R22.5 sizes, in load range L. According to Gary Schroeder, Executive Director of Cooper’

Under the combined pressures of delivering environmental protection and energy efficiency, the automotive industry is striving to make major breakthroughs in weight reduction and low emissions. This is the backdrop for Lightweight Asia 2019 from 10-12 July in Shanghai, which will provide a platform for companies from around the world to showcase their latestproducts and research for next-generation lightweight manufacturing. Lightweight Asia takes place alongside the 15thAluminium C

FPT, the Southeast Asia’s leading IT company, has joined the Automotive Grade Linux project at the Linux Foundation, marking an important stage in FPT’s automotive technology development. The Linux Foundation is a world-class technology consortium which enables mass innovation through open source with the prominent Connected Car project – Automotive Grade Linux (AGL). As a member, FPT will contribute resources, infrastructures and knowledge to an expansive open sou

ABB signed a formal agreement with SAIC Volkswagen to provide robotics painting solutions for the first New Energy Vehicle (NEV) factory of the Volkswagen Group based on the Modular Electric Driver Kit (MEB), an automotive platform specifically designed for the mass production of electric vehicles. Financial details were not disclosed. The new 610,000 square meter NEV factory will be in Shanghai, opening in 2020 with an annual capacity of 300,000 pure electric vehicles from the Audi