Continental Automotive Group founder Bryan Hardeman arrested on burglary, arson charges
Bryan Hardeman, whose children now own Continental's four dealerships, was arrested Feb. 29 in Austin, Texas......»»
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Automotive News' 11th annual search is underway for Rising Stars at automakers, suppliers, mobility companies and service providers......»»
Did Vesuvius bury the home of the first Roman emperor?
A group of archaeologists, led by researchers from the University of Tokyo, announce the discovery of a part of a Roman villa built before the middle of the first century. This villa, near the town of Nola in southwestern Italy's Campania region, was.....»»
Service customer arrested at gunpoint after dealership lost paperwork, suit says
A Kia dealership in California is being sued for reporting a vehicle as stolen after it misplaced the agreement loaning it to a customer who was having repair work done......»»
AutoNation Q1 net income falls 34%; company to buy back $1 billion in stock
The dealership group saw continued revenue gains in financial services and service and parts revenue......»»
Top 5 stories of the week: GM, Ford and Tesla earnings; lowest-cost EVs
A quick look at the week's top automotive stories.....»»
Thiol-ene click reaction offers a novel approach to fabricate elastic ferroelectrics
A research group led by Prof. Li Runwei and Hu Benlin at the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed a facile and efficient approach to fabricate elastic relaxor ferroelectrics.....»»
Scientists discover safer alternative for an explosive reaction used for more than 100 years
The chemical industry has been using a reaction with explosive chemicals for more than 100 years—now Mülheim scientists have discovered a safer alternative. The Ritter Group of the Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung in Mülheim/Ruhr has publ.....»»
Service customer arrested at gunpoint after dealership lost paperwork
A Kia dealership in California is being sued for reporting a vehicle as stolen after it misplaced the agreement loaning it to a customer who was having repair work done......»»
School athletic director arrested for framing principal using AI voice synthesis
Police uncover plot to defame principal with AI-generated racist and antisemitic comments. Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) On Thursday, Baltimore County Police arrested Pikesville High School's former athletic director, D.....»»
Fred Beans buys 4 Rosenthal Automotive dealerships
Rosenthal Automotive Organization divested four Philadelphia area dealerships it bought in June 2022 from Sussman Automotive Group......»»
VinFast founder commits $1 billion as EV maker bleeds cash
Vietnamese billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong pledged to invest at least another $1 billion of his personal wealth into VinFast Auto Ltd., providing the capital needed for expansion of the struggling electric vehicle maker......»»
Pretax charges drop Sonic Automotive"s Q1 net income
The company said $7 million in pretax charges contributed to a 12 percent dip in first-quarter net income......»»
Asbury Q1 net income slips 19%; $4.2 billion in revenue sets record
Asbury Automotive Group produced $147.1 million in net income during the first quarter, down 19 percent from a year earlier as falling profit margins offset rising vehicle sales and revenue......»»
Sublime Security secures $20 million to strengthen cloud email security and visibility
Sublime Security has raised $20 million in Series A funding, led by Index Ventures with participation from previous investors Decibel Partners and Slow Ventures. Cybersecurity visionary and Crowdstrike Co-founder & former CTO Dmitri Alperovitch is al.....»»
Continental fined $107M over role in diesel-emissions scam
German prosecutors issued the fine over the company’s participation in the scam via selling more than 12 million engine control units that automakers, including Volkswagen Group, used to manipulate emissions......»»
Group 1 net income falls nearly 7% in Q1 as company ramps up acquisitions
Group 1's net income fell, while revenue and new- and used-vehicle sales grew......»»
Mantle heat may have boosted Earth"s crust 3 billion years ago
Little is known about the nature and evolution of Earth's continental crust before a few billion years ago because cratons, or stable swaths of the lithosphere more than 2–3 billion years old, are relatively rare......»»
A shade closer to more efficient organic photovoltaics
Transparent solar cells will transform the look of infrastructure by enabling many more surfaces to become solar panels. Now, materials called non-fullerene acceptors that can intrinsically generate charges when exposed to sunlight could make semitra.....»»
Group 1 net income falls nearly 7% in Q1 as it ramps up acquisitions
Group 1's net income fell, while revenue and new- and used-vehicle sales grew......»»
Researchers unveil PI3K enzyme"s dual accelerator and brake mechanisms
A group of researchers have expanded conventional knowledge on a critical enzyme that controls cell migration. In a publication in the journal Nature Communications, they reported that phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) not only acts as an accelerator.....»»