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European Market Sinks. One-Third of Model Versions Not legal

Posted on 23 November 2018 by Ken Zino

Alternative-fueled vehicles continued to gain traction with their market share increasing by 2 percentage points to 7.5%, while demand for pure electric cars grew immensely, with volume up by 70%. Continue reading →

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November Auto Sales Forecast Down First Time Since 2009

Posted on 22 November 2018 by Ken Zino

Although sales remain healthy , factors such as increasing market saturation, rising transaction prices and elevated interest rates continue to create problems for all automakers. This probably will continue into 2019, perhaps for all of 2019 AutoInformed opines as the illusion of the Trump tax cuts fades with the reality of declining middle-class wealth emerges. Continue reading →

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Lives Threatened in Exxon Mobil Dispute in Australia

Posted on 22 November 2018 by Ken Zino

In June 2017, ExxonMobil contractor UGL fired its entire maintenance workforce of 230 people and offered them their jobs back the very next day but with up to a 30% to 50% drop in wages. Continue reading →

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April Fools – Aston Martin Project Sparta

Posted on 1 April 2018 by Ken Zino

Project Sparta, which has been engineered in parallel with the brand’s upcoming DBX SUV, is set to wreak havoc in the Monster Jam series starting in 2019, taking on some of the world’s biggest names including Grave Digger, Big Kahuna, Ice Cream Man and Jailbird. Continue reading →

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