Biden knows U.S. auto industry (Detroit News)
DETROIT — Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s campaign says his selection of Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware as his running mate brings a longtime supporter of the domestic auto industry to the Democratic ticket.
Auto Racing Results (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
AUTO RACING GRAND PRIX OF SONOMA LINEUP (Today at Sonoma, Calif.) (All cars Dallara chassis, Honda engine) (Car no.), Driver Speed 1. (3) Helio Castroneves————————-107.809 2. (6) Ryan Briscoe————————-107.787 3. (8) Will Power————————-107.551
Auto repair shop hit by effects of higher gas prices (The Star Press)
MUNCIE The traditional wisdom is that the auto repair business benefits when the economy is tough. Fewer people are buying new cars, so they re spending more to fix the cars they have. That means more money for auto parts and garages.
Auto news in brief: Don’t forget Hyundai in rush to produce hybrids (Detroit Free Press)
Hyundai is planning to unveil its first hybrid this fall at the L.A. Auto Show as part of a seven-model product blitz over the next 24 months.
Auto imports up nearly 50% in first 7 months (China Daily)
China’s auto import grew faster in the first seven months of this year, as world auto giants turned to the Chinese market after the US economic slump and rocketing oil prices drove sales down on US and European markets, the General Administration of Customs said on Sunday.
Japan May Change Auto Taxes to Focus on Emissions, Sankei Says (Bloomberg.com)
Aug. 24 (Bloomberg) — Japan’s government may change auto taxation to focus on carbon-dioxide emissions rather than engine size as part of efforts to fight global warming, the Sankei newspaper reported.
General Casualty wrote first auto policy in 1925 (Wisconsin State Journal)
General Casualty has been part of a larger company since 1956, when its founders sold the company to Reliance Insurance Co. of Philadelphia. William Roys started General Casualty in 1925, opening an office on the Capitol Square. The company ’s first auto policy was written for a 1925 Model T Ford and a replica of that car is displayed in General Casualty ’s Sun Prairie offices. In 1942, the …
Auto Club Speedway gets a race in the Chase in 2009 (Fontana Herald News)
Local race fans have a new reason to celebrate the 2009 NASCAR race season — the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup is coming to Auto Club Speedway in Fontana.
Meet Germany s auto parts queen (The New Sabah Times)
BERLIN : Her firm s tactics were slammed as egotistical, autocratic and irresponsible but that was never going to stop Maria-Elisabeth Schaeffler from becoming Germany s new auto parts queen.
Auto Bailout (WFMJ Youngstown)
Detroit auto makers and their allies on Capital Hill are launching an all out blitz over the next few weeks for up to 50-Billion dollars in government loans.