Daylight Saving Time Might Become Permanent in the U.S. From 2023
15 Mar 2022, 21:57 UTC · By: Florin Amariei / The Sunshine Protection Act got through the Senate with ease. Americans might soon be relieved of having to change their clocks two times a year
Valerie Plame Does a Mean J-Turn in Her First Congressional Campaign Ad
16 Sep 2019, 20:15 UTC · By: Elena Gorgan / Ex-CIA is now running for Congress, uses the driving skills she learned while in service to make a lasting impression: “We’re going backwards”
2011 SAE World Congress Hosted by GM
11 Apr 2011, 18:50 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / On Tuesday, April 12, the automotive world will turn its attention towards the Cobo Center in Detroit, where this year's SAE World Congress will take place. Combining the glamor of an auto show...
Natural Gas vs. Diesel War Heats Up, Congress to Vote on NAT GAS Act
31 Mar 2011, 08:58 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / All it took was a series of remarks made by President Obama during a speech at the Georgetown University for the media to light up like a Christmas tree. At the same time, all the companies that do ...
Right to Repair Act Backed by Independent Groups
4 Jan 2011, 07:36 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Several organizations and institutions became one as soon as we passed into the new year, asking for the Congress to approve and pass the Motor Vehicle Owners' Right to Repair Act, a piece of l...
Bush: TARP Funds Could Save Detroit
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / President George W. Bush today issued a new statement related to the domestic automotive industry, informing that a potential solution to rescue the almost-collapsed Detroit 3 would be the use of TA...
Automakers Get $15 Billion
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Vali Mihaescu / Not long ago Executives from major U.S car manufacturers were accused at the first congressional hearing for burning up to $2 billion a month. Now, the U.S. Congress finally agreed on giving a loan ...
GM Thinks Begging for Money Could Save Them
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / With the global economic crisis bringing GM's sales close to Dacia's (OK, not that low but GM was surely one of the most affected auto companies), the American brand found the unique way t...
Bush Paves the Way for Auto Funds
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / US Government's involvement in the automotive industry crisis is still the main debate in the United States with lawmakers, senators and even the president participating to negotiations. While ...
Obama on US Auto Crisis: “We Need to Provide Assistance!”
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / President-elect Barack Obama admitted in an interview with CBS that the US automotive industry urgently needs government assistance and acknowledged that a potential collapse of the Detroit 3 would ...
Chrysler President Meets Congress for $25B Loan
21 Nov 2012, 14:06 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / In an effort to convince Congress members that the Detroit 3 urgently needs the $25 billion funding, Chrysler's President Jim Press today met senators but declined to reveal too many details re...
US - South Korea Free Trade Agreement Pleases AIAM
8 Jul 2010, 12:40 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The US government's wish to get the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea approved pleases the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers (AIAM), who says such a development wo...
Toyota Offers Additional Services for New York Customers
25 Feb 2010, 10:25 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / After this week's Congressional hearings failed to shed any clear light on the massive Toyota recall, the Japanese carmaker went back to trying and regain consumer confidence by announcing it w...
Toyota Recall Reignites Whistleblower Claims
19 Feb 2010, 10:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Not sure how many of you recall the events of last autumn, when a former Toyota employee, Dimitrios Biller, accused the Japanese carmaker of covering up and even destroying evidence regarding rollov...
Akio Toyoda Accepts to Go Before Congress
19 Feb 2010, 08:17 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following several days of uncertainty and more or less official statements, the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform sent an official invitation to Japanese manufacturer's Toyota ...
Toyoda Won't Come Before Congress, Sends Inaba
17 Feb 2010, 15:54 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / In a move we are not yet sure is very smart for Toyota, given the current circumstances, the company's CEO, Akio Toyoda, will not come before Congress to ask questions regarding the huge recall...
Akio Toyoda Postpones Trip to the US
11 Feb 2010, 15:27 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Following reports which surfaced earlier today, saying a US congressman wants to bring Toyota's CEO, Akio Toyoda, in front of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to explain the ...
Congressman Wants Toyoda in D.C.
11 Feb 2010, 08:42 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / For the upcoming congressional hearing, scheduled on February 24, Toyota's CEO Akio Toyoda's presence may be requested, should Rep. Darrell Issa's, the senior Republican on the House ...
NADA Backs Toyota in Congressional Hearing
10 Feb 2010, 09:29 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The upcoming Congressional hearing on the huge Toyota recall has prompted the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) to issue a statement in which it warns congress to base the hearing on f...
The Painful Conclusion: US to Lose $30Bn on Auto Bailout
9 Dec 2009, 10:09 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / The crazy year for the automotive sector will take its toll on US' finances, as the Obama administration is getting ready to admit to Congress a partial defeat and the lose of no less than $30 ...