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BMW Group has once again been recognized as the world’s most sustainable automotive company - Sector leader in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index for seventh consecutive year.

Altair ProductDesign, a global product development consultancy and wholly-owned subsidiary of Altair Engineering, Inc. in Troy, Michigan, today unveiled the world’s first series hydraulic hybrid transit bus, the LCO-140H.

Scuderi Group today released findings from a computer simulation study conducted by Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), an internationally recognized, independent research laboratory, measuring the performance of the Scuderi Engine modeled against the European class of “high economy” vehicles.

This is significant for stock investors. Cyclone Power Technologies (Pink Sheets: CYPW), developer of the all-fuel, clean-tech Cyclone Engine, announced today that it is now a fully-reporting company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) may have reported sales up last week, but there were cracks in the bubble again as GM stock faltered, and Chevy Volts failed to make any sales gains over the Nissan Leaf.

Despite the hopes by many auto sector investors that the 2012 Toyota Camry news might help Toyota stock finally get its mojo back, Toyota stock is found still plunging toward lower price support levels.

Labor Day 2011 in America should reflect a nation filled with free market enterprises unshackled by government abuse, legislative uncertainty, extended tax burdens and the expediency of politics whereby jobs and lives are dealt as pawns.

Contrary to modern belief and all the canned reports by many automotive media types that electrification is the only way to maximize automobile efficiency, the demise of the internal combustion engine is extremely exaggerated, especially as split-cycle engine technology comes of age and challenges the high costs of EVs and hybrid cars.

The BMW is once again showing why it is the Ultimate Driving Machine, as Motorway A9 from Munich to Nuremberg shows the usual high volume of traffic, but despite the stress of the situation, the driver sits calm and relaxed behind the wheel, because the automobile is doing the driving. It's BMW's automated car.

Professor Hubert Hitziger, a leading international expert on IC (internal combustion) engines based in Germany, will advise the Scuderi Group to further the development and commercialization of the SCUDERI™ split-cycle engine.

Although GM and BMW are the only auto manufacturers to have production facilities on the East Coast in the path of Hurricane Irene, all manufacturers have dealerships including some suppliers in the storm’s path.

General Motors media was quick to place this story, and with good reason, as an unmodified Chevrolet Cruze Eco driven by an Australian couple achieved 64.42 MPG over a 23-day, 9,552 mile trip

While the hope of the nation rests in the decisions or indecisions of the Fed at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, so does the hopes and dreams of auto sector investors that the 2012 Toyota Camry will help Toyota stock get its mojo back and retrace three major price gaps in its recent trading.

Despite all the claims by Toyota Motors (NYSE: TM) that the 2012 Toyota Camry is the most American of cars and designed from the ground up, it surely lacked the vision and gutsy marketing with its conservative, single-fuel capability.

The latest report from Pike Research examines the growing global market for electric vehicle charging equipment and provides market analysis and forecasts for residential, workplace, public, and private charge points in the United States by 2017.

While TN writers, Patrick Rall and Hawke Fracassa, cover the automotive details of the 2012 Camry official launch today, Toyota stock investors await news of media and public reaction whether it be one of giant acceptance or disappointment as they look forward and hope for the car's success.

Looking at the weekly price chart of Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) stock and the company reports on its performance, you would think Ford stock would be doing better than trading near $10; that is, until you compare valuation ratios of other automakers like Toyota, Honda and GM.

Investors in General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) stock, including the federal government, are likely wondering where the pain will end and when stock price appreciation will occur, as GM stock plunges further below technical levels of support with more lower lows and lower highs.

If the auto stock sector was looking for help in today's market sell-off, they certainly did not get much from Michele Bachmann, GOP presidential hopeful, who blamed President Obama for increasing gas prices, and said she would change that by reducing gasoline to $2 per gallon, but without a clear plan.

AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) is on a roll again in its contribution to the greenest highway region in America, as 22 fast-chargers will be sited throughout northwest Oregon along major transportation corridors.

The U.S. Department of Energy today issued a statement in support of the commissioning of the world's first tri-generation fuel cell and hydrogen energy station to provide transportation fuel to the public and electric power to an industrial facility.

When Aptera announced it was planning to look beyond California to find an ideal location for its production facility of its revolutionary 2e and other electric vehicles, few realized that the Midwest would end up on the list.

In a new report to be released by Pike Research in 3Q of 2011, the military fuel cell market is expected to reach $1.2 billion by 2017, as military users are the world’s most demanding customers for fuel cells.

Dykema, a leading national law firm, today announced the additions of John M. Thomas and Terri S. Reiskin as members in the firm’s Litigation Department, where Thomas will be located in the firm’s Ann Arbor, Michigan office, and Reiskin will be located in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

While General Motors (NYSE: GM) has begun a year-long celebration of its 15 years of successful automotive operation in China under the theme of “Your Success is Our Success,” the stock has gone through bankruptcy, a resurrection via an IPO and now a downturn with the rest of the market.

Toyota Motor Company (ADR: TM) stock may have traded above 84 just a few weeks ago, but that was then and this is now; as the stock has plummeted to the low 70 range, adding pressure on the upcoming 2012 Toyota Camry to be a hit among auto buyers.

Investors in General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) stock wondered whether the price appreciation on Tuesday (08/08) was from the general market or the news from the 2011 Global Business Conference that the company would reduce vehicle platforms from 30 in 2010 to 14 by 2018.

In a private interview with Torque News at the CAR Management Business Seminars 2011, David Johnson, President and CEO of Achates Power, discussed the role that its engine technologies using opposed pistons will contribute toward lower emissions and better fuel economy for commercial trucks.

In a private interview with Torque News correspondent, Frank Sherosky, at CAR Management Briefing Seminars 2011, Jeffrey Brennan, Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President, Global Markets for Altair Engineering, Inc. discussed the role that Altair’s simulation software, materials optimization and mass reduction plays in light-weight, structural parts for vehicles which results in better fuel economy for automakers.

As the only entity even close to an automotive index, the weekly chart of the Dow Jones US Autos and Parts ($DWCAUP) plummeted on the open today with a lower low due to the U.S. bond rating drop late Friday.