Nov 14, 2017
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Nov. 14, 2017 -- Allstate Roadside Services®, a leader and innovator in roadside assistance for more than 50 years, announces today it is working with Waze, a real-time, crowdsourced navigation app, to provide roadside assistance to Waze users via Allstate's Good Hands Rescue® service. ... Continue reading
Bob Lutz Confirms The Auto Channel's Vision On The Possible Demise of The Auto Industry
Nov 12, 2017
Michael J. Coren writing for MSNBC reported in an interview with Bob Lutz the ultimate car guy that it’s not every day a titan of industry predicts the demise of his own. But Bob Lutz, the former chairman of General Motors, believes the auto industry is not long for this world. ... Continue reading
Mitsubishi Motors' Eclipse Cross Achieves 5-star Euro NCAP Safety Rating
Nov 10, 2017
Eclipse Cross SUV Coupe has secured a 5-star safety rating with excellent overall performance. jpg With safety as one of its strong-suits, the Eclipse Cross has scored high within the 'Small Off-roader' vehicle class, achieving a 97% rating for Adult Protection and an 80% Pedestrian Protection rating. ... Continue reading
Big Brother Is Watching: Driving Behavior-based Telematics Automobile Insurance Developed
Nov 10, 2017
First Driving Behavior-based Telematics Automobile Insurance Developed for Toyota Connected Cars in Japan Toyota City, Japan, Nov, 08 2017; Toyota Motor Corporation and the MS&AD Insurance Group's Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd. have jointly developed Japan's first driving behavior-based telematics automobile insu ... Continue reading
Allstate: More than one-third of U.S. motorists are "stressed" about winter driving
Nov 8, 2017
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Nov. 8, 2017 -- Allstate released a new survey today revealing that more than a third (35 percent) of U.S. drivers say wet winter driving stresses them out, and almost half (48 percent) are concerned by the prospecti — all while the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting an es ... Continue reading
Nov 4, 2017
IRVINE, Calif., Nov. 3, 2017 -- The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has awarded its best rating possible, Top Safety Pick Plus (TSP+), to 2018 Kia Souls when equipped with high-intensity discharge (HID) headlights – offered on the Primo Lit package – and 2018 Kia Sportages built after June 2017 when e ... Continue reading
Drivers unsure of how to prevent a collision with wildlife
Oct 26, 2017
New State Farm® Canada survey sheds light on how Canadians react to wildlife while driving. ... Continue reading
GEICO Earns Top Companies for Women Technologists Award
Oct 24, 2017
Full Size Small Preview Thumbnail GEICO sent an A-Team of IT associates to the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing in Orlando, Fla., to help celebrate the company's Top Companies for Women Technologists Award. Pictured (from left) are: Marie Motowylak, Decision Sciences & Transformation director; Anu Pahwa, ... Continue reading
Oct 22, 2017
TACH's "take" on this past week's automotive news in easy to "catch up" news nuggets. For More search the past 25 year's millions of pages of automotive news, automotive stories, articles, reviews, video, audio, residing in The Auto Channel Automotive News Library. ... Continue reading
AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC SATURDAY MORNING! 7-9 AM October 21, 2017
Oct 20, 2017
Auto Lab is also about the automotive industry, its history, and its culture, presenting the ideas and advice of leading college faculty, authors, and automotive practitioners in a relaxed, conversational interactive format. Listeners can hear the past 18 years of archived Auto Lab shows as simulcast on www.theautochan ... Continue reading
IIHS Crash Ratings Mid-size Cars
Oct 19, 2017
October 19, 2017 Subscribe A new crash test program from IIHS aims to ensure that manufacturers pay attention to the safety of front passengers as well as drivers. The test was developed after it became clear that some manufacturers were giving short shrift to the right side of the vehicle when it comes to small overla ... Continue reading
Spare Me! AAA Finds Nearly One-Third of New Vehicles are Missing a Spare Tire
Oct 18, 2017
In an effort to reduce weight and improve fuel economy, automakers continue to eliminate spare tires from new vehicles. According to new research from AAA, nearly one-third (28 percent) of 2017 model year vehicles do not come with a spare tire as standard equipment, creating an unnecessary hassle and expense for driver ... Continue reading
How to Identify a Flood Damaged Vehicle
Oct 17, 2017
Following one of the worst hurricane seasons in years and record-setting rainfall in many areas of the country, flooding has taken its toll on vehicles. ... Continue reading
AUTO LAB TALK RADIO LIVE FROM NYC SATURDAY MORNING! 7-9 AM October 14, 2017
Oct 14, 2017
Auto Lab is about Repairs, second opinions, the automotive industry, its history, and its culture, presenting the ideas and advice of leading college faculty, authors, and automotive practitioners in a relaxed, conversational interactive format. ... Continue reading
Oct 12, 2017
Driverless cars could create a highway to confusion unless training and coaching catches up with the fast pace of change and helps drivers cope with a whole new set of demands. That is the overall conclusion reached by a collection of industry experts who converged on London for the IAM RoadSmart/RAC Foundation/Pirelli ... Continue reading
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